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Abbott sad PM stopped indigenous trips - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 7:50am

ABC Online

Abbott sad PM stopped indigenous trips
NEWS.com.au
Mr Turnbull on Tuesday will hand down the annual report card on efforts to close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in health, education and employment. As prime minister, Mr Abbott took senior ministers and officials on a trip ...
Greens urge Government to address 'shameful' Indigenous - ABCABC Online

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Indigenous child removal rate risks 'second stolen generation', Kevin Rudd warns - The Guardian

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 6:30am

The Guardian

Indigenous child removal rate risks 'second stolen generation', Kevin Rudd warns
The Guardian
“Then there was the Little Children Are Sacred inquiry which increased the focus on Indigenous child welfare. By the end of June 2007 it had jumped by one-and-half thousand to 7,917,” Rudd said at the Australian National University on Monday evening.

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Pauline Hanson unloads on labor over 'grubby deal' - The Australian

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 4:56am

Pauline Hanson unloads on labor over 'grubby deal'
The Australian
8 HOURS AGO | 2.15pm Tributes for Rudd's indigenous apology. Malcolm Turnbull has opened Question Time by paying tribute to the apology to indigenous Australians made by Kevin Rudd in 2008, saying it was a “remarkable and historic moment.”.

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Politics live: Turnbull marks ninth anniversary of National Apology to Indigenous Australians - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 3:55am

Politics live: Turnbull marks ninth anniversary of National Apology to Indigenous Australians
ABC Online
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull marks the ninth anniversary of National Apology to Indigenous Australians, saying it will "echo for centuries to come". Follow live. Live blog. Note: This is a blog. Posts are organised by date with the newest posts at ...

10 things you should know about the National Apology - SBS

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 3:41am

The Guardian

10 things you should know about the National Apology
SBS
The anniversary of the National Apology is a day which commemorates the event which Kevin Rudd - The Prime Minister of Australia - made a formal apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples' and those whose lives had been blighted by past government ...
Stolen generation survivors still suffering, says Uncle Jack CharlesThe Guardian

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Land rights Native Title Act faces urgent changes after Adani move - The Australian

Mon, 2017/02/13 - 2:47am

The Australian

Land rights Native Title Act faces urgent changes after Adani move
The Australian
On Friday, the National Native Title Tribunal confirmed it was freezing all new land use agreements across Australia because of the ruling. The Weekend Australian revealed that Adani's $16 billion coal project in central Queensland had stalled after ...

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Australia Just Made A Significant Advance In The Protection Of Human Rights - Huffington Post Australia

Sun, 2017/02/12 - 10:44pm

Huffington Post Australia

Australia Just Made A Significant Advance In The Protection Of Human Rights
Huffington Post Australia
The treatment in detention of those in juvenile detention -- overwhelmingly of indigenous Australians -- has been the subject of numerous reports, including by the AHRC to Parliament. So too the Commission and others have drawn attention to the plight ...
Praise for Australia's OPCAT pledgeLawyers Weekly

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Greens urge Government to address 'shameful' Indigenous incarceration issue - Radio Australia

Sun, 2017/02/12 - 1:46pm

Greens urge Government to address 'shameful' Indigenous incarceration issue
Radio Australia
But it does not include any targets around incarceration rates — despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up a quarter of Australia's prison population. Greens' spokeswoman Rachel Siewert has written to Mr Turnbull calling for him ...

Greens urge Government to address 'shameful' Indigenous incarceration issue - ABC Online

Sun, 2017/02/12 - 1:26pm

ABC Online

Greens urge Government to address 'shameful' Indigenous incarceration issue
ABC Online
But it does not include any targets around incarceration rates — despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up a quarter of Australia's prison population. Greens' spokeswoman Rachel Siewert has written to Mr Turnbull calling for him ...

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Thurston backs indigenous team for World Cup warm-up games - The Australian

Sun, 2017/02/12 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Thurston backs indigenous team for World Cup warm-up games
The Australian
The Australian understands an Emerging Indigenous side could play an Emerging Maori side, or an indigenous team could play Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France or other northern hemisphere nations looking for a warm-up game ahead of the cup competition ...

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CSIRO errors put 30,000-year-old indigenous rock art at risk - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2017/02/11 - 1:15pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

CSIRO errors put 30,000-year-old indigenous rock art at risk
The Sydney Morning Herald
A series of errors by the CSIRO has placed the world's largest collection of indigenous rock art at risk. Burrup Peninsula has more than one million rock art ...

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Adani coalmine project frozen by shock land rights ruling - The Australian

Fri, 2017/02/10 - 1:16pm

The Australian

Adani coalmine project frozen by shock land rights ruling
The Australian
Cancellation of yesterday's scheduled registration of the deal by the National Native Title Tribunal is the first consequence of a shock Federal Court decision last week that has invalidated native title deals across Australia. More than 120 indigenous ...

NRL legend Gus Gould calls for Australian Test team to be divided - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2017/02/10 - 12:05pm

NEWS.com.au

NRL legend Gus Gould calls for Australian Test team to be divided
NEWS.com.au
Gould told Channel 9 during the Indigenous All Star's victory over the World All Stars on Friday night at Hunter Stadium that one idea would be to have the Australian Indigenous team to play separately to the rest of the Australian team at all major ...
NRL All Stars 2017: Greg Inglis reveals what journalist Stan Grant said to inspire Indigenous playersThe Sydney Morning Herald
Thurston delivers solution to save Indigenous All Stars concept from extinction on NRL calendarESPN
NRL All Stars 2017: Live blog, scores, updates, commentaryFox Sports (blog)
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Indigenous Stars - Australian Olympic Committee

Fri, 2017/02/10 - 6:45am

Australian Olympic Committee

Indigenous Stars
Australian Olympic Committee
Cathy Freeman was not the first Indigenous athlete to win an Olympic medal. That honour went to an Australian swimmer in 1992. Australia has been represented by 43 Indigenous athletes at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tokyo Games in 1964 was the ...

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June Oscar new Social Justice Commissioner - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2017/02/10 - 1:49am

National Indigenous Times

June Oscar new Social Justice Commissioner
National Indigenous Times
“I have known Ms Oscar for many years and have admired her passionate advocacy for Indigenous Australians,” Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said yesterday in announcing the appointment. “Ms Oscar's appointment demonstrates the central role ...

NRL All Stars 2017: Greg Inglis reveals what journalist Stan Grant said to inspire Indigenous players - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/02/09 - 7:50pm

ESPN

NRL All Stars 2017: Greg Inglis reveals what journalist Stan Grant said to inspire Indigenous players
The Sydney Morning Herald
After more than 200 years of struggle, Indigenous Australians are moving forward and the players in camp on Sydney Harbour last weekend were told that they are part of a rarely heard story about Aboriginal success. "Yes, we are over-represented in our ...
Thurston delivers solution to save Indigenous All Stars concept from extinction on NRL calendarESPN
NRL All Stars 2017: Joel Thompson, Mal Meninga reflect on confronting heritage and cultural prideFox Sports

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How a child's exhumation has distressed Aboriginal elders - BBC News

Thu, 2017/02/09 - 5:16pm

BBC News

How a child's exhumation has distressed Aboriginal elders
BBC News
The removal of a child's remains from a cave in South Australia has prompted calls for a coronial inquest, and government efforts to atone for culturally insensitive actions, reports Trevor Marshallsea. Long ago, according to a famous Aboriginal legend ...

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National voice for Aboriginal body - Sunraysia Daily

Thu, 2017/02/09 - 9:10am

Sunraysia Daily

National voice for Aboriginal body
Sunraysia Daily
“As the elected chair of the largest member-based Aboriginal organisation in Australia, I will join the Indigenous Advisory Council with a mandate to speak on issues affecting Aboriginal peoples. For more of this story, purchase your copy of Friday's ...

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Ashleigh Gardner enjoys 'special' trip to Alice Springs ahead of Southern Stars debut - The Age

Thu, 2017/02/09 - 5:42am

The Age

Ashleigh Gardner enjoys 'special' trip to Alice Springs ahead of Southern Stars debut
The Age
Just the second Indigenous female to play for Australia, Ashleigh Gardner poses for a photo in Alice Springs this week. Photo: Darrian Traynor. Given the choice to head to the camp to bond with her teammates, or play in the NT event, Gardner, 19, said ...

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Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice Commissioner - The Transcontinental

Thu, 2017/02/09 - 4:17am

Federal government name Indigenous activist June Oscar as new Social Justice Commissioner
The Transcontinental
She was Australian delegate to the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York and was recognised as one of the 50 most influential women in the world in 2011, receiving an Order of Australia two years later. Ms Oscar won the ...

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