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Natalie Imbruglia talks about meeting Indigenous Australians for the first time... after admitting she'd never ... - Daily Mail

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 11:27pm

Daily Mail

Natalie Imbruglia talks about meeting Indigenous Australians for the first time... after admitting she'd never ...
Daily Mail
Natalie Imbruglia admitted she'd never spoken to an Indigenous Australian before filming SBS documentary First Contact. But the Torn singer has revealed her experience on the controversial program has changed her thinking on the stolen generation.

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Stars, Aboriginal elders to watch over tiny farming community - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 10:13pm

ABC Online

Stars, Aboriginal elders to watch over tiny farming community
ABC Online
Internationally renowned street artist Adnate, famous for this work with Aboriginal communities across Australia, is the man behind the artwork. "I grew up right in the city of Melbourne, and skateboarding and graffiti and all that was my childhood and ...

Twiggy wants 'measurable change' - Perth Now

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 4:02pm

Perth Now

Twiggy wants 'measurable change'
Perth Now
The humble but big-thinking billionaire's agenda as West Australian of the Year is to ensure there is “measurable change” achieved in the next year to reduce indigenous disparity as well as to increase global fury against modern slavery. The new West ...

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Proposed Indigenous cultural centre for Brisbane gathers support - Brisbane Times

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 12:11pm

Brisbane Times

Proposed Indigenous cultural centre for Brisbane gathers support
Brisbane Times
It was first proposed three decades ago but Brisbane is still the only capital city in Australia without an Indigenous cultural centre. A group of inspired people, including a former Brisbane lord mayor, has now joined forces to develop the Meeanjin ...

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'It's Shit Being A Black Man In Australia' -- AB Original Talk Racism, Reclaim Australia And Rap - Huffington Post Australia

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 4:27am

Huffington Post Australia

'It's Shit Being A Black Man In Australia' -- AB Original Talk Racism, Reclaim Australia And Rap
Huffington Post Australia
Their new album Reclaim Australia, a provocative, incendiary work with a fittingly provocative title, is the reason for our chat. It's an album with crossed spears on the cover, brimming full of sentiment about Indigenous struggles in modern Australia ...
'Reclaim Australia' Is The Raw, Undeniable Protest Music That Australia NeedsTone Deaf
New Briggs album tells it like it isShepparton News
AB Original on Reclaim Australia, the album: 'Being black, everything you do becomes a protest'The Guardian
Rolling Stone Australia
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ABC is letting Australia down, says Paul Keating - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

ABC is letting Australia down, says Paul Keating
The Australian
ABC boss Michelle Guthrie has defended the broadcaster's record in Aboriginal affairs, pointing to the corporation's record of engagement in indigenous communities and its hiring of Stan Grant as the first indigenous anchor of an ABC prime-time current ...
Keating: 'ABC is letting Australia down'NEWS.com.au
'The ABC is letting Australia down': Paul Keating slams the national broadcasterThe Sydney Morning Herald
ABC letting Australians down: KeatingThe Australian Financial Review
The West Australian
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First Contact: SBS stars confront ignorance of Aboriginal Australia - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

First Contact: SBS stars confront ignorance of Aboriginal Australia
The Australian
Two years ago she and fellow producer Darren Dale gave us the controversial First Contact, a three-part series exploring the divide between indigenous Australians and the rest of the nation. It was startling, confronting and sometimes squeamishly ...

Indigenous art's journey traced in three pivotal books - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Indigenous art's journey traced in three pivotal books
The Australian
The history of art is an ever-changing story, and so it is proving with the brief, tumultuous saga of the Aboriginal art movement, a sunburst of creative energy that has already done much to change the way Australia sees itself and the world sees ...

Australia's Aborigines not served by reckless claims of racism - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

Australia's Aborigines not served by reckless claims of racism
The Australian
“My unqualified position is that a number of the serious problems indigenous people face in Australia today arise from a complex joining together of recent, that is post-conquest, historical factors of external impact, with a substantial number of ...

Pope sends letter to indigenous Australians - Vatican Radio

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 10:40am

Vatican Radio

Pope sends letter to indigenous Australians
Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of St John Paul II's words to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Alice Springs, Australia on 29 November 1986. The letter was sent to the Chairperson of ...

Rheumatic heart disease: Preventable illness in Indigenous communities 'a national failure', AMA says - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 7:56am

ABC Online

Rheumatic heart disease: Preventable illness in Indigenous communities 'a national failure', AMA says
ABC Online
The Australian Medical Association has singled out a preventable disease caused by impoverished living conditions and untreated infections as Australia's "national failure". The association launched its national 2016 report card on Indigenous health ...
AMA releases Indigenous Health Report CardSky News Australia

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Keating: 'ABC is letting Australia down' - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:51am

NEWS.com.au

Keating: 'ABC is letting Australia down'
NEWS.com.au
In a statement, the ABC said it provided more indigenous coverage than any other Australian media outlet and covered the everyday experiences of communities. It also said it had given a platform to a range of indigenous commentators, including Mr ...
'The ABC is letting Australia down': Paul Keating slams the national broadcasterThe Sydney Morning Herald
Trump protectionism won't pay: KeatingThe Australian
ABC letting Australians down: KeatingThe Australian Financial Review

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WA Aboriginal elders vital in changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

WA Aboriginal elders vital in changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
Mr Pettitt said the council said it had heard "loud and clear" from local Aboriginal elders that it wasn't a day to celebrate. But former West Australian of the Year Robert Isaacs said he hadn't heard of any complaints from his Aboriginal community ...
Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'The Australian
Fremantle Has Officially Moved All Of Its Australia Day Events From Jan 26Pedestrian TV
PM: Aus Day should stay January 26Perth Now
9news.com.au -BBC News -Daily Mail
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Peter Dutton's 'stupid' words incite death threats, says indigenous senator - International Business Times AU

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:09am

International Business Times AU

Peter Dutton's 'stupid' words incite death threats, says indigenous senator
International Business Times AU
Until that time, indigenous Australians were not counted in the country's census. If Australia can't stand with the poor, the weak and the vulnerable, the nation is a poor replica of democracy, he said. He also insisted that Dutton's comment on ...

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Bullying, controversy dog Broome Aboriginal heritage case - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 3:16am

The Australian

Bullying, controversy dog Broome Aboriginal heritage case
The Australian
The government agency responsible for delivering services to indigenous people across Western Australia is in turmoil, and even Aboriginal Affairs minister Peter Collier has stepped in and criticised his own department for a lack of procedural fairness ...

AMA releases Indigenous Health Report Card - Sky News Australia

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:30am

Sky News Australia

AMA releases Indigenous Health Report Card
Sky News Australia
The Australian Medical Association has released its latest annual Report Card on Indigenous Health, aiming to completely eliminate Rheumatic Heart Disease by 2031. At the launch in Darwin, AMA President Dr Michael Gannon used his speech to highlight ...

Australian of the Year awards hijacked by activists, say former winners - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 12:19am

The Australian

Australian of the Year awards hijacked by activists, say former winners
The Australian
Another politically aligned finalist for the Australian of the Year award is Andrea Mason, who runs a network of women's councils in Northern Territory. The former Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year was “the first indigenous Australian woman ...

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Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence - The Conversation AU

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 11:26pm

The Conversation AU

Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
The Conversation AU
when attempting to reduce the rate of domestic violence or marital dissolution experienced by the Indigenous populations (for example), it is important to keep in mind that the majority of the partners of Indigenous Australians who experience such ...

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The quiet revolution - The Monthly (subscription) (blog)

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 11:21pm

The Monthly (subscription) (blog)

The quiet revolution
The Monthly (subscription) (blog)
The great majority of Australians who currently identify as “Indigenous” speak English, live in suburbs, and produce children with Australians who do not identify as Indigenous … Many of them do quite well in the mainstream economy and society ...
Precarious state of our Indigenous languagesOn Line opinion

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Liberals split on negative gearing tax policy - The Australian

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 10:51pm

The Australian

Liberals split on negative gearing tax policy
The Australian
The Council voted in August in favour of moving the day out of sensitivity to indigenous Australians who believe that January 26 is “invasion day.” Mr Turnbull said there was “obviously controversy” about Australia day, but said it was best to stand by ...

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