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The Sydney Morning Herald
Boost recognition of Indigenous history to protect colonial statues: report
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hostility from the public is the greatest threat to Australia's historical monuments, and governments should better recognise Indigenous stories, including "courageous resistance" against European colonisation, a report into a series of attacks on ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Boost recognition of Indigenous history to protect colonial statues: report
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hostility from the public is the greatest threat to Australia's historical monuments, and governments should better recognise Indigenous stories, including "courageous resistance" against European colonisation, a report into a series of attacks on ...

The Australian Financial Review
Why we need an Indigenous 'voice to the Parliament'
The Australian Financial Review
Sure, the body would participate in policy debate and legislation touching Indigenous Australians. Sure, it would carry weight and generate debate. That was the point. Indigenous people have no voice. They are powerless in the regulations and policies ...

Daily Liberal
Dubbo pair Ben Patterson and Brock Larance honoured to be part of 'surreal' Aboriginal XI tour
Daily Liberal
The men's squad is captained by Dan Christian and when promising duo D'Arcy Short and Brendan Doggett pulled out after being named in the Australia A squad, the Dubbo pair got the call. RELATED: – Playing for Australia against Pakistan juniors an ...

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SBS
How AI is helping preserve Indigenous languages
SBS
Australia's Indigenous population is rich in linguistic diversity, with over 300 languages spoken across different communities. Some of the languages can be as distinct as Japanese is to German. But many are at risk of becoming extinct because they are ...

ABC Online
Remote NT school reopens after Indigenous ceremony removes 'curse'
ABC Online
On Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous residents readily acknowledge the existence of curses. So when one was placed on Angurugu School, supposedly by a man after a fight with his wife, it closed for the next 13 days. But the 159 ...

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Remote NT school reopens after Indigenous ceremony removes 'curse'
ABC Online
On Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous residents readily acknowledge the existence of curses. So when one was placed on Angurugu School, supposedly by a man after a fight with his wife, it closed for the next 13 days. But the 159 ...

Newcastle Herald
Former Toronto leg-spinner Jonte Pattison part of 150th anniversary tour of UK with Aboriginal cricket team
Newcastle Herald
As a teenager Jonte Pattison ventured into the senior ranks at Newcastle district club Toronto and this fortnight he will live out some of his boyhood dreams on a historic tour with the Australian Aboriginal cricket team to the United Kingdom. Not only ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal reconciliation and what we can learn from a French philosopher
ABC Online
What can a French historian and philosopher tell us about reconciliation between black and white in Australia? More than a century ago, when in Australia it was still widely presumed that Aboriginal people were a dying race, Ernest Renan was grappling ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal reconciliation and what we can learn from a French philosopher
ABC Online
What can a French historian and philosopher tell us about reconciliation between black and white in Australia? More than a century ago, when in Australia it was still widely presumed that Aboriginal people were a dying race, Ernest Renan was grappling ...

Architecture AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
Architecture AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Australia's Best Indigenous Surfers carve up Bells
TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Some of the country's best Indigenous surfers congregated on Bells Beach over the weekend for the seventh annual Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles. Surfing Victoria's Jordie Campbell, one of the event's organisers, said the competition had gone from ...

The West Australian
Indigenous mental health a vital focus for Pilbara NGOs
The West Australian
Pioneering Aboriginal psychologist and WA Australian of the Year winner Tracy Westerman visited Karratha last week to deliver specialised training in indigenous mental health to psychologists and social workers from across the region. Over a two-day ...

The West Australian
Indigenous mental health a vital focus for Pilbara NGOs
The West Australian
Pioneering Aboriginal psychologist and WA Australian of the Year winner Tracy Westerman visited Karratha last week to deliver specialised training in indigenous mental health to psychologists and social workers from across the region. Over a two-day ...

The Northern Daily Leader
More Aboriginal staff will empower the community: nurse
The Northern Daily Leader
“Understanding the true history of Australia allows non-Indigenous clinicians and health administrators to be aware of the background to our current situation, learn about their stereotypes, reflect on practices and build trust with Aboriginal and ...
ANU to make Indigenous learning historyPS News
New action plan is a step towards unity, social justiceNorthern Star

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The Australian
Reconciliation needs to be a two-way street
The Australian
It is National Reconciliation Week, that time of the year intended to build “positive, respectful relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians”. The ...

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The Australian
Reconciliation needs to be a two-way street
The Australian
It is National Reconciliation Week, that time of the year intended to build “positive, respectful relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians”. The ...
THE POWER OF NUN | Reconciliation has to move beyond saying sorryCentral Western Daily

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Broadsheet
An Indigenous Story That Desperately Needs Telling
Broadsheet
Content warning: this article discusses suicide. The rate of suicide among young Indigenous Australian men is the highest in the world, according to a 2016 report by the Australian Youth Development Index. It's a sobering reality. But for most ...

PS News
ANU to make Indigenous learning history
PS News
The Australian National University (ANU) is to be the first university in the country to use a new online learning module focused on Australian Indigenous culture. The module aims to educate and build greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres ...
More Aboriginal staff will empower the community: nurseThe Northern Daily Leader

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cricket.com.au
Players meet pollies ahead of historic tour
cricket.com.au
Dan Christian and Ash Gardner met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten at Parliament House in Canberra before a week-long tour of England that will see them re-trace the steps of the famous 1868 Aboriginal ...