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Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 8:08pm
Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination  The Conversation AU

Support for Māori communities was a funding priority in New Zealand's well-being budget. In a Facebook post, Labour MP Meka Whaitiri celebrated the new ...

How we tracked down the only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 8:07pm
How we tracked down the only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier  The Conversation AU

In 1918, in Wünsdorf prisoner-of-war camp, a German sculptor created a bust of Indigenous soldier Douglas Grant. For decades, the whereabouts of this ...

One in six women in Australia are physically or sexually abused before they turn 15 - SBS

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 7:51pm
One in six women in Australia are physically or sexually abused before they turn 15  SBS

A new report has shed light on statistics surrounding family, domestic and sexual violence - showing one in six women and one in nine men experienced ...

Michael Rakowitz review – horribly entertaining tour of ruined utopias - The Guardian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 4:25pm
Michael Rakowitz review – horribly entertaining tour of ruined utopias  The Guardian

Michael Rakowitz’s fascinating Whitechapel show is filled with surprises. It is also an exhausting experience. An inflatable grey building greets you, corralled behind a timber ramp and elevated walkway. A simplified, pneumatic vinyl housing block, it puffs itself up, then flags wheezily and slumps like a drunk to one side. Then up it comes again, undefeated. Designed as a modernist estate in 1954, the Pruitt-Igoe development in St Louis was initially a segregated area, and although that didn’t last, the estate was predominantly occupied by African Americans and left to decay. So bad did it...

Australian classrooms have an opportunity to re-evaluate Cook's place in history - ABC News

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 4:03pm
Australian classrooms have an opportunity to re-evaluate Cook's place in history  ABC News

The legacy of Captain Cook's first voyage in the Pacific is a challenging one. As we approach the marking of 250 years...

Australia's famed Uluru soon won't be a climbing destination, but there's plenty else to do - The Globe and Mail

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 4:00pm
Australia's famed Uluru soon won't be a climbing destination, but there's plenty else to do  The Globe and Mail

The newfound appeal of Uluru as a natural, cultural and spiritual phenomenon to savour – rather than conquer – can be attributed to the evolution of societal ...

Revealed: who’s at most risk of violence - The Australian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 2:00pm
Revealed: who’s at most risk of violence  The Australian

Indigenous Australians are 32 times more likely to be admitted to hospital as a result of family violence than non-indigenous people, a government report found.

Indigenous Canadian women the victims of ‘genocide’ - The Australian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 2:00pm
Indigenous Canadian women the victims of ‘genocide’  The Australian

Hundreds, if not thousands, of Canadian indigenous women were the victims of endemic violence that amounted to genocide, a long-running inquiry has found.

Ex-Indigenous chair urges inclusion of Aboriginal language in anthem - The Age

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 10:00am
Ex-Indigenous chair urges inclusion of Aboriginal language in anthem  The Age

The former chair of the Australian Rugby League Indigenous Council has urged the NRL to have the national anthem sung in both an Aboriginal language and English before State of Origin matches and the grand final. Federal politician and shadow minister for Indigenous affairs, Linda Burney, only stepped down as the head of the code's Indigenous advisory group late last year and has argued the move would be a step in the right direction. Respect: Linda Burney.Photo: Dominic Lorrimer NSW's Indigenous stars Cody Walker, Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr have been joined by Queensland's Will Ch...

Video | news.com.au — Australia's #1 news site - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 9:05am
Video | news.com.au — Australia's #1 news site  NEWS.com.au

Broadcaster Justin Smith says Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner must be visiting remote Indigenous communities 'with his eyes shut'.

Liberal MP Craig Kelly says 'a lot of Australians' would back national anthem re-wording before State of Origin protest - ABC News

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 7:00am
Liberal MP Craig Kelly says 'a lot of Australians' would back national anthem re-wording before State of Origin protest  ABC News

The national anthem could be re-worded after a silent protest from Indigenous players at tonight's blockbuster State of Origin rugby league match.

Australia printed its first Scriptures in Maori and Tahitian - Eternity News

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 6:40am
Australia printed its first Scriptures in Maori and Tahitian  Eternity News

Australia made a unique contribution to international religious printing with the first Christian Scriptures printed here, which were in Tahitian and Maori ...

First dinosaur ‘herd’ in Australia uncovered after 60 bones unearthed from outback NSW mine - 9News

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 6:34am
First dinosaur ‘herd’ in Australia uncovered after 60 bones unearthed from outback NSW mine  9News

Australian scientists who uncovered dozens of fossilised bones in an underground mine in outback New South Wales have confirmed the discovery of a ...

Ceduna celebrates Reconciliation Week with events - West Coast Sentinel

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 5:17am
Ceduna celebrates Reconciliation Week with events  West Coast Sentinel

THE CEDUNA community got together to celebrate National Reconciliation Week last week, which included the unveiling of Indigenous art and a screening of ...

Government response to Kimberley deaths report - The West Australian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 3:43am
Government response to Kimberley deaths report  The West Australian

The preliminary report was released by the State Government recently.

Wiluna nurse a role model - The West Australian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 2:20am
Wiluna nurse a role model  The West Australian

“I feel it in my heart that I was put on this Earth to help my people,” Wiluna nurse Joella Ashwin says. Ms Ashwin is a proud Martu woman, considered an ...

Trustees need help with ATSI death benefit payments - Super Review

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 2:08am
Trustees need help with ATSI death benefit payments  Super Review

Some super funds have admitted that awareness levels of indigenous kinship structures in the superannuation industry aren't as developed as they could be, ...

Bumper prize haul for indigenous artists - The West Australian

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 2:05am
Bumper prize haul for indigenous artists  The West Australian

Local indigenous artists were among those awarded top honours at the sold-out Inland Art Prize opening on Friday night.

There Is No Reconciliation Until Australia Acts On Indigenous Suicide - Junkee

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 1:48am
There Is No Reconciliation Until Australia Acts On Indigenous Suicide  Junkee

*Content* warning: this article discusses suicide. To heal the nation, we must heal our First Nations, and this process is overdue. Australia should be hanging its ...

Video | news.com.au — Australia's #1 news site - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2019/06/04 - 12:51am
Video | news.com.au — Australia's #1 news site  NEWS.com.au

EXCLUSIVE: Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner is calling on the federal government to allow the return of alcohol to remote Indigenous ...

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