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Clash between a Muslim lawyer and far right organisation leader on ABC's Hack Live0:43 - Courier Mail

Fri, 2016/09/23 - 3:17am

Courier Mail

Clash between a Muslim lawyer and far right organisation leader on ABC's Hack Live0:43
Courier Mail
Mr Cottrell also shocked other panellists on the show when he replied “so what” to a question about European settlers killing indigenous Australians. In a taped piece before the debate Mr Cottrell admitted he was a racist. “I don't view myself as far ...
'Hack Live' On Nationalism Proved Nothin' But Blair Cottrell's IntolerancePedestrian TV

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'I'm no Nazi, but I am a racist' - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2016/09/23 - 3:06am

NEWS.com.au

'I'm no Nazi, but I am a racist'
NEWS.com.au
Mr Cottrell also shocked other panellists on the show when he replied “so what” to a question about European settlers killing indigenous Australians. In a taped piece before the debate Mr Cottrell admitted he was a racist. “I don't view myself as far ...
'Hack Live' On Nationalism Proved Nothin' But Blair Cottrell's IntolerancePedestrian TV
Hack Live: what happened when we debated Aussie PatriotismABC Online

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Queensland class action over unpaid wages for Indigenous people 'setting a national precedent' - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/09/23 - 2:54am

ABC Online

Queensland class action over unpaid wages for Indigenous people 'setting a national precedent'
ABC Online
"Because we had a room down the back we never asked questions, because they might have done something to us," she said. Ms Perry, now 71 years old, is one of the dozens of people around Australia who have come forward wanting to be part of the class ...

SBS Indigenous reporter discovers relative honoured at Australian War Memorial - SBS

Fri, 2016/09/23 - 12:36am

SBS

SBS Indigenous reporter discovers relative honoured at Australian War Memorial
SBS
I knew it was a going to be a lovely story about honouring our Indigenous Australians who served our country. But little did I know that the story was much closer to home. My great-great grandfather Harry Thorpe was honoured in one of the displays ...

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Indigenous leaders pass no confidence motion in WA Aboriginal affairs minister - The Guardian

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 10:59pm

The Guardian

Indigenous leaders pass no confidence motion in WA Aboriginal affairs minister
The Guardian
Western Australia Aboriginal affairs spokesman Ben Wyatt (left), Labor senator for Western Australia Pat Dodson (centre), and state Greens MP Robin Chapple (right) attend the Yule River bush meeting near Port Hedland on Thursday. Photograph: Leanne ...
WA remote communities: Lack of detail on reform roadmap a concern, Senator Pat Dodson saysABC Online

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Health improvements seen in Indigenous Australians but 'disease burden' still high, AIHW report says - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 8:07pm

ABC Online

Health improvements seen in Indigenous Australians but 'disease burden' still high, AIHW report says
ABC Online
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience more than twice the "disease burden" than non-Indigenous Australians, according an analysis of illness and death figures. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report concluded ...
Disease rate higher for indigenous people | SBS NewsSBS

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Disease rate higher for indigenous people - SBS

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 3:09pm

Disease rate higher for indigenous people
SBS
The latest snapshot of indigenous health by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows while there have been improvements, there remains a wide gap in terms of illnesses and deaths suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared ...

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Justice reinvestment offers chance to cut number of indigenous inmates - The Australian

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 2:12pm

Justice reinvestment offers chance to cut number of indigenous inmates
The Australian
Indigenous Australians represent 2.5 per cent of the population and 27 per cent of prisoners. About half of those behind bars are there for nonviolent offences, including driving offences, property offences and breaches of court orders. But we know ...

First exhibition honouring Indigenous military service launches at Australian War Memorial - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 9:36am

ABC Online

First exhibition honouring Indigenous military service launches at Australian War Memorial
ABC Online
The first exhibition in honour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' military service in times of war and peace launched today at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples fought in the Boer War ...
War memorial exhibition explores Indigenous military serviceThe Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous servicemen and women honoured at the Australian War MemorialSBS
Indigenous service celebrated in new AWM exhibitionThe Canberra Times
Ballarat Courier
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Indigenous service celebrated in new AWM exhibition - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 6:44am

The Canberra Times

Indigenous service celebrated in new AWM exhibition
The Canberra Times
While Australian War Memorial curator Amanda Jane Reynolds is passionate about all the exhibits she has drawn together for the first exhibition devoted solely to the military experience of Australia's first peoples, Len Waters' flying helmet speaks to ...
War memorial explores indigenous serviceNEWS.com.au

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Cultural incompatibility hindering public policy in remote Western Australia, indigenous leaders say - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 6:18am

ABC Message Stick

Cultural incompatibility hindering public policy in remote Western Australia, indigenous leaders say
ABC Message Stick
The current work for dole scheme, or the community development program (CDP), does not work, according to police and community leaders in remote Western Australia. There are huge language barriers, real jobs are scarce, and relocating is not an option ...

War memorial explores indigenous service - Courier Mail

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 5:35am

War memorial explores indigenous service
Courier Mail
As many as 1000 indigenous men fought for Australia during World War I, even though their enlistment was technically forbidden. They served in every conflict since, receiving the same pay and same treatment as every other soldier. Memorial director ...

War memorial explores indigenous service - 9news.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 5:08am

War memorial explores indigenous service
9news.com.au
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experience of military service is explored in the new For Country, For Nation exhibition at the Australian War Memorial. Mr Mundine, a Bundjalung man from Grafton in northern NSW and brother of former Labor ...

'Heartbreaking' poll: Victorian Muslim leaders fed up - The Age

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 4:57am

The Age

'Heartbreaking' poll: Victorian Muslim leaders fed up
The Age
Unless an Indigenous Australian tells Betul Tuna to leave the country, she's not going anywhere. The Turkish-Australian lives in northern Victoria, in the federal seat of Murray, where Pauline Hanson's One Nation won more support than anywhere else in ...

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The NRL grand final has been dragged into the ongoing national anthem protest storm - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 4:21am

NEWS.com.au

The NRL grand final has been dragged into the ongoing national anthem protest storm
NEWS.com.au
Indigenous greats of the game have called on indigenous players from the Sharks, Cowboys, Storm and Raiders to stage a protest when Advance Australia Fair is performed before kick-off at the NRL decider to be held at ANZ Stadium on October 2.
Former NRL player urges Indigenous stars to 'chuck a Kaepernick'The Roar

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John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90 - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 1:45am

ABC Online

John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90
ABC Online
Professor Mulvaney was the first university-trained prehistorian to study Australia. He worked at the Australian National University and pioneered the study of the pre-history of Indigenous people. Professor Colin Groves, who worked with Professor ...

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John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90 - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 1:31am

ABC Online

John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90
ABC Online
Professor Colin Groves, who worked with Professor Mulvaney, said one of his greatest legacies was the respect he gave to Indigenous people in Australia. "He was of course a person who treated Indigenous people as people, not as just study subjects," he ...

Justice denied: Indigenous women and children still face a legal system stacked against them - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 12:13am

ABC Online

Justice denied: Indigenous women and children still face a legal system stacked against them
ABC Online
At a time when media attention is quite rightly focused on ending family violence, Aboriginal women and girls still face unacceptably high levels of assault, homicide and intimidation. Research shows that Aboriginal mothers in Western Australia are 17 ...

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World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians - Australian Geographic

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 11:10pm

Australian Geographic

World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians
Australian Geographic
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S most important genomic questions has been answered, with a new study finding that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans separated from Europeans and Asians thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The study, published ...
Indigenous Australians descend from the oldest culture on the planet: study9news.com.au
DNA study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal AustraliansSBS
Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, extensive DNA study confirmsTelegraph.co.uk
The Guardian -Aussie Network News -Mashable -The Guardian
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World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 10:39pm

Cosmos

World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa about 72,000 years ago.
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding populationCosmos
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
World-first genomic study of Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian Geographic
The Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk -YouTube
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