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Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
WAtoday
Fairfax Media understands there are discussions afoot in Australia to look at whether Super Rugby could adopt an indigenous or heritage round across the competition, which would give rugby one big hitout instead of diluting the theme across the season ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne and Sydney will vie for the honour of staging the second appearance of the hugely popular Wallabies indigenous jersey.

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WAtoday
Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
WAtoday
Fairfax Media understands there are discussions afoot in Australia to look at whether Super Rugby could adopt an indigenous or heritage round across the competition, which would give rugby one big hitout instead of diluting the theme across the season ...

Women's Agenda
Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Women's Agenda
In 2011, it contributed to more burden of disease (the impact of illness, disability and premature death) than any other risk factor for women aged 25–44. In terms of the financial cost of violence against women and their children in Australia KPMG ...

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Women's Agenda
Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Women's Agenda
In 2011, it contributed to more burden of disease (the impact of illness, disability and premature death) than any other risk factor for women aged 25–44. In terms of the financial cost of violence against women and their children in Australia KPMG ...

Vogue Australia
Brooke Boney, Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui, role models in the arts
Vogue Australia
Whether reading the news on Triple J or debating race, empowerment and beauty on a podcast, Brooke Boney, Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui are the modern faces of Indigenous Australian women, intelligent, outspoken and enormously entertaining, and ...

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Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
Evangeline's story – A just future starts with culture
Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
Evangeline is employed as a Senior Artsworker by the Caritas Australia supported Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, based in Beswick (Wugularr), 100 kilometres east of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Today she is strengthening Aboriginal culture ...

Tasmania Examiner
Thoughts on an Australian republic presented by Professor Mark McKenna at the 30th John West Memorial Lecture
Tasmania Examiner
Launceston Historical Society president Marion Sargent said for the lecture's 30th anniversary, it was appropriate to have a renowned historian speaking on the potential resolution of some of Australia's most divisive topics. Professor of Australian ...

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The Big Smoke Australia
Australia, we need to look to the past to look to our future
The Big Smoke Australia
An estimated 28,000 people died, mostly Indigenous. That is about the same number as died during WWII, but despite that, WWII has many, many memorials and a large place in our country's narrative and the nation's War Memorial in Canberra. That same ...

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EducationHQ Australia
New Hastings SC sensory garden a major cross-curricular success
EducationHQ Australia
In Hellene Underwood-Nincsics' case, leading a group of Year 7s to design a sensory garden that comes infused with Indigenous culture and teachings has proven to be the ultimate cross-curricular operation. “We wanted to create a space where not just ...

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Australia, we need to look back in order to move on
The Big Smoke Australia
An estimated 28,000 people died, mostly Indigenous. That is about the same number as died during WWII, but despite that, WWII has many, many memorials and a large place in our country's narrative and the nation's War Memorial in Canberra. That same ...

SmartCompany.com.au
How Mikaela Jade built augmented reality startup Indigital from deep in Kakadu National Park
SmartCompany.com.au
If you were to pick a place to launch an augmented reality startup six years ago, there's a good chance the remote Australian town of Jabiru — 50 hours out of Darwin — would not have been your first choice. But that didn't deter Mikaela Jade from ...

Vogue Australia
Jessica Mauboy, actress and singer
Vogue Australia
Appearing on Australian Idol in 2006 was only the beginning for Indigenous Australian Jessica Mauboy, who has since gone on to become one of the country's most well-known actresses and singers. A regular on Australian TV screens, in film and on radio ...
Warren Mundine slams PC 'thought police' for ignoring real problemsStarts at 60

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Vogue Australia
Jessica Mauboy, actress and singer
Vogue Australia
Appearing on Australian Idol in 2006 was only the beginning for Indigenous Australian Jessica Mauboy, who has since gone on to become one of the country's most well-known actresses and singers. A regular on Australian TV screens, in film and on radio ...
Warren Mundine slams PC 'thought police' for ignoring real problemsStarts at 60

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Vogue Australia
Game Changers
Vogue Australia
... also include Barbara Weir and Emily Kame Kngwarreye) and continue the legacy of promoting indigenous art, Torres launched Pwerle Gallery in 2015. According to Torres, her vision with Pwerle was to build a space and a platform that would act as a ...

Vogue Australia
Jade Torres, founder of Pwerle Gallery
Vogue Australia
... also include Barbara Weir and Emily Kame Kngwarreye) and continue the legacy of promoting indigenous art, Torres launched Pwerle Gallery in 2015. According to Torres, her vision with Pwerle was to build a space and a platform that would act as a ...

ABC Online
Voting in the remote APY Lands a unique challenge for the electoral commission
ABC Online
The region, in far north-west South Australia, stretches more than 103,000 square kilometres and is the traditional land of the Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra people. It was created in 1981, when the South Australian government gave ...

NT News
Deadly new project reflects indigenous country and culture
NT News
The handmade coffins are built in Arnhem Land on Milingimbi Island, 500km east of Darwin, by the men and women of Milingimbi and its surrounding areas. Local Mala Leaders saw a market need and recognised the importance for indigenous Australians to be ...

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The Australian
Geoff Gallop backs Barnett's debate over remote camps
The Australian
Former Labor premier Geoff Gallop, who used the powers of the West Australian parliament to shut down a notorious Swan Valley camp after a toddler was raped in 2000, says Liberal successor Colin Barnett was right to raise the issue of the future of ...

The Australian
Geoff Gallop backs Barnett's debate over remote camps
The Australian
Former Labor premier Geoff Gallop, who used the powers of the West Australian parliament to shut down a notorious Swan Valley camp after a toddler was raped in 2000, says Liberal successor Colin Barnett was right to raise the issue of the future of ...