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Former WA MP Ernie Bridge dies aged 76
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Mr Bridge was the first Indigenous Australian to become a cabinet minister in any Australian government. He was a stockman and a country music performer before serving in the Labor government of Brian Burke from 1986 as minister for water resources ...
Ernie Bridge dead at 76The West Australian
Ernie Bridge loses mesothelioma fightPerth Now

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Ernie Bridge dead at 76
The West Australian
"As Australia's first indigenous minister Mr Bridge was a visionary who never stopped working for the people of the north," said Mr Gray, who is a former parliamentary secretary for northern Australia. "I last saw Ernie in Fitzroy Crossing and I can ...
Tributes for Ernie Bridge pour inBigPond News
Bridge loses asbestos battleThe Australian
WA state funeral offered to family of Ernie BridgePerth Now

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Native title 'industry' costs miners millions
The Australian
MINERS say they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for a "significant industry" of anthropologists, archeologists and native title representatives to deal with Aboriginal cultural heritage regulations, with as little as 10-15 per cent ...

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Indigenous involvement in whaling and sealing
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A researcher from Melbourne's Monash University Indigenous centre, has uncovered the involvement of Aboriginal people in Australia's early whaling and sealing industry between the 1700s and 1800s. In a new book, Professor Lynette Russell reveals that ...

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'Sapphires' actor O'Dowd on aboriginal similarity
The Seattle Times
'Sapphires' actor O'Dowd on aboriginal similarity. While making his latest film "The Sapphires," Chris O'Dowd noticed a common thread between the indigenous Australian community and his own Irish heritage. By JOHN CARUCCI. Associated Press ...
'The Sapphires' is a feel-good history lesson that also tells of Australia's ...Washington Post
'Sapphires' got heart and soulBoston Herald
'The Sapphires' is surprisingly lovable (review)Nashoba Publishing
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'Sapphires' actor O'Dowd on aboriginal similarity
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NEW YORK — While making his latest film "The Sapphires," Chris O'Dowd noticed a common thread between the indigenous Australian community and his own Irish heritage. "I was really surprised by was how similar Aboriginals and Irish people are, like in ...
'The Sapphires' is a feel-good history lesson that also tells of Australia's ...Washington Post
'Sapphires' got heart and soulBoston Herald
Import delivers a message loud and clearphillyBurbs.com
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Giving indigenous children access to education should be a bipartisan priority
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He explained that all government agencies working on issues to do with Aboriginal Australia would in his new administration report to the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The energetic Opposition Leader regularly spends one week each year doing ...

Beale must admit to problem, then fix it
The Australian
Unfortunately, in the background was news about the unruly behaviour of one of Australia's most gifted indigenous rugby players, Kurtley Beale, who was on a flight back from South Africa having brought himself and the game into disrepute. Digital Pass ...

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Campbell Newman backs down over Noel Pearson welfare reform trial
The Australian
“Throughout Queensland and hopefully throughout Australia. “I'm happy to work constructively with all levels of government to make sure this happens.” The Cape York Welfare Reform trial aims to restore local indigenous authority and improve living ...
Abbott urged to intervene on Cape York welfare cutsThe Age
LNP extends welfare payment trialsBrisbane Times
State funding pulled for Cape York welfare reformSBS
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GG to visit Canada with indigenous leaders
The West Australian
Governor-General Quentin Bryce will join a trio of indigenous Australian leaders on a trip to Canada. Ms Bryce will visit Canada on Tuesday and will be accompanied by Aboriginal leaders Dr Dawn Casey, Tony Wurramarrba and Jack Manning Bancroft.

South Australia takes the first step to overcome entrenched racism
National Indigenous Times
Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South South Australian Greens Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation spokesperson Tammy Franks has told the State's Parliament the Government's Constitution (Recognition of Aboriginal Peoples) ...

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Aboriginal tourism to converge on Alice Springs
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Just one year after the promulgation of the Larrakia Declaration on March 30, 2012 in Darwin, proposals are now being put in place for the next major gathering of Australian indigenous tourism, this time in Alice Springs in October 2013. In March 2012 ...

Indigenous kids removed from families 'in record numbers'
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Muriel Bamblett from the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency says Indigenous Australia is over-represented in child protection and under-represented in family services. She called for the "failed government policies" dealing with child abuse to be ...
Study finds Indigenous children 8 times more likely to be abusedNational Indigenous Times

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White Australia second only to Norway for quality of life but 122nd for First ...
National Indigenous Times
Once again the United Nations has ranked Australia second behind Norway in its annual Human Development Index for public health, social wealth, education, even happiness. But if Aboriginal peoples stand alone Australia would not rank second - it would ...

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Leaders welcome Giles as Chief Minister with hope of change
National Indigenous Times
... the appointment with the hope Mr Giles will make achieve a positive difference for the lives of Indigenous Australians in the Territory. Mr Giles is the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed as a leader of government at either Federal, State ...
Territory of few people and more crowded housesABC Message Stick

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Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders
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Young Indigenous Australians are being called on to educate and agitate as the spirit of the Black Power movement swept through Melbourne today. Former Black Panther representatives met with some of the country's most renowned Aboriginal activists to ...

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Recognise movement hails South Australia's constitutional change
National Indigenous Times
The passage of South Australia's Constitution (Recognition of Aboriginal Peoples) Amendment Bill through the State's Lower House last week should speed the pace for a referendum on federal recognition. Recognise, the movement to recognise the first ...
Indigenous recognition in SA constitutionSBS

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New names in the running to lead indigenous body
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Congress is headed by co-chairs Jody Broun and Les Malezer, neither of whom will reveal if they will stand again. But young indigenous Brisbane woman Elise Wall and Indigenous Land Corporation director ...

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Indigenous health report sparks calls for funding overhaul
Radio Australia
... also revealed nearly half of the Indigenous population still smoke. Professor Jake Najman from the University of Queensland's School of Population Health says they are worrying statistics. "Smoking is the major contributor to death and disease in ...

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Mauboy treasures tale of Aboriginal singers who toured in Vietnam in '60s
Boston Herald
'The Sapphires,” an unlikely salute to Motown from Down Under, celebrates the true story of four young Aboriginal Australian women who toured Vietnam in the late '60s to entertain U.S. troops. The most sparkling Sapphire is Jessica Mauboy, 23, who ...
Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens talk ...Examiner.com

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