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Key indigenous adviser's organisation under a cloud - The Australian

Mon, 2017/04/17 - 2:04pm

The Australian

Key indigenous adviser's organisation under a cloud
The Australian
A key member of Malcolm Turnbull's new six-person indigenous advisory council runs an Aboriginal body in Western Australia found to have committed a string of governance breaches, including credit cards irregularities, unreconciled bank accounts and ...

Volunteers pitch in to stop Indigenous families being evicted - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/04/17 - 10:44am

ABC Online

Volunteers pitch in to stop Indigenous families being evicted
ABC Online
An army of volunteers has stepped in to avert evictions from public housing across Perth, rolling out working bees to stop families becoming homeless. The volunteers turn up in force on weekends and do whatever is necessary to prevent the evictions: ...

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Activists are like colonial oppressors in opposing native rights - The Australian

Sun, 2017/04/16 - 2:10pm

Activists are like colonial oppressors in opposing native rights
The Australian
Far from the days of the scare campaign featuring a black hand snatching away Australian land, businesses now work productively with traditional owners to reach Indigenous Land Use Agreements that provide benefits and opportunities in return for access ...

A Good Friday message for Australia, 2017 - Newcastle Herald

Thu, 2017/04/13 - 12:06pm

Newcastle Herald

A Good Friday message for Australia, 2017
Newcastle Herald
In 1901 Australia's religious beliefs, at least on paper, were consistent as well. The Bureau of Statistics records 40 per cent of Australians as Anglicans, 23 per cent Catholic, 34 per cent as “other Christian” and 1 per cent as followers of non ...

Wrongful conviction of Indigenous man sparks calls for interpreter funding - The Guardian

Thu, 2017/04/13 - 9:28am

The Guardian

Wrongful conviction of Indigenous man sparks calls for interpreter funding
The Guardian
... Aboriginal people not understanding what's happening to them in the justice system, we see trials fall over, we see police investigations critiqued by judges.” Guardian Australia understands KIS has begun discussions with the new government to ...
Indigenous man Gene Gibson has manslaughter conviction over Josh Warneke's death overturned in WA court9news.com.au

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Closing the gap means 'walking the talk' - SBS

Thu, 2017/04/13 - 5:13am

Closing the gap means 'walking the talk'
SBS
Governments must "walk the talk" to end the entrenched disadvantage indigenous Australians face, says Ethiopia's former health minister and the front runner to be the next chief of the World Health Organisation. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is one of ...

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Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, historian says - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 9:22pm

ABC Online

Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, historian says
ABC Online
Monash University historian Professor Jenny Hocking found transcripts placing Indigenous football, commonly known today as Marngrook, firmly in the Western district of Victoria where Australian rules founder Tom Wills grew up. Tom was the son of ...

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Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, anthropologist says - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 9:22pm

ABC Online

Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, anthropologist says
ABC Online
Monash University historian Professor Jenny Hocking found transcripts placing Indigenous football, commonly known today as Marngrook, firmly in the Western district of Victoria where Australian rules founder Tom Wills grew up. Tom was the son of ...

Painting by Australian landscape artist Eugene von Guérard rediscovered after 150 years - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 8:44pm

ABC Online

Painting by Australian landscape artist Eugene von Guérard rediscovered after 150 years
ABC Online
"It has all important ramifications in terms of European settlement relationships with the First Australians, Indigenous Australians and also with conservation. "In fact, scientists have used von Guérard's paintings to assist them in replanting and ...

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Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs - Daily Advertiser

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 6:02pm

Daily Advertiser

Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs
Daily Advertiser
Mike Reed, Chairman of the NT branch of Regional Development Australia, Northern Territory, says the indigenous programs and services being pursued by the federal government are failing, and that PM&C might have better luck if if put more people closer ...

Indigenous man Gene Gibson has manslaughter conviction over Josh Warneke's death overturned in WA court - 9news.com.au

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 4:35am

9news.com.au

Indigenous man Gene Gibson has manslaughter conviction over Josh Warneke's death overturned in WA court
9news.com.au
A cognitively impaired Indigenous man convicted of killing a 21-year-old man in Western Australia's north has won an appeal and walked free from jail after almost five years behind bars. Gene Gibson, from the remote desert community of Kiwirrkurra, has ...

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Indigenous policy a failure for decades - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 10:27pm

The Guardian

Indigenous policy a failure for decades
NEWS.com.au
"Half a century on from the historic 1967 referendum, far too many indigenous Australians live in circumstances akin to those in developing countries," Oxfam Australia chief executive Dr Helen Szoke said. In May 1967, more than 90 per cent of ...
Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says ...The Guardian
Clark part of Indigenous Executive Leaders program - richmondfc ...Richmond

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Indigenous policy a failure for decades - The Australian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 10:27pm

The Guardian

Indigenous policy a failure for decades
The Australian
"Half a century on from the historic 1967 referendum, far too many indigenous Australians live in circumstances akin to those in developing countries," Oxfam Australia chief executive Dr Helen Szoke said. In May 1967, more than 90 per cent of ...
Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says ...The Guardian
Stark Indigenous inequality calls for governments to reset agenda: new reportMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
Clark part of Indigenous Executive Leaders program - richmondfc ...Richmond

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'Entrenched disadvantage': Indigenous policy a failure for decades, Oxfam says - SBS

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:13pm

SBS

'Entrenched disadvantage': Indigenous policy a failure for decades, Oxfam says
SBS
Decades of failed Indigenous government policy has condemned Aboriginal Australians to stark inequality and entrenched disadvantage. That's the verdict of Oxfam Australia's latest report, which shows one in five Indigenous households fall in the ...
Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says ...The Guardian

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Bill Shorten isolated over Adani coalmine opposition - The Australian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 2:11pm

The Australian

Bill Shorten isolated over Adani coalmine opposition
The Australian
Mr Dreyfus said Labor wanted to “resolve this issue as soon as possible” but attacked the Prime Minister for consulting with foreign billionaires instead of indigenous Australians about the native-title changes. “Let's be clear — this is not about ...
Concerns over coal-laden water spill from Adani's Abbot Point coal terminal near the Great Barrier ReefNEWS.com.au

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Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam - The Guardian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 2:01pm

The Guardian

Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam
The Guardian
Successive Australian governments have failed to achieve meaningful change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, according to a report by Oxfam that calls for a drastic overhaul of all areas of Indigenous policy and interaction with ...
Indigenous policy a failure for decadesYahoo7 News

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Why footy bigotry hurts all indigenous Australians - The Advertiser

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 1:33pm

The Advertiser

Why footy bigotry hurts all indigenous Australians
The Advertiser
For many indigenous Australians, myself included, it didn't just feel like they were booing Adam Goodes. It felt like they were booing the rest of us too, and you just pray that if you go to a game, no one starts doing it in front of you. Professional ...
Port bans fan in latest AFL racism rowThe West Australian
Indigenous players demand end to racist abuseSBS
Racist AFL fans learn nothing from Goodes experienceThe Australian
AFL.com.au -Port Adelaide -ABC Online
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Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs - Southern Cross

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 11:18am

Southern Cross

Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs
Southern Cross
Mike Reed, Chairman of the NT branch of Regional Development Australia, Northern Territory, says the indigenous programs and services being pursued by the federal government are failing, and that PM&C might have better luck if if put more people closer ...

Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:40am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman
The Sydney Morning Herald
The census snapshot was able to give a far more detailed profiled of a non-Indigenous 'typical' Australian. She was a 38-year-old woman who has two kids and is married, with a three-bedroom home and two cars. She finished year 12. Both her parents were ...
Typical Australian a married 38yo woman with two kids, census data showsABC Online
Census reveals how 'average Aussie' looksThe Australian
Australian census: The 'typical' Victorian isn't who you might thinkThe Age
The Conversation AU
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Port bans fan in latest AFL racism row - The West Australian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:22am

The West Australian

Port bans fan in latest AFL racism row
The West Australian
Port says its indigenous ruckman Paddy Ryder was also racially vilified during the game by an Adelaide supporter, who ran away before security were alerted. Another Port Adelaide supporter, Maxine Spratt, 31, was reported by South Australian police on ...
Indigenous players demand end to racist abuseSBS
'Don't come to our games': Gill slams racismAFL.com.au
Port Adelaide Power take action over Eddie Betts racist abuseABC Online
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