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New Matilda
BEHIND BARS PART 3: Australia's shocking cruelty to Aboriginal people with disabilities: Solitary confinement
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In Part 3 of this special series for New Matilda, Michael Brull looks at the use of solitary confinement against disabled Aboriginal prisoners, exposed ...

The RiotACT
Digital & Dissected: Sweet Country (2017)
The RiotACT
With its pointed title, Sweet Country paints a picture of a beautiful country with a bittersweet history. When I say paint, I very much mean paint. Almost a decade on from shooting to stardom with his debut, Thornton here delivers an elegiac ode to ...

The Conversation AU
Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous)
The Conversation AU
La Trobe University acknowledges that our campuses are located on the lands of many Indigenous Australian traditional custodians in Victoria. We recognise their ongoing connection to the land and value their unique contribution to the University and ...

Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous)
The Conversation AU
La Trobe University acknowledges that our campuses are located on the lands of many Indigenous Australian traditional custodians in Victoria. We recognise their ongoing connection to the land and value their unique contribution to the University and ...

ABC Online
Legal stoush continues over artwork of renowned Indigenous painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye
ABC Online
A prominent art dealer has been ordered to "put his money where his mouth is" as a long-running legal dispute involving Australia's highest paid female artist continues in court. The late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who died in 1996 at the age of 86, is one ...
Qantas Dreamliner artwork inspired by celebrated Australian artistLonely Planet Travel News

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ABC Online
Legal stoush continues over artwork of renowned Indigenous painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye
ABC Online
A prominent art dealer has been ordered to "put his money where his mouth is" as a long-running legal dispute involving Australia's highest paid female artist continues in court. The late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who died in 1996 at the age of 86, is one ...
Qantas Dreamliner artwork inspired by celebrated Australian artistLonely Planet Travel News

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SBS
WA kids use bush medicine to qualify for science award
SBS
High school students from Coolgardie in Western Australia's Goldfield region made it to the finals of a national Science and Engineering Award by using bush medicine found in their community. David Simeolo, Jeremias Rene Wade and Nyheemah Cox all ...

Crikey
Mundine's proposal for remote Indigenous Australia poses more questions than answers
Crikey
With one more ad hoc solution piled on another, it's desperate times for the Mundine-Pearson model of remote-area development. Guy Rundle — Correspondent-at-large · Guy Rundle. Correspondent-at-large. Share. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to ...

NEWS.com.au
Intertwining indigenous art for Festival 2018 on the Gold Coast
NEWS.com.au
At the weekend, local Indigenous models took part in workshops to prepare for the show. Ms Lee has been working with six artists from the Gold Coast to transform their artwork into wearable art. ''The collection is quite tropical,'' Ms Lee said, noting ...
Latest Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander data releasedMirage News

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NEWS.com.au
Intertwining indigenous art for Festival 2018 on the Gold Coast
NEWS.com.au
At the weekend, local Indigenous models took part in workshops to prepare for the show. Ms Lee has been working with six artists from the Gold Coast to transform their artwork into wearable art. ''The collection is quite tropical,'' Ms Lee said, noting ...

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The Guardian
Progress made on Indigenous retention rates masks growing racial divide at schools
The Guardian
While the proportion of Indigenous enrolments is growing in all sectors, the pace of growth is significantly faster in the poorest schools. Photograph: Peter Hendrie/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images. Indigenous students are disproportionately ...

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The Guardian
Progress made on Indigenous retention rates masks growing racial divide at schools
The Guardian
While the proportion of Indigenous enrolments is growing in all sectors, the pace of growth is significantly faster in the poorest schools. Photograph: Peter Hendrie/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images. Indigenous students are disproportionately ...

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The Guardian
Most Indigenous students consigned to schools with least capacity to help
The Guardian
Most concerning is how we are consigning most Indigenous students, especially the strugglers, to the schools with the least capacity to address their pre-existing disadvantage. These are the schools at the bottom end of the school socio-educational ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Pushing Indigenous business policy past picking winners
The Australian Financial Review
Another big Indigenous affairs announcement got much less attention: the release of the Indigenous Business Sector Strategy (IBSS). The Indigenous-owned business sector is growing faster than the rest of the economy. This is good news. Increasing ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
A second nod to Aboriginal tradition prompts debates over its place
The Sydney Morning Herald
But he did say that he felt MPs' favoured option would be for it to be on the table on special occasions but displayed inside a specially fitted glass case that stood above the doors to the chamber, which was founded in 1823 and was Australia's first ...

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Asia Times
Why Indigenous Australians aren't 'closing the gap'
Asia Times
This year's Closing the Gap report tells a more positive story than the 2017 report on the seven measurable gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the areas of health, education and employment. According to the government's figures ...

New Matilda
BEHIND BARS PART 2: Australia's Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities; In Their Own Words
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In Part 2 of this special three part series for New Matilda, Michael Brull gives voice to the victims detailed in a report written by Human Rights ...

South Coast Register
Nations Connect app to bring together Australia's Indigenous services
South Coast Register
Jacob Keed believes he's invented a "one stop shop" for Australians looking to find local Indigenous services. Mr Keed's app, Nations Connect, allows people to search near them for local elders or businesses and nearby health, cultural and social ...
Intertwining indigenous art for Festival 2018 on the Gold CoastNEWS.com.au

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South Coast Register
Nations Connect app to bring together Australia's Indigenous services
South Coast Register
Jacob Keed believes he's invented a "one stop shop" for Australians looking to find local Indigenous services. Mr Keed's app, Nations Connect, allows people to search near them for local elders or businesses and nearby health, cultural and social ...

ABC Local
Why Australia's fishy history is reely important to us all
ABC Local
Australia's wealth may have ridden on a sheep's back in the early 20th century, but for many their very survival has weighed on the scales of fish. People have been wetting a line across this vast land as long as it has been inhabited. Anna Clark from ...