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Buddy spreading the Goodes word - dailytelegraph.com.au

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 11:54am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Buddy spreading the Goodes word
dailytelegraph.com.au
Franklin and teammate Dane Rampe will be the player representatives on the RAP committee, which promotes equality and justice for indigenous Australians. “It was a tough period what he (Goodes) went through last year,” Franklin said as the Swans ...

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FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence? - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 7:44am

The Conversation AU

FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
The Conversation AU
It is difficult to measure the full extent of domestic and family violence against women as most incidents go unreported, but we know that Indigenous women are much more likely to experience domestic and family violence than non-Indigenous Australian ...

Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and time - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 1:54am

The Guardian

Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and time
The Guardian
Given this country's pervasive general ignorance regarding Indigenous Australia, you'd have to bet not too many – despite the fact that songlines criss-cross not only the remotest parts of the continent as well as our seas, but also the cities and suburbs.

One in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth certificate: study - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 1:09am

The Guardian

One in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth certificate: study
The Guardian
Nearly one in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth documents, with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, new research has found. A study published in the ...
Many Indigenous children have no birth recordSky News Australia
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth recordDaily Mail
Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registeredThe Conversation AU

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Eumundi's first all-Indigenous markets open for business - ABC Local

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:39pm

ABC Local

Eumundi's first all-Indigenous markets open for business
ABC Local
Called the Eumundi Cultural and Creative Market, it is one of several social enterprise projects of Indigenous community development organisation SevGen. The market operates on the last Friday of the month at the Pavillion market site in the small town ...

Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages - ABC Local

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:38pm

ABC Local

Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages
ABC Local
According to Languages Australia, hundreds of Australian Indigenous languages have died out in the past 200 years. One of the languages that almost died, but has been revived, is Gumbaynggirr, based on the mid north coast of New South Wales.

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Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:36pm

ABC Online

Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art
ABC Online
The Berndt Museum at the University of Western Australia (UWA) has one of the most culturally significant collections of Aboriginal art and objects in the world. But right now those objects are packed away in storage boxes and containers in rooms at ...

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record - Thomson Reuters Foundation

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 2:59pm

Thomson Reuters Foundation

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record - Daily Mail

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 2:01pm

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Daily Mail
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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Growth in aged Indigenous populations 'unprecedented' - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 3:52am

ABC Online

Growth in aged Indigenous populations 'unprecedented'
ABC Online
Improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy is expected to deliver a surge in Indigenous seniors over the next decade. There are currently 51,303 Indigenous Australians aged over 60, and by 2026, that figure is expected to ...

Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian - The West Australian

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 7:37pm

The West Australian

Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian
The West Australian
There were about 10 cottages with about 10 or 11 Aboriginal children in them from all over WA,” she said. “We had care of a house mother and it was very institutional. We were under assimilation, that was the idea of Sister Kate's originally — that we ...

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history - SBS

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 10:22am

SBS

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
SBS
Ms Burney told NITV she strongly supported constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, saying it did not preclude a treaty later being formed. “I know that there are diverse views in our community about this issue but it is unrealistic to ...
Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MPBusiness Insider Australia
Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower houseThe Guardian
Linda Burney Just Became The First Indigenous Woman In The House Of RepresentativesHuffington Post Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald -NEWS.com.au -National Indigenous Times
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Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history - SBS

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 10:22am

SBS

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
SBS
Ms Burney told NITV she strongly supported constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, saying it did not preclude a treaty later being formed. “I know that there are diverse views in our community about this issue but it is unrealistic to ...
Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower houseThe Guardian
Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MPBusiness Insider Australia
Linda Burney Just Became The First Indigenous Woman In The House Of RepresentativesHuffington Post Australia
NEWS.com.au -The Sydney Morning Herald -National Indigenous Times
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Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people - The Ecologist

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 11:00am

The Ecologist

Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people
The Ecologist
From 1998-2004, the Australian federal government tried - but failed - to impose a national nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land in South Australia. Then the government tried to impose a dump on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory, but that also ...

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Sydney woman Lorna Munroe makes an indigenous Australian version of Barbie and Bratz dolls - Daily Mail

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 8:36am

Daily Mail

Sydney woman Lorna Munroe makes an indigenous Australian version of Barbie and Bratz dolls
Daily Mail
Lorna Munro, from Redfern, is re-styling Barbie and Bratz dolls into gorgeous, indigenous creations. She calls her range 'Lorna's Tribe', explaining on her public Facebook page that: 'Lorna's Tribe celebrates the many shades of being black because we ...

Next prime minister needs a new direction for Indigenous affairs - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 4:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Next prime minister needs a new direction for Indigenous affairs
The Sydney Morning Herald
In February, Malcolm Turnbull delivered his first Closing the Gap statement as Prime Minister. He stated his commitment to deliver a new future for Indigenous Australians, and that he would "honour that commitment not by delivering to Indigenous ...

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Indigenous students crowdfund new school shirts to promote NAIDOC week and awareness - ABC Message Stick

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 3:24am

ABC Message Stick

Indigenous students crowdfund new school shirts to promote NAIDOC week and awareness
ABC Message Stick
"It really showed that there's a deficit there that we needed to work on to get people to understand why NAIDOC is not just important for Indigenous people, but for all Australians." As the school's Indigenous students are of both Aboriginal and Torres ...

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Only 58% of Indigenous Australians are registered to vote. We should be asking why - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 11:22pm

The Guardian

Only 58% of Indigenous Australians are registered to vote. We should be asking why
The Guardian
The last week of the federal election campaign opened with news that Indigenous people in Western Australia's Kimberley region are seven times more likely to commit suicide than other Australians. If ever a revelation might halt an election in its ...

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Election 2016: Indigenous Rangers program funding fears without beyond 2018 - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 9:41pm

ABC Online

Election 2016: Indigenous Rangers program funding fears without beyond 2018
ABC Online
There are concerns about the future of the federally funded Indigenous Rangers program, which has provided more than 2,000 Aboriginal people with jobs and rehabilitated large swathes of land across Australia. The Indigenous Rangers - Working on ...

Indigenous schoolchildren explore science at Canberra institutions - The Canberra Times

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 1:33pm

The Canberra Times

Indigenous schoolchildren explore science at Canberra institutions
The Canberra Times
The value of science and technology was on display in Canberra on Thursday, when four indigenous schoolchildren from South Australia had the chance to explore key institutions in the capital. The students, from Playford International College and ...

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