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Indigenous kids' justice supervision rises
9news.com.au
Half of those under both types of supervision on an average day were indigenous children, despite the fact that only about five per cent of 10-17 year olds across Australia are indigenous. Indigenous children made up 48 per cent of the total number of ...

The Australian
Labor's May-day push for Australia Day is 'boring', says Jacinta Price
The Australian
As Labor prepares for what could be a bruising state conference at the weekend, a member from federal MP Andrew Giles's Scullin branch has proposed an urgency motion to change the date of Australia Day, saying January 26 was “offensive” to indigenous ...
Morning mail: Victorian ALP to debate moving Australia DayThe Guardian
Victorian Labor Party calling for a vote to change Australia Day on the weekendDaily Mail
Victorian Labor to Debate Changing Australia DayThe Unshackled | Breaking the Chains of Control (blog)
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The Canberra Times
Don't treat our first Reconciliation Day as just another day off work
The Canberra Times
Australians generally, and Canberrans particularly, live in a lucky country. But our modern history begins with dispossessing Indigenous Australians. On May 28, the ACT will hold Reconciliation Day, becoming the first state or territory to specifically ...

The Canberra Times
Don't treat our first Reconciliation Day as just another day off work
The Canberra Times
Australians generally, and Canberrans particularly, live in a lucky country. But our modern history begins with dispossessing Indigenous Australians. On May 28, the ACT will hold Reconciliation Day, becoming the first state or territory to specifically ...

ABC Online
SA Maritime Museum unveils woven whale sculpture inspired by French explorer
ABC Online
Dr Paterson said it was exciting for the museum to tell the story of Kondoli and the relationship between Ngarrindjeri, South Australia and France. "It's one of a few projects that the museum's been working on over the last few years — to tell more ...

The West Australian
Historic trek exhibit pops up in key places
The West Australian
A pop-up exhibition featuring a re-imagining of John Forrest's 1874 trek from Geraldton to Adelaide through Aboriginal perspectives will be in Wiluna today. State Library of Western Australia project co-ordinator Tui Raven said the exhibit was being ...

ABC Online
Meghan Markle and why 'mixed race' matters
ABC Online
People are read as African American, Aboriginal, or Asian because of the social construct of race. That makes race real to us. It's possible for me as an Okinawan (Japanese) Australian to talk about how society categorises me according to my race ...

Gatton Star
Waterwise bushfood alternatives
Gatton Star
Flora 4 Fauna founder and Grantham resident Kemp Killerby says there are native Australia food sources that would grow like crazy in places like Grantham and are just waiting to be rediscovered and utilised. Mr Killerby, who grew up in the viticultural ...

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The Border Mail
Look into the world of an Indigenous art collector
The Border Mail
Geoffrey Hassall doesn't want any recognition for his championing of Australian Indigenous art. It's why a Google search of his name brings up nothing but a few art gallery articles and a small news report about the Order of Australia Medal he received ...

The Border Mail
Look into the world of an Indigenous art collector
The Border Mail
Geoffrey Hassall doesn't want any recognition for his championing of Australian Indigenous art. It's why a Google search of his name brings up nothing but a few art gallery articles and a small news report about the Order of Australia Medal he received ...

The Border Mail
Look into the world of an Indigenous art collector
The Border Mail
Geoffrey Hassall doesn't want any recognition for his championing of Australian Indigenous art. It's why a Google search of his name brings up nothing but a few art gallery articles and a small news report about the Order of Australia Medal he received ...

The Conversation AU
Meghan Markle and why being 'mixed race' matters in Australia
The Conversation AU
People are read as African American, Aboriginal, or Asian because of the social construct of race. That makes race real to us. It's possible for me as an Okinawan (Japanese) Australian to talk about how society categorises me according to my race ...

Great Lakes Advocate
Singing with the Song Keepers – when the desert meets the sea
Great Lakes Advocate
The Big Sing in the Desert is a four-day singing workshop which welcomes singers from across Australia at Ross River Resort near Alice Springs. Now in its eighth year, the Big Sing is a unique opportunity for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal singers to ...

NEWS.com.au
Nearly half of NSW men aged 33 have had unlawful run-in
NEWS.com.au
The study also found a “surprisingly high” proportion of NSW residents born in 1984 had also served time behind bars — 4.1 per cent of all men were locked up, while 0.5 per cent of women and 13.2 per cent of Aboriginal Australians spent time in the cells.

ABC Online
LNP senator Ian Macdonald says racism in Australia is isolated, questions role of discrimination commissioner
ABC Online
Ian Macdonald says from what he has seen racism is isolated in Australia, asks if there is evidence that disproves this; The question comes as Federal Government considers who will replace as Tim Soutphommasane Race Discrimination Commissioner; Public ...

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SBS
Senator questions whether racism exists in Australia
SBS
A Queensland senator has raised the popularity of Indigenous NRL star Johnathon Thurston to question whether racism exists in Australia. The Liberal National Party's Ian Macdonald heaped praise on Thurston as he quizzed senior bureaucrats about the ...
Senator questions whether racism existsNEWS.com.au
LNP senator Ian Macdonald says racism in Australia is isolated, questions role of discrimination commissionerABC Online

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SBS
Senator questions whether racism exists
NEWS.com.au
"I might live in a bubble perhaps, but I find it very difficult to find any but very rare cases of racism in Australia," Senator Macdonald said during a committee hearing in Canberra on Thursday. "I mean, in this building, we have two senior ministers ...
Senator questions whether racism exists in AustraliaSBS
Senator slammed for saying Australia can't be racist because Johnathan Thurston has succeeded at football - as he ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Senator questions whether racism exists
NEWS.com.au
"I might live in a bubble perhaps, but I find it very difficult to find any but very rare cases of racism in Australia," Senator Macdonald said during a committee hearing in Canberra on Thursday. "I mean, in this building, we have two senior ministers ...
LNP senator Ian Macdonald says racism in Australia is isolated, questions role of discrimination commissionerABC Online

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ABC Online
Indigenous girls and women have hope but need help, says social justice chief June Oscar
ABC Online
Next month, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians will celebrate NAIDOC week — with the theme Because of Her We Can. It's because of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO that Indigenous women ...

ABC Online
Indigenous girls and women have hope but need help, says social justice chief June Oscar
ABC Online
Next month, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians will celebrate NAIDOC week — with the theme Because of Her We Can. It's because of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO that Indigenous women ...