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'Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous Australians
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...
National Geographic editor says decades of coverage was racistNEWS.com.au
National Geographic admits 'appalling' racism of past coverageThe Australian
How National Geographic acknowledged its racist pastThe Guardian
Evening Standard
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SBS
'Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous people
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...
'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'KACU

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SBS
'Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous people
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...

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The Advertiser
We're failing women in prison. We need to act now
The Advertiser
“By far the majority of all women (in prison), and Aboriginal women more so than non-Aboriginal women, have been abused either sexually, physically, mentally or all of the above, and these are the pathways to jail,” said Professor Baldry. The trauma ...

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The West Australian
Meet Lynette Narkle, and join in her journey
The West Australian
In 2004, she forged the role of Indigenous programs officer at Screenwest to increase the engagement of emerging Indigenous filmmakers, in what Lynette described as “exciting times”. “That culminated in Aboriginal people directing and writing for ...

ABC Online
Pama-Nyungan: Australia's largest family of Indigenous languages
ABC Online
A team of international scientists, including from Australia, has shed light on how Australia's largest Indigenous language group became dominant across the continent. Pama-Nyungan is the world's largest hunter-gatherer language-family and before the ...
Tracking early hunter-gatherers through languageScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Language and Storytelling at Heart of New Connecting Up Partnership
Pro Bono Australia
ICTV makes an incredible and important contribution to Indigenous Australian communities by providing opportunities for sharing video stories made in remote communities across Australia, including to some of the most remote parts of Australia, such as ...

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Language and Storytelling at Heart of New Connecting Up Partnership
Pro Bono Australia
This year's Australian Not-For-Profit Technology Awards, meanwhile, at the Hilton on Thursday 3 March, will include the inaugural ICTV Best Digital Storytelling by an Indigenous Australian Award. ICTV makes an incredible and important contribution to ...

SBS
Federal minister wants to relax adoption rules for Indigenous children
SBS
Federal children's minister David Gillespie says he has been shocked by the rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongst indigenous children. David Gillespie acknowledges there may be concerns about creating another Stolen Generation, but says he's ...
Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priorityCourier Mail
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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SBS
Federal minister wants to relax adoption rules for Indigenous children
SBS
Federal children's minister David Gillespie says he has been shocked by the rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongst indigenous children. David Gillespie acknowledges there may be concerns about creating another Stolen Generation, but says he's ...
Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priorityCourier Mail
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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The Conversation AU
The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of ...
The Conversation AU
The origin of around 300 of Australia's Aboriginal languages lies in Queensland, about 6000 years ago.
Pama-Nyungan: Australia's largest family of Indigenous languages ...ABC Online
Tracking early hunter-gatherers through language | Scoop NewsScoop.co.nz (press release)

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The Conversation AU
The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of Aboriginal languages
The Conversation AU
The approximately 400 languages of Aboriginal Australia can be grouped into 27 different families. To put that diversity in context, Europe has just four language families, Indo-European, Basque, Finno-Ugric and Semitic, with Indo-European encompassing ...

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Fujitsu Australia plan aspires to an air of diversity
The Australian
Among a raft of initiatives, Fujitsu is aiming for 12 of its suppliers to be indigenous enterprises by the end of 2018. Liam Ridgeway, the co-founder of Indigitek, a community of indigenous Australians interested in technology, says one of the biggest ...

No point in a one-size-fits-all fix for STIs in remote communities
The Australian
If I were in a responsible position, I would ask the Office of Health Protection to co-operate with the Aboriginal medical services bodies, such as Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled ...

Fujitsu Australia plan aspires to an air of diversity
The Australian
“When we kicked it off, and we have 3000 staff in Australia and 1000 in New Zealand, I kept hearing, 'gee, it's good we're doing this'. There are business reasons to do it, but it's also important for staff to see we are bringing in programs across the ...

No point in a one-size-fits-all fix for STIs in remote communities
The Australian
It has been reported regularly and extensively in the past decade by medical professionals from various health entities, including the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, and the responsible ministers and officers run for cover rather than taking ...

The Australian Financial Review
Try harder to fix the constitution: West Australian chief justice Wayne Martin
The Australian Financial Review
"I reiterate that it is no part of my purpose to suggest which of these competing arguments is to be preferred – there is clearly a respectable debate to be had," he said. Rather, his purpose was to point out the low likelihood Australians will ever ...

The Australian Financial Review
Try harder to fix the constitution: West Australian chief justice Wayne Martin
The Australian Financial Review
"I reiterate that it is no part of my purpose to suggest which of these competing arguments is to be preferred – there is clearly a respectable debate to be had," he said. Rather, his purpose was to point out the low likelihood Australians will ever ...

Daily Mail
By Lily Waddell For Daily Mail Australia
Daily Mail
Perfect day out! Ed Sheeran takes a break from the stage as he enjoys hanging out with Aboriginal community in Australia. By Lily Waddell For Daily Mail Australia. Published: 07:36 EDT, 12 March 2018 | Updated: 07:42 EDT, 12 March 2018. e-mail. View ...

Daily Mail
Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priority
Courier Mail
This deeply regrettable chapter in Australia's recent history has left a permanent scar. Two years after the report, the Queensland Parliament, through then premier Peter Beattie, apologised and pledged “total commitment to equal respect in the future ...
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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