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The World Game
Former Socceroo in line for prestigious FIFA honour
The World Game
John Moriarty Football is the first Australian organisation to be recognised by FIFA for the prestigious prize, with the project named among the final three in the running for the honour. Moriarty, the first indigenous Australian to be selected by the ...

Neos Kosmos
Fading light
Neos Kosmos
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander suicides comprise seven per cent of Australia's total suicides but, shockingly, 80 per cent of Australia's child suicides aged 12 years and less are of Aboriginal children. I have often said “the nation should ...

Newcastle Herald
University of Newcastle's talented graduates recognised at 2018 Alumni Awards
Newcastle Herald
Australia's first Indigenous ophthalmologist, Dr Kristopher Rallah-Baker, received the Indigenous Alumni Award for delivering quality eye care to Indigenous communities. Dr Rallah- Baker has undertaken work in Alice Springs and Fiji through the Fred ...

SBS (blog)
Cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
SBS (blog)
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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SBS (blog)
Nine-year-old Harper Nielsen got attacked by politicians for taking a stand. She's now making international headlines
Women's Agenda
It completely disregards the Indigenous Australians who were here before us,” Nielsen told Nine on why she didn't want to participate in singing the national anthem. “I'm not someone who obliges by the rules of older people, just because they are older.”.
Indigenous community 'sits with' anthem schoolgirlSBS (blog)
Harper is not an impudent child, she is hopeThe Sydney Morning Herald
Why doesn't Hanson's free speech extend to kids?Courier Mail
Bustle -fox6now.com -National Post
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The Conversation AU
How Indigenous women have become targets in a domestic violence system intended to protect them
The Conversation AU
A domestic violence protection order is the most common legal response to domestic and family violence in Australia. Every year, Queensland courts issue about 25,000 orders to protect people from domestic violence. But in a system originally intended ...

The Conversation AU
Vincent Copley
The Conversation AU
Vincent (Vince) Copley is an Elder of the Ngadjuri people of South Australia. He was born in 1936 in Point Pearce, South Australia. Vince Copley has been an important advocate for the rights of Aboriginal people. He has spent all of his life working to ...

Tasmania Examiner
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Tasmania Examiner
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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Illawarra Mercury
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Illawarra Mercury
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

Illawarra Mercury
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Illawarra Mercury
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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SBS (blog)
Indigenous community 'sits with' anthem schoolgirl
SBS (blog)
Indigenous people from around Australia, including high profile sports stars and TV personalities have banded together to support the Queensland schoolgirl who refused to stand for the national anthem last week. The nine-year-old Harper Nielsen ...
Girl, 9, called a brat over Australian national anthem protestThe Times
Australian lawmaker offers nine-year-old girl 'kick up the backside' for refusing to stand for national anthemNational Post
A Girl's Australian National Anthem Protest Has Led To Politicians Viciously Attacking HerBustle
SFGate
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ABC News
The bush magistrate
ABC News
The question of access to the state's justice system by Aboriginal people pushed to its margins is not about to be solved overnight, not least by a single magistrate. Western Australia has the highest rate of Indigenous incarceration of any state or ...

ABC News
The bush magistrate
ABC News
It's a habit the West Australian magistrate has developed during her visits to the Ngaanyatjarra Lands — an area almost twice the size of Tasmania and the nation's single largest determination of native title. In Blackstone, a community of roughly 200 ...

The Conversation AU
Friday essay: who owns a family's story? Why it's time to lift the Berndt field notes embargo
The Conversation AU
In either 1942 or 1944, Berndt took the older Aboriginal man to visit the Aboriginal collection at the South Australian Museum. As they walked past the exhibits, Waria pointed out artefacts that were familiar. Berndt writes that at one point, Waria ...

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The Conversation AU
INTERACTIVE: We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
The Conversation AU
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

ABC News
Should learning an Indigenous language be compulsory at school?
ABC News
The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants the Maori language taught in all primary schools in the country by 2025. Is that something we should be doing here in Australia with Indigenous languages? Maori is an officially recognised language in ...

Red Flag
Crime scenes: Aboriginal deaths in custody continue
Red Flag
It is another indication, first among which is that the killing continues, of the disregard with which Aboriginal lives are held by the Australian state. At less than 3 percent of the Australian population, Indigenous adults are 13 times more likely to ...

Red Flag
Crime scenes: Aboriginal deaths in custody continue
Red Flag
At less than 3 percent of the Australian population, Indigenous adults are 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Indigenous people; juveniles are 24 times more likely. The fastest-growing prison population is Indigenous women. The database ...

NEWS.com.au
Ikea executive says he is a 'bit ashamed' of below par ranges that don't fit with Australian lifestyles
NEWS.com.au
Mr Engman also flagged that we may soon see products featuring indigenous art with the company collaborating with the renowned Pwerle Gallery. “We're going to do a collection with Pwerle, do something with indigenous art in Australia and give that back ...

The Economist
Australia's aboriginals try a novel approach to fighting crime
The Economist
“Back of Bourke” is Australian vernacular for the outback. The town faces the Darling River, about 800km north-west of Sydney in the state of New South Wales. About a third of its almost 3,000 people are aboriginals. Until recently, Bourke had one of ...