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The West Australian
Dance imitates life
The West Australian
The title of contemporary dancer and choreographer Michael Leslie's new dance theatre work refers to a stark reality. Aboriginal people make up 3.3 per cent of Australia's population. Yet they account for over 28 per cent of our prison population.

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The Guardian
Indigenous children's removal on the rise 21 years after Bringing Them Home
The Guardian
Twenty-one years on from the Bringing Them Home report, government data shows Australia has failed to curb the rate of child removal from Indigenous families, and has gone backwards on a commitment to place children in care that connects them with ...

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Indigenous children's removal on the rise 21 years after Bringing ...
The Guardian
Government data shows the group remains overrepresented in all parts of the child protection system.
Chart of the day: The kids who make up more than half Australia's ...ABC Online
Aboriginal Youth Are Disproportionately Jailed, Report Finds - The ...New York Times

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Where the grass seems greener: Australia floats sustainability at Architecture Biennale
The Sydney Morning Herald
"I think we actually need to repair things, not just keep them okay.” A final part of the exhibit, a video work, showcases 15 real-life Australian projects - including by Indigenous Australians - that demonstrate the infinite ways architecture can be ...

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Courier Mail
Inaugural Reconciliation Day public holiday is a time for reflection
The Canberra Times
On Monday, May 28 the ACT will be the first Australian state or territory to observe the inaugural Reconciliation Day with a public holiday, beginning National Reconciliation Week. ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Rachel ...
Reconciliation: it's all talk and no actionEternity News
Controversy over ACT Reconciliation DayThe Australian
Sorry Day has boosted understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issuesCourier Mail
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Inaugural Reconciliation Day public holiday is a time for reflection
The Canberra Times
On Monday, May 28 the ACT will be the first Australian state or territory to observe the inaugural Reconciliation Day with a public holiday, beginning National Reconciliation Week. ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Rachel ...
UQ learns to share and grow from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander historiesUQ News
Controversy over ACT Reconciliation DayThe Australian

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Western Advocate
Giants proud to celebrate Indigenous culture against Demons with special guernsey
Western Advocate
“The three flags in the middle of the jumper are the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and the Australian flags, representing all people that make up Australia,” he said. “The footprints are paying respect to the elders gone before us and also ...

The Guardian
Fewer children in detention but Indigenous rate falling more slowly
The Guardian
Half of those under both types of supervision on an average day were Indigenous, despite the fact that only about 5% of 10-17 year olds across Australia are Indigenous. Indigenous children made up 48% of those under community-based supervision, while ...
Chart of the day: The kids who make up more than half Australia's child prison populationABC Online

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The Sydney Morning Herald
If you think Australia has a racism problem, you're the racist
The Sydney Morning Herald
But, lest you think such a general assertion might be spurious, or at least open to conjecture, consider the evidence Macdonald offered to back it up: two senior ministers in the government are not "white Australian males", and also, the Aboriginal ...

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UQ learns to share and grow from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
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“National Reconciliation Week promotes and argues for reconciliation and the strengthening of relationships between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians,” Professor Fredericks said. “I can think of no better place to ...

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UQ learns to share and grow from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
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“National Reconciliation Week promotes and argues for reconciliation and the strengthening of relationships between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians,” Professor Fredericks said. “I can think of no better place to ...
Rock painting at KICE for Reconciliation WeekThe Islander

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Government News
NSW Government boosts Aboriginal procurement
Government News
Three per cent of the NSW Government's goods and services contracts will be offered to Aboriginal owned businesses under the state's new Aboriginal Procurement Policy, which the government says will support 1,000 Aboriginal jobs a year over three years ...

Vogue Australia (blog)
Why the Northern Territory should be on your travel bucket list
Vogue Australia (blog)
Having just returned from a week-long hiking adventure along the infamous 223 kilometre Larapinta Trail, I feel a renewed sense of awe and inspiration for, and deeper understanding of, our ancient indigenous culture–the oldest culture in the world–and ...

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The Conversation AU
Friday essay: William Ricketts Sanctuary is a racist anachronism but can it foster empathy?
The Conversation AU
In September 2003, an article in The Age reported the miserable conditions a group of Central Australian Aboriginal artists were enduring while housed in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. Cold, hungry, ill and isolated, the ...

The Conversation AU
Friday essay: William Ricketts Sanctuary is a racist anachronism but can it foster empathy?
The Conversation AU
In September 2003, an article in The Age reported the miserable conditions a group of Central Australian Aboriginal artists were enduring while housed in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. Cold, hungry, ill and isolated, the ...

ABC Online
Virus afflicting thousands of Indigenous Australians to receive 'rapid ...
ABC Online
A new $8 million taskforce will focus on Australia's response to the blood-borne HTLV-1 virus, found in Aboriginal communities at 1000 times the rate of ...

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ABC Online
Virus afflicting thousands of Indigenous Australians to receive 'rapid action', Health Minister Greg Hunt signals
ABC Online
The Federal Government will establish a new $8 million taskforce of doctors, Aboriginal health organisations and all levels of government, focused on HTLV-1, or human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1. There is currently no strategy in Australia to ...

The Guardian
Fighting to be heard in the child protection system: 'I felt like I was alone all the time'
The Guardian
Barbara is a pseudonym – Guardian Australia cannot use her real name for privacy reasons. “My four youngest have been in care for six years,” she says. “They were placed outside of the family with a non-Aboriginal carer and that's caused major problems ...

The Guardian
A numbers game: Indigenous children in care and the threat of another stolen generation
The Guardian
A Family and Community Services spokesman told Guardian Australia the department would not rule out adoption of Aboriginal children. “Open adoption for Aboriginal children is possible under the legislation, when it is preferable to any other care order ...

The Guardian
A numbers game: Indigenous children in care and the threat of another stolen generation
The Guardian
A Family and Community Services spokesman told Guardian Australia the department would not rule out adoption of Aboriginal children. “Open adoption for Aboriginal children is possible under the legislation, when it is preferable to any other care order ...