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Archie Roach honoured by music industry charity Support Act - The Australian

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 2:02pm

The Australian

Archie Roach honoured by music industry charity Support Act
The Australian
Roach performed the song that brought him to Australian and world attention, Took the Children Away, a harrowing account of his own and many other indigenous Australians' experience as members of the Stolen Generations. Others, including Paul Kelly ...

Land rich, dirt poor - The Australian

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 5:31am

The Australian

Land rich, dirt poor
The Australian
Best practice tells us it is only by working in genuine partnership with indigenous Australians that we really have insight into what works – and what doesn't – on the ground. And so governments have hosted indigenous roundtables and consultation ...

Screen Australia launches Indigenous business funding - Inside Film

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:48am

Inside Film

Screen Australia launches Indigenous business funding
Inside Film
Miranda Tapsell and Catriona McKenzie on the set of Blackfella Films' 'Redfern Now'. As Screen Australia celebrates 25 years of its Indigenous department, it's launched a new initiative to build business capacity in the Indigenous production sector.

Govt, scientists round on deadly outback virus - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:46am

National Indigenous Times

Govt, scientists round on deadly outback virus
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt said the Federal Government was taking seriously the threat of a potentially deadly, sexually transmitted virus estimated to be carried by up to 10,000 people in Central Australia. Top international scientists have ...

'Cowboy without a horse' takes aim again - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:42am

National Indigenous Times

'Cowboy without a horse' takes aim again
National Indigenous Times
“I think the questions of behaviour and acceptance and how we treat each other and what's our attitude towards Indigenous Australia and non-Indigenous Australia, what's our attitude towards what type of country we perceive ourselves to be – that's the ...

Basketball needs an Indigenous round - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:35am

National Indigenous Times

Basketball needs an Indigenous round
National Indigenous Times
Duggan put his suggestion to more than 160 of Australia's top basketball coaches at a gathering at the Australian Institute of Sport last week. He told NIT just as the AFL had its 'Dreamtime at the G' round and the NRL had Indigenous all-star games, he ...
Indigenous businesswomen could fix unemploymentGladstone Observer

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Indigenous heirs of Beersheba Charge honoured - Australian Jewish News

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:27am

Australian Jewish News

Indigenous heirs of Beersheba Charge honoured
Australian Jewish News
THIRTEEN Australian Aborigines made history in Israel last October when taking part in the re-enactment of the pivotal Charge of Beersheba on its centenary in front of the Prime Ministers of Israel and Australia, on behalf of their Indigenous Digger ...

Trailblazing Gail is the nation's top nurse - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 1:26am

National Indigenous Times

Trailblazing Gail is the nation's top nurse
National Indigenous Times
Her work over many years in improving and advocating for the highest quality delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living across WA was recognised out of hundreds of entries received from across ...

Holt takes up reins of Indigenous strategy - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 12:49am

National Indigenous Times

Holt takes up reins of Indigenous strategy
National Indigenous Times
Before joining Macquarie, Dr Holt was a director of The Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle, where she led the organization to be the first in Australia to receive international accreditation by the World Indigenous Nations Higher ...

Murray-Darling plan still a winding path - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/05/16 - 12:43am

National Indigenous Times

Murray-Darling plan still a winding path
National Indigenous Times
“The Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations welcomes the government's commitment to a package of funding and measures to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people in the basin,” MLDRIN acting chairman Grant Rigney said. “Unfortunately, cutting 605 ...

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Colony a celebration of the Indigenous voice - The Age

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 8:16pm

The Age

Colony a celebration of the Indigenous voice
The Age
The exhibition is subtitled Australia 1770-1861/ Frontier wars but the theme is not uniquely the hostility between colonists and colonised; though it does not shy away from painful truths, reprisals, theft, massacres, prejudice and the continuing ...

The first indigenous travel guide - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 11:13am

ABC Online

The first indigenous travel guide
ABC Online
Most people have heard of Uluru and Kakadu National Parks, but there are hundreds of other indigenous travel destinations around Australia. Marcia Langton's book Welcome to Country lists hundreds of the best destinations, from art galleries to National ...

'Alarmingly low' oil supplies may prompt more drilling in Great Australian Bight, minister warns - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 7:31am

ABC Online

'Alarmingly low' oil supplies may prompt more drilling in Great Australian Bight, minister warns
ABC Online
In his address to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association's (APPEA) annual conference in Adelaide on Tuesday, Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan said the Bight could play a vital role in bolstering Australia's domestic oil ...
KI mayor travels to Norway to fight Bight oil drillingThe Islander

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'Never be captive of your birth' - The Australian

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 5:16am

The Australian

'Never be captive of your birth'
The Australian
Warren Mundine is a refreshingly honest and forthright Australian leader who will not be restrained by convention. I have specifically engaged with him in his role as chair of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, a government and industry ...

Why Captain Cook remains a contested national symbol - ArtsHub

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 4:37am

ArtsHub

Why Captain Cook remains a contested national symbol
ArtsHub
These include the development of digital heritage resources and exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum, National Library, AIATSIS and the National Museum of Australia, as well as support for training “Indigenous cultural heritage professionals in ...
James Cook: There can be a balance struck in our historyThe Age
Asia Minute: Captain Cook's Shadow Lingers over Australia's BudgetHawaiipublicradio

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Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history - Architecture and Design

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 2:34am

Architecture and Design

Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history
Architecture and Design
Nearly 80 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia live in urban areas but cities often exclude and marginalise them. Urban planning and policy have been central to this, and the harms can be seen in key moments and ...
Every child has the right to be safe. Will you speak up with me?The Guardian

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How the Bible helped shape Australian culture - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 2:01am

The Conversation AU

How the Bible helped shape Australian culture
The Conversation AU
All of which stood in stark contrast to Indigenous Australian culture. As a cultural force, the Bible was a central point of reference for Christians and atheists alike, particularly in the 19th century. It was associated with civilisation ...

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Naplan tests are vital: here are five reasons why - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 1:22am

The Guardian

Naplan tests are vital: here are five reasons why
The Guardian
The states and territories are responsible for running school education in Australia. Different states and territories take different approaches. In theory, this means jurisdictions can learn from each other. But this requires accurate comparisons that ...
Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLANABC Online

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Indigenous women's textiles headed for world stage with Paris exhibition - Radio Australia

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 1:01am

Radio Australia

Indigenous women's textiles headed for world stage with Paris exhibition
Radio Australia
The Bábbarra Women's Centre is one of a number of remote Indigenous art centres drawing attention beyond Australia and Ms Marawarr said she was looking forward to sharing stories of her home to audiences far removed from it. "To tell a story when the ...

Indigenous-grown rosella plant in hot demand as tea-drinkers embrace healthy bush food - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/05/15 - 12:35am

ABC Online

Indigenous-grown rosella plant in hot demand as tea-drinkers embrace healthy bush food
ABC Online
Chef and native food supplier Andrew Fielke will distribute Food Ladder's first shipment of dried rosella to cafes around Adelaide. He said there was strong demand for Australian-grown rosella. "The great thing is we will be able to promote this as ...

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