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Shannon Noll and Danny Green clash over date of Australia Day on I'm a Celebrity ... - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2018/02/06 - 9:30am

NEWS.com.au

Shannon Noll and Danny Green clash over date of Australia Day on I'm a Celebrity ...
NEWS.com.au
Shannon Noll has some big opinions on Australia Day. Picture: Warner Music AustraliaSource:Supplied. ROCKER Shannon Noll says he supports moving Australia Day to a date that reflects the celebration of all Australians. Speaking in the South African ...
'I have no interest in getting into this political conversation': I'm A Celebrity star Kerry Armstrong furiously ...Daily Mail

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Nick Xenophon Team to block cashless welfare card expansion - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/02/06 - 9:06am

The Guardian

Nick Xenophon Team to block cashless welfare card expansion
The Guardian
Labor has already expressed its opposition to an expansion of the card until there is further evidence of its effectiveness. Shadow social services minister Jenny Macklin said a positive evaluation of the cards, conducted by consultancy Orima Research ...

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Benji Marshall and Johnathan Thurston could headline historic Indigenous Test - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2018/02/06 - 8:04am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Benji Marshall and Johnathan Thurston could headline historic Indigenous Test
The Sydney Morning Herald
Johnathan Thurston and Benji Marshall have been touted as potential superstar opponents in a proposed Test match between an Australian Indigenous side and the New Zealand Maori during this year's representative weekend. The contest is the brainchild of ...
League: Johnathan Thurston to face Benji Marshall in dream Indigenous clash?New Zealand Herald

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Why are Aboriginal women in Australia hit with racism and sexual threats for sharing their views? - SBS

Tue, 2018/02/06 - 5:20am

SBS

Why are Aboriginal women in Australia hit with racism and sexual threats for sharing their views?
SBS
The incident was the latest in a string of graphic sexual violence and death threats Ms Thorpe received after calling for Australian flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26. “I wasn't shocked. I was more disturbed a little, I think, by the level ...

Making sports history - Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete - Triple M

Tue, 2018/02/06 - 5:18am

Triple M

Making sports history - Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete
Triple M
Australia loves an underdog story... and there is always a couple murmured around the Winter Olympics, an event we're not known for succeeding at. One such story to watch out for is the history making Harley Windsor who will become the first ever ...
Harley Windsor -- Australia's accidental Winter OlympianYahoo7 News

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Brands should think carefully about their stance on Australia Day - MuMbrella

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 10:50pm

MuMbrella

Brands should think carefully about their stance on Australia Day
MuMbrella
The message for brand advertisers from the results is that support for changing the date among the Australian population might not be as strong or changing as fast as you might think. The reality is that attitudes have not changed much since 2017, but ...

Two-thirds reject push for Australia Day switch: Newspoll - The Australian

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Two-thirds reject push for Australia Day switch: Newspoll
The Australian
Only 29 per cent supported Mr Albanese's proposal to hold dual referendums on January 26 to help end divisions over Australia Day. The Greens sparked national protests against January 26, the date marking the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet, when it ...

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Humour and reverence: Barry Cohen remembered - The Australian

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 7:22am

The West Australian

Humour and reverence: Barry Cohen remembered
The Australian
Hawke government minister Barry Cohen has been remembered for his self-deprecating wit, devotion to indigenous Australians, the environment and the state of Israel, at a state memorial service in Canberra. Former and current prime ministers Bob Hawke ...
Wit and grit of Hawke minister rememberedThe West Australian

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Fears for the Future of Remote Housing Program - Pro Bono Australia

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 5:32am

Pro Bono Australia

Fears for the Future of Remote Housing Program
Pro Bono Australia
“We also recognise the job isn't restricted to remote Australia and could also be extended to support housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban Australia where 75 per cent of our first peoples live.” The Queensland housing ...
Funding black hole puts question mark over WA's remote communitiesBrisbane Times

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Calls to Overhaul NDIS to Better Accommodate Indigenous Australians - Pro Bono Australia

Mon, 2018/02/05 - 2:21am

Pro Bono Australia

Calls to Overhaul NDIS to Better Accommodate Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
A First Peoples advocacy group has called for an overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to better accommodate Indigenous people, after a study found ill-health and disability were driving psychological distress in older Indigenous ...
CANBERRA OBSERVED The left's appetite for change can't be satisfiedNews Weekly

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Figure skater Harley Windsor becomes Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete - ABC Online

Sun, 2018/02/04 - 8:03pm

ABC Online

Figure skater Harley Windsor becomes Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete
ABC Online
From Rooty Hill in Western Sydney to Pyeongchang, South Korea, Harley Windsor has completed a history-making journey to the Winter Olympics. The 21-year-old figure skater will become Australia's first Indigenous athlete to compete at the Winter Games ...

Minister backtracks on Anzac Day for indigenous warriors - The Australian

Sun, 2018/02/04 - 1:00pm

The Australian

Minister backtracks on Anzac Day for indigenous warriors
The Australian
In the premier's department's online survey, 509 Victorians were presented with the statement: “The period between 1790 and 1930 where Aboriginal Australians defended their lands, kinships and customs from European invasion/settlement should be ...
Victoria says 'no' to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal ... - ABCABC Local

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Victoria says 'no' to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal people killed in 'frontier wars' - ABC Local

Sun, 2018/02/04 - 2:20am

ABC Local

Victoria says 'no' to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal people killed in 'frontier wars'
ABC Local
The Victorian Government says there will be no changes to expand Anzac Day commemorations to include Aboriginal people who were killed by white settlers, despite conducting a survey on the issue. The Premier's department quizzed more than 500 people ...

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Tasmanian election campaign ad revives lost Indigenous language - The Guardian

Sun, 2018/02/04 - 1:54am

The Guardian

Tasmanian election campaign ad revives lost Indigenous language
The Guardian
If you have not heard spoken palawa kani, you are not alone. Few have. Among Tasmanians, at least, that is about to change. In an Australian first, a TV advertising campaign by activists has been produced in a revived Aboriginal tongue. Tasmanians will ...

NBL Hall of Famer Cal Bruton calls for more support of Australia's Indigenous children - ABC Online

Sat, 2018/02/03 - 6:47pm

ABC Online

NBL Hall of Famer Cal Bruton calls for more support of Australia's Indigenous children
ABC Online
It was in the remote Western Australian town of Halls Creek that Cal Bruton was left to deal with one of the most confronting situations he had ever experienced. A 12-year-old who was due to take part in a basketball clinic with the NBL legend took his ...

State government asks if Anzac Day should recognise Aborigines attacked by early settlers - Herald Sun

Sat, 2018/02/03 - 11:16am

Herald Sun

State government asks if Anzac Day should recognise Aborigines attacked by early settlers
Herald Sun
“Some said they didn't want to feel guilty on a day where they liked to feel pride. Others said they disliked Indigenous Australians “getting more''.'' RSL state president Dr Rob Webster said that the frontier wars in Victoria were over well before the ...
Will Anzac Day be used to honour Aborigines killed by white settlers? Government survey asks if they should be ...Daily Mail

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Short joins group of Indigenous pioneers - cricket.com.au

Sat, 2018/02/03 - 8:19am

cricket.com.au

Short joins group of Indigenous pioneers
cricket.com.au
But after Gillespie burst onto the scene in the men's game in the 1990s and forged an impressive decade-long career at the top level, the international debuts of Christian, Boland, Gardner and now Short have come in a relative rush since 2010. Cricket ...

Celebrated and beloved Age journalist Michael Gordon dies aged 62 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2018/02/03 - 4:36am

NEWS.com.au

Celebrated and beloved Age journalist Michael Gordon dies aged 62
The Sydney Morning Herald
He had stints at other newspapers during his career – at The Herald in the late 1980s as New York correspondent and The Australian as national political editor in the '90s. His peerless reporting turned an unflinching spotlight on the treatment of ...
Legendary journalist Michael Gordon dies following a heart attackNEWS.com.au
Michael Gordon, distinguished Age journalist, dies at 62The Guardian

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'Ashamed to be Australian': Tourist's outrage sparks Golliwog doll debate - ABC Online

Sat, 2018/02/03 - 12:30am

ABC Online

'Ashamed to be Australian': Tourist's outrage sparks Golliwog doll debate
ABC Online
A shocked tourist, an Indigenous advocate and a colonial historian have condemned the sale of Golliwog dolls in Australia, dubbing them deeply offensive racist symbols that should be taken off shelves nationwide. Meanwhile an Australian soft toy ...

Foley under fire over flag furore - Daily Telegraph

Fri, 2018/02/02 - 9:37pm

Daily Telegraph

Foley under fire over flag furore
Daily Telegraph
STATE Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says all Australians should be united under one flag as he lashed Labor's promise to give the Aboriginal colours equal status on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as “virtue signalling”. Labor leader Luke Foley yesterday ...
Labor pledges to fly Aboriginal flag permanently on Sydney Harbour BridgeThe Australian
Push to fly Aboriginal flag on Sydney Harbour BridgeNEWS.com.au
Foley to give Aboriginal flag equal status if elected Premier - 9News9news.com.au
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