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Warning over plans to turn Australia's north into 'Asia's foodbowl'
ABC Online
Indigenous Australian land authorities have warned that any plan to develop northern Australia as a food bowl for Asia needs to be thought about carefully. Andrew Robb - a member of parliament from Australia's opposition Coalition - is finalising a ...

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'No legal barriers' to Canberra forcing roadhouses to sell Opal
The Australian
About 10 such retailers have been criticised for allowing petrol sniffing to continue. After completing a study last week into a Greens-sponsored bill that would allow the government to compel retailers to switch to the non-sniffable fuel, University ...

Macklin may act in land body row
The Australian
A BITTER board dispute at the $1 billion Indigenous Land Corporation has escalated into a legal wrangle involving Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin and thrown the membership of the organisation's audit committee into question. Two of the ILC ...

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Indigenous land officials urge caution on plans to turn the north into 'Asia's ...
Radio Australia
The Northern Land Council is one of Australia's largest bodies overseeing Indigenous land rights. It says there's little difference between the positions of the Coalition opposition, and Australia's Labor federal government, in developing the north as ...

Land council in talks with all parties
ABC Local
Indigenous Australian land authorities have warned that any plan to develop northern Australia as a food bowl for Asia needs to be thought about carefully. Andrew Robb - a member of parliament from Australia's opposition Coalition - is finalising a ...

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Indigenous housing dispute leads to worker walk-off
The Australian
Up to 40 workers for Maiden Civil walked off and at least 16 were evicted after the subcontractor was unable to pay its accommodation bills, with the remainder having already left. "It's all done and dusted. We're not getting paid, and we've been ...

Labor coughs up $1m to combat petrol sniffing
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon yesterday told The Weekend Australian the money would go towards programs targeting petrol sniffers and those abusing other substances in areas such as Katherine in the Northern Territory, the Kimberley in ...

Petrol sniffing: stepping softly is no solution
The Australian
MARGARET and David Hewitt have spent nearly 50 years traversing much of the continent, trying to help Aboriginal communities beat the daily scourge of alcohol abuse, violence and petrol sniffing. This week, when they learned of a ... Evidence of ...

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From left, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell, Jessica Mauboy and Deborah ...
The Australian
Briggs admired his aunt, Hyllus Maris, the AWGIE-winning writer of the Australian television omnibus series about indigenous lives, the 1982 miniseries, Women Of The Sun. "That was almost the first Aboriginal narrative we saw on screen that was any way ...

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Policies fail to make dent in Aboriginal joblessness
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian National University economists Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter have estimated that when CDEP participants are excluded, the bureau figures show that indigenous employment in non-CDEP jobs has been rising since 2006, especially among ...

Rising Aboriginal jobless rate fuels policy angst
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian National University economists Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter estimated that when CDEP participants are excluded, the bureau figures show that indigenous employment in non-CDEP jobs has been rising since 2006, especially among women.

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Racial taunts are stuff of Boomer's inspiration
Brisbane Times
His uncle Danny Morseu was the first indigenous player to represent Australia in basketball and Mills carries three flags with him to international events. ''We had all different kinds of races on our team in Shadows and it's not talked about a lot but ...
Australian point guard Patty Mills: Racial abuse inspires me to be a role modelArizona Daily Sun (blog)
Patrick Mills uses racial taunts for inspirationSydney Morning Herald

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Economics kills the refinery that protesters couldn't close
New Zealand Herald
Economics has finally achieved what decades of opposition failed to win - the end of oil refining on one of the most important cultural sites for both European and indigenous Australians. Caltex announced yesterday it would close its oil refinery at ...
History of Kurnell PeninsulaSydney Morning Herald

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Racial taunts are stuff of Boomer's inspiration
Sydney Morning Herald
His uncle Danny Morseu was the first indigenous player to represent Australia in basketball and Mills carries three flags with him to international events. ''We had all different kinds of races on our team in Shadows and it's not talked about a lot but ...
Australian point guard Patty Mills: Racial abuse inspires me to be a role modelArizona Daily Sun (blog)

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Roadhouse owner won't stock Opal, or serve Aborigines
The Australian
David Cox, owner of the Mount Dare Hotel, about 10km south of the South Australia-Northern Territory border, told The Australian yesterday he did not need to switch to Opal as he had told a nearby Aboriginal community he did not want their business.

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Islam Embraces Australia's Indigenous People
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Indigenous Australians have been in contact with Muslims from various parts of the world for centuries. It began with Muslim fishermen from Indonesia in the 1700s and these visitors left a lasting imprint. Islamic motifs have been in found in some ...

Singer wants her indigenous culture to shine
The Australian
The 17-year-old from Brisbane has made a good start. This month she won Triple J's National Indigenous Music Awards competition, which entitles her to perform at the annual awards in Darwin next month. Plum earned further recognition as an indigenous ...

Rising Aboriginal jobless rate fuels policy angst
Brisbane Times
Australian National University economists Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter estimated that when CDEP participants are excluded, the bureau figures show that indigenous employment in non-CDEP jobs has been rising since 2006, especially among women.

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We need to focus on more than mining to create jobs: Peter Yu
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous leader and Gillard government adviser Peter Yu has warned mining is not the "panacea" that will deliver remote and regional Indigenous Australians economic independence and that a new focus must be placed on agriculture, carbon farming and ...

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Indigenous Australia for Dummies
ABC Local
How much do you know about Australia's indigenous culture? Michael Pavlich speaks to Prof Larissa Behrendt, author of "Indigenous Australia for Dummies" she's also a barrister and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at ...

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