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The Weekly Times
First XI Indigenous team a hit, 150 years on
The Weekly Times
As Mr Friend describes it, such well-recorded accounts of positive, warm early interactions between Aboriginal people and Europeans in Australia are, sadly, not as common as “horrible accounts of violence”. “It is an important part of Australian ...

The Weekly Times
First XI Indigenous team a hit, 150 years on
The Weekly Times
As Mr Friend describes it, such well-recorded accounts of positive, warm early interactions between Aboriginal people and Europeans in Australia are, sadly, not as common as “horrible accounts of violence”. “It is an important part of Australian ...

Yahoo7 News
Jessica Peris tested positive for banned substance, ASADA says, but sprinter claims innocence
ABC Online
Australian sprinter Jessica Peris could be banned for up to four years after testing positive to three banned metabolites. Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) boss David Sharpe said on Thursday he was confident the correct procedures had ...
Troubled athlete Jessica Peris locked in war of words over positive drug testNEWS.com.au
'I didn't take a performance-enhancing substance'Mackay Daily Mercury
Australian sprinter Peris fails doping test - ASADAYahoo7 News

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ABC Online
Alleged rape of toddler among more than 700 NT child sexual offence cases in five years, police say
ABC Online
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation chair Ross Jakamarra Williams, who is also a traditional owner of Tennant Creek, said local police and government agencies had failed the community for years. "The Department (of Territory Families) employees do ...
Nigel Scullion calls for transparency as alleged rape of Tennant Creek toddler investigatedThe Guardian
Crime in the Outback: 'This town has a problem with sexual assault on children'NEWS.com.au
Forgotten Outback town: The tiny Australian community gripped by crimeNew Zealand Herald
The Epoch Times
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The Advertiser
Four historic Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka boomerangs discovered at Innamincka Regional Reserve
The Advertiser
While culturally priceless, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources spokesman Tony Magor said the objects were of no commercial value. National Park ranger Katheryn Litherland in the creek bed in the background is where the artefacts ...

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SBS
'Hateful' rhetoric rife in Australia and US: human rights report
SBS
"In 2017 in Australia there was reportedly a 39 per cent increase in anti-semitic threats. LGBTQI people - and their children - sustained months of homophobic abuse during the unnecessary marriage equality postal vote.” The report criticised the ...
Human rights group slams Turnbull's record9news.com.au

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ABC Online
C-STEP program aims to train more South Australian Indigenous prison officers
ABC Online
From the Raukkan/Ngarrindjeri people of the south-eastern part of the state, the 23-year-old is keen to make a positive contribution within her Indigenous community and hopes a pioneering program will help. The Correctional Services Training and ...

ABC Online
C-STEP program aims to train more South Australian Indigenous prison officers
ABC Online
From the Raukkan/Ngarrindjeri people of the south-eastern part of the state, the 23-year-old is keen to make a positive contribution within her Indigenous community and hopes a pioneering program will help. The Correctional Services Training and ...

SBS
'Hateful' rhetoric rife in Australia, US, finds human rights report
SBS
"In 2017 in Australia there was reportedly a 39 per cent increase in anti-semitic threats. LGBTQI people - and their children - sustained months of homophobic abuse during the unnecessary marriage equality postal vote.” The report criticised the ...
Human rights group slams Turnbull's recordThe Australian

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Central Western Daily
THE POWER OF NUN: Decade on from apology, it's time to start healing
Central Western Daily
TIME TO TRY HARDER: Australia needs to take seriously the challenges of the national apology and translate the words into actions. Photo: FILE PHOTO. The national apology to the Indigenous people of Australia by the then prime minister Kevin Rudd ...

The Advertiser
Four ancient Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka boomarangs discovered at Innamincka Regional Reserve
The Advertiser
Picture: Erik Dahl The boomerangs are believed to have been used by ancestors of the Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka people. Picture: Erik Dahl. “Aboriginal artefacts are protected in South Australia and cannot be removed without proper permission,” he said ...

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The Australian
Shareena Clanton Q&A appearance: The Mocker's take
The Australian
“I'm really tired of non-indigenous peoples making commentaries about indigenous Australia — yourself included,” she said, pointing at Frydenberg's face. You might think Jones should have remonstrated with Clanton and insisted on Frydenberg being ...

The Australian
Shareena Clanton Q&A appearance: The Mocker's take
The Australian
Host Tony Jones belatedly intervened and reminded her of the question, and eventually he sought a response from federal minister and co-panellist Josh Frydenberg. Unfortunately Frydenberg, who had shown Clanton the courtesy of remaining silent ...

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion calls for transparency as alleged rape of Tennant Creek toddler investigated
The Guardian
The reality is the vast majority of Indigenous families love and care for their children, raising them in healthy and happy homes, connected to their land and their culture.” The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, June ...
Two-Year-Old Girl Placed in Induced Coma After Alleged Sexual AssaultThe Epoch Times

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The Guardian
Nigel Scullion calls for transparency as alleged rape of Tennant Creek toddler investigated
The Guardian
Several called on the government to improve their interactions with the Tennant Creek community and in particular its Indigenous community, which made up more than 50% of the town's population. On Thursday Scullion said the federal government stood ...
Two-Year-Old Girl Placed in Induced Coma After Alleged Sexual AssaultThe Epoch Times

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New Matilda
BEHIND BARS PART 4: Australia's Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities: Overcrowding, No Medical ...
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In Part 4 of this special 5-part series for New Matilda, Michael Brull looks at the conditions prisoners are forced to live in, exposed in a report ...

The West Australian
Debate rages on debit card
The West Australian
“People are forgetting the whole reason behind our welfare system was to ensure Australians didn't starve; it's not to use on gambling, to buy drugs or alcohol,” he said. “I think we are taking minority groups views into account over the majority ...

Echonetdaily
Lismore's Tom Avery wins Indigenous surf comp
Echonetdaily
Tom is the current Indigenous Longboard Champion and has won 2 years in a row. When asked if he plans to travel to Bells Beach Victoria for the Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles and compete for three longboard titles in a row he simple answered ...
Tom tames the cyclone for Indigenous long board winByron Shire News

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Coffs Coast Advocate
New Indigenous health study course at planning stage
Coffs Coast Advocate
INDIGENOUS people living across regional NSW may soon have an extra option in their desire for a career in health care. Booroongen Djugun College (BDC) based in the Macleay Valley is seeking expressions of interest from potential nursing students ready ...

National Indigenous Times
'Administrative chaos' risks sacred site
National Indigenous Times
An ancient valley in a region of Australia found to hold secrets of Aboriginal occupation dating back to the Ice Age is at risk of being destroyed by a rail line planned by billionaire Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group, according to traditional ...