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The Guardian
Minister urged to investigate charities commissioner Gary Johns' 'offensive' views
The Guardian
Labor has called on the Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, to investigate the “offensive” views of the charities commissioner, Gary Johns, after the former Labor MP refused to back away from past comments that pregnant Indigenous women were ...

Daily Mail
Didgeri-DON'T: One of Australia's biggest Aboriginal souvenir companies faces huge fines after being caught making ...
Daily Mail
A leading Aboriginal souvenir wholesaler is facing the prospect of massive fines after selling 'genuine' Indigenous artefacts across Australia which were actually made in Bali. The Federal Court recently found Birubi Art Pty Ltd – who sold more than 18 ...

ABC News
The hidden story of Perth's Aboriginal bush camps rediscovered in the western suburbs
ABC News
This pocket of bushland in the wealthy suburb of Shenton Park was once home to one of the many Aboriginal camps dotted along fringes of Perth. It's also the exact spot where Noongar woman Lynnette Coomer grew up in the 1950s. "They can build their ...

InDaily
What's on: Moon lanterns, music & Aboriginal art
InDaily
Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art is underway at the Art Gallery of South Australia, with this year's festival focussing on a solo survey of works from master bark painter John Mawurndjul, from Maningrida in ...

The Guardian
Victoria's Indigenous treaty on course despite Coalition bid to stop it
The Guardian
Victoria's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Natalie Hutchins, told Guardian Australia the government was committed to “true reconciliation” through progressing a treaty with the state's Indigenous peoples. In last year's budget the government committed ...

The Guardian
Victoria's Indigenous treaty on course despite Coalition bid to stop it
The Guardian
Victoria's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Natalie Hutchins, told Guardian Australia the government was committed to “true reconciliation” through progressing a treaty with the state's Indigenous peoples. In last year's budget the government committed ...

ABC Local
Aboriginal communities warn housing stalemate is a mental health risk
ABC Local
The Western Australian Government estimates the decision will see an annual cut of $100 million in that state alone. Looma, an Aboriginal community in WA's Kimberley, where a 10-year-old girl committed suicide in 2016, is warning the decision will lead ...

ABC News
I've overcome extreme disadvantage. For Australia to ever be equal, we must learn from stories like mine
ABC News
He drew the attention of the police, simply by being Aboriginal. "There was a lot of crime and drug activity and violence in my community so I was already exposed to the police at a young age," he says. "I remember … being pulled over in family cars ...

The Guardian
'Abysmal': Pat Dodson condemns government audit of deaths in custody reform
The Guardian
“If I was minister for Indigenous affairs, I wouldn't be happy with that as a report card,” Dodson told Guardian Australia. Dodson said it was “totally unsatisfactory” that only 55% of recommendations about keeping people out of prison had been ...

The Guardian
'Abysmal': Pat Dodson condemns government audit of deaths in custody reform
The Guardian
“If I was minister for Indigenous affairs, I wouldn't be happy with that as a report card,” Dodson told Guardian Australia. Dodson said it was “totally unsatisfactory” that only 55% of recommendations about keeping people out of prison had been ...

The Australian
Jaramer Legal aims to delivers results for indigenous communities
The Australian
Hear from our panel of experts, Alison Kitchen National Chairman KPMG, Elizabeth Proust Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors, John H C Colvin Consultant and Former Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills & Sam Mostyn Chair Citibank Australia.

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The Australian
Jaramer Legal aims to delivers results for indigenous communities
The Australian
Hear from our panel of experts, Alison Kitchen National Chairman KPMG, Elizabeth Proust Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors, John H C Colvin Consultant and Former Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills & Sam Mostyn Chair Citibank Australia.

The Australian
Tasmanian Aboriginal groups divide over land claims
The Australian
However, Rodney Dillon, from the seven-member Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance, said land was best returned to “local people” rather than ALCT. “Local Aboriginal people all around Australia want the land to be given back to local ...

The Australian
Tasmanian Aboriginal groups divide over land claims
The Australian
However, Rodney Dillon, from the seven-member Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance, said land was best returned to “local people” rather than ALCT. “Local Aboriginal people all around Australia want the land to be given back to local ...

The condition of indigenous Australians is a national disgrace  The Economist

JUST OVER 3% of Australians, around 800000 people, claim indigenous ancestry. They constitute a tiny minority in every part of the country, except the sparsely ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Indigenous end-of-life portal guides carers, policy makers
Australian Ageing Agenda
A new resource has been launched to guide health professionals and policy makers involved in providing end of life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care portal on the Australian Indigenous ...

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Indigenous end-of-life portal guides carers, policy makers
Australian Ageing Agenda
A new resource has been launched to guide health professionals and policy makers involved in providing end of life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care portal on the Australian Indigenous ...
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Australasian Lawyer
NRF helps launch majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia
Australasian Lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is helping launch a majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia. The global law firm is forming Jaramer Legal in a joint venture with Mailman Law principals Bevan Mailman and Brian Bero. The firm will have the best ...

Australasian Lawyer
NRF helps launch majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia
Australasian Lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is helping launch a majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia. The global law firm is forming Jaramer Legal in a joint venture with Mailman Law principals Bevan Mailman and Brian Bero. The firm will have the best ...

NRF helps launch majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia
Australasian Lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is helping launch a majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia. The global law firm is forming Jaramer Legal in a joint venture with Mailman Law principals Bevan Mailman and Brian Bero. The firm will have the best ...