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The Canberra Times
6 ways to celebrate Reconciliation Day on our new public holiday
The Canberra Times
The day at the NGA includes tours of The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania's Black War and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Galleries. Reconciliation Day celebrations, Monday, May 28, 9.30am to 5pm, National Gallery of Australia. Free entry.

The Canberra Times
6 ways to celebrate Reconciliation Day on our new public holiday
The Canberra Times
The day at the NGA includes tours of The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania's Black War and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Galleries. Reconciliation Day celebrations, Monday, May 28, 9.30am to 5pm, National Gallery of Australia. Free entry.

Pursuit
Joining the big data dots on indigenous health policy
Pursuit
Research conclusions can appear obvious in retrospect. But until the data is actually crunched we can't know, and it is the knowing that is crucial for generating evidence-informed policy. Indigenous Australians aged 45 and up report high levels of ...

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Pursuit
Joining the big data dots on indigenous health policy
Pursuit
Research conclusions can appear obvious in retrospect. But until the data is actually crunched we can't know, and it is the knowing that is crucial for generating evidence-informed policy. Indigenous Australians aged 45 and up report high levels of ...

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Sunshine Coast Daily
Aussie honoured with game's highest accolade
Sunshine Coast Daily
Since returning to Australia, Goolagong Cawley has worked with Tennis Australia to increase female participation in tennis and for more than two decades has acted in many capacities as an ambassador, advocate and role model for young indigenous ...

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The Conversation AU
A record $340 million lost to fraud in Australia, says latest ACCC report
The Conversation AU
The report also details that A$1.6 million was lost by Indigenous Australians, representing a 12% increase from 2016. It is important to note that not all victims are individuals. Businesses were also targeted in scams, with A$22.1 million losses ...

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The Australian
Sarah Hanson-Young repeats Australia Day gaffe
The Australian
“The Liberal government is waging a culture war against not only the ABC, but both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in our community who speak out against the divisive commemoration of the colonialism that caused the 200 years of displacement ...

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PerthNow
Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
PerthNow
Goolagong Cawley was part of three of Australia's Fed Cup-winning teams in '71, '73 and '74. After retiring in 1983 with 92 singles titles, Goolagong Cawley began to learn more about her Aboriginal heritage and, having spent time living in Florida ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeMackay Daily Mercury

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PerthNow
Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
PerthNow
Goolagong Cawley was part of three of Australia's Fed Cup-winning teams in '71, '73 and '74. After retiring in 1983 with 92 singles titles, Goolagong Cawley began to learn more about her Aboriginal heritage and, having spent time living in Florida ...

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Herald Sun
Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
Herald Sun
The program gives more indigenous children access to tennis through its 'come and try' days which run throughout Australia and provide a route for the best to attend state development camps. ITF President David Haggerty said: “The ITF is delighted to ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeSunshine Coast Daily

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News Mail
Academies unveiled in Bundaberg
News Mail
STATE Member for Bundaberg David Batt will be unveiling the plaques at all three Girls Academy launches in Bundaberg this week. The Girls Academy program, an initiative of Role Models and Leaders Australia, is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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ABC Online
Nakkiah Lui unleashes vigilante Aboriginal superhero 'Blackie Blackie Brown' in her new comedy
ABC Online
Lui's comedy is the origin story of Blackie (played by Megan Wilding), an Aboriginal Australian superhero with a mission: to kill all the living descendants of the four white men who massacred her great-great grandmother's people. This synopsis alone ...

ABC Online
Nakkiah Lui unleashes vigilante Aboriginal superhero 'Blackie Blackie Brown' in her new comedy
ABC Online
Lui's comedy is the origin story of Blackie (played by Megan Wilding), an Aboriginal Australian superhero with a mission: to kill all the living descendants of the four white men who massacred her great-great grandmother's people. This synopsis alone ...

Now To Love
Duchess Camilla was instrumental in getting Prince Charles to appear on the MasterChef Australia
Now To Love
MasterChef judge, Gary Mehigan has revealed to the Daily Telegraph that "it appealed to his sense of raising the profile of the Northern Territory and Aboriginal communities and the Royal Flying Doctor Service." Gary also emphasised that it was Charles ...

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The Mandarin
The People & Culture Podcast: in conversation with Peter McIntyre, CEO Engineers Australia
The Mandarin
We also discuss Indigenous Australian participation in the profession and some of the oldest engineering in the world – complex fish and eel traps in Victoria. Peter also explains how the profession has had to adapt and move much closer to the ...

AdNews
15 years of Vice in Australia
AdNews
The first local documentary for Vice Australia, which Slonim said put Vice on the map over here, was its film on underground kingpin Mark Chopper Read in 2007. Since then, Vice has set itself apart from the pack with documentaries on indigenous ...

The Advocate
Letters to the Editor
The Advocate
Jacob Weeda claims Australia is Christian country. Australia has only had the religion here for some 220-odd years. Denying my people the, at the very minimum, 80,000 years of no religion history of the Australian Aboriginal. The statement Australia is ...

The RiotACT
Visionary teams change lives
The RiotACT
Avoidable eye diseases caused by Diabetes and Trachoma are an endemic problem in the Aboriginal communities of Australia, one of the few places in the world this condition is so severe. 'Sight For All' is working together with the Adelaide Crows and ...

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The Conversation AU
Bunya pines are ancient, delicious and possibly deadly
The Conversation AU
The cultural connection of the Bunya pine to Aboriginal Australians is very powerful. The Bunya Mountains in southeast Queensland used to host massive gatherings of Aboriginal groups. People came to visit the Bunya pines and feasted on the nuts in ...

The Canberra Times
Taking the initiative
The Canberra Times
The existence of the Aboriginal tent embassy visibly suggests that democracy, freedom of expression and tolerance are alive and well in Australia. It also reminds us of injustice, oppression and racism. I for one am proud that there is such an open ...