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ABC News
After 'whitesplaining' row, Indigenous theatre voices back calls for national company
ABC News
A few weeks ago, accusations that Australian theatre is hijacking Indigenous stories and "whitesplaining" them for the audience rippled through the industry. They were made by Indigenous playwright H Lawrence Sumner after the launch of his play, The ...

ABC News
After 'whitesplaining' row, Indigenous theatre voices back calls for national company
ABC News
A few weeks ago, accusations that Australian theatre is hijacking Indigenous stories and "whitesplaining" them for the audience rippled through the industry. They were made by Indigenous playwright H Lawrence Sumner after the launch of his play, The ...

The Guardian
We examined every Indigenous death in custody since 2008. This is why
The Guardian
From May 2018, the reporting team has been reading every coronial finding relating to an Indigenous death in custody from 2008 onwards in Australia, and following up reports of cases that are still awaiting inquest. For the years 2010-2015, we ...

The Guardian
We examined every Indigenous death in custody since 2008. This is why
The Guardian
From May 2018, the reporting team has been reading every coronial finding relating to an Indigenous death in custody from 2008 onwards in Australia, and following up reports of cases that are still awaiting inquest. For the years 2010-2015, we ...

The Guardian
Deaths inside
The Guardian
Guardian Australia's reporting team has spent months collecting and analysing all available coronial data and other sources to build this searchable database. “Deaths inside” tracks every known Indigenous death in custody in every jurisdiction from ...

The Guardian
Deaths inside
The Guardian
Guardian Australia's reporting team has spent months collecting and analysing all available coronial data and other sources to build this searchable database. “Deaths inside” tracks every known Indigenous death in custody in every jurisdiction from ...

The Guardian
The 147 dead: terrible toll of Indigenous deaths in custody spurs calls for reform
The Guardian
Aboriginal leaders have called for an immediate review of the “absolutely unacceptable” numbers of Indigenous deaths in custody and are demanding Australia develop an independent system for monitoring them as a priority. The social justice commissioner ...

The Guardian
The 147 dead: terrible toll of Indigenous deaths in custody spurs calls for reform
The Guardian
Aboriginal leaders have called for an immediate review of the “absolutely unacceptable” numbers of Indigenous deaths in custody and are demanding Australia develop an independent system for monitoring them as a priority. The social justice commissioner ...

The Australian
Australia 'is sadly sleepwalking' towards a US-style drug crisis
The Australian
Australia's Annual Overdose Report 2018 pinpoints a disproportionate drug use among indigenous Australians. The report also notes drug use has climbed in rural areas compared with metropolitan Australia. It says 7088 people died of benzodiazapine ...

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NEWS.com.au
Adelaide Fringe goes round the river bend with indigenous nature and cultural hub
NEWS.com.au
Picture: Naomi JellicoeSource:News Corp Australia. MESMERISING projected imagery, soundscapes and light installations will transform Torrens riverbanks near the University footbridge into an interactive hub of Aboriginal storytelling at next year's ...

NEWS.com.au
Adelaide Fringe goes round the river bend with indigenous nature and cultural hub
NEWS.com.au
Yabarra: Gathering of Light will illuminate the river's reeds, surrounding grasslands and paths at the Karrawirra Parri river bend to bring to life native animals and share traditional stories of the Kaurna people. The free walking adventure will run ...

The Guardian
Indigenous prisoner restrained by 14 officers before death in custody, footage shows
The Guardian
Shocking footage has been played to a coronial inquest of the lead-up to the death of an Indigenous man who died after being restrained while on remand in a South Australian jail. Wayne Fella Morrison, 29, died at Royal Adelaide hospital on 26 ...

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SBS
PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia
SBS
After last week's historic double spill and leadership coup, Scott Morrison is setting up office as Australia's 30th prime minister. In selecting his cabinet, the former Treasurer has chosen to keep Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion in his ...
Tony Abbott 'not retiring' and calls Peter Dutton a 'reluctant challenger'The Guardian
Tony Abbott holds out on Scott Morrison's special envoy offerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescendingThe Australian
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SBS
PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia
SBS
After last week's historic double spill and leadership coup, Scott Morrison is setting up office as Australia's 30th prime minister. In selecting his cabinet, the former Treasurer has chosen to keep Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion in his ...
Tony Abbott 'not retiring' and calls Peter Dutton a 'reluctant challenger'The Guardian
Tony Abbott holds out on Scott Morrison's special envoy offerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescendingThe Australian
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PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia  SBS

Newly sworn in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's first move on Indigenous affairs has been to offer a new special envoy role to Tony Abbott.

The Conversation AU
Australian archaeologists dropped the term 'Stone Age' decades ago, and so should you
The Conversation AU
In Australia, “Stone Age” was seen not as a technology practised by Aboriginal people, but rather as the essence of what they were. “Stone Age” people were assumed to have no system of land tenure. For that, you needed to improve the land through ...

NEWS.com.au
Radio host Alan Jones admits he called MPs before spill: 'There had to be change'
NEWS.com.au
It is important that change was made for Australia's sake. The writing was on the wall. It is Australia that matters here. When people can't afford electricity, for goodness sake. When people can't afford a house or job because of immigration levels ...

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The Australian
Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescending
The Australian
Mr Dodson said as prime minister Mr Abbott cut more than $500 million from the indigenous portfolio in the divisive 2014-15 budget and made “profoundly offensive comments” in 2015 when he suggested indigenous Australians were making “lifestyle ...

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NEWS.com.au
Bid to improve justice for indigenous
NEWS.com.au
"This is the biggest investment in the agreement's history and sets out a framework for reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in Victoria's justice system," Attorney General Martin Pakula said. The investment is part of a five-year ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott 'not retiring' but questions Morrison's Indigenous envoy role
The Guardian
Abbott told 2GB on Monday he would “love to do a fair dinkum job” but wants to see “what this new role entails” because he did not want to “trip over the toes” of the Indigenous affairs minister. “I've been going to Indigenous Australia for years and ...
Wyatt floats fixed terms for PM, lukewarm on Abbott as Aboriginal envoyThe Sydney Morning Herald
PoliticsNow: Dodson blasts Abbott job offer and 'offensive track record'The Australian
Lawyers react to new PMLawyers Weekly
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