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Call for bigger Indigenous share of mining profits
ABC Online
One of the Northern Territory's largest land councils says mining companies are paying far too little in royalties to traditional owners. Central Land Council (CLC) chairman Maurie Ryan says he wants Indigenous people to receive between 25 and 50 per ...
IAC chairman Mundine keen to meet CLCABC Message Stick

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The Kimberley is too Deadly at Australia's premiere Indigenous awards
ABC Local
Australia's first Aboriginal psychologist Professor Pat Dudgeon, who is a Bardi woman from the Dampier Peninsular north of Broome, is a finalist in the Health category of this year's Deadlys. Professor Dudgeon has been an academic, author, and is ...

The Kimberley is too Deadly at Australia's premiere Indigenous awards
ABC Local
Australia's first Aboriginal psychologist Professor Pat Dudgeon, who is a Bardi woman from the Dampier Peninsular north of Broome, is a finalist in the Health category of this year's Deadlys. Professor Dudgeon has been an academic, author, and is ...

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The Kimberley is too Deadly at Australia's premiere Indigenous awards
ABC Local
Australia's first Aboriginal psychologist Professor Pat Dudgeon, who is a Bardi woman from the Dampier Peninsular north of Broome, is a finalist in the Health category of this year's Deadlys. Professor Dudgeon has been an academic, author, and is ...

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The West Australian
Racism not bound by borders
The West Australian
Growing up as an indigenous Australian in the Perth Hills, Lilly Brown has faced her fair share of racism and prejudice. But she did not expect to encounter those same attitudes 14,000km from home at Cambridge University, where she has spent the past ...

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NT chief demotes ally of Tony Abbott, Alison Anderson
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S first indigenous head of government last night demoted Tony Abbott's closest political ally in the Northern Territory, in a swift cabinet reshuffle the day after the Country Liberal Party suffered a humiliating result in Saturday's federal ...
Alison Anderson sacked from CabinetNTNews.com.au

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Indigenous Australian Models Introduced To New York Fashion Week, Meet ...
PR Web (press release)
21-year-old Jahlana Roe and 17-year-old Lisa-Marie Rodd, two young and aspiring Indigenous Australian models, were introduced to New York Fashion Week in grand style this past weekend. Through an initiative of Western Australia-based IF Foundation ...

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Meet Nova Peris: The First Aboriginal Woman Elected in Australian Parliament
International Business Times AU
In a historic win in the recent Australia Elections 2013, Nova Peris has become the first aboriginal woman in the country to become a Parliament member. View Full Image. Reuters Julia Gillard endorsed indigenous Olympian, Nova Peris as top Labor ...
Nova Peris elected as first Indigenous woman in Federal ParliamentABC Online
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Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliamentThe Guardian
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Uncovering the history of Australia's Indigenous servicemen and women
ABC Online (blog)
As long as Australia's had an army, there have been Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women doing their bit to protect our nation. We don't know just how many Indigenous people have served, though, and the history of the Indigenous ...

AEC accused of neglecting WA's remote Indigenous voters
ABC Online
A school teacher in a remote West Australian Indigenous community says many people missed out on voting because they were not informed of the electoral commission's visit. Early polling was held a week before the election in dozens of Aboriginal ...
Peer support program for young indigenous AustraliansRadio Australia

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Crikey (blog)
Warren Mundine's new military intervention into Aboriginal Australia
Crikey (blog)
Warren Mundine on the role of the military in Aboriginal communities: “Actually the military does have a place … In the tsunami of Indonesia, you know at Sumatra and the Indian Ocean. And I said the military has got to train for emergency services and ...

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Peer support program for young indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
The Young Healers program has been launched in Perth by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. It says young indigenous people are continually impacted by the affects of past government policies, such as the Stolen Generation ...

The Guardian
Nova Peris elected as first Indigenous woman in Federal Parliament
ABC Online
Nova Peris has become the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Federal Parliament. The Olympic hockey gold medal winner will take a place in the Senate representing the Northern Territory for Labor. She gave her victory speech immediately after ...
Australia sees first Aboriginal woman in parliamentYahoo!7 News
Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliamentThe Guardian
First aboriginal woman wins Australian parliament seat; campaign brought racismCTV News
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The Guardian
Tony Abbott, a student priest, who works in indigenous communities
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HE's the one time student priest who quit in frustration with the church, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage whose lesbian sister wants him to change his views, an ambitious political hardhead who quietly spends a week a year helping in remote ...
Community groups' post-election wish listSBS
Alexander Downer: As Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott will be true ...Courier Mail
Tony Abbott's letter to the people of AustraliaThe Daily Telegraph
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Warren Mundine's indigenous manifesto – 'elegance and simplicity' or more ...
Crikey (blog)
“What they have discovered is that a lot of people have bullshitted to them.” Warren Mundine, The Australian, May 2013. You can always tell an outsider – white or black – by the collective pronoun they use to describe Aboriginal people as a subject.

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SBS
Nova Peris becomes first indigenous female MP
SBS
Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's national parliament, a welcome achievement for the centre-left Labor Party which lost power in the polls. Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Australia sees first Aboriginal woman in parliament
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's national parliament, a welcome achievement for the centre-left Labor Party which lost power in the polls. Employment and workplace relations minister ...
Nova Peris elected as first Indigenous woman in Federal ParliamentABC Online
Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliamentThe Guardian

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'Not a good start for PM for indigenous Australians'
The Australian
"Given that Tony Abbot has positioned himself as the prime minister for indigenous Australia, it's not a good look to start off by slashing the program that provides funding to culturally competent legal assistance services to Aboriginal and Torres ...
Coalition cuts to indigenous legal aid under fireSydney Morning Herald
Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts planThe West Australian
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
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How a Bible translation is preserving the Pitjantjatjara language
The Australian
It's the Mount Everest of translation tasks, a project that seems quixotic on any number of counts. For one, traditional languages are in decline in this northwest corner of South Australia, where Aboriginal schoolchildren are taught largely in English ...

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New exhibition tells ancient indigenous stories using modern technology
ABC Local
More than a million people are expected to visit a new Melbourne exhibition telling Aboriginal history using interactive technology. The 'First Peoples' exhibition at the Melbourne Museum opens on Saturday. Lead curator Genevieve Greeves says more more ...