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Indigenous artists illuminate Sydney Opera House in light festival - PBS NewsHour

Sun, 2016/05/29 - 6:48pm

PBS NewsHour

Indigenous artists illuminate Sydney Opera House in light festival
PBS NewsHour
The process of creating the project, which draws on the interconnected history and relationships between Australia's Indigenous tribes, was more than just projecting pretty pictures onto the iconic structure, Roberts told The Sydney Morning Herald ...

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Northern Territory girls part of Melbourne Indigenous Transition School that is Australia's first stand-alone ... - NT News

Sun, 2016/05/29 - 3:41pm

NT News

Northern Territory girls part of Melbourne Indigenous Transition School that is Australia's first stand-alone ...
NT News
Students at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School have come from the top end of the territory, including remote communities near Daly River and Kakadu. However, they have come together as one at the school and at the Richmond Junior Football ...

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ABC TV's Indigenous superhero Cleverman premieres - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2016/05/28 - 2:18pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

ABC TV's Indigenous superhero Cleverman premieres
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I wanted to create a superhero for my son," says Ryan Griffen, the creator of upcoming ABC TV series Cleverman. "A hero that was based on Aboriginal culture. When I was growing up, I would always tell people I was an Aboriginal, and would get into ...

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Malcolm Turnbull And Bill Shorten Join In The Long Walk For Indigenous Reconciliation - Huffington Post Australia

Sat, 2016/05/28 - 9:15am

Huffington Post Australia

Malcolm Turnbull And Bill Shorten Join In The Long Walk For Indigenous Reconciliation
Huffington Post Australia
Opposition leader Bill Shorten cited reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians as "unfinished business". "Until this country can secure equal treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we cannot truly celebrate ...
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree racism persistsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Shorten: 'Systemic racism' in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
LiveBlogLast Updated 6.30pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten in MelbourneThe Australian
Yahoo7 News -9news.com.au
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Vivid festival 2016 opens with powerful statement by Indigenous Australia - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 10:25pm

The Guardian

Vivid festival 2016 opens with powerful statement by Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
At 6pm on Friday, when the Vivid festival lights were switched on for the first time in 2016 and the Sydney CBD was suddenly illuminated in bright colours, its centrepiece was a powerful cultural statement from Indigenous Australia. Over the 23 nights ...
Indigenous colours light up the nightThe Straits Times
Vivid Sydney 2016: Lights and installations illuminate city as festival launchedABC Online

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Indigenous Australians Call for Change on 'National Sorry Day' - teleSUR English

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 9:45am

teleSUR English

Indigenous Australians Call for Change on 'National Sorry Day'
teleSUR English
As Australia marked National Sorry Day on Thursday, Indigenous people in the state of South Australia renewed calls for on a national compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation, who were forcibly removed under paternalistic government ...
Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...Atlanta Black Star

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Indigenous Australians Call For More on 'National Sorry Day' - teleSUR English

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 8:21am

teleSUR English

Indigenous Australians Call For More on 'National Sorry Day'
teleSUR English
As Australia marked National Sorry Day on Thursday, Indigenous people in the state of South Australia renewed calls for on a national compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation, who were forcibly removed under paternalistic government ...
Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...Atlanta Black Star

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Indigenous weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie wins $50000 Red Ochre art prize - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 8:20am

The Guardian

Indigenous weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie wins $50000 Red Ochre art prize
The Guardian
In 1982 Yvonne Koolmatrie read that Indigenous Australia's weaving culture was extinct. She says that motivated her to prove otherwise: “Today, it is still very much alive.” The Ngarrindjeri weaver from South Australia has been named a winner in the ...
Koolmatrie to receive top Indigenous art awardInDaily
Aboriginal artist Yvonne Koolmatrie to be recognised with Red Ochre lifetime achievement awardABC Online
KOOLMATRIE WINS THE RED OCHREAboriginal Art Directory News
Courier Mail
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Indigenous entrepreneurs tackle community joblessness - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 7:03am

ABC Online

Indigenous entrepreneurs tackle community joblessness
ABC Online
Long-term unemployment is a major concern for Indigenous Australians, with less than half the working-age population in jobs. But a new wave of Indigenous entrepreneurs is hoping to turn that around, by employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ...
Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gapStartupSmart

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LiveBlogLast Updated 3.20pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Qld, Bill Shorten in NT - The Australian

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 3:40am

The Guardian

LiveBlogLast Updated 3.20pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Qld, Bill Shorten in NT
The Australian
He said the election often focused on city-centric issues but Australia was much bigger and the voice of indigenous people needed to be heard. Mr Shorten lamented that a lot of coverage of Aboriginal affairs was negative, but the ranger program was a ...
Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney reportedly goes 'rogue'The Guardian

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Indigenous NSW south coast rapper wins prestigious arts award - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 2:51am

ABC Online

Indigenous NSW south coast rapper wins prestigious arts award
ABC Online
A rapper who has won a prestigious national art award is emerging as a leader to Indigenous children in his country in Nowra, on the NSW south coast. Corey Webster, known as Nooky, who is also a lyricist, composer and producer has won an Australia ...

PM unveils indigenous jobs plan - Sky News Australia

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 1:30am

Sky News Australia

PM unveils indigenous jobs plan
Sky News Australia
'We will ensure that those entrepreneurial and innovative indigenous Australians who have ideas to start or grow businesses have clear pathways to turn those ideas into viable, sustainable businesses generating employment opportunities for indigenous ...
Federal election 2016: Turnbull to push new indigenous jobs packageThe Australian
Day 3: Malcolm Turnbull talks incentives for start-up businesses3:51Herald Sun
Turnbull announces $115M package for indigenous business sectorInternational Business Times AU

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Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gap - StartupSmart

Fri, 2016/05/27 - 12:45am

StartupSmart

Australia's first Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to help close the gap
StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend will be hosted in Brisbane this July, with hopes of increasing Indigenous entrepreneurship. The weekend also aims to develop ways to close the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney 'goes rogue' – politics live - The Guardian

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 11:26pm

The Guardian

Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney 'goes rogue' – politics live
The Guardian
As Nigel and Joe have often said, indeed as Nova Peris said yesterday, one of the biggest challenges facing Indigenous entrepreneurs is simply poverty. There is not the intergenerational wealth that many other Australians have. There is not the same ...
LiveBlogLast Updated 9.55am AEDTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Qld, Bill Shorten in NTThe Australian

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Indigenous nurses make history in Thursday Island Hospital general ward - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 10:40pm

ABC Online

Indigenous nurses make history in Thursday Island Hospital general ward
ABC Online
Mr Ghee said the hospital's Indigenous staff often talk about taking control of their people's health, but Tuesday's history-making shift showed it was possible. "We didn't really realise what we were doing, we just turned up to another normal day for ...

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Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney reportedly goes 'rogue' - The Guardian

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 8:20pm

The Guardian

Australian election 2016: Labor focuses on Indigenous economy as David Feeney reportedly goes 'rogue'
The Guardian
Now, according to the Australian, “Feeney is copping internal flack for 'going rogue' in his Melbourne campaign to see off the Greens in Batman and ignoring party advice”. The report says he “surprised ALP insiders by using billboards featuring a giant ...
LiveBlogLast Updated 10:31PM AEDTFederal election 2016: Turnbull in Queensland; Shorten in DarwinThe Australian

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It's a great time to be teaching Indigenous Australian languages! - ABC Online (blog)

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 6:58pm

ABC Online (blog)

It's a great time to be teaching Indigenous Australian languages!
ABC Online (blog)
Teaching First Australian languages does not diminish the importance of Indonesian, Chinese, French or other languages, because Indigenous languages aren't simply words and phrases that equip students to communicate overseas; our languages teach ...

Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ... - Atlanta Black Star

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 3:01pm

Atlanta Black Star

Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...
Atlanta Black Star
On May 26, Australia observes National Sorry Day, an acknowledgement of the Stolen Generations of Black indigenous people who were kidnapped from their families in a policy of assimilationism. The title of the holiday itself screams out for more than ...

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Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ... - Atlanta Black Star

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 3:01pm

Atlanta Black Star

Australia Offers 'National Sorry Day' to Black Aboriginal People for Brutal Eugenics and Theft of Their Children ...
Atlanta Black Star
On May 26, Australia observes National Sorry Day, an acknowledgement of the Stolen Generations of Black indigenous people who were kidnapped from their families in a policy of assimilationism. The title of the holiday itself screams out for more than ...

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Federal election 2016: Turnbull to push new indigenous jobs package - The Australian

Thu, 2016/05/26 - 2:04pm

The Australian

Federal election 2016: Turnbull to push new indigenous jobs package
The Australian
“A re-elected Turnbull Coalition government will work with indigenous business leaders to further develop a strong, vibrant indigenous business sector to ensure that indigenous people share in our agenda for jobs and growth,” the Prime Minister said in ...
PM unveils indigenous jobs planSky News Australia
Turnbull Government pledges $115 million in grants to help go-getting indigenous AustraliansHerald Sun

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