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Living off Aboriginal disadvantage: NT public servants' immoral rip-off - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 1:15pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Living off Aboriginal disadvantage: NT public servants' immoral rip-off
The Sydney Morning Herald
A well-researched Aboriginal complaint about how they, and Australian taxpayers, are ripped off by the Northern Territory government deserves particular attention in the months ahead, if only because changes to the way the GST dollar is carved up among ...

ACT among the worst for removing Aboriginal children from families - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 1:15pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

ACT among the worst for removing Aboriginal children from families
The Sydney Morning Herald
Twenty years ago, white Australia was shocked, even if only momentarily, to learn from the Bringing them home report on the stolen generations that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children represented, from a population base of just 3 per cent ...

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ACT among the worst for removing Aboriginal children from families - WAtoday

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 1:15pm

ACT among the worst for removing Aboriginal children from families
WAtoday
Twenty years ago, white Australia was shocked, even if only momentarily, to learn from the Bringing them home report on the stolen generations that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children represented, from a population base of just 3 per cent ...

Review: Songlines, Tracking the Seven Sisters at the National Museum of Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 12:46pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Review: Songlines, Tracking the Seven Sisters at the National Museum of Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
That begins with a younger generation subject to the same distractions as young people everywhere, but it also means reaching out to non-Indigenous Australians and the rest of the world. After all, every society has stories of the utmost importance to ...

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Review: Songlines, Tracking the Seven Sisters at the National Museum of Australia - Brisbane Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 12:45pm

Brisbane Times

Review: Songlines, Tracking the Seven Sisters at the National Museum of Australia
Brisbane Times
That begins with a younger generation subject to the same distractions as young people everywhere, but it also means reaching out to non-Indigenous Australians and the rest of the world. After all, every society has stories of the utmost importance to ...

Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous Councilor - The Epoch Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 7:55am

The Epoch Times

Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous Councilor
The Epoch Times
People offended by the date of Australia day need to grow up, says an indigenous town councilor from Alice Springs who has joined efforts to voice why there is no need to change how the national day is celebrated. Jacinta Price is front and center of a ...

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Our show must go on: Fremantle - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 5:55am

National Indigenous Times

Our show must go on: Fremantle
National Indigenous Times
Fremantle, the West Australian port city that became the nation's first to cancel Australia Day, is unrepentant as it moves into its second year without the celebration. Mayor Brad Pettit said the Fremantle council wasn't bothered that it had come ...

Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26 - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 5:50am

National Indigenous Times

Treaty supporters to march on Jan 26
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal people and supporters from across Australia are expected to descend on Sydney on January 26 for what is being described as a history-making march, three decades after the 1988 Long March that drew a crowd rivalling Vietnam War demonstrations ...

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'We don't even have a plan': Solonec - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 5:38am

National Indigenous Times

'We don't even have a plan': Solonec
National Indigenous Times
In October last year, Australia was voted onto the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time – for a three-year term. On the face of it, this presents great opportunities for the advancement of human rights in Australia, including ...
Be Forgiving, Not Offended on Australia Day, Says Indigenous CouncilorThe Epoch Times
Pictures present Aboriginals shackled in chainsKaplan Herald

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It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 5:27am

It's an F-minus for Indigenous rights
National Indigenous Times
The Northern Territory came bottom of the class, while New South Wales also flunked, but Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory got top marks. They're the results by Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, which assessed each state on a ...

Harley has sights set on beauty crown - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 5:21am

National Indigenous Times

Harley has sights set on beauty crown
National Indigenous Times
“At Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International 2018, I will be bringing a bit of burlesque and cabaret to my performance and promoting awareness for violence against Aboriginal women and the idea that drag is about creating an illusion that is ...

Aspiring Izayah inspects his future - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 4:57am

National Indigenous Times

Aspiring Izayah inspects his future
National Indigenous Times
High school student Izayah Davies has been inspired to follow his dreams to study medicine after meeting Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt at an Indigenous summer school at Canberra's Australian National University. Izayah, a young Bardi Kija man ...

Investible pilot national accelerator program sees Indigenous entrepreneurs take flight - Anthill online

Fri, 2018/01/12 - 1:56am

Anthill online

Investible pilot national accelerator program sees Indigenous entrepreneurs take flight
Anthill online
Indigenous Business Australia's (IBA) national accelerator program, run by early stage investment group Investible, has helped nine early-stage indigenous startups turn their businesses into viable commercial enterprises. The eight-week accelerator saw ...

History repeats in bid to fix Sydney trains - Brisbane Times

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 1:05pm

Brisbane Times

History repeats in bid to fix Sydney trains
Brisbane Times
To change the date could be more divisive and would disenfranchise Indigenous, non-Indigenous and prospective Australians. Australia Day committees have been active in most local government areas and major cities for over 30 years, supported by all ...

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Changing Australia Day won't change history - Daily Telegraph

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 12:02pm

Daily Telegraph

Changing Australia Day won't change history
Daily Telegraph
Most of the self-identifying indigenous members of our community who claim to feel hurt by Australia Day being held on January 26 would also have white ancestors in their family trees and may not even have been born if the First Fleet hadn't come. In ...

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Changing Australia Day won't change history - The Advertiser

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 12:01pm

The Advertiser

Changing Australia Day won't change history
The Advertiser
Most of the self-identifying indigenous members of our community who claim to feel hurt by Australia Day being held on January 26 would also have white ancestors in their family trees and may not even have been born if the First Fleet hadn't come. In ...

Meet Alice in Wonderland, an Indigenous AFL-playing tomboy - ABC Online

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 9:14am

ABC Online

Meet Alice in Wonderland, an Indigenous AFL-playing tomboy
ABC Online
Traditionally a dancer, Yunupingu was nominated as best newcomer at the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards for her lead role in the Australian Theatre For Young People's production of Sugarland. It was her big break in the acting world. "I've been dancing ...

Coroner criticises authorities for not telling family Indigenous prisoner was dying - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 7:30am

The Guardian

Coroner criticises authorities for not telling family Indigenous prisoner was dying
The Guardian
A coroner has criticised Northern Territory authorities for not telling the family of an Indigenous man in custody that he was critically ill until after he died, 12 days after being admitted to hospital. Kwementyaye Japaljarri*, 34, was serving a five ...

Reporting on Indigenous trauma on the other side of the world - SBS

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 5:42am

SBS

Reporting on Indigenous trauma on the other side of the world
SBS
The song is part of a traditional welcome to Sagkeeng First Nation reserve, a self-governing Indigenous community in Canada's prairie province of Manitoba, which I am visiting while on assignment for Dateline. A dozen or so First Nations people have ...

'Never satisfied': The Aboriginal councillor campaigning to 'save' Australia Day - Yahoo7 News

Thu, 2018/01/11 - 4:47am

Yahoo7 News

'Never satisfied': The Aboriginal councillor campaigning to 'save' Australia Day
Yahoo7 News
... shoppers and the elderly are all too paranoid to celebrate Australia Day openly. "In an environment where you have so much political correctness, where certain words, themes and values are banned in public institutions, I think the Big Brother ...
This 'save Australia Day' ad is the dumbest thing I've ever seenTechly
Mark Latham predicts dystopian future in new 'Save Australia Day' adStarts at 60

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