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PerthNow
Indigenous stories awarded at AACTAs
PerthNow
Indigenous Australian stories told through local film and television productions are being duly recognised at the 60th AACTA and AFI Awards in Sydney. Warwick Thornton won the Best Direction Feature Film award for his film Sweet Country, starring Aaron ...

The Guardian
Government MPs call for mandatory voter identification at federal elections
The Sydney Morning Herald
Despite the Australian Federal Police receiving 7743 allegations of voter fraud, only 65 were investigated and not one person was convicted. Mr Giles said mandatory identification could prevent Indigenous Australians, the homeless and those fleeing ...
Coalition pushes for voter identification laws and launches attack on GetUpThe Guardian
Inquiry calls for voter ID at electionsThe Australian

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The Conversation AU
Who made Australia's first ever bank deposit? Here's our unsettling discovery
The Conversation AU
But the records also contain sobering evidence of darker aspects of Australia's past. Disturbingly, we can see financial payments to settlers and the military for punitive expeditions against Aboriginal Australians.

The Guardian
Suicide crisis in remote Indigenous communities 'Australia's shame', Senate inquiry finds
The Guardian
A Senate inquiry into mental health in rural and remote areas has found that suicide has long since reached a crisis level in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and “that this has been allowed to continue unchecked for so long is to ...
GP mental health consultations continuing to riseRACGP

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The Guardian
Suicide crisis in remote Indigenous communities 'Australia's shame', Senate inquiry finds
The Guardian
A Senate inquiry into mental health in rural and remote areas has found that suicide has long since reached a crisis level in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and “that this has been allowed to continue unchecked for so long is to ...
GP mental health consultations continuing to riseRACGP

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WAtoday
Serious allegations against WA Aboriginal trust over millions of royalties dollars
WAtoday
Serious allegations have been made surrounding a West Australian Aboriginal charitable trust that administers millions of dollars of mining royalties earmarked for relieving poverty, sickness, distress, misfortune and destitution. The inquiry unveiled ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Serious allegations against WA Aboriginal trust over millions of royalties dollars
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Quigley said further allegations regarding "people apparently acting in relation to the trust" had been brought to his attention after he received the report, which were very serious and had been referred to the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Crikey
'Divide and conquer': fracking developers campaign to Indigenous groups
Crikey
Indigenous traditional owners from a remote part of Western Australia fear developers will use strong-arm tactics to get consent to frack their land for gas. The Western Australian Labor government recently lifted a statewide moratorium on fracking ...

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The Advertiser
Sponsorship helps Tarnanthi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts festival illuminate masters
The Advertiser
Cumpston says after a conversation with BHP, which was looking for deeper ways to engage with its community, the South Australian Government approached the Art Gallery and “asked us if we could deliver an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander festival”.

PerthNow
Sponsorship helps Tarnanthi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts festival illuminate masters
PerthNow
Cumpston says after a conversation with BHP, which was looking for deeper ways to engage with its community, the South Australian Government approached the Art Gallery and “asked us if we could deliver an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander festival”.

UQ News
Reconciliation at UQ
UQ News
“We know the positive actions in the plan will build higher trust, lower prejudice and boost Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pride, and guide UQ on its path as a world-class Australian university.” The RAP has been a priority since 2017, when a ...

UQ News
Reconciliation at UQ
UQ News
“We know the positive actions in the plan will build higher trust, lower prejudice and boost Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pride, and guide UQ on its path as a world-class Australian university.” The RAP has been a priority since 2017, when a ...

Catholic Leader
Missionary Tanzanian priest Fr Tom Kessy is finding his feet in the heart of Brisbane
Catholic Leader
HE has celebrated Mass on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, sat around the campfire with the Aboriginal people of the Pilbara in Western Australia and now this priest from Tanzania is finding his feet in the heart of Brisbane. Holy Spirit Father Tom Kessy says ...

The Guardian
Morning mail: Stillbirth pain, renters' eviction fears and polyamorous parrots
The Guardian
Australia's stillbirth rate has not changed in more than 20 years, and the rate among Aboriginal mothers is twice as high. A landmark report has found that the change in the number of stillbirths in Australia is out of step with that of other countries ...

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The Guardian
Morning mail: Stillbirth pain, renters' eviction fears and polyamorous parrots
The Guardian
Australia's stillbirth rate has not changed in more than 20 years, and the rate among Aboriginal mothers is twice as high. A landmark report has found that the change in the number of stillbirths in Australia is out of step with that of other countries ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Canberra Now: Fast rail edges closer; and costly gender reveal burnout
The Sydney Morning Herald
Exhibit curator Mick Bolognese said the television series captured the imagination of many Australians at the time with its humorous exploration of the relationship between Aboriginal Australia and motoring. Karen Hardy with this story about the show ...

The Canberra Times
Canberra Now: Fast rail edges closer; and costly gender reveal burnout
The Canberra Times
Exhibit curator Mick Bolognese said the television series captured the imagination of many Australians at the time with its humorous exploration of the relationship between Aboriginal Australia and motoring. Karen Hardy with this story about the show ...

The Conversation AU
Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages
The Conversation AU
On Australia's remote north-central coast, the small community of Maningrida is remarkable for many reasons. It boasts dramatic coastal scenery, world-renowned bark and sculptural artists, skilled weavers and textile printers, and unique local wildlife.

The Conversation AU
Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages
The Conversation AU
On Australia's remote north-central coast, the small community of Maningrida is remarkable for many reasons. It boasts dramatic coastal scenery, world-renowned bark and sculptural artists, skilled weavers and textile printers, and unique local wildlife.

The Guardian (blog)
Can we handle the truth? Indigenous Australians depend on it
The Guardian (blog)
Truth-telling about the violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the colonial and postcolonial frontier at the hands of British redcoats, European settlers, militias, police and raiding parties is the great void of Australian ...