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Aljazeera.com
What's behind high Aboriginal youth suicide rates?
Aljazeera.com
Young Aboriginal Australians are four times more likely to commit suicide than non-indigenous Australians and in one remote community in the country's Kimberley region, the Aboriginal suicide rate is estimated to be seven times the national average.

The Guardian
The vision splendid? A24 and its grassroots push for a new Australia
The Guardian
That was the question civil society groups, unions, welfare groups and Indigenous representatives asked themselves nearly three years ago. Faced with competing world views of the US president, Donald Trump, One Nation, the Business Council of Australia ...

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The Guardian
The vision splendid? A24 and its grassroots push for a new Australia
The Guardian
That was the question civil society groups, unions, welfare groups and Indigenous representatives asked themselves nearly three years ago. Faced with competing world views of the US president, Donald Trump, One Nation, the Business Council of Australia ...

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The Guardian
Marching together: world's Indigenous peoples day in Sydney – in pictures
The Guardian
March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia. Photograph: Carly Earl for the Guardian. Facebook Twitter Pinterest · March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia.

The Guardian
Marching together: world's Indigenous peoples day in Sydney – in pictures
The Guardian
March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia. Photograph: Carly Earl for the Guardian. Facebook Twitter Pinterest · March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia.

Turnbull must pursue treaty with Indigenous Australians  The Sydney Morning Herald

Malcolm Turnbull declared John Howard 'broke the nation's heart'. But he will stand indicted by his own words if he refuses to face this challenge.

What's behind high Aboriginal youth suicide rates?  Al Jazeera English

Pat Dudgeon explains why suicide rates among young Aboriginals are so high and what can be done to stem the tide.

The Guardian
Premier says NSW prepared to negotiate for 'better deal' with Aboriginal groups
The Guardian
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, says her government is prepared to negotiate three priorities with the new coalition of peak Aboriginal organisations. Her commitment follows a march and rally by around 1,000 Aboriginal people outside ...

RACGP
Health and self-determination on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
RACGP
'The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners in Australia are the only ethnic-based health professions in the world that have legislation and regulation, as well as a national training curriculum, to support them ...
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 2018PRWire (press release)

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RACGP
Health and self-determination on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
RACGP
'The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners in Australia are the only ethnic-based health professions in the world that have legislation and regulation, as well as a national training curriculum, to support them ...
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 2018PRWire (press release)

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The Guardian
Amnesty urges Queensland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14
The Guardian
Queensland locks up more 10-to-13-year-olds than any other state; more than 70% are Indigenous. It means an Indigenous child is 30 times more likely to be sent to prison than any other Queenslander. “A child's chance at a bright future can be lost ...

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The Guardian
Amnesty urges Queensland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14
The Guardian
Queensland locks up more 10-to-13-year-olds than any other state; more than 70% are Indigenous. It means an Indigenous child is 30 times more likely to be sent to prison than any other Queenslander. “A child's chance at a bright future can be lost ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Turnbull must pursue treaty with Indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last Friday on the ABC, Julia Baird broadcast a panel discussion comprising Indigenous Australians from the annual Garma Festival in Northern Australia. The day before Andrew Bolt had regurgitated his standard column about the Barbarians now being ...

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New York Times
5 Indigenous Australian Films (and 1 TV series) Everyone Should See
New York Times
A member of the Maramanindji people from the Northern Territory, she sent us her five top movies, plus her favorite television series — all of which are must-see creations from Australia's Indigenous communities. “This is the tip of the iceberg in ...

ABC News
Tasmanian Indigenous artists to show off works at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
ABC News
"To go up there and pin that against Aboriginal artists who have been doing it for generations with their families, and seeing some of the artwork coming out of central Australia, I'm nervous ours won't be up to par." The idea of the Tasmanian stall ...

ABC News
Tasmanian Indigenous artists to show off works at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
ABC News
The works of 2,000 Indigenous artists will be on show at the fair, coming from 60 art centres around Australia. Tasmania doesn't have an Aboriginal art centre, so former TMAG curator Tony Brown organised the group of 20 artists through Contemporary Art ...

The Guardian
March for makarrata: NSW Aboriginal groups unite to demand a 'new agenda'
The Guardian
“We want to send a clear message to parliament,” the chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the newly appointed chair of the prime minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Roy Ah See, told Guardian Australia. “Walk with us. Talk with us. Sit ...

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The Guardian
March for makarrata: NSW Aboriginal groups unite to demand a 'new agenda'
The Guardian
“We want to send a clear message to parliament,” the chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the newly appointed chair of the prime minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Roy Ah See, told Guardian Australia. “Walk with us. Talk with us. Sit ...

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The Gold Rush brought people from all over the world to live together in one big multicultural melting pot
Herald Sun
The sudden rush of people from all over the world displaced* many Aboriginal Australians, who had lived on and looked after the land where gold was found for tens of thousands of years. The miners and their families didn't know much about Aboriginal ...

Australian Times
When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | Australian Times
Australian Times
SPECIAL FEATURE: Have Aboriginal people been in Australia for some 50,000 years or as long as 65,000 years? Either way, they have effectively been on ...

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