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Australia's problem with Aboriginal World Heritage  The Conversation AU

Of 19 World Heritage sites across the country, only two, Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta, recognise the values of "living" Aboriginal culture. None of Australia's ...

'Significant step': Indigenous groups to be given seat at Closing the Gap table  The Guardian

Indigenous groups have welcomed the announcement of a “genuine, formal partnership” between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives and ...

Australia's problem with Aboriginal World Heritage  The Conversation AU

Of 19 World Heritage sites across the country, only two, Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta, recognise the values of "living" Aboriginal culture. None of Australia's ...

Horrified family accuses Federal Government of 'unlawfully' preparing to deport Aboriginal man  ABC News

The Federal Government is accused of unlawfully locking up an Aboriginal man in immigration detention and moving to banish him from Australia — the second ...

As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solution  The Conversation AU

Indigenous Australians are vastly over-represented in the prison population, but the success of a new program is offering hope that it can be turned around.

As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solution  The Conversation AU

Indigenous Australians are vastly over-represented in the prison population, but the success of a new program is offering hope that it can be turned around.

Indigenous leaders in 'crisis talks' with PM over Closing the Gap  The Guardian

Indigenous leaders held “crisis talks” with Scott Morrison last week to demand the government keep its promise to enter into a formal partnership with Indigenous ...

As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solution  The Conversation AU

Indigenous Australians are vastly over-represented in the prison population, but the success of a new program is offering hope that it can be turned around.

Indigenous leaders in 'crisis talks' with PM over Closing the Gap  The Guardian

Indigenous leaders held “crisis talks” with Scott Morrison last week to demand the government keep its promise to enter into a formal partnership with Indigenous ...

Indigenous astronomy to revitalise the Australian curriculum  IndigenousX

Did you know that you can tell a lot about what is happening on land from what is happening in the sky above? Ever wondered how to navigate home when lost ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Southern Expansion beefs up Indigenous ties with Moriarty program
The Sydney Morning Herald
Not only are they investigating the possibility of naming the club 'Dharawal', in recognition of the Indigenous country whose boundaries are almost identical to their proposed catchment area, they are also drawing further inspiration from Australia's ...

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The Guardian
Western Australia signs $122m deal with Canberra for remote housing
The Guardian
The deal comes after the state spent $270,000 on attack ads aimed at ministers in Canberra, with the state housing minister, Peter Tinley, accusing the Coalition of abandoning remote Indigenous people, and admitting that the fight saw Indigenous people ...
'Least worst outcome': Remote housing funded for one more yearWAtoday
State accepts Commonwealth's $121m offer on remote communitiesMirage News

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The Guardian
Western Australia signs $122m deal with Canberra for remote housing
The Guardian
The deal comes after the state spent $270,000 on attack ads aimed at ministers in Canberra, with the state housing minister, Peter Tinley, accusing the Coalition of abandoning remote Indigenous people, and admitting that the fight saw Indigenous people ...
'Least worst outcome': Remote housing funded for one more yearWAtoday
State accepts Commonwealth's $121m offer on remote communitiesMirage News

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Warning for holidaymakers as toxins found at popular tourist spot
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Aboriginal resident of Jervis Bay Village was furious when officials told him residents would not be blood tested, despite offering tests to people living elsewhere in Australia. "As you know, Aboriginal people only have a short lifespan and this ...

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Broadsheet
Australia's First Indigenous Rooftop Garden and New Public Artworks Are on the Way
Broadsheet
Unless you work or live nearby, the only way you'd know of Eveleigh's Australian Technology Park is by the imposing Channel Seven building that's impossible to miss as your train arrives at Redfern station, or as you drive along Henderson Road in ...
ICYMI: A wrap of this week's arts newsArtsHub

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Broadsheet
Australia's First Indigenous Rooftop Garden and New Public Artworks Are on the Way
Broadsheet
Unless you work or live nearby, the only way you'd know of Eveleigh's Australian Technology Park is by the imposing Channel Seven building that's impossible to miss as your train arrives at Redfern station, or as you drive along Henderson Road in ...
ICYMI: A wrap of this week's arts newsArtsHub

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ArtsHub
How IACA is strengthening regional representation of Indigenous artists
ArtsHub
But all too often, Indigenous artists from regional areas are excluded from conference programs and from opportunities to comment on policy-making decisions pertaining to their art and culture, according to Pam Bigelow, the Manager of IACA, a peak body ...

ArtsHub
How IACA is strengthening regional representation of Indigenous artists
ArtsHub
But all too often, Indigenous artists from regional areas are excluded from conference programs and from opportunities to comment on policy-making decisions pertaining to their art and culture, according to Pam Bigelow, the Manager of IACA, a peak body ...

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Kooriculum: Beyond Terra Nullius
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
For the last 11 months our family has been living on the interface between Australia's national story and the stories of Country from Aboriginal people. The national story still speaks of the great discovery, the great explorers and praising the early ...

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The West Australian
Work with language earns award
The West Australian
“We sent a letter out to our Aboriginal students' families outlining the project and asking them to identify the language groups they belonged to,” she said. Funds from the PALS program were used to buy indigenous language maps of Australia, Pilbara ...