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Sydney Morning Herald
Redfern Now back for second series
Sydney Morning Herald
The six episodes of Redfern Now were written, directed and produced by indigenous Australians, with McGovern acting as story producer to help shape the stories selected in late 2010 into compelling dramatic scripts. The cast is mostly indigenous too ...

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The West Australian
Green light for Redfern Now
The West Australian
Indigenous drama Redfern Now has received funding for a second season, it was announced yesterday by Screen Australia. Writers will again work with Jimmy McGovern. Season one airs Thursdays at 8.30pm on ABC1. Over at Foxtel, the A&E channel has ...
Now Aussie trash is treasuredSydney Morning Herald

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Abbott beats drum for more Indigenous MPs
ABC Online
"I would love to think that a highly traditional Australian Aboriginal, who is nevertheless charismatic and inspirational in modern Australia as well, might enter the Federal Parliament," he said. Mr Abbott says he is proud that West Australian ...

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More 'authentic' Aboriginal MPs needed
The Australian
TONY Abbott has described Australia's first indigenous lower house MP Ken Wyatt as an "urban Aboriginal" and says parliament must do more to encourage "authentic" indigenous representatives. Mr Abbott said he was "very proud" that Mr Wyatt had entered ...
Abbott praises NT minister AndersonHerald Sun

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Abbott praises NT minister Anderson
Sydney Morning Herald
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says it would be terrific to have an "authentic" indigenous representative of central Australia in the federal parliament. Mr Abbott was on Tuesday responding to a question about the possibility of Northern Territory ...

Alcohol abuse is crushing future generations
The Age
EVERY Australian should hang their head in shame on hearing how alcohol is permanently damaging Aboriginal children in remote communities. Generations of Aborigines have been soaked in alcohol abuse, leading to alarming rates of violence, neglect, ...

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Australian Phone app bids to save dying aboriginal language
FOX43.com
Iwaidja free mobile phone app is the first phone app for an Australian indigenous language and aims to prevent the extinction of the Iwaidja language -- one of Australia's 100 endangered languages. It is spoken by less than 200 people on Croker Island, ...

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Crocodile eggs measure river health: New land management tool using ...
Phys.Org
A Darwin-based scientist has converted this link and other intimate Aboriginal knowledge of Australia's landscape into an environmental management tool. CSIRO's Emma Woodward worked with Aboriginal elders as part of the Tropical Rivers and Coastal ...

Last words? Phone app bids to save dying aboriginal language
CNN
"There has been an enthusiastic uptake of mobile phone technology in indigenous communities in Australia, so the idea is to capitalize on that," says linguist Bruce Birch, coordinator of the Minjilang Endangered Languages Publication project, which ...

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Elder should shrug off Aitken white man remark, says MP
The Australian
Northern Territory MP Bess Nungarrayi Price labelled as "silly" Mr Mortimer's concerns over the comments by former University of Canberra vice-chancellor Don Aitkin. "I've got grandsons who are white and everybody loves them and acknowledges them, and ...

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Indigenous drama gets second season
The Australian
Before the first season even reaches its halfway point, Screen Australia yesterday announced that it would invest $5.5 million in a second instalment of the series, co-produced by Blackfella Films and ABC TV, as well as two feature films. Miranda Dear ...
Redfern Now to return for series twoSydney Morning Herald
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Screen Oz funds another series of Redfern Now plus two filmsMuMbrella
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Abbott 'misread' Anderson
The Australian
Mr Mills yesterday threw his support behind Ms Anderson, declaring there had been "no conspiracy" and that she would retain her cabinet role as NT Minister for Indigenous Advancement and Regional Development. But failed attempts by the federal ...

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Mundine: 'I didn't think about what I was saying'
SBS
In an interview with Living Black Presenter Karla Grant, boxer Anthony Mundine said he did not intend to offend Tasmania's Aboriginal Australians with his remarks on boxer Daniel Geale last month. Mundine was asked how he felt about his next opponent, ...

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Brisbane Times
Redfern Now to return for series two
Brisbane Times
The second series will centre on contemporary inner-city Indigenous life and will once again, in six stand-alone episodes, tell the stories of six ordinary families whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident, a statement from Screen ...
Screen Aus invests in My Mistress, Son of a Gun and second series of Redfern ...Inside Film

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Sydney Morning Herald
Redfern Now to return for series two
Sydney Morning Herald
The second series will centre on contemporary inner-city Indigenous life and will once again, in six stand-alone episodes, tell the stories of six ordinary families whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident, a statement from Screen ...
Screen Aus invests in My Mistress, Son of a Gun and second series of Redfern ...Inside Film
Screen Oz funds another series of Redfern Now plus two filmsMuMbrella

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SBS
Mundine clarifies stand on Tasmanian Indigenous
SBS
In an interview with Living Black Presenter Karla Grant, boxer Anthony Mundine said he did not intend to offend Tasmania's Aboriginal Australians with his remarks on boxer Daniel Geale last month. Mundine was asked how he felt about his next opponent, ...

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'Determined' Aboriginal campaigner Isabel Coe dies
ABC Online
Australians are today mourning the death of one the country's most prominent Indigenous leaders, Isabel Coe. For decades, Ms Coe played a key role in the campaign for Indigenous sovereignty and was instrumental in keeping the Aboriginal Tent Embassy ...

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Hamilton historian proves Aboriginal soldier served in Boer War
ABC Local
Peter Bakker has spent the past five years researching and documenting the contribution of indigenous Australians in past conflicts. During that time, the number of aboriginal soldiers recognised by the Australian War Memorial as having served the ...

Aboriginal campaigner Isabel Coe dies
ABC Message Stick
Australians are today mourning the death of one the country's most prominent Indigenous leaders, Isabel Coe. For decades, Ms Coe played a key role in the campaign for Indigenous sovereignty and was instrumental in keeping the Aboriginal Tent Embassy ...

Garth and Kurt open Kurt's contact book
ABC Online (blog)
He kicked off the week with former Australian marathon runner Rob De Castella, who brought Indigenous Australians over to New York to run as a part of his Indigenous Marathon Project. Aged between 18-30, those involved in the program come from all ...