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The Guardian
Alarm raised over huge number of Indigenous children without birth certificates
The Guardian
“It is well established that there is a gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in outcomes of child mortality, life expectancy, education, literacy, numeracy and employment. The presence of barriers to easily accessing the above services ...

The Guardian
Alarm raised over huge number of Indigenous children without birth certificates
The Guardian
“It is well established that there is a gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in outcomes of child mortality, life expectancy, education, literacy, numeracy and employment. The presence of barriers to easily accessing the above services ...

The Conversation AU
Australia must embrace transformation for a sustainable future
The Conversation AU
The report highlights that Australia is a prosperous and generally healthy country. But it also acknowledges significant challenges, such as improving the health and prosperity of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and helping ...

ABC News
Artist Tony Albert focuses on issues of Indigenous visibility in his first major solo exhibition
ABC News
The series is the product of a recent collaboration between Albert and the remote community of Warakurna in Western Australia, near the Northern Territory border. The Townsville-born Sydney-based artist made the long journey (a three-hour drive from ...

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ABC Local
NT Country Liberal Party leader calls for Prime Minister to be more 'hands on'
ABC Local
The leader of the NT Country Liberal Party has called on the Prime Minister "to take a greater interest" in northern Australia's Indigenous issues, as pressure mounts on Malcolm Turnbull to visit the Northern Territory. The comments came as the Prime ...

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Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia  ABC News

When can you take a photo on sacred Indigenous land? What about asking elders questions? Marcia Langton's landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia ...

Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia  ABC News

When can you take a photo on sacred Indigenous land? What about asking elders questions? Marcia Langton's landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia ...

ArtsHub
Review: Bangarra's Dark Emu at Sydney Opera House
ArtsHub
Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia's Dark Emu. In 2014, Bruce Pascoe published Dark Emu, a non-fiction book which challenged the idea that the Australian Aboriginals were hunter-gatherers, instead positioning them as aqua-culturalists and ...

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ArtsHub
Sydney Film Festival 2018 - Dendy Awards, and Documentary too
ArtsHub
A young Aboriginal man must help his disabled brother escape from their abusive life in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Tangles and Knots - written and directed by Renée Marie Petropoulos, produced by Janet Brown, and Yingna Lu for Short ...

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The Canberra Times
ACT treaty needed to right past wrongs made against Indigenous people
The Canberra Times
Regrettably, the incoming Liberal government in South Australia has terminated the process for a treaty in that state. However Luke Foley, the Opposition Leader in New South Wales, the jurisdiction with the largest Indigenous population in Australia ...

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The Canberra Times
ACT treaty needed to right past wrongs made against Indigenous people
The Canberra Times
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia are calling for these rights to be recognised and guaranteed through a treaty or a makarrata. The response of successive national governments, of both persuasion, over the last 30 years to ...

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ACT treaty needed to right past wrongs made against Indigenous people
The Sydney Morning Herald
In response to the aspiration of Aboriginal people across Australia for formal recognition of their sovereign rights and rightful place in their own country, progressive governments in South Australia and Victoria, followed by the Northern Territory ...

ACT treaty needed to right past wrongs made against Indigenous people
The Sydney Morning Herald
Regrettably, the incoming Liberal government in South Australia has terminated the process for a treaty in that state. However Luke Foley, the Opposition Leader in New South Wales, the jurisdiction with the largest Indigenous population in Australia ...

The Advertiser
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, former SA man, antislavery reformer and Aboriginal rights campaigner honoured with ...
The Advertiser
THE long forgotten Buxton name, associated with fighting slavery in England and for Aboriginal rights in South Australia, is being celebrated in a new $160,000 monument unveiled in the UK this month. It is the bicentenary of the year Sir Thomas Fowell ...

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Livemint
Encounters with the Aboriginal art of Australia
Livemint
If legend is to be believed, Yirrikapayi, an ancestor from Australia's Tiwi Islands, metamorphosed into a crocodile after being stabbed in the back with a spear. As he dived into the sea, the barbs formed by the weapon were transformed magically into ...

Pursuit
Duty and honour at the heart of Indigenous recognition
Pursuit
In Australia there are no legal avenues to ensure Indigenous participation in law-making, it's a fact that sets us apart from fellow settler-state Commonwealth countries, New Zealand and Canada. In our legal system Indigenous peoples have no right to ...

The RiotACT
Leading Indigenous Artists present Free Community Workshops
The RiotACT
During the July school holidays, Melbourne's ILBIJERRI Theatre Company will be offering a series of free community workshops in collaboration with Tuggeranong Arts Centre. ILBIJERRI is one of Australia's leading theatre companies creating innovative ...

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The RiotACT
Leading Indigenous Artists present Free Community Workshops
The RiotACT
During the July school holidays, Melbourne's ILBIJERRI Theatre Company will be offering a series of free community workshops in collaboration with Tuggeranong Arts Centre. ILBIJERRI is one of Australia's leading theatre companies creating innovative ...

9news.com.au
Bali's fake 'Made in Australia' boomerangs and didgeridoos robbing artists of a living
9news.com.au
The boomerang and didgeridoo are iconic, highly sought after symbols of Australia's indigenous culture. Handcrafting these artefacts is a tradition that stretches back more than 40,000 years and remains one of the largest sources of independent income ...

9news.com.au
Bali's fake 'Made in Australia' boomerangs and didgeridoos robbing artists of a living
9news.com.au
The boomerang and didgeridoo are iconic, highly sought after symbols of Australia's indigenous culture. Handcrafting these artefacts is a tradition that stretches back more than 40,000 years and remains one of the largest sources of independent income ...