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Action needed on regional and remote virus rise - National Indigenous Times

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 3:39pm

National Indigenous Times

Action needed on regional and remote virus rise
National Indigenous Times
Associate Professor Ward also said while 70 percent of diagnoses in non-Indigenous Australia were men who had sex with other men, in the Indigenous population more than half of all diagnoses were heterosexual people infected through sex or drugs.

Letters to the Editor, October 3, 2018 - Courier Mail

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 11:11am

Courier Mail

Letters to the Editor, October 3, 2018
Courier Mail
Australia Day aside, I believe there is strong support for indigenous Australians to have a day to celebrate and display their culture, history and lifestyle. Why not? There are already days that recognise and celebrate the culture of Australian ...

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Call for 'Corroboree Day' petty identity politics - Daily Telegraph

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 11:01am

Daily Telegraph

Call for 'Corroboree Day' petty identity politics
Daily Telegraph
The Veterans Affairs Minister this week has just added more fuel to the NSW government's astonishingly self-inflicted funeral pyre with his idiotic idea of an alternative indigenous Australia Day. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ...

Tasmanian Aboriginal group calls for west coast land handback - ABC News

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 9:41am

ABC News

Tasmanian Aboriginal group calls for west coast land handback
ABC News
Tasmania's Aboriginal Land Council is pushing for what would be the first handback of land in more than a decade to preserve "precious" Indigenous sites on the state's west coast. The narrow strip of land running from Granville Harbour in the south to ...

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In multicultural Australia, corporate boardrooms are still overwhelmingly white Anglo-Saxon - ABC News

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 7:09am

ABC News

In multicultural Australia, corporate boardrooms are still overwhelmingly white Anglo-Saxon
ABC News
In the past few decades Australia has become a very different country. Only 58 per cent of Australians still have British roots; 18 per cent are European; 21 per cent non-European; and 3 per cent of Australians are Indigenous. By contrast, in the big ...

Ten of the most iconic storytellers in Australian music - Tone Deaf

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 7:09am

Ten of the most iconic storytellers in Australian music
Tone Deaf
Arguably one of his best known tracks is that of 'From Little Things Big Things Grow', written with Kev Carmody and telling the story of the Indigenous Australian struggle for land rights and reconciliation. However, give a listen to tracks like ...

Etched in Bone – chronicling Australia's shameful trade in Indigenous remains - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 7:00am
Etched in Bone – chronicling Australia's shameful trade in Indigenous remains  The Guardian

A sensitive documentary shows the theft and eventual return of human bones to Arnhem Land.

Indigenous performers could busk without permits under City of Sydney plan - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 6:37am

The Guardian

Indigenous performers could busk without permits under City of Sydney plan
The Guardian
Dawson has worked as a street performer in Sydney with Koomurri Aboriginal Incursions for more than 30 years. He believes the change would also be a “stepping stone for bridging the gap”. “I think it's a good approach for reconciliation in Australia ...
Sydney indigenous busking permit-free callNEWS.com.au
PODCAST: recognition and reconciliationBlueNotes
Indigenous Buskers May Not Need A Permit In Some Parts Of Sydneyten daily
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Scott Morrison to be pressed on Tony Abbott appointment at Indigenous advisory meeting - ABC News

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 5:18am

ABC News

Scott Morrison to be pressed on Tony Abbott appointment at Indigenous advisory meeting
ABC News
Mr Morrison ruled out changing the date, but suggested it would be good to "chat with the Australian people" about the concept of a new national day to recognise Australia's Indigenous history. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister declined to comment.

The Parrtjima light festival in Alice Springs – in pictures - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 3:34am

The Guardian

The Parrtjima light festival in Alice Springs – in pictures
The Guardian
The Parrtjima festival is the only Aboriginal light festival of its kind in Australia and includes 10 nights of light installations from Indigenous artists set against the majestic MacDonnell Ranges. The festival's program also includes live talks ...

Sydney indigenous busking permit-free call - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 3:11am

BlueNotes

Sydney indigenous busking permit-free call
NEWS.com.au
"People who come to Australia need to see some indigenous culture," he told AAP. "To allow indigenous people to actually go about and promote their culture - that's a good thing." Dawson has worked as a street performer in Sydney with Koomurri ...
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Rugby League - Inglis caught drink-driving after named Australia captain - SBS

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 2:52am

SBS

Rugby League - Inglis caught drink-driving after named Australia captain
SBS
Australia test selector Laurie Daley said he expected the 31-year-old Indigenous Australian, a pin-up of the National Rugby League competition, to step down from the captaincy. "It has to change things," Daley told the Big Sports Breakfast show on Sky ...
Greg Inglis suspended for two games over drink driving, speeding chargesABC Local
Greg Inglis apologises for his 'very disappointing' drink-driving charge9news.com.au

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Rugby League-Inglis caught drink-driving after named Australia captain - Eurosport.com AU

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 2:09am

Eurosport.com AU

Rugby League-Inglis caught drink-driving after named Australia captain
Eurosport.com AU
Australia test selector Laurie Daley said he expected the 31-year-old Indigenous Australian, a pin-up of the National Rugby League competition, to step down from the captaincy. "It has to change things," Daley told the Big Sports Breakfast show on Sky ...

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Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport - ABC Local

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 1:52am

ABC Local

Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport
ABC Local
The rise of elite Indigenous athletes in two of the most popular footy codes in Australia, NRL and AFL, has often in the past been attributed simply as a result of the individual's natural athleticism. But Professor John Evans has challenged that idea ...

3 things to know about Australia Day before you complain - Northern Star

Tue, 2018/10/02 - 1:08am

Northern Star

3 things to know about Australia Day before you complain
Northern Star
Last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised the call for another day to recognise indigenous Australians. There's been a lot of distress about the idea of changing Australia Day but the date hasn't always been so set in stone. The naming of ...

Controversial TV presenter and talk-back radio host Ron Casey dead, aged 89 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2018/10/01 - 11:23pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Controversial TV presenter and talk-back radio host Ron Casey dead, aged 89
The Sydney Morning Herald
In May 2000, he was sacked by radio station 2GB after making a racist comment about Indigenous Australians on air. He had previously been suspended by the station for offensive remarks about Australia's Jewish and Asian communities. 2GB host Ray ...
Sports reporter Ron Casey dies aged 89The Mercury

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PODCAST: recognition and reconciliation - BlueNotes

Mon, 2018/10/01 - 9:46pm

BlueNotes

PODCAST: recognition and reconciliation
BlueNotes
"Don't put me in a tunnel vision view of what Aboriginal people should be like and what Aboriginality is about.” – Burney. In the latest podcast from Diversity Council Australia's The Art of Inclusion series (co-published on bluenotes) Mundine explains ...

Labor to force companies to compare CEO's pay with that of median worker - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/10/01 - 6:00pm

The Guardian

Labor to force companies to compare CEO's pay with that of median worker
The Guardian
Citing his own analysis of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, Leigh says non-union female workers earned 13% less than men compared with 7% for women in unions. Non-union Indigenous workers earned 18% lower hourly ...

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This landmark event celebrates Aboriginal employee inclusion - Human Capital

Mon, 2018/10/01 - 3:16pm

Human Capital

This landmark event celebrates Aboriginal employee inclusion
Human Capital
He also noted that insurance is a means by which to educate the wider Australian public about Indigenous-related issues. Nareen Young, Industry Professor (Indigenous Workplace Diversity), Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS ...

Parrtjima: Biggest Indigenous light festival in the world - 9news.com.au

Mon, 2018/10/01 - 10:55am

9news.com.au

Parrtjima: Biggest Indigenous light festival in the world
9news.com.au
The biggest Indigenous light show in the world is underway in Central Australia. Around 17,000 people are expected to visit Parrtjima - A Festival in Light over 10 days. Now in its third year, the event is a stunning collision of ancient and modern ...

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