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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 ...

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 ...

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IBA - INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AUSTRALIA : Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund ...
4-traders (press release)
A partnership between Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Reconciliation Australia (RA) will run the pilot for two years offering investment packages tailored to the needs of each organisation, potentially ...

The Guardian
Coalition cuts to indigenous legal aid under fire
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians could be more likely to go to jail under an Abbott government in light of Coalition plans to cut $42 million from indigenous legal services. That is the view of Shane Duffy, the chairman of the National Aboriginal and Torres ...
Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts planThe West Australian
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
Bashing the blacks on legal aid – the LNP paves the road to 'assimilation by ...Crikey (blog)
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Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts plan
The West Australian
And although Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declared his wish to be the first indigenous affairs prime minister, the cuts would be a major blow that would likely entrench disadvantage even further, Community Law Australia says. Aboriginal and Torres ...
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
Bashing the blacks on legal aid – the LNP paves the road to 'assimilation by ...Crikey (blog)
Officer to be on hand tohelp Aboriginal votersNarromine News
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SBS
Restoring Indigenous languages
SBS
From an estimated 250 Indigenous languages at the time of European settlement, only about 20 are now widely spoken in Australia. But where governments once ordered that the languages not be spoken, they are now funding their revival. Whether the ...

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Tony vows to be PM for indigenous affairs
The Australian
The Coalition yesterday released its indigenous policy, which declares that under an Abbott government "Australia will, in effect, have a prime minister for indigenous affairs and a dedicated indigenous affairs minister." The policy says that ...

fund to underpin Aboriginal business
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Business Australia has teamed up with Reconciliation Australia to launch a new fund to provide investment and business support to aboriginal business-focused projects. The Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund hopes to develop and nurture ...

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Indigenous groups angered at proposed Coalition cuts
The Australian
The peak indigenous representative body the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples told The Australian the cuts to indigenous affairs were deeply concerning. Digital Pass $1. A congress spokesman said "it's disappointing that an announcement ...

Indigenous policy: what the main parties will bring to the table
The Guardian
In the last week of August, Guardian Australia visited two Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to hear their concerns ahead of the federal election. Many of those we spoke to felt they had seen little to no improvement in their living ...

Indigenous jobs program branded a 'disaster'
ABC Online
Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says the Federal Government's remote area Indigenous jobs program in the Northern Territory is an unmitigated disaster. But he admits he does not know what to do about it. Tiwi Islands residents are accusing the ...

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Indigenous rangers face uncertain future
ABC Online
More than 700 Indigenous people are employed as rangers around Australia, including many in remote parts of the Northern Territory. But with only days until the election, some are facing a very uncertain future. The Mangarrayi Indigenous ranger program ...

IBA - INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AUSTRALIA : Helping Indigenous business ...
4-traders (press release)
In order to help Indigenous business owners understand the basic responsibilities, risks and obligations of operating a business in Australia, Terri Janke has written and published Law Way: Indigenous Business and the Law. Terri Janke is the Solicitor ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Apathy about indigenous arts is 'cultural apartheid'
Sydney Morning Herald
Promoter Peter Noble has lashed out over poor ticket sales for next month's Boomerang Festival, touted as Australia's most ambitious ever indigenous arts event, saying disinterest amounts to ''cultural apartheid''. Noble says the three-day event at ...
Apathy killing Boomerang Festival ticket salesABC Message Stick

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SBS
Indigenous Literacy Day promotes sharing and equality
SBS
We're 660 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, and our closest community in South Australia is 350 kilometres away, so she's fairly isolated,” says school principal Charlie Klein. Author Anita Heiss says Indigenous Literacy Day is contributing towards ...
Publish community stories the focus of Indigenous Literacy DayRadio Australia

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Indigenous Literacy Day promotes sharing and equity
SBS
We're 660 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, and our closest community in South Australia is 350 kilometres away, so she's fairly isolated,” says school principal Charlie Klein. Author Anita Heiss, says Indigenous Literacy Day is contributing towards ...
Publish community stories the focus of Indigenous Literacy DayRadio Australia

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SBS
Indigenous Australia bids for representation
SBS
One way of tackling Aboriginal disadvantage is through political representation, and that is where Indigenous Australia has always been under-represented. Australia's oldest political party, the ALP is a case in point, never having had an Aboriginal ...
Warren Mundine's indigenous manifesto – 'elegance and simplicity' or more ...Crikey (blog)

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The Age
Apathy about indigenous arts is 'cultural apartheid'
The Age
Promoter Peter Noble has lashed out over poor ticket sales for next month's Boomerang Festival, touted as Australia's most ambitious ever indigenous arts event, saying disinterest amounts to ''cultural apartheid''. Noble says the three-day event at ...

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Peak Aboriginal organisation lashes Abbott and ticks off Labor
The Australian
THE peak body representing Aborigines has criticised Tony Abbott for his lack of commitment to the organisation and failure to acknowledge the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in an evaluation of the major parties that was sent to ...

Indigenous participation in the developing north: a national emergency
The Conversation
The colonial meaning of frontier still stands in northern Australia: Indigenous people have not been conquered. Indigenous people own or control approximately 40% of statutory land titles in northern Australia. They assert coexisting rights to ...