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The Aboriginal community the law forgot - ABC Local

Tue, 2014/02/18 - 5:37am

The Aboriginal community the law forgot
ABC Local
A bureaucratic tangle has left the Aboriginal community of Djarindjin, on the Dampier Peninsula north of Broome in the north of Western Australia, having the legal status of a large private property. Chairman of the DAC, Brian Lee, says the legal ...

The Aboriginal community the law forgot - ABC Local

Tue, 2014/02/18 - 5:37am

The Aboriginal community the law forgot
ABC Local
A bureaucratic tangle has left the Aboriginal community of Djarindjin, on the Dampier Peninsula north of Broome in the north of Western Australia, having the legal status of a large private property. Chairman of the DAC, Brian Lee, says the legal ...

Over-imprisonment of indigenous peoples a 'national emergency' - The Australian

Mon, 2014/02/17 - 11:14pm

Over-imprisonment of indigenous peoples a 'national emergency'
The Australian
“As the peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice body in Australia, we are well-placed and committed to working together with all Australian governments to develop justice targets and an ongoing strategy to address the unacceptably high ...

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'Utopia' does exist but it's far from idyllic in Australia - The Vine

Mon, 2014/02/17 - 1:14am

The Vine

'Utopia' does exist but it's far from idyllic in Australia
The Vine
White Australia is painted as a haven of comfortable luxury (Canberra has “wide clean streets”, and “excellent schools”) while Utopia and Aboriginal Australia as a whole is a wasteland built from scraps. Pilger's argument is blunt – Australia is a ...

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Aboriginal Genocide by Apartheid Australia - MWC News

Sun, 2014/02/16 - 9:59pm

MWC News

Aboriginal Genocide by Apartheid Australia
MWC News
However this wealth does not extend to the Indigenous Australian community that is subject to a continuing Aboriginal Genocide and Aboriginal Ethnocide that commenced with European Invasion in 1788. Yet Australia no more acknowledges the Aboriginal ...
Ongoing Aboriginal Genocide And Aboriginal Ethnocide By Politically Correct ...CounterCurrents.org
Time to mind the gap well overdueSydney Morning Herald

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Australians Launch a Global Campaign Against Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Indian Country Today Media Network

Sun, 2014/02/16 - 4:04pm

Australians Launch a Global Campaign Against Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Indian Country Today Media Network
For three decades, the Freedom Socialist Party in Australia has been a leader in the campaign to halt the criminal toll of Aboriginal people killed by police brutality and callous neglect. Racism against Aboriginal Australians is endemic. The result ...

Big bananas: Cape York Indigenous farm ramps up production - Yahoo!7 News

Sun, 2014/02/16 - 11:43am

Big bananas: Cape York Indigenous farm ramps up production
Yahoo!7 News
The banana farm has received financial support from the State and Federal governments, Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council, Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) and fruit and vegetable giant Dole Australia, which ...

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Ongoing Aboriginal Genocide And Aboriginal Ethnocide By Politically Correct ... - CounterCurrents.org

Sun, 2014/02/16 - 5:50am

Ongoing Aboriginal Genocide And Aboriginal Ethnocide By Politically Correct ...
CounterCurrents.org
Apartheid and Genocide are utterly repugnant, whether Apartheid Israel 's ongoing Palestinian Genocide or Apartheid Israel-supporting Apartheid Australia 's ongoing Aboriginal Genocide. There is an ongoing Aboriginal Genocide and Aboriginal Ethnocide ...
Time to mind the gap well overdueSydney Morning Herald

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Glaring pay gap as Aboriginal bureaucrats brought into Prime Minister's ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2014/02/15 - 7:37am

Sydney Morning Herald

Glaring pay gap as Aboriginal bureaucrats brought into Prime Minister's ...
Sydney Morning Herald
But while the Prime Minister spoke last week of "closing the gap" in indigenous disadvantage in Australia, hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bureaucrats were settling into their new jobs working for Mr Abbott's department on wages well ...
Alcohol inquiry: chairwoman Sharman Stone defends Indigenous focusABC Online
Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communitiesThe Australian
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia

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Australia: Ten years since Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey killed in police chase - World Socialist Web Site

Sat, 2014/02/15 - 5:30am

World Socialist Web Site

Australia: Ten years since Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey killed in police chase
World Socialist Web Site
Aborigines remain the most oppressed layer of the Australian working class, and indigenous youth remain subjected to police violence and harassment, unemployment, poverty, and official neglect. TJ Hickey's short life was representative of an entire ...
Supporters of Aboriginal teen march in Australia's SydneyPress TV
Ugly scenes during TJ Hickey marchSky News Australia
Thomas 'TJ' Hickey rally in Redfern, Sydney, could be last after brawls lead ...ABC Online
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Supporters of Aboriginal teen march in Australia's Sydney - Press TV

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 6:28pm

SBS

Supporters of Aboriginal teen march in Australia's Sydney
Press TV
Hundred of Australian protesters have staged a rally in Sydney marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Aboriginal teen Thomas "T.J." Hickey. The protesters rallied outside Parliament House in the afternoon, demanding a government apology over the ...
Ugly scenes during TJ Hickey marchSky News Australia
Thomas 'TJ' Hickey rally in Redfern, Sydney, could be last after brawls lead ...ABC Local
'I want justice': TJ Hickey's mother 10 years after his deathABC Message Stick

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When maths and culture collide - The Australian

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 1:14pm

When maths and culture collide
The Australian
“Traditional Aboriginal society in Western Australia did not use the decimal (base 10) 'two hand' number system,” it says. “Instead, it used a base five or 'one hand' number system.” Many of the elaborations appear tokenistic in teaching other cultures ...

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Tokenism does not add up - The Australian (blog)

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 1:07pm

Tokenism does not add up
The Australian (blog)
That is why many will suspect the suggestion of “investigating biodiversity changes in Australia since European occupation” under the “sustainability” cross-curriculum priority for Year 10 might be more than a straightforward exercise in statistical ...

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Alcohol inquiry: chairwoman Sharman Stone defends Indigenous focus - ABC Online

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 5:22am

Sky News Australia

Alcohol inquiry: chairwoman Sharman Stone defends Indigenous focus
ABC Online
Committee chairwoman Dr Sharman Stone says the effects of alcohol abuse are far more damaging in Aboriginal communities than elsewhere in Australia. "The fact is there are probably more teetotal, or non-drinker, Indigenous than non-indigenous people," ...
Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communitiesThe Australian
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia
Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...ABC Message Stick

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Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communities - The Australian

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 4:43am

Sky News Australia

Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communities
The Australian
Dr Stone said while there was no doubt that alcohol abuse had a significant impact on families and communities across Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were between four and five times more likely to be hospitalised, and between five ...
Glaring pay gap in PM&C pay ratesThe Canberra Times
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia
Chair of alcohol inquiry defends Indigenous focusABC Message Stick

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Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings - ABC Online

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 2:47am

Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings
ABC Online
Some of Western Australia's threatened Aboriginal languages are to be recorded as part of a program to preserve Indigenous stories for future generations. The WA Film and Television Institute said since 2008 the Indigenous Community Stories initiative ...

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Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings - ABC Local

Fri, 2014/02/14 - 1:01am

Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings
ABC Local
Some of Western Australia's threatened Aboriginal languages are to be recorded as part of a program to preserve Indigenous stories for future generations. The WA Film and Television Institute said since 2008 the Indigenous Community Stories initiative ...

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Keynote speaker to address Aboriginal land management - Cowra Guardian

Thu, 2014/02/13 - 9:07pm

Keynote speaker to address Aboriginal land management
Cowra Guardian
Cowra Breakout Association's Lawrance Ryan said the dinner is a unique opportunity for locals to see one of Australia's leading historians discuss Aboriginal management of Australia and its relevance to contemporary agriculture. "To me, Bill Gammage is ...

Future of Indigenous land rights under native title uncertain - SBS

Thu, 2014/02/13 - 10:07am

Future of Indigenous land rights under native title uncertain
SBS
Noongar man Glen Kelly at the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council in Western Australia says the Native Title Act has been critical to advancements in Indigenous land rights. But he says the legislation has still been divisive within Indigenous ...

Aboriginal artefacts uncovered during Hunter Expressway construction - Yahoo!7 News

Thu, 2014/02/13 - 9:14am

Aboriginal artefacts uncovered during Hunter Expressway construction
Yahoo!7 News
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal artefacts, some potentially dating back 5,000 years, have been uncovered in an archaeological investigation in Newcastle. They were found during a dig alongside construction of one of New South Wales's largest ...

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