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Funding restricts support for homeless Indigenous Australians - Swinburne University of Technology

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 11:06pm

Swinburne University of Technology

Funding restricts support for homeless Indigenous Australians
Swinburne University of Technology
Indigenous Australians experience homelessness at a rate 14 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians, yet current funding arrangements are making it difficult for support services to provide Indigenous people with the most appropriate assistance, ...

Mark Coles Smith on what Indigenous film and television characters mean for Aboriginal Australia - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 11:01pm

ABC Online

Mark Coles Smith on what Indigenous film and television characters mean for Aboriginal Australia
ABC Online
A 2016 Screen Australia study found that while non-Anglo-Celtic characters were under-represented on Australian television, a significant exception was that Indigenous characters had come from nowhere to make up 5 per cent of on-screen characters, ...

Indigenous elder turns 110 - Townsville Bulletin

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 7:51am

Townsville Bulletin

Indigenous elder turns 110
Townsville Bulletin
The former stockman known for his easygoing nature, celebrated his 110th birthday with family at his Kirwan home this week. He is the oldest living member of the Kukatj tribe of the Normanton area where he grew up mustering cattle with the early ...

The markers of everyday racism in Australia - SBS

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 7:35am

SBS

The markers of everyday racism in Australia
SBS
Let's try to understand the experience of everyday racism by negotiating the material world of an Aboriginal person in northern Australia. You have come into Katherine, Northern Territory, from a remote community. It might be say, Barunga, 80 ...

Southern Stars name Ashleigh Gardner in squad, could become Australia's first Indigenous cricket player in 59 years - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 5:02am

ABC Online

Southern Stars name Ashleigh Gardner in squad, could become Australia's first Indigenous cricket player in 59 years
ABC Online
Gardner set the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) alight this season with a break-out performance, and her reward is being named the first Indigenous player in the Australian women's team in 59 years. The last Indigenous player in national women's ...
Indigenous star Ashleigh Gardner in line to debut for Southern StarsThe Age
Perry ruled out, historic debut loomscricket.com.au

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Australia Day addresses - Wingham Chronicle

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 3:11am

Wingham Chronicle

Australia Day addresses
Wingham Chronicle
It is crucial that the future generations are educated about, and understand, the history of our country and the importance and sacrifices made by Indigenous Australians. By doing that, our country will become even greater than it already is. It'll be ...

I'm just misunderstood, says Mundine - The Australian

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 12:05am

dailytelegraph.com.au

I'm just misunderstood, says Mundine
The Australian
Mundine said the anthem was the theme song for the divisive White Australia policy, and unjust to him and his fellow indigenous population. “I'm about uniting people together, uniting the country together,” he said. “Do your research on the anthem, do ...
'I'm trying to better Australia': Mundinedailytelegraph.com.au
Anthony Mundine won t stand for national anthem, Danny Green responds - Yahoo7Yahoo7 News
Mundine has insulted all of usThe Advertiser
The New Daily -Daily Mail -NEWS.com.au
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Indigenous MP Billy Gordon seeks Pauline Hanson deal - The Australian

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Indigenous MP Billy Gordon seeks Pauline Hanson deal
The Australian
Mr Gordon won the seat as a Labor candidate in 2015 from the Liberal National Party on the back of preferences, largely from the Greens and Katter's Australian Party. “I'd like to talk to Steve and get the lay of the land and have a dialogue; everybody ...

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Indigenous Youth Conference offers chance to make a change - Mandurah Mail

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 8:06am

Mandurah Mail

Indigenous Youth Conference offers chance to make a change
Mandurah Mail
The National Indigenous Youth Parliament (NIYP) is a week-long leadership program for Indigenous Australians aged 16 to 25. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said it was a golden opportunity to learn about government and leadership directly from the ...

Mundine has insulted all of us - The Advertiser

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 7:56am

The Advertiser

Mundine has insulted all of us
The Advertiser
It is true that the plight and living conditions of many indigenous Australians remain a national disgrace, but it is not because of any political or social neglect that they can't be resolved. If the predicaments of indigenous health, welfare and ...

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'I'm trying to better Australia': Mundine - dailytelegraph.com.au

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 5:03am

dailytelegraph.com.au

'I'm trying to better Australia': Mundine
dailytelegraph.com.au
Advance Australia Fair is about white 'fair' — not as in a fair go — that was the theme song for a White Australia policy when Aboriginal people weren't even considered citizens. It's not just.'' Mundine says his decision isn't about disrespect, but ...
Turnbull enters ring over Mundine's anthem protestThe Advertiser
I'm humble and misunderstood: MundineSBS
Anthony Mundine confirms he won't stand for national anthem ahead of Danny Green fightNEWS.com.au
The Guardian -Daily Mail -Sporting News
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Smoking Warning Labels Are Working (For Indigenous Australians, At Least) - Gizmodo Australia

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 4:02am

Gizmodo Australia

Smoking Warning Labels Are Working (For Indigenous Australians, At Least)
Gizmodo Australia
Pack warning labels are motivating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers to quit smoking, according to new research released by Menzies School of Health Research today. The study has shown that graphic warning labels not only motivate quit ...

An Australia Day reflection - On Line opinion

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:22pm

Herald Sun

An Australia Day reflection
On Line opinion
Another Australia Day has been and gone demonstrating that our history provokes a range of emotional responses - pride, sorrow, happiness, anger and guilt. The large number of non-Indigenous Australians who attended Invasion/Survival Day rallies ...
Australia Day is a day to give thanks and take pride in our countryHerald Sun
The profound need for an Australian republicCherwell Online

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Att'y Stephen M. Flatow, 29/01/17 23:28 - Arutz Sheva

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 9:36pm

Arutz Sheva

Att'y Stephen M. Flatow, 29/01/17 23:28
Arutz Sheva
Pilger offered troubling details about the plight of the Arrernte-Alyawarra people, who live in the ironically-named Utopia region of Australia. “Elderly indigenous people in the homelands [as those areas are called] had received no food from an aged ...

Back Roads in Harrow: How Johnny Mullagh led Australia's first international and Indigenous team - ABC Online

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 8:02pm

ABC Online

Back Roads in Harrow: How Johnny Mullagh led Australia's first international and Indigenous team
ABC Online
While the Ashes series between Australia and England first XIs continues to this day, the history of Indigenous cricket and the Aboriginal team's tour is largely forgotten outside of western Victoria. Harrow is half-way between Melbourne and Adelaide ...

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Indigenous children twice as likely to die from severe infection: study - Brisbane Times

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 2:03pm

Brisbane Times

Indigenous children twice as likely to die from severe infection: study
Brisbane Times
Based on more than 82,750 children and 4864 Indigenous Australian children, the study was the largest to examine life-threatening infections in Indigenous children, with researchers led by the University of Queensland's Associate Professor Luregn ...

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ABC claims push building for changing the date of Australia Day - Herald Sun

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:01am

Herald Sun

ABC claims push building for changing the date of Australia Day
Herald Sun
Its website even claims: “Momentum is building to change the date of out of respect for indigenous Australians — many of whom view 26 January as 'Invasion Day'.” What “momentum”? A McNair poll showed just 15 per cent of Australians want the date ...

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Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths - Vancouver Sun

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 3:12pm

Vancouver Sun

Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths
Vancouver Sun
In September 2016, DNA testing results reported from a University of Copenhagen study lead by evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev proved Aboriginal Australians are the oldest continuous civilization on Earth. Tests of modern populations in ...
High Performance Rodeo: Black Arm Band's dirtsong brings universal scope to Australia's indigenous communitiesCalgary Herald

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Healing ceremony kicks off Fremantle's alternative Australia Day - SBS

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 9:42am

SBS

Healing ceremony kicks off Fremantle's alternative Australia Day
SBS
Hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered at Fremantle's iconic Roundhouse on Saturday in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation. A ceremony was held at the former West Australian prison overlooking the Indian Ocean that organisers say ...

The Human Zoo: Documentary sheds light on stolen Aboriginal people 'treated as animals' - ABC Online

Fri, 2017/01/27 - 9:39pm

ABC Online

The Human Zoo: Documentary sheds light on stolen Aboriginal people 'treated as animals'
ABC Online
The Indigenous community on Palm Island in far north Queensland will feature in an historical documentary about a relatively unknown aspect of colonisation. Up to 20 Aboriginal people were taken from northern Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries to ...

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