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Swamp of politics is no place for a toad
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Peter Collier, Western Australian Minister for Education, Energy and Indigenous Affairs. A cane toad replies: Dear Mr Collier, It has come to my notice that you have likened my and my fellow toads' credibility to that of the Prime Minister of this country.

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National Post
Facebook in breach of local laws, says rights watchdog
The Australian
Typical of content posted on the original site were pictures of indigenous Australians bearing racist and denigrating captions. "Car Robbery It rhymes with our word for celebration (corroborree)" read one. Another carried the words: "My land Liquorland ...
'Aboriginal Memes' Facebook Page Deemed Racist In Australia; Social Network ...Huffington Post
Will Facebook kill anti-Aboriginal pages? NoCNET
Facebook racial hate page 'taken down'SBS
Brisbane Times -Sydney Morning Herald -Crikey (blog)
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Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott call on racial slur blasted
Sydney Morning Herald
AN indigenous leader has called for racial vilification to be a criminal offence under federal law. Les Malezer, the co-chairman of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, also accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of ''exploiting ...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Sapphires
Newcastle Herald
Based loosely on fact, the script by Briggs and Keith Thompson centres on Australia's first indigenous girl group – three sisters and a cousin from the Cummeragunja Mission – who get their big break when they're invited to entertain American troops ...
Sapphire in the rough gets away from IT crowdSydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal voices silence Vietnamese war storiesEureka Street
All eyes on little Aussie sparklerThe Age

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National Post
Facebook takes down controversial page that mocked Australian Aborigines
National Post
CANBERRA, Australia — Facebook took down a page that insults Australian Aborigines after the government accused the social networking company of using its U.S. base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws. The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page ...

Too many indigenous in juvenile justice
Ninemsn
A new study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) said the figures meant that on an average day in 2010-11, indigenous people aged 10-17 were 24 times more likely to be in detention than non-indigenous people in the same age group.

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Too many indigenous in juvenile justice
Ninemsn
A new study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) said the figures meant that on an average day in 2010-11, indigenous people aged 10-17 were 24 times more likely to be in detention than non-indigenous people in the same age group.

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Telegraph.co.uk
Facebook row over page depicting Aborigines as drunks and welfare cheats
Telegraph.co.uk
The "Aboriginal Memes" Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

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Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
The Associated Press
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

The Age
Abbott call on racial slur blasted
The Age
AN indigenous leader has called for racial vilification to be a criminal offence under federal law. Les Malezer, the co-chairman of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, also accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of ''exploiting ...

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Facebook faces calls to remove page
The Press Association
The government has accused the social networking company of using its US base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws. The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furore in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as ...

Activists do no favours for Aboriginal community
The Australian
ONLY an Aborigine with the standing of Bess Price could expose the do-gooders and activists who now surround and suffocate Aboriginal advancement in Australia ("Amnesty a racist organisation: Price", 9/8). As she clearly shows, Aborigines are well able ...

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In a white rage at black distress
The Australian
Yet in the universities and television studios of the coastal cities, Aboriginal activists have focused on their own feelings. Last year, nine "fair-skinned Aboriginal people" successfully brought a class action against News Limited (publisher of The ...

Cape gets a boost for world heritage
The Australian
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke revealed yesterday he had secured a "significant breakthrough" in his quest to achieve indigenous consent for nomination, with the powerful Cape York Land Council agreeing to restart talks about world heritage.

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Mundine rounds on Price race 'insults'
The Australian
Mr Mundine said while he agreed with many aspects of Ms Price's fierce attack on Amnesty, the racial attack on Mr Dillon and Amnesty's indigenous people's rights manager, Monica Morgan, went too far. He said describing Mr Dillon as a "white blackfella ...

National Post
Facebook in breach of local laws, says rights watchdog
The Australian
Race Discrimination Commissioner Helen Szoke late yesterday urged Facebook to remove the page and repeated warnings that it may breach race discrimination laws. The social networking company yesterday said it was in "constructive dialogue" with Dr ...
'Aboriginal Memes' Facebook Page Deemed Racist In Australia; Social Network ...Huffington Post
Facebook racial hate page 'taken down'SBS
Shame on Facebook, but let's not forget that racism is a wider public health ...Crikey (blog)
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Aboriginal youth detention rates improve
The Australian
But, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the over-representation has fallen from the 2007-08 level, where Aboriginal youths were 28 times more likely to be in detention. The rate of Aboriginal youths under community ...
Too many indigenous in juvenile justiceNinemsn
Indigenous solutions to power needsABC Local
Young Australians Want Reconciliation- SurveyPro Bono Australia
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CBS News
Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
CBS News
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

Facebook facing pressure in Australia over Aboriginal discrimination
WJLA
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

BBC News
Facebook removes 'racist' page in Australia
BBC News
How Facebook decides what to ban. A Facebook page that depicted Aboriginal people in Australia as drunks and welfare cheats has been removed after a public outcry. The Aboriginal Memes page had allowed users to post jokes about indigenous people.