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Abbott begins whirlwind tour of remote Indigenous communities
SBS
Former prime minister Tony Abbott is playing down criticism that his visit to remote South Australian Aboriginal communities is ill-timed and offensive. Mr Abbott arrived in Ceduna on Tuesday and was in Yalata on Tuesday evening.
Abbott talks school attendance on Far West trip | PHOTOSWest Coast Sentinel

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SBS
Abbott begins whirlwind tour of remote Indigenous communities
SBS
Former prime minister Tony Abbott is playing down criticism that his visit to remote South Australian Aboriginal communities is ill-timed and offensive. Mr Abbott arrived in Ceduna on Tuesday and was in Yalata on Tuesday evening.
Abbott talks school attendance on Far West trip | PHOTOSWest Coast Sentinel

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2GB
'The federal government's being played': Anti-Australia Day council works loophole
2GB
The Byron Shire Council originally decided last month to move all Australia Day events to another day out of respect to Indigenous Australians. Prime Minister Scott Morrisson was among the first to criticise the council's anti-Australia Day stance ...

Mid-Day
RACGP takes aim at racism in healthcare
RACGP
'Acts of racism and discrimination negatively impact the development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical workforce. Results from [the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association] 2016 member survey found that more than 60% of Aboriginal ...
Native tales from Down UnderMid-Day

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RACGP
RACGP takes aim at racism in healthcare
RACGP
'Acts of racism and discrimination negatively impact the development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical workforce. Results from [the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association] 2016 member survey found that more than 60% of Aboriginal ...

The Industry Observer
Gurrumul, Powderfinger, & more added to Sounds Of Australia archive
The Industry Observer
“It means a lot to know that the song, which set out to shine a light on the historical injustice suffered by Aboriginal Australians, is now to be formally set in stone as a part of Australian history,” Howard wrote. “It's also a great honour for my ...
Goanna 'Solid Rock' Added to National Film & Sound ArchiveNoise11

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RACGP
NACCHO and the RACGP: Working together for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
RACGP
Key RACGP initiatives include annual awards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, early career doctors and organisations working in the community sector, and advocacy work for improvements in key programs such as the Australian General ...

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RACGP
NACCHO and the RACGP: Working together for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
RACGP
Key RACGP initiatives include annual awards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, early career doctors and organisations working in the community sector, and advocacy work for improvements in key programs such as the Australian General ...

Noise11
Goanna 'Solid Rock' Added to National Film & Sound Archive
Noise11
“It means a lot to know that the song, which set out to shine a light on the historical injustice suffered by Aboriginal Australians, is now to be formally set in stone as a part of Australian history”. However wrote the song in 1981 when he was ...

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ABC News
Former employee at Northern Territory Telstra franchise details tactics used to upsell devices
ABC News
Last month, the ABC revealed Indigenous Australians in some of the nation's most remote communities had been handed exorbitant Telstra phone bills after signing up to contracts they did not understand. In one case, a Tiwi Islands woman living on ...

EducationHQ Australia
"Red dirt" schools need more local language Aboriginal teachers
EducationHQ Australia
He and his co-author, Dr Sam Osborne of the University of South Australia, have called for action on the one thing that all groups agreed on: the need for first language local Aboriginal educators in schools. “Each group recognised the value of ...

EducationHQ Australia
"Red dirt" schools need more local language Aboriginal teachers
EducationHQ Australia
He and his co-author, Dr Sam Osborne of the University of South Australia, have called for action on the one thing that all groups agreed on: the need for first language local Aboriginal educators in schools. “Each group recognised the value of ...

EducationHQ Australia
The silent racism in Australia's school system
EducationHQ Australia
Our institutions, the scholar from ANU says, work to gradually knead the 'Indigenous-ness' out of children, offshoots of a system that to this day whispers 'yes, you are the problem, but we can fix you'. “When (in 1814) … the governor opened the first ...

EducationHQ Australia
The silent racism in Australia's school system
EducationHQ Australia
Our institutions, the scholar from ANU says, work to gradually knead the 'Indigenous-ness' out of children, offshoots of a system that to this day whispers 'yes, you are the problem, but we can fix you'. “When (in 1814) … the governor opened the first ...

Mirage News
Gurrumul, Powderfinger and Goanna celebrated in this year's Sounds of Australia
Mirage News
From one of the first women to have a hit song in the Australian charts, Pilita Corrales, to the highest selling Aboriginal album by Gurrumul, 10 essential sounds that helped define Australian history and culture have been added to the National Film ...

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Australian Jewish News
Melbourne to mark Cooper's protest march
Australian Jewish News
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council national chairman Mark Leibler, who co-chaired Reconciliation Australia, the Referendum Council and the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, is patron of the event, Walking ...

NEWS.com.au
The 2018 Sounds of Australia have been revealed and they include a rock band, an indigenous legend and a whale
NEWS.com.au
Gurrumul's self-titled debut album, released just a decade ago, has also been included in the 2018 Sounds Of Australia. The album introduced the naturally gifted singer and songwriter to the world, promoting indigenous language as its cultural ...
2018's Sounds of Australia revealedWhitsunday Times

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The New Daily
Life on Nauru is very pleasant, says Tony Abbott
The Australian
But Queensland Nationals senator George Christensen said conditions for refugee children on Nauru were no worse than in many Australian towns. “There's Australian children, indigenous and non-indigenous alike, that are perhaps in worse situations than ...
Govt caves to pressure – Nauru kids to stay in AustraliaThe New Daily

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Clare Northern Argus
Nominees announced for 2019 SA Australian of the Year awards
Clare Northern Argus
Vicky is a former SA representative of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA), representing them at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She was inducted in the South Australian Women's Honour ...

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Clare Northern Argus
Nominees announced for 2019 SA Australian of the Year awards
Clare Northern Argus
Vicky is a former SA representative of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA), representing them at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She was inducted in the South Australian Women's Honour ...

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