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Yarra council votes to cancel citizenship ceremony, ban references to Australia Day - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 11:39am

ABC Online

Yarra council votes to cancel citizenship ceremony, ban references to Australia Day
ABC Online
Among a raft of measures, the City of Yarra council, which is made up of four Greens party members, voted to stop referring to January 26 as Australia Day, to stop celebrating an annual citizenship ceremony on the day and to hold an Indigenous-themed ...
Trendy council to dump Australia DayThe Australian
Vic council to vote on changing Australia DaySky News Australia
Yarra Council to Vote Tonight on Whether to Drop Australia Day Name for January 26Broadsheet
Yahoo7 News -SBS
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34th NATSIAA sends powerful message - ArtsHub (subscription)

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 4:16am

ABC Online

34th NATSIAA sends powerful message
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Telstra National Aboriginal and & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) are Australia's most prestigious and longest running Indigenous art prize. Run by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) since 1984, the awards are ...
Award-winning art spearheads cultural revival in the APY LandsABC Online

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Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 3:53am

Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down
NEWS.com.au
... Andrew Jackomos, will not seek reappointment when his current term ends in June 2018, the government announced on Tuesday. Mr Jackomos was appointed as the first state Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in 2013, in response ...

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Kimberley youth suicide inquest witness attacks cashless welfare cards - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 3:16am

ABC Online

Kimberley youth suicide inquest witness attacks cashless welfare cards
ABC Online
But Dr Klein argued the program would add to the disempowerment felt by Aboriginal people in the region. "It has become a symbol of not having control over one's life and of state intervention over people's lives," she said. Questioned on her findings ...

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'Indigenous voices need to be heard': Melbourne council to vote on Australia Day changes - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 8:21pm

ABC Online

'Indigenous voices need to be heard': Melbourne council to vote on Australia Day changes
ABC Online
If passed, it could be the most extensive range of changes to Australia Day celebrations any council has undertaken. City of Yarra Mayor Amanda Stone, who is a Greens Party representative, said she consulted with several Indigenous leaders within her ...

Principal Education Advisor - Indigenous English And Language Dialect - EducationHQ Australia

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 2:29pm

EducationHQ Australia

Principal Education Advisor - Indigenous English And Language Dialect
EducationHQ Australia
Strengthen curriculum leaders, designated coaches and teachers' knowledge of the IEAL/D frameworks as they relate to the Australian Curriculum by focusing professional development on student learning, effective teaching strategies and how to ...

Australia Day: Local councils warned not to politicise citizenship ceremonies - The Cairns Post

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 11:41am

The Cairns Post

Australia Day: Local councils warned not to politicise citizenship ceremonies
The Cairns Post
On Monday it was reported that an internal report at Victoria's Yarra Council suggested it should “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by indigenous Australians, and it should dump all references to Australia Day. Mr Hawke told The Courier ...

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Cricket history maker Ashleigh Gardner is out to strike success with South Australian Scorpions - The Advertiser

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 9:01am

The Advertiser

Cricket history maker Ashleigh Gardner is out to strike success with South Australian Scorpions
The Advertiser
In February in Melbourne she became the second indigenous woman in 59 years to represent Australia against New Zealand, then the first to front in a World Cup last June in England. Gardner, 20, won the Big Bash League Young Gun award with Sydney ...

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After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 4:53am

ABC Online

After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for
ABC Online
"The starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians," he said. "It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing." That act of recognition is the one ...

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Academic slams indigenous welfare policy - The Australian

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 4:31am

Academic slams indigenous welfare policy
The Australian
University of Melbourne development studies lecturer Dr Elise Klein is researching the policy and told the inquest the compulsory program was rolled out without proper community consultation, silencing many Aboriginal voices and causing tension and ...

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Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 1:36am

ABC Online

Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy
ABC Online
Tens of thousands of years ago, Indigenous Australians looked towards the sky at night to navigate their environment by reading the different constellations. These days — despite the light pollution near major cities after dark — Wiradjuri descendant ...

Greek currents in Australian waters - Neos Kosmos

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 1:31am

Neos Kosmos

Greek currents in Australian waters
Neos Kosmos
Indigenous communities knew the outback and were to track food sources as well as the best ways to hunt those food sources." Barramundi fish was a main food source for Australia's first peoples but at the time, Anglo Australians were far from ...

Kimberley tourists to pay fees to visit waterfalls, rock art caves - The Australian

Sun, 2017/08/13 - 2:10pm

Gulf Times

Kimberley tourists to pay fees to visit waterfalls, rock art caves
The Australian
The Wunambal traditional owners said the funds would be used to help employ indigenous Australians at the remote sites to interact with tourists, clean up rubbish and protect culturally significant locations. “If you're going to another people's ...
Indigenous Australians start charging tourists for entry to landsGulf Times

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NIMAs 2017: AB Original win best song at awards featuring tributes to Dr G Yunupingu - ABC Online

Sun, 2017/08/13 - 1:30am

NT News

NIMAs 2017: AB Original win best song at awards featuring tributes to Dr G Yunupingu
ABC Online
Dr G Yunupingu's uncle, senior Gumatj clan leader David Djunga Djunga Yunupingu, told the crowd his nephew had built a bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia with his music, but died before the country was truly at peace. "He left us ...
Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty9news.com.au
National Indigenous Music Awards: Troy Cassar Daley, AB Original win top NIMA awardsNT News
AB Original & Troy Cassar-Daley Dominate The 2017 National Indigenous Music AwardsMusic Feeds
Broadway World
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Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people - ABC Online

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 9:52pm

ABC Online

Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people
ABC Online
The last place you would expect to find a priceless collection of Indigenous Australian art is a college town in the United States — but head to Charlottesville and that's exactly what you will find. The University of Virginia's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal ...

Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty - 9news.com.au

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 12:04pm

Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty
9news.com.au
Australian country music star Troy Cassar-Daley has called for an Aboriginal treaty after taking out top honours at the National Indigenous Music Awards. The ARIA-winning veteran, who snapped up Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for his hugely ...

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Australia's first indigenous rodeo launches - Sky News Australia

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 11:59am

Sky News Australia

Australia's first indigenous rodeo launches
Sky News Australia
Australia may be at its best during eight seconds on the back of a bucking bull, according to actor, activist and film-maker Alec Doomadgee. So much so, he's launching the country's first indigenous rodeo championship. The Gulf Country Frontier Days ...

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The article that changed my view … of how we can fight racism towards indigenous groups - The Guardian

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 10:55am

The Guardian

The article that changed my view … of how we can fight racism towards indigenous groups
The Guardian
Last year I listened to a talk by the journalist Stan Grant on racism and the Australian dream, and the ongoing issues still affecting those in his Indigenous Australian community. When I saw an article on this topic he had written in the Guardian, it ...

Australia's first indigenous rodeo on way - 9news.com.au

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 9:03am

Australia's first indigenous rodeo on way
9news.com.au
Australia may be at its best during eight seconds on the back of a bucking bull, according to actor, activist and film-maker Alec Doomadgee. So much so, he's launching the country's first indigenous rodeo championship. The Gulf Country Frontier Days ...

Wallabies' Kurtley Beale returns to Australia from Coventry Wasps ready to lead - dailytelegraph.com.au

Sat, 2017/08/12 - 7:50am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Wallabies' Kurtley Beale returns to Australia from Coventry Wasps ready to lead
dailytelegraph.com.au
Picture: Brett Costello. “I'm a passionate indigenous man, it was the first time we were unveiling the indigenous jersey to Australia,” Beale said. “There was a presser involved, I think it was my responsibility as a Wallaby and an indigenous player to ...

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