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Aussie rapper Drapht, real name Paul Reid, says the Australian music industry needs to get behind indigenous rights. The rapper says hard-hitting hip-hop duo A.B.Original are bringing issues to light, and he supports their efforts to try and create change.

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Drapht backs music on indigenous rights
NEWS.com.au
The duo, a collaboration between rappers Briggs and Trials, recently teamed up with singer Dan Sultan to release a track called January 26, which criticises how Australia Day is currently celebrated and how offensive it is to indigenous people. "A.B ...

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The Guardian
Number of Indigenous people in NSW prisons doubles in 15 years
The Guardian
The second report, which asked what was causing the growth in Indigenous imprisonment, said Indigenous imprisonment rates grew by 54.3% nationally in the 15-year period, by 171% in the Northern Territory, 141% in the Australian Capital Territory, 114% ...

The Guardian
Jobs scheme doing 'more harm than good' in Indigenous communities
The Guardian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 84% of CDP participants, and Jobs Australia's analysis found the financial penalties for non-compliance, especially the eight-week non-payment periods, were particularly harmful for individuals, their ...
Remote jobs plan 'harmful', say service providersThe Australian

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The Guardian
Kimberley's hidden world of Indigenous rock art revealed by researchers
The Guardian
The survey began in July and is being run by the University of Western Australia archeology professor Peter Veth, in conjunction with traditional owners the Balanggarra people and the Balanggarra Indigenous rangers. Over a three-month period the ...

The Conversation AU
How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
The Conversation AU
The issues and discussions that surrounded Indigenous affairs in the early 20th century reverberate in Australia's current political climate. Amid regular press reports of legal injustice, police abuse and ill-treatment, inter-racial violence and ...
Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren MundineThe Australian
Legal body sounds alarm after SA Indigenous deathLawyers Weekly
Football Federation Australia focused on 'embracing' Indigenous communities – ABC Onlinesportal.co.in

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Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Mr Mundine, who chairs the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, says indigenous women in Australia are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse, yet most media fail to report such issues, even when a woman is killed in broad ...

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SBS - The World Game
FFA look to unearth indigenous stars
SBS - The World Game
"We're not talking about taking indigenous players from other games," said former Australia international Craig Foster. "We're talking about choice, and giving more kids from more communities the opportunity to excel, and through our game, to see the ...

BBC News
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals
BBC News
The campaign was started by pop culture website Junkee, which called it a show of support for Indigenous Australians. It has been inspired by American football player Colin Kaepernick. The player has been refusing to stand for the US anthem before ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Rome scholarship set up in memory of Indigenous boy lost 163 years ago
The Sydney Morning Herald
Italy: A Rome university has established a scholarship for Indigenous Australians in honour of a teenage boy who died in the abbey attached to St Paul's Basilica 163 years ago. The Australian Catholic University, which established a campus in Rome last ...

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BBC News
Anthony Mundine Says Boycott Anthem, Buddy Says Don't Be Stupid
Huffington Post Australia
Newly elected MP Linda Burney, who is also an indigenous Australian, told Sydney radio station 2GB that "I think Anthony is wonderful, I really do, I admire him enormously but I am not sure that expecting people not to sing the national anthem gets us ...
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
Scrap the flag and anthem: MudineSky News Australia
Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'The Sydney Morning Herald
BBC News -ABC Online
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Rome Indigenous scholarship to make up for opportunity lost 164 years ago
Ballarat Courier
The Australian Catholic University, which established a campus in Rome last year, has set up an annual scholarship for an Indigenous Australian to study in the Italian capital in honour of Francis Xavier Conaci, an adolescent brought to Italy in 1849 ...

ABC Online
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'
ABC Online
Franklin, an Indigenous Australian, said there was "no chance" he would take part in any kind of protest or boycott when the national anthem was played on Saturday. "It's the first I've heard of it but personally I think it's pretty stupid really ...
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
Anthony Mundine Says Boycott Anthem, Buddy Says Don't Be StupidHuffington Post Australia
Scrap the flag and anthem: MudineSky News Australia
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Australian Geographic
Indigenous artwork highlights Sydney's little-known Garden Palace fire of 1882
Australian Geographic
The palace was filled with displays celebrating Australia's major exports: wheat, gold and wool. The exhibition also included an ethnographic exhibition of Indigenous artefacts and items that had been traded by Aboriginal communities over the previous ...
Jonathan Jones unites Indigenous and settler history in massive public artwork in SydneyThe Guardian

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Daily Mail
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem again
The Guardian
Anthony Mundine has said he will never stand for the national anthem again, in protest at discrimination against Indigenous Australians. The champion boxer and former rugby league player called for NRL and AFL players to take a knee during Advance ...
Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZISDaily Mail
Change starts with flag and anthem: MundineSky News Australia
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'ABC Online
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Daily Mail
Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZIS
Daily Mail
An Aboriginal activist has claimed Australia is a 'crime scene' and compared the condition Indigenous people are forced to live in as similar to France under the rule of the Nazis in World War Two. Activist Wayne Wharton made the controversial comments ...
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finalsBBC News

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BBC News
Scrap the flag and anthem: Mudine
Sky News Australia
Speaking with reporters in Sydney Mundine says for Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to move forward 'together as one as people' the anthem and flag reflecting the country's 'dark past' should be scrapped. Mundine via social media lent his ...
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finalsBBC News

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ABC Online
Football Federation Australia focused on 'embracing' Indigenous communities
ABC Online
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is beginning a major push to tap into the sporting talent in Australia's Indigenous communities. Historically, the AFL and NRL have been the codes that attract the majority of Indigenous players but FFA chief ...
Inaugural National Indigenous Football Championships LaunchedFootball Australia (press release)

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Daily Mail
Change starts with flag and anthem: Mundine
Sky News Australia
Speaking with reporters in Sydney Mundine says for indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to move forward together the national flag and and anthem need to be re-evaluated. The former rugby league star turned boxer shared a video via social media ...
Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'The Sydney Morning Herald
Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian
Karl Stefanovic slams Anthony Mundine's boycott on Australian national anthemsDaily Mail
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'
The Sydney Morning Herald
... Lance Franklin has slammed Anthony Mundine's idea for players to boycott the national anthem at this weekend's AFL and NRL grand finals as "stupid". Mundine made the call on Thursday to raise the awareness of the treatment of indigenous Australians ...

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