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T-shirts get thumbs down
The Canberra Times
Aldi was criticised earlier in the week for the promotional design, which a number of social media users labelled racist and culturally insensitive to Australia's indigenous people, who inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years before the ...

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Australian Stores Yank T-Shirts Seen Upsetting Aborigines
Wall Street Journal
@unami22/Twitter. SYDNEY—Two big Australian retailers have stopped selling "Australia Day" T-shirts deemed offensive to aboriginal people for saying the country was established in 1788, when European settlers first arrived. The decision to remove the ...
Illawarra Aboriginal leader on Aldi shirtsIllawarra Mercury
Aldi cops backlash after advertising 'inflammatory' Australia Day shirtsNEWS.com.au
Reaction to ALDI's Australia Day T-shirtThe Canberra Times

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The Guardian
Big W follows Aldi in recalling controversial 'Australia Est 1788' shirt
ABC Online
Users of social media had labelled the shirts as racist against Indigenous Australians. It said complaints from "a limited number of concerned customers" prompted the move. The Australia Day Council has called on people to look beyond the date involved ...
Aldi pulls 'Australia Est. 1788' shirtsSydney Morning Herald
Australian Stores Yank T-Shirts Seen Upsetting AboriginesWall Street Journal
Big W joins Aldi by taking 'Australia Est. 1788' T-shirts off the shelvesThe Guardian
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Wall Street Journal
Australian Stores Yank T-Shirts Seen Upsetting Aborigines
Wall Street Journal
SYDNEY—Two big Australian retailers have stopped selling “Australia Day” T-shirts deemed offensive to aboriginal people for saying the country was established in 1788, when European settlers first arrived. The decision to remove the offending ...
Illawarra Aboriginal leader on Aldi shirtsIllawarra Mercury
Aldi withdraws 'racist' Australia Day T-shirtsThe Australian
Aldi cops backlash after advertising 'inflammatory' Australia Day shirtsNEWS.com.au
Brisbane Times
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The Guardian
Big W recalls controversial Australia Day shirt
ABC Message Stick
Users of social media had labelled the shirts as racist against Indigenous Australians. It said complaints from "a limited number of concerned customers" prompted the move. The Australia Day Council has called on people to look beyond the date involved ...
Problems obscure our national dayThe Canberra Times
Aldi pulls 'Australia Est. 1788' shirtsSydney Morning Herald
Australian Stores Yank T-Shirts Seen Upsetting AboriginesWall Street Journal
The Guardian
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Abolish the Indigenous Advisory Council say activists
Sydney Indymedia
Mr Canning says many Indigenous Australians' have been upset by the Advisory council's silence on issues such as the cuts to the Aboriginal legal aid service. The council, which also has several members from the corporate world, has been labeled ...

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Abolish the Indigenous Advisory Council say activists
Sydney Indymedia
Mr Canning says many Indigenous Australians' have been upset by the Advisory council's silence on issues such as the cuts to the Aboriginal legal aid service. The council, which also has several members from the corporate world, has been labeled ...

SBS
Illawarra Aboriginal leader on Aldi shirts
Illawarra Mercury
An Illawarra Aboriginal leader says the nationwide furore over a "racist" Aldi T-shirt shows Australians should celebrate the longevity of indigenous culture, not ignore it. Discount supermarket Aldi was forced to pull some of its Australia Day ...
Australian Stores Yank T-Shirts Seen Upsetting AboriginesWall Street Journal
Aldi withdraws 'racist' Australia Day T-shirtsThe Australian
Aldi pulls 'racist' T-shirtsSBS
Daily Life -The Canberra Times
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Sky News Australia
Govt eyes indigenous alcohol inquiry
Sky News Australia
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion is in early talks with the chair of the House of Representatives' standing committee on indigenous affairs Dr Sharman Stone. Alcohol-fuelled violence in indigenous communities will be considered for the ...
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Federal govt eyes alcohol violence inquirySydney Morning Herald

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Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion announces parliamentary inquiry ...
The West Australian
"I think it can inform us to make sure that the regulators and law makers across all the jurisdictions of Australia have the very best evidence under which to ensure that all our management plans in the future are effective and really change those ...
Government eyes alcohol violence inquirySky News Australia
Federal govt eyes alcohol violence inquirySydney Morning Herald

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Sky News Australia
Alcohol-fuelled violence: Senator Nigel Scullion reveals national ...
ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says its terms of reference will be wide-ranging and will consider problems tied to both the supply of, and demand for, alcohol. ... "This sort of inquiry that can look at alcohol management measures in all ...
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion announces parliamentary inquiry ...The West Australian
Government eyes alcohol violence inquirySky News Australia
Federal govt eyes alcohol violence inquirySydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Aldi pulls 'racist' T-shirts
SBS
Critics called the $4.99 shirt "racist", "wrong" and ignorant to Australia's Indigenous history. "This is historically wrong and racist," wrote Twitter user Matt Mason. "Yeah, this isn't cool at all," another wrote. "Australia Est. 1788? No. I ...
Too few facts in Australia Day farceThe Daily Telegraph
Big W joins Aldi by taking 'Australia Est. 1788' T-shirts off the shelvesThe Guardian
Illawarra Aboriginal leader on Aldi shirtsIllawarra Mercury
3AW (blog) -The West Australian -Australian Times
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The West Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion announces parliamentary inquiry ...
Yahoo!7 News
"I think it can inform us to make sure that the regulators and law makers across all the jurisdictions of Australia have the very best evidence under which to ensure that all our management plans in the future are effective and really change those ...
Federal govt eyes alcohol violence inquirySydney Morning Herald

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Ninemsn
Aldi pulls 'Australia Est. 1788' shirts
Sydney Morning Herald
The shirts sparked an online backlash over recent days with people taking to social media to label the range as racist and culturally insensitive to Australia's indigenous people, who inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years before the ...
Aldi removes 'inflammatory' shirts after backlashNEWS.com.au
Aldi removes 'racist' Australia Day T-shirt3AW (blog)
Aldi recalls 'racist' Australia Day shirt after social media outcryABC Message Stick
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John Pilger: Utopia is one of the most urgent films I have made
The Guardian
Journalist and film maker John Pilger has been making films on Indigenous Australia for nearly thirty years. His new film, Utopia, revisits many of the locations and people he has been visiting throughout that time and provides a “grim and powerful” ...

Sky News Australia
MP takes aim at PM's indigenous adviser
Sky News Australia
A senior indigenous parliamentarian has taken the prime minister's key adviser to task for failing to criticise government funding cuts to Aboriginal legal aid. Ben Wyatt, a state Labor frontbencher in Western Australia, says Warren Mundine is using ...
John Pilger: Utopia is one of the most urgent films I have madeThe Guardian

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MP takes aim at PM's indigenous adviser
The Australian
Ben Wyatt, a state Labor frontbencher in Western Australia, says Warren Mundine is using his position as chairman of Tony Abbott's indigenous advisory council to defend the government. Mr Mundine argues it is unrealistic to expect indigenous affairs ...

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Sky News Australia
Mundine's view not ideal
The Australian
The original policy decision to support Aboriginal legal services was in response to the disproportionate rates of indigenous imprisonment that were internationally shameful for Australia. On that score, little has changed. To cut funding in this vital ...
MP takes aim at PM's indigenous adviserCourier Mail

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Mundine's view not ideal
The Australian
The original policy decision to support Aboriginal legal services was in response to the disproportionate rates of indigenous imprisonment that were internationally shameful for Australia. On that score, little has changed. To cut funding in this vital ...

Short films to deliver health messages in remote Indigenous communities
ABC Message Stick
Rates of diabetes and rheumatic heart disease are much higher among Australia's Indigenous population. The need for regular medical check-ups and anti-smoking messages are also featured in the films. Those involved in the project hope to get the films ...

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