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Aussies dismayed at marathon's cancellation
Sydney Morning Herald
Marathon legend Robert de Castella said the eight indigenous Australians who had travelled to New York with him to do the marathon - after nine months of training - were "absolutely devastated". De Castella said the team, part of the Indigenous ...
Aboriginal runners to help New York after SandyAFP

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Should Local Governments be constitutionally recognised?
Coolum News
"Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave an undertaking when coming to office in 2010 to hold referendums by the end of 2013 on both constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians and constitutional recognition of local government," Ms Lewis said ...

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Redfern Now on ABC
National Indigenous Times
Redfern Now, six stories that explores life of Indigenous families, and the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians, will begin screening on ABC1 this Thursday 1st November. The series has pulled together Indigenous ...

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Aboriginal people 'in welfare trap'
NTNews.com.au
"It is the kind of question the rest of Australia has been asking for years, as it tries to connect the dots, tries to understand why a long-running mining boom can exist literally next door to a culture of entitlement and welfare dependency.'' In a ...

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My dream: a real future of our own making
The Australian
TODAY I want to provide a statement on the status of Aboriginal communities living in the Northern Territory. Most Australians would have an idea of those communities, whether right or wrong. Even those of us with deep knowledge have to admit how ...

Sick at heart: why a disillusioned Warren Mundine quit the Labor Party
The Australian
I saw that we could end the disparity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia within a generation. And I believed (government) policies were never going to do it. "It became more about the politics than actually achieving anything. And I began ...

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A courageous indigenous voice speaks the truth
The Australian (blog)
WHAT a breath of fresh air Northern Territory Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson is for speaking out about the corrosive culture of entitlement and welfare dependency that blights Aboriginal people across this land ("My people must grow up ...
NT Aboriginal politician calls for end to culture of welfareABC Online
Minister slams Indigenous culture of dependencyYahoo!7 News

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Free agent
The Australian
For most of his adult life, he proudly did so first as a member, and then as the first indigenous National President of the Australian Labor Party - but that relationship is now over. "I know there are people who are going to be shocked when they hear ...

Blown by fickle winds of Aboriginal policy
The Australian
This week Russell Skelton from The Age took the words right out of my mouth. Skelton is a Fairfax exception, regularly bringing unsettling guests into the parlours of cosmopolitan Melbourne: the peoples of remote Aboriginal Australia. His writing tells ...

Sydney Morning Herald
What the rest of us can bet on: some culture
Sydney Morning Herald
Foremost among them is a ''world-class'' national indigenous cultural centre. The Visitor Economy Taskforce, with a keen eye on international tourists, has told the state government that Sydney needs such a centre. Its report laments: ''NSW has ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Chris O'Dowd interview: The Sapphires
Telegraph.co.uk
A feelgood musical about an indigenous Australian girl group that goes to Vietnam to sing soul music to the American troops in the 1970s, it has already been a hit in Australia, and could well repeat that success worldwide. Before the festival ...

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Leading Aboriginal corporation in administration
ABC Local
JON ALTMAN: The BAC expanded to the point where it was the largest Indigenous development corporation in north Australia and it was the envy of very many remote and Indigenous communities who saw the BAC as just the outstanding model for ...

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Louise Howden-Smith with Ochre dancers in the background. Picture: Colin ...
The Australian
ON any day in Western Australia, across the Pilbara, Kimberley and desert country, storytelling, song cycles and dance ceremonies enrich and embellish the lives of thousands of indigenous people. In Perth, welcome to country ceremonies acknowledge ...

Indigenous progress being stifled: academic
Northern Star
ARE the current management structures and practices in Indigenous organisations, government and non-government agencies and political structures that impact upon Indigenous Australians creating enormous inefficiencies and waste of taxpayer funds ...

Brisbane Times
Cause and compassion
Brisbane Times
Popular music has long been a focal point for those trying to create change or enhance public awareness of social issues and now a group of Australia's finest young indigenous musicians are hitting the road for a tour to raise awareness and promote the ...
Sultan fins his own voiceThe West Australian
State Parliament home to Hart paintingMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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NTNews.com.au
From card table to aces
NTNews.com.au
Skinnyfish Music co-founders Michael Hohnen and Mark Grose are NT finalists for the Australian of the Year for their work as indigenous talent mentors. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHI. IT started off on a card table in the corner of a Darwin bedroom about 14 ...
Skinnyfish founders finalists for Australian of the YearThe Music Network

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Leading Aboriginal corporation in administration
ABC Online
ASHLEY HALL: Western Australia's police service says it's assessing the actions of officers involved in the investigation of the former public prosecutor Lloyd Rayney. The Perth barrister has been acquitted of the 2007 murder of his wife Corryn Rayney ...

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The forgotten soldiers
Blacktown Sun
Locke was one of more than 450 indigenous Australians who served during World War I, although many more who tried to enlist at the start of the war were rejected on the grounds of race. By then, the indigenous population had declined to only 80,000.

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Burning savanna creates carbon credit cash
The Australian
AN indigenous organisation could earn up to $500,000 a year by selling carbon credits it creates by deliberately burning savannas ahead of the fire season to reduce the amount of pollution. The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) has gained approval to ...
Savannah burning aims to farm carbon creditsABC Online

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Skinnyfish founders finalists for Australian of the Year
The Music Network
Northern Territory Indigenous music label Skinnyfish Music's founders Michael Hohnen and Mark Grose were announced, today, as NT finalists in the 2013 Australian of the Year awards. The pair have been responsible for mentoring bands through business ...