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Unis achieve slow but steady increase in indigenous students - The Australian

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Unis achieve slow but steady increase in indigenous students
The Australian
Universities across Australia are working on increasing their numbers of indigenous students, along with indigenous student retention and completion rates, with markedly different levels of success. According to federal Department of Education and ...

Push on at Monash University to boost indigenous student numbers - The Australian

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Push on at Monash University to boost indigenous student numbers
The Australian
According to 2016 higher education statistics from the federal Department of Education and Training — the most recent available — Monash had the lowest proportion of indigenous students of all Australian universities. Only 0.39 per cent of its ...

Wallabies to don Indigenous jersey at Twickenham - Rugby.com.au

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 9:07am

Rugby.com.au

Wallabies to don Indigenous jersey at Twickenham
Rugby.com.au
The Wallabies will roll out their Indigenous jersey offshore for the first time in a Twickenham blockbuster against England next month. Australia debuted the jersey in last year's third Bledisloe Test win at Suncorp Stadium but Rugby Australia had been ...
'Absolute privilege': Wallabies to wear indigenous jersey at Twickenham against EnglandDaily Telegraph
Wallabies to wear Indigenous jersey against England at TwickenhamESPN
Wallabies feeling privileged to tackle England in Indigenous jerseyThe Sydney Morning Herald
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'Absolute privilege': Wallabies to wear indigenous jersey at Twickenham against England - Daily Telegraph

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 9:00am

Daily Telegraph

'Absolute privilege': Wallabies to wear indigenous jersey at Twickenham against England
Daily Telegraph
“It is an absolute privilege to wear the gold jersey every time you get to represent your country on the rugby field and having the opportunity to wear the indigenous design has a special significance,” Wallabies captain Michael Hooper said. TEAM ...
Wallabies feeling privileged to tackle England in Indigenous jerseyThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Prince Harry in Australia: We couldn't think of a better place to announce our baby news - video - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 8:07am

The Guardian

Prince Harry in Australia: We couldn't think of a better place to announce our baby news - video
The Guardian
After the announcement of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby news on the first day of their Australian tour, the pair were given some very Australian gifts – a stuffed kangaroo and a pair of tiny Ugg boots. The royal couple, who married in Windsor ...

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Indigenous lawyer from UQ is 2019 Rhodes Scholar - UQ News

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 7:35am

UQ News

Indigenous lawyer from UQ is 2019 Rhodes Scholar
UQ News
“To address this, I am putting all my efforts into being a role model and mentor for young Indigenous Australians seeking to enter and progress through the legal profession. "Secondly I aim to improve representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion sorry for backing Pauline Hanson's 'OK to be white' motion - ABC Message Stick

Tue, 2018/10/16 - 3:12am

ABC Message Stick

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion sorry for backing Pauline Hanson's 'OK to be white' motion
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has apologised for voting for a One Nation motion which declared "it is OK to be white", acknowledging that it "downplays racism and historic injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians".
It's OK to WhitewashIndigenousX (press release) (blog)

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It's OK to Whitewash - IndigenousX (press release) (blog)

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 11:44pm

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)

It's OK to Whitewash
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
When asked if there is still a massive issue with racism, particularly for Indigenous Australians his evasive answer was still illuminating, “well look, I have to say, it's very difficult for me, I'm a white bloke.” He went on to say, “But I really ...
Australian ministers under fire for backing 'okay to be white' voteThe Daily Star

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Improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians - ABC News

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 9:42pm

ABC News

Improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians
ABC News
Indigenous Australians are more likely to experience tooth decay and gum disease than non-Indigenous Australians, which can have negative impacts on diet and self-esteem and cause other health problems. Life Matters talks to Dr Chris Bourke, ...

Improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians - ABC News

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 9:42pm

ABC News

Improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians
ABC News
Indigenous Australians are more likely to experience tooth decay and gum disease than non-Indigenous Australians, which can have negative impacts on diet and self-esteem and cause other health problems. Life Matters talks to Dr Chris Bourke, ...

An Indigenous Australian team should be considered for Western Sydney - The Roar

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 9:05pm

The Roar

An Indigenous Australian team should be considered for Western Sydney
The Roar
Fielding an indigenous Australian team based in western Sydney would be an exemplary consideration for World Series rugby. In light of current affairs and recent developments regarding the future viability of the competition and Paul Cully's recent ...
Indigenous element in Australian design still an afterthought?Architecture and Design

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Coalition backs Pauline Hanson's 'It's OK to be white' motion - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 10:31am

The Guardian

Coalition backs Pauline Hanson's 'It's OK to be white' motion
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Hanson, best known for her views against various minority groups over time including indigenous Australians, Asians and most recently Muslims, put forward the motion to the Senate on Monday. The motion proposed that the Senate acknowledge “the ...
'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism'The Guardian
Australian senate narrowly votes down motion declaring 'It's OK to be white'The Hill
Australian ministers under fire for backing 'okay to be white' voteThe Daily Star

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'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism' - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 7:31am

The Guardian

'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism'
The Guardian
Di Natale argued that the “privileged white Anglo community” occupies positions of power – including in the Senate – while Aboriginal Australians are “more likely to die younger, to be locked up” and African people are “more likely to experience racism”.

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Royal Tour of Australia: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's full itinerary - Techly

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 7:01am

Techly

Royal Tour of Australia: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's full itinerary
Techly
This is the couple's last day in Australia (for this leg of the trip) before they fly off to the South Pacific. They will spend the day on Fraser Island, off the coast of Queensland, meeting with and learning from local Indigenous elders about the ...
Everything you need to know about Meghan and Harry's 2018 Australian tripNEWS.com.au
Why Meghan and Harry's Australia visit is causing controversyAsian Correspondent
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce She's PregnantNew York Times
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Australia is still dealing with the legacy of the UK's nuclear bomb tests, 65 years on - 9news.com.au

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 4:53am

9news.com.au

Australia is still dealing with the legacy of the UK's nuclear bomb tests, 65 years on
9news.com.au
A tiny speck in the vast South Australian outback, the area around Walatinna was regarded as "depressingly inhospitable to Europeans" by early colonizers, few of whom settled there. But Indigenous people had a long history in the region, including ...

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Deadly Queens - ABC News

Sun, 2018/10/14 - 7:30pm

ABC News

Deadly Queens
ABC News
Seven performers have arrived in the city to compete in Miss First Nation, a week-long pageant described by one contestant as Miss Universe for Indigenous drag queens. Most have crowdfunded their way there. They will pose, model, lip sync and vogue.

'Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2018/10/14 - 1:00pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

'Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV
The Sydney Morning Herald
In the 1980s, she co-founded two organisations that helped launch Indigenous film and television in this country, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and Imparja Television. Launched to distribute audio cassettes of Indigenous ...

After the Apology is must-see TV – and an urgent jolt to consciousness - The Guardian

Sat, 2018/10/13 - 7:00pm

The Guardian

After the Apology is must-see TV – and an urgent jolt to consciousness
The Guardian
On 13 February 2008, Australia's prime minister Kevin Rudd issued a national apology to the stolen generations of Indigenous Australians who suffered forced removals from their families, as part of racist commonwealth, state and territory laws and ...

How remote education is coping after a decade of political instability - ABC Local

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 9:50pm

ABC Local

How remote education is coping after a decade of political instability
ABC Local
As the head of the school for Indigenous Australian studies at Charles Sturt University, Jay Phillips has seen policies come and go with governments of the day. She said political instability had seen successive governments caught in a bureaucratic ...

Morrison government to push ahead with changes to indigenous remote work for the dole scheme - The Australian

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 11:35am

The Australian

Morrison government to push ahead with changes to indigenous remote work for the dole scheme
The Australian
... Government will push ahead with controversial changes to the indigenous remote work for the dole scheme despite extensive evidence given to a senate committee that they are punitive and unfairly target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Remote work-for-the-dole changes to go ahead despite strong oppositionThe Guardian

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