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ABC News
Indigenous activist Bonita Mabo dies
9news.com.au
Prestigious Indigenous and South Sea Islander activist Bonita Mabo has died. Mabo was the co-founder of Australia's first Indigenous community school, the Black Community School in Townsville. She worked alongside her husband, the late Indigenous land ...
Bonita Mabo dies days after human rights accoladeABC News
Bonita Mabo dies days after human rights awardCourier Mail
Aboriginal and South Sea Islander activist Bonita Mabo dies aged 75Daily Mail
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NEWS.com.au
Scott Morrison under pressure as internal Liberal tensions explode
NEWS.com.au
She said she supported recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. • Our political system. Dr Phelps' personal struggle for marriage equality shaped her views of Australia's two major parties. “I saw at close quarter the dysfunctionality of ...

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Beat Magazine
Five awesome Australian podcasts to wrap your ears around
Beat Magazine
Hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell, Pretty For An Aboriginal tackles everything from dick pics to the influence of American black pop culture on Indigenous Australians. Featuring guest appearances from the likes of rapper Briggs to Orange Is The ...

Beat Magazine
Five awesome Australian podcasts to wrap your ears around
Beat Magazine
Buzzfeed Australia's show Pretty For An Aboriginal delves into previously unchartered podcast territory by challenging perceptions of Indigenous culture and stereotypes surrounding women of colour. Hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell, Pretty For ...

NEWS.com.au
Victorian women's minister quits cabinet
NEWS.com.au
"We would not (be) today, the only state in Australia to have taken massive, profound important steps towards a treaty with Aboriginal Victorians if not for the leadership Nat has shown." Mr Andrews said he hoped there would be a time in the future for ...

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IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Indigenous connections to history through Hip Hop
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
In Australian Indigenous communities they talk about traditional stories of creation that in turn when joined together becomes one songline of their creation of this continent. In North America the stories become a larger story of the creation of ...

ABC News
Feral cats close to being eradicated by Indigenous rangers on remote West Island
ABC News
On the remote West Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous rangers say after years of hard work, there is now just one feral cat left on the island. An eradication program by the local Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Rangers has used old and new ...

The West Australian
Tougher to adopt in WA under cultural identity requirements
The West Australian
In moves that could make it harder for non-Aboriginal couples to adopt Aboriginal children, the Department of Communities is also demanding families draw up an “adoption plan” to show how a child's “connection to country and culture” would be preserved ...
A lot to learn from other First NationsMirage News

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Suspend Commonwealth Bank role in Australian of the Year Awards: Labor
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day is already at the centre of a political debate over whether it should be held on another date less offensive to Indigenous Australians. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested one option could be to create a new day to recognise ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Suspend Commonwealth Bank role in Australian of the Year Awards: Labor
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day is already at the centre of a political debate over whether it should be held on another date less offensive to Indigenous Australians. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested one option could be to create a new day to recognise ...

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Asia Times
Fracking threatens Aboriginal land across northwest Australia
Asia Times
The colors of northwestern Australia are profound. In the build-up to the wet season, the deep shades of bloodwood trees (Corymbia spp.) and red-tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii) take on an extra vibrancy. This place is called Yulleroo ...

ABC News
Indigenous rangers in training to become Northern Territory Fisheries inspectors
ABC News
The Northern Land Council will decide in early December whether to accept a $10 million proposal from the NT Government, designed to resolve an almost decade-long impasse with traditional owners about control of Indigenous-owned coastal zones.

ABC News
Indigenous rangers in training to become Northern Territory Fisheries inspectors
ABC News
The Northern Land Council will decide in early December whether to accept a $10 million proposal from the NT Government, designed to resolve an almost decade-long impasse with traditional owners about control of Indigenous-owned coastal zones.

ABC News
Indigenous student warns boarding school can be 'distressing' as dropout rates are questioned
ABC News
Cheyenne Maymuru is one of hundreds of young Aboriginal people who have left their communities to attend elite private schools in Australia's biggest cities, and while there are many success stories, others are left with broken dreams.

ABC News
Indigenous student warns boarding school can be 'distressing' as dropout rates are questioned
ABC News
Cheyenne Maymuru is one of hundreds of young Aboriginal people who have left their communities to attend elite private schools in Australia's biggest cities, and while there are many success stories, others are left with broken dreams.

Honi Soit
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Honi Soit
From this moment, it was as if I'd been outed and suddenly I became the spokesperson for Aboriginal Australia, to my otherwise all Non-Indigenous high school. The onslaught of questions I didn't have an answer to and constant nagging to justify my ...

Commercial Real Estate News
Mirvac to host Australia's first Indigenous rooftop garden in Redfern
Commercial Real Estate News
Australia is to have its first indigenous rooftop farm – and it's to be at one of the first sites in the nation where Aboriginal workers were given equality in the workplace. The farm, to be developed on the roof of a building at the Australian ...

Commercial Real Estate News
Mirvac to host Australia's first Indigenous rooftop garden in Redfern
Commercial Real Estate News
The farm, to be developed on the roof of a building at the Australian Technology Park, in Sydney's Redfern, will grow native and medicinal plants and bush food both for sale as a commercial enterprise and to teach people about Indigenous culture.

The Times
Australia's indigenous jersey on show
The Times
Australia will wear their indigenous jersey against England today. The shirt features 14 symbols that represent the communities of each indigenous player to have represented the Wallabies, including the Ella brothers, Wendell Sailor and Kurtley Beale.
Where's Kurtley? Michael Cheika's curious omission from England TestThe Sydney Morning Herald
David Pocock ruled out with neck injury, Kurtley Beale dropped from Wallabies squad to face EnglandDaily Telegraph
Cheika axes Beale for England clashQueensland Times

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ABC News
Corporate Australia ups support for Indigenous businesses, communities: Reconciliation Australia
ABC News
Australia is witnessing a surge in support for Indigenous businesses, and corporate responsibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to Reconciliation Australia. Corporate heavyweights are increasing their use of Indigenous ...