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The Conversation AU
A new way to recognise an Indigenous nation in Australia
The Conversation AU
After years of debate, the process for achieving constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has reached a crossroads. More than a year has gone by since the Uluru Statement from the Heart, when Indigenous peoples rejected symbolic ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Aged care system must prepare for Stolen Generations
Australian Ageing Agenda
Australia's aged care sector needs to start preparing for the specific needs of the Stolen Generations as they enter the system over the next five years, the head of the Healing Foundation says. The Healing foundation is a national Aboriginal and ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Aged care system must prepare for Stolen Generations
Australian Ageing Agenda
Australia's aged care sector needs to start preparing for the specific needs of the Stolen Generations as they enter the system over the next five years, the head of the Healing Foundation says. The Healing foundation is a national Aboriginal and ...

SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney slams 'joke' Tony Abbott envoy appointment
SBS
The Indigenous MP is scathing about the former prime minister's new role as details emerge about what the job entails. "This is just a joke. They are making it up as they go along with Tony Abbott as the special envoy for Indigenous Australians," Ms ...

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SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney slams 'joke' Tony Abbott envoy appointment
SBS
The Indigenous MP is scathing about the former prime minister's new role as details emerge about what the job entails. "This is just a joke. They are making it up as they go along with Tony Abbott as the special envoy for Indigenous Australians," Ms ...

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The Music Network
Business mentors announced for Central Australia's Bush Bands
The Music Network
Northern Territory's peak music association MusicNT announced the mentors for its Bush Bands program. It selects indigenous musicians from remote communities across Central Australia and gives them the chance to hone in their musical and performance ...

The Australian
PoliticsNow: Liberals still have a good fighting chance: Tony Abbott
The Australian
The indigenous MP is scathing about the former prime minister's new role as details emerge about what the job entails. “This is just a joke. They are making it up as they go along with Tony Abbott as the special envoy for indigenous Australians,” Ms ...

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The North West Star
Chern'ee Sutton painting on display at Royal Australian Mint
The North West Star
After collecting over 6000 fingerprints from athletes and dignitaries during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, a locally-born indigenous artist's painting has gone on display for the first time at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. Chern'ee ...

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MuMbrella
Media watchdog's finding on Sunrise's Indigenous adoption segment is justified
MuMbrella
While “censorship” is a label that is often used by the media in response to criticism, actual censorship in Australia by government or media watchdogs is thankfully rare to nonexistent. Other issue such as defamation law are greater sources of censorship.

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A new way to recognise an Indigenous nation in Australia  The Conversation AU

A federal system could deliver on three of the four key elements of the Uluru Statement. Plus, all the elements already exist or are in the works in Australia.

ABC News
Reconciling the dark history of slavery and murder in Australian pearling, points to a brighter future
ABC News
But he's also the descendent of the Bardi and Jawi, the Aboriginal people who live at the tip of the Dampier Peninsula where crystal clear oceans swirl over rugged rock and coral reef of Australia's north-west. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

ABC News
Reconciling the dark history of slavery and murder in Australian pearling, points to a brighter future
ABC News
But he's also the descendent of the Bardi and Jawi, the Aboriginal people who live at the tip of the Dampier Peninsula where crystal clear oceans swirl over rugged rock and coral reef of Australia's north-west. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

SBS
Australian film The Nightingale wins Venice awards
SBS
A film by an Australian woman has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film festival. Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale, which was the sole title in the competition directed by a woman, scored a double whammy. The revenge ...
Insults and hugs: Australian director surprised by Venice controversyThe Sydney Morning Herald
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Cuaron's Mexican 'masterpiece' wins Venice film festivalGlobal Times

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The Mercury
Census figures show more Tasmanians are identifying with their indigenous heritage
The Mercury
Newly released census figures show Tasmania has one of the nation's highest rates of people who identify as being of Aboriginal origin, and the numbers are rising. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the estimated residential population of ...

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The Mercury
Census figures show more Tasmanians are identifying with their indigenous heritage
The Mercury
Newly released census figures show Tasmania has one of the nation's highest rates of people who identify as being of Aboriginal origin, and the numbers are rising. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the estimated residential population of ...

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The Advertiser
Lainie Anderson: Aboriginal art gallery is worthy but will it work?
The Advertiser
For South Australians. For Australians from interstate. Or for cashed-up arts and culture tourists from around the world. If it was, the magnificent Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery at the SA Museum would be packed with people every day. So would ...

ABC News
Indigenous parents homeschooling children in face of literacy and numeracy gap
ABC News
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

ABC News
Indigenous parents homeschooling children in face of literacy and numeracy gap
ABC News
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

The Australian
Eternal treasures
The Australian
From its contested custodianship of Greece's Elgin Marbles to Australian indigenous artefacts collected through acts of exploitation or violence, the museum is often accused of being a repository of treasures obtained in questionable circumstances. But ...

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frieze.com
An Exhibition Correcting the Historical Erasure of the Myall Creek Massacre
frieze.com
There is no way of knowing exactly how many Aboriginal Australians died in the Frontier Wars, which began after the British invasion of 1788 and continued until the last Aboriginal massacre in 1928. Conservative reports suggest 20,000 people, although ...