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Top NT magistrate says placement policy neglects human rights of Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The Northern Territory's chief magistrate says the pendulum has swung too far towards protecting Indigenous culture, at the expense of the basic human rights of Indigenous children. Hilary Hannam will soon leave the territory to take a seat on the ...

Indigenous entrepreneurs get a head start in Coffs this week
Coffs Coast Advocate
INDIGENOUS Business Australia (IBA) is running free Into Business workshops to assist indigenous Australians in the Coffs Harbour area who are interested in going into business. IBA chair Dr Dawn Casey said indigenous entrepreneurs who have business ...

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Australia: Fears Over New 'Stolen Generation'
Sky News
Campaigners are asking for the law to be changed to help rescue thousands of Aboriginal children in Australia from extreme neglect. Alcohol abuse is rife amongst indigenous communities and children are being abandoned while their parents drink. In some ...
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Indigenous Australian game offers many lessons for Muay Thai
Bangkok Post
Muay Thai, like Australian rules football, is facing up to new challenges of expanding globally while retaining its national heritage. In terms of international marketing, the Australian Football League (AFL) won't compromise on what it perceives as ...

Legal conference looks at improving Indigenous justice
ABC Local
Judges and magistrates from across Australia and New Zealand are in Adelaide to discuss ways to improve the justice system's dealings with Indigenous people. The two-day Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration conference will consider the ...

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National Indigenous Music Award nominations announced
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Celebrated for promoting Indigenous music to the world stage, Yothu Yindi have also been nominated for Artist of the Year alongside prodigal former band member Gurrumul Yunupingu and pop singer/actress Jessica Mauboy. 'This year's nominations ...

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Aboriginal prisoners build outback community homes
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Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that across the country, 74 per cent of Indigenous inmates have been in jail before. The Clarke brothers are proud of their educational achievements since joining the program and are happy to be ...

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Aboriginal prisoners build homes for outback communities to improve post ...
ABC Online
It is a baking hot day at Muswellbrook, in the upper Hunter Valley, where Indigenous inmates at the St Helliers Correctional Centre are building modular homes for Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales. It looks like any other construction ...

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Is the Australian resale royalty scheme benefiting indigenous artists?
Art Newspaper
Australia's artist resale royalty scheme, which came into effect in June 2010 and is currently being reviewed, seems to be offering increased protection to indigenous artists, with 60% of the artists who have been paid royalties being Aboriginal or ...

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Sydney Festival takes action on reconciliation
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'Given the track record of Sydney Festival in embracing Indigenous culture and trying to establish sound and sustainable bridges with Aboriginal Australia, I think this is certainly not a token gesture; it's not the first step but it is an important ...

Aboriginal-green link to fight gas projects
The Australian
Gavan McFadzean, The Wilderness Society's northern Australia campaign manager, said his organisation was keen to use iconic sites in the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula to develop a national campaign around the dangers of resource ...
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Uni body bans outspoken indigenous leader as 'unhealthy' for staff
The Australian
Ms Price, an outspoken campaigner against violence in Central Australia and a supporter of the Northern Territory intervention, says the episode raised serious issues of freedom of speech in academia and in indigenous communities. She had been due to ...

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Mind the gap: lessons for parents
The Australian
She will reveal the next 25 locations - from Palm Island in Queensland to East Kimberley in Western Australia, Mildura in Victoria and Riverland in South Australia - chosen for the program to focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families ...

Indigenous land managers to help with turtles, dugongs conservation
ABC Local
"Building on that understanding, so that all of us in this part of Queensland and Australia can understand a sustainable way in which to live along the reef is going to be for the betterment of us all." Topics: marine-parks, endangered-and-protected ...

Indigenous land managers to help with turtles, dugongs conservation
ABC Local
"Building on that understanding, so that all of us in this part of Queensland and Australia can understand a sustainable way in which to live along the reef is going to be for the betterment of us all." Topics: marine-parks, endangered-and-protected ...

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Federal intervention 'demonised' Aboriginal men
ABC Online
An Aboriginal leader says the federal intervention into remote Northern Territory communities has done more harm than good. Central Australian Aboriginal Congress deputy chief executive officer Des Rogers is one of the organisers of a male health ...

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Legal conference looks at improving Indigenous justice
ABC Online
Judges and magistrates from across Australia and New Zealand are in Adelaide to discuss ways to improve the justice system's dealings with Indigenous people. The two-day Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration conference will consider the ...

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Connecting Bankstown's Aboriginal elders
SBS
We get surprised sometimes when people say I did not realise that about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. So it's very important that we with our culture and certainly as time goes by there's been a long history a proud history of ...

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Connecting Bankstown's Aboriginal elders
SBS
We get surprised sometimes when people say I did not realise that about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. So it's very important that we with our culture and certainly as time goes by there's been a long history a proud history of ...

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Peak Aboriginal body elects Kirstie Parker, Les Malezer as leaders
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples also re-elected male co-chair Les Malezer, but the female co-chair Jody Broun was beaten by Ms Parker. Mr Malezer faced high profile competition but was ultimately successful in retaining his job ...