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The West Australian
Indigenous gas deal should be honoured: Bergmann
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"I think the agreement still stands as something no-one in Australia or the world has been able to achieve. "A regional benefits package that deals with ripple effects that impact on all Aboriginal people, a native title compensation package that, at ...
Debate erupts as Woodside walk away from LNG hubAustralian Mining
THE DISTILLERY: Browsers bewareBusiness Spectator

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NEWS.com.au
Indigenous gas deal should be honoured: Bergmann
ABC Online
It may be the definition of wishful thinking but Wayne Bergmann believes Woodside and the WA Government should pay a $1.5 billion benefits package tied to the development of the Browse gas hub. Even though the gas hub won't be built, not in its ...
Barnett apologises to traditional owners and warns Woodside may lose state gas ...Australian Mining

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Charles Darwin University
Indigenous exhibition forges common ground - Charles Darwin University
Charles Darwin University
“Common Ground” presents, for the first time, a joint exhibition of more than 106 works by North Australian Indigenous artists, chiefly paintings and works on paper, drawn from the permanent art collections of Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary ...

WGAR News: We must continue calls for Treaty: Nicole Watson, Tracker
Sydney Indymedia
9 Apr 13: "A declaration of independence refreshes the campaign for Indigenous sovereignty over parts of Australia. ... Veteran Aboriginal activist Geoff Clark says he's encouraged by what he calls a reinvigoration of the campaign for Aboriginal ...

Sky News Australia
Great Green fallacy revealed
The Australian
Consider this: in the lead-up to the March 9 election the Greens threw everything they had at the remote seat vacated by Labor's retiring Carol Martin, the first indigenous woman to be elected to an Australian parliament. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 ...
James Price gas plan fight not over: MilneNEWS.com.au

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Aborigines rise on property ladder
The Australian
"Some don't have much experience in handling money and spend their earnings on expensive cars," she told The Weekend Australian. "All of those issues seem to come about with the family obligations and commitments indigenous people have. Very rarely ...

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Indigenous business group under attack
The Australian
THE head of Indigenous Business Australia went on a pre-arranged holiday in Vietnam with his 22-year-old daughter instead of attending Senate estimates in February to answer questions on a heavily criticised investment and the organisation's ...

Home ownership brings a change of fortune
The Australian
HOME ownership among Aboriginal Australians is steadily rising, and it's a sure sign that a middle class is emerging from the ranks of the nation's most disadvantaged people. Over the past decade, the rate of home ownership among Aboriginal households ...

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Heroes of Redfern walk the walk
The Australian
For his national political leadership I'm on a unity ticket with former Labor national president, Warren Mundine, the most capable indigenous Australian never to have been given the chance to serve in parliament. But he is not the Mundine I am talking ...

Toledo Museum of Art brings Aboriginal Australian art to Ohio - Art Daily
Art Daily
“Although exhibitions of art by Indigenous Australians have been shown on both the East and West Coasts of the United States, the Toledo Museum of Art is pleased to introduce these extraordinary works for the first time to our regional audience,” said ...

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The West Australian
Woodside says giant onshore Browse plant 'not commercially viable'
The Australian
WOODSIDE Petroleum has scrapped its controversial $US45 billion ($43 billion) plan to build the Browse liquefied natural gas project (LNG) plant at James Price Point, north of Broome, because of the high cost of building in the heated West Australian ...
Woodside is looking at other options after shelving its $45 billion Browse LNG ...ABC Online
$45b Browse gas hub deadThe West Australian
Woodside gas plan dump causes mixed reactionsPerth Now
The Age -BusinessDay.com.au
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Indigenous Australian channel praises Maori TV support
Radio New Zealand
Aboriginal broadcasters in Australia are praising Maori Television for the support it's given and sharing its knowledge and TV shows to help fill their programme content. The National Indigenous Television service (NITV) was launched in 2007 but six ...

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COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA : Commonwealth Bank continues its ...
4-traders (press release)
The 2013 and 2014 RAP highlights the Bank's achievements over the past two years and looks ahead to the future as we continue to collaborate with Indigenous Australians to achieve social, economic and financial equity. Building on the success and ...

Australian state launches website for indigenous businesses
FutureGov Magazine
Australian state launches website for indigenous businesses. By Sumedha Jalote | 11 April 2013 | Views: 282. The Queensland State Government in Australia launched Black Business Finder, a website designed to boost indigenous businesses and give ...

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UNICEF and Sony photo workshop promotes rights with Darwin's indigenous youth
UNICEF Australia (press release)
INDIGENOUS children from Darwin have this week been handed high-tech Sony cameras and instructed in documenting their lives thanks to a photography workshop hosted by UNICEF Australia, Amity Community Services Inc. and Sony Corporation.

Report Highlights Disadvantage Among Indigenous Offenders
Pro Bono Australia
A report finds that Indigenous offenders sentenced in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria are more likely to receive a term in prison rather than an order supervised in the community than their non- Indigenous counterparts. The report by the Sentencing ...

Department changes from Indigenous to Aboriginal
ABC Online
"Even though it may seem semantics and may be minor in terms of the challenges that face Aboriginal people, to Aboriginal people it was very significant," he said. "So the change reflects the will of Aboriginal people across Western Australia and I'm ...
Protecting a cultural right to abuseSydney Morning Herald

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The Mercury
Indigenous four off to Oxford, Cambridge
Sky News Australia
She wants to become a qualified architect when she returns to Australia and put some indigenous flavour into design work. 'I'm interested in the concept of nomadic housing,' Ms Lynn Rees said, adding there are only seven indigenous architects ...
Indigenous students head to Oxford, CambridgeSBS
Star scholar off to CambridgeTasmania Mercury

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Indigenous four off to Oxford, Cambridge
The Australian
She wants to become a qualified architect when she returns to Australia and put some indigenous flavour into design work. "I'm interested in the concept of nomadic housing," Ms Lynn Rees said, adding there are only seven indigenous architects ...

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Claim renews sovereignty campaign
SBS
A declaration of independence refreshes the campaign for Indigenous sovereignty over parts of Australia. Veteran Aboriginal activist Geoff Clark says he's encouraged by what he calls a reinvigoration of the campaign for Aboriginal sovereignty in Australia.