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A wonderful indigenous expreience at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park at ... - Courier Mail

Sat, 2014/10/25 - 1:15pm

Courier Mail

A wonderful indigenous expreience at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park at ...
Courier Mail
Latest figures show only 14 per cent of the 6.1 million people who travel to Australia each year take part in an Aboriginal cultural experience, and that figure is in decline. Compared with 2013 data, visitors to indigenous tourism experiences were ...

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Martime Union disputes indigenous job deal - The Australian

Fri, 2014/10/24 - 1:13pm

Martime Union disputes indigenous job deal
The Australian
MUA West Australian deputy secretary Adrian Evans said the union was concerned it would result in Aboriginal people receiving inferior pay and conditions to non-Aboriginal people. He said some AML employees under the agreement would receive a base ...

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Martime Union disputes indigenous job deal - The Australian

Fri, 2014/10/24 - 1:13pm

Martime Union disputes indigenous job deal
The Australian
MUA West Australian deputy secretary Adrian Evans said the union was concerned it would result in Aboriginal people receiving inferior pay and conditions to non-Aboriginal people. He said some AML employees under the agreement would receive a base ...

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Langton warns of remote ice crisis - The Australian

Fri, 2014/10/24 - 1:03pm

Langton warns of remote ice crisis
The Australian
Responding to criticisms that many indigenous people did not support the reforms, Professor Langton said the recommendations had all come from Aboriginal people in communities across Australia who pleaded for jobs and respect and a new way forward.

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Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports - Mathaba.Net

Fri, 2014/10/24 - 10:29am

Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
Mathaba.Net
Brisbane sovereignty campaigners Boe Spearim and Callum Clayton-Dixon have re-entered Australia from Canada using Aboriginal Provisional Government passports. The pair refused to show any Australian documentation and were given a warning by ...

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Fraser Island: Native title rights granted to Indigenous people by Federal Court - ABC Online

Fri, 2014/10/24 - 3:56am

ABC Online

Fraser Island: Native title rights granted to Indigenous people by Federal Court
ABC Online
"This is an opportunity to honour the courage and resilience of Butchulla elders past and present, to have their rights and interests to their traditional country recognised by the Australian legal system." He said about 400 Butchulla people and ...
Paradise restored: K'gari native title success the start of a new story for ...The Guardian
Fraser Island returns to traditional ownersCourier Mail
Butchulla granted native title rights on Fraser IslandFraser Coast Chronicle

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Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In Custody - teleSUR English

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 6:40pm

SBS

Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In Custody
teleSUR English
The Guardian reported Viv Malo, an indigenous activist as saying in Melbourne that “We seem to have legislated racism in some parts of this country. People are locked up for drinking, which is a band aid treatment, like it's the solution for a bigger ...
Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WAThe Australian
Call to revisit indigenous deaths in custody inquiryCowra Community News
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
The West Australian -The Daily Telegraph
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Indigenous business arms remain separate - The Australian

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 1:16pm

Indigenous business arms remain separate
The Australian
Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has confirmed to The Australian that he does not intend to make changes, after commissioning an independent report that provided ambiguous recommendations and failed to back the government's preferred ...

Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WA - The Australian

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 1:12pm

SBS

Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WA
The Australian
Marc Newhouse, the head of the Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, called for an independent inquiry into Miss Dhu's death and lamented the continued high rate of Aboriginal incarceration in custody in Western Australia. A four-year royal commission ...
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In CustodyteleSUR English
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsThe West Australian
The Daily Telegraph
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Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiry - The Australian

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 6:52am

SBS

Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiry
The Australian
She said there had been 400 indigenous deaths in custody since the Royal Commission and the rate was actually increasing because of the large number of indigenous people in jail. "The indigenous incarceration in Australia is higher than it ever was in ...
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsPerth Now
Family distressed by details of WA death in custodyABC Message Stick

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Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody - SBS

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 4:18am

SBS

Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody
SBS
Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia. Ms Dhu's family and other indigenous leaders are calling for another royal commission in Aboriginal deaths in custody. The ...
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsYahoo!7 News
Call to revisit indigenous deaths in custody inquiryCowra Community News
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
ABC Message Stick
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Five must-read books by Indigenous authors - The Guardian (blog)

Thu, 2014/10/23 - 3:40am

The Guardian (blog)

Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
The Guardian (blog)
One of the best ways to protest Spurr's lack of support and interest in Indigenous literature (and his description in his emails of Indigenous people as “human rubbish tips”) is to read one of these great Indigenous classics. Guardian Australia asked ...

Indigenous jobs program may face cuts after 'comprehensive failure' - The Guardian

Wed, 2014/10/22 - 3:31am

The Guardian

Indigenous jobs program may face cuts after 'comprehensive failure'
The Guardian
The Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP), initiated by Labor, has helped 618 people in the past 15 months get a job, but Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion has argued it is a failure because in the 2013-14 financial year only 277 ...

Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commission - The Guardian

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 9:56pm

GlobalPost

Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commission
The Guardian
The grandmother of a woman who died in a West Australian watchhouse while being detained for unpaid parking fines has called for a second royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on ...
Death of Aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaShanghai Daily (subscription)

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Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people - Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 7:39pm

Sydney Morning Herald

Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate - The Canberra Times

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 4:31pm

ABC Message Stick

Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Canberra Times
... decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the Judeo-Christian literary tradition ...
Bigoted Barry Spurr: Christopher Pyne's racist reviewerIndependent Australia
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
The Australian
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Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ... - The Australian

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 1:08pm

The Australian

Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate - The Age

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 1:02pm

ABC Message Stick

Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Age
Graham has been careful to justify his decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the ...
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
Pyne backs review despite Spurr slursThe Australian
The Guardian
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Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia - Yahoo!7 News

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 6:36am

ABC Online

Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
Yahoo!7 News
Mr Whitlam died on Tuesday, aged 98, leaving behind a legacy of driving change for Australia's indigenous people. He paved the way for indigenous land rights and legislated the Racial Discrimination Act. In the final weeks of his government, Mr Whitlam ...
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threatThe West Australian
Sydney Morning Herald
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Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia - 9news.com.au

Tue, 2014/10/21 - 6:29am

ABC Online

Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
9news.com.au
When Gough Whitlam famously poured soil into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari it became a symbol of his dedication to indigenous land rights. Almost 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal ...
Gough Whitlam's life in picturesABC Online

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