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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.

What can we learn from Indigenous culture about mental health?
Crikey (blog)
They were struck by what is happening here, and there is growing international interest in the focus and investment that is being given to mental health in Australia. The 'Sydney Conversations' were hosted by the National Mental Health Commission, who ...

NSW to get first indigenous war memorial
The Australian
The City of Sydney council has asked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to submit designs for the monument, which will be in place in Sydney's Hyde Park for Anzac Day 2015, the centenary of Australia's involvement in World War I. The ...

Memorial at last for indigenous Diggers
The Australian
Australia has no national or state monuments dedicated to the military contribution made by indigenous troops, although there are a number of monuments in regional towns and a larger memorial is being built in Adelaide. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 ...

Kev Carmody wins Australia Council Don Banks Music Award for outstanding ...
NEWS.com.au
QUEENSLAND indigenous songwriter Kev Carmody has won the prestigious Australia Council Don Banks Music Award for outstanding contribution to Australian music. The $60,000 annual prize is the nation's most valuable individual music award.
Kev Carmody wins major Oz music awardYahoo!7 News
Carmody rewarded for recording historyThe Australian
Kev Carmody Wins $60000 Australia Council AwardtheMusic

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Wealthy Western Australia - from the Secret Country to Forgotten Peoples
National Indigenous Times
Western Australia has the nation's highest median income. Per capita it is the richest State in the Commonwealth of Australia yet it has the highest homelessness rate in the nation. Its poorest people, most of them Aboriginal, have not benefited from ...

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Mission Australia joins call to do something about Kimberley's homeless
National Indigenous Times
kalgoorlie-homeless Mission Australia has joined in to trying to focus the Western Australian Government's attention on the homelessness epidemic in the tourist mecca of the Kimberley region. ... Most of the homeless are Aboriginal people. Few listened to.

NEWS.com.au
Asher Keddie walks away with Logie gold
ABC Online
The ABC won seven awards, including one for Mabo actress Deborah Mailman, who won the Most Outstanding Actress category for her portrayal of Indigenous activist Bonita Mabo in the 2012 telemovie. "I got the chance to play the most extraordinary ...
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Australia celebrates its TV starsStuff.co.nz
Nine bags Logie haul, ABC dominates news, Asher Keddie rescues TenMarketing magazine Australia
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Discrimination faced by our indigenous soldiers
Yahoo!7 News
Those who survived, nevertheless suffered terrible injustice upon their return to Australia. Percy Pepper was one of one thousand Aboriginal soldiers to serve in World War One. "He enlisted while he was in Warnambool to go to war and I think the reason ...

Watchdog to oversee NSW Aboriginal policy
Yahoo!7 News
Taxing superannuation earnings that support pensions and annuities above $100,000 is a complex issue that needs industry consultation, the Financial Services Council of Australia says. Six broad changes to superannuation were announced on Friday.
Language used to help link pupils with jobsSydney Morning Herald

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Ernie Bridge dies but the fight for justice will go on
National Indigenous Times
Mr Bridge was the first Western Australian Aboriginal person to be elected to the West Australian Parliament as the member for the Kimberley between 1980 to 2001... More of this story can be read in the Print Edition, or subscribe online now. Receive ...

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Reconciliation Australia welcomes SA constitutional change
National Indigenous Times
Reconciliation Australia has welcomed amendments to the South Australian Constitution passed by the South Australia Parliament which officially acknowledge Aboriginal people. Reconciliation Australia Chief Executive Officer, Leah Armstrong said South ...

The West Australian
State funeral for Ernie Bridge
The West Australian
The Order of Australia member and Centenary Medal recipient was praised for his commitment to Aboriginal affairs and was well known for promoting the concept of piping water from the Kimberley to Perth via Kalgoorlie. He was also a country music singer ...

NEWS.com.au
State funeral for WA's Ernie Bridge
The Australian
The Order of Australia member and Centenary Medal recipient was praised for his commitment to Aboriginal affairs and was well known for promoting the concept of piping water from the Kimberley to Perth via Kalgoorlie. He was also a country music singer ...
Ernie Bridge dies but the fight for justice will go onNational Indigenous Times

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Applauding from afar
The Australian
Last month's live webcast of the production, directed by Wesley Enoch, was seen by people in cities as far as Paris and London, along with groups at more than 10 indigenous art centres in remote Australia. And although the storm played havoc with the ...

PS News
First Australian a DFAT first
PS News
Damien Miller. Australia's next Ambassador to Denmark is the first indigenous Australian to be appointed as head of an overseas mission. Damien Miller will also have non-resident accreditation to Norway and Iceland when he replaces James Choi in May.

We must do far more as a country to acknowledge the First Australians: Prof ...
Crikey (blog)
Our failure to do so is harmful for Indigenous Australians, as well as being a source of shame for non-Indigenous Australians, she says. Her article below was prompted by a recent visit to New Zealand, where the acknowledgement of Maori symbolism, ...

Basics Cards for parts of WA Pilbara
The Australian
THE federal government has expanded an income management scheme to indigenous communities in the desert region near Western Australia's border. From April 15 income management will be introduced to Laverton and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

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