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The Australian
One home for four indigenous generations: Hope Vale loses some hope
The Australian
The issue of overcrowding is endemic to Australia's remote indigenous communities, where the high cost of building homes is out of reach of low-income earners. State ministers and mayors descended on Canberra recently to lobby Malcolm Turnbull and ...

Number of offenders in the ACT drops, but indigenous offending on the rise
The Canberra Times
Nationally there was a drop in the number of offenders proceeded against by police across the country, declining from a rate of 2004.8 in 2015-16 to 1949 in 2016-17. Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory all had ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor promises stolen generations compensation fund
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is estimated that about one in ten Indigenous children across Australia were taken from their families and placed into care between 1905 and 1969. About 2000 children were removed in the NT, which was then governed by the Commonwealth. The Closing ...
Bill Shorten promising $10 million compensation for Stolen Generation survivorsDaily Mail

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Push for Indigenous XI in Futures League
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Indigenous cricket captain Dan Christian has called for an Indigenous XI to be included in the Futures League in a bid to fast-track the development of the nation's Indigenous cricketers. Veteran all-rounder Christian, one of only a handful ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Push for Indigenous XI in Futures League
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Indigenous cricket captain Dan Christian has called for an Indigenous XI to be included in the Futures League in a bid to fast-track the development of the nation's Indigenous cricketers. Veteran all-rounder Christian, one of only a handful ...

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The Australian
Government might legislate indigenous 'voice'
The Australian
Meanwhile, Senator Dodson said the date of Australia Day did not need to change but there should be a stronger recognition of Aboriginal culture. “There is a real need for us to consider how we go about the celebrations on Australia Day and how are the ...
Why can't we fix this and Close the Gap?SBS

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Awkward question Australians must ask
The Queensland Times
TEN years ago on February 13, a small group of indigenous representatives walked uncertainly through security gates to the Prime Minister's courtyard inside Parliament House. They passed a low, sculptured representation of inland Australia with a ...
Why can't we fix this and Close the Gap?Illawarra Mercury

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Illawarra Mercury
Awkward question Australians must ask
Northern Star
TEN years ago on February 13, a small group of indigenous representatives walked uncertainly through security gates to the Prime Minister's courtyard inside Parliament House. They passed a low, sculptured representation of inland Australia with a ...
Did this seminal moment in Australia's history change anything?NEWS.com.au
New call for indigenous reparation schemeIllawarra Mercury
New call for Indigenous reparation scheme to resolve 'national tragedy'SBS

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Tasmania Examiner
Australia to commemorate tenth anniversary of national apology
Tasmania Examiner
In the lead up to last month's Australia Day celebrations, the Social Research Centre conducted a survey where people were asked to nominate 10 historic events that have had the greatest impact on the country. After last year's same-sex marriage ...
Awkward question Australians must askNorthern Star
Did this seminal moment in Australia's history change anything?NEWS.com.au
New call for Indigenous reparation scheme to resolve 'national tragedy'SBS

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Tasmania Examiner
Australia to commemorate tenth anniversary of national apology
Tasmania Examiner
In the lead up to last month's Australia Day celebrations, the Social Research Centre conducted a survey where people were asked to nominate 10 historic events that have had the greatest impact on the country. After last year's same-sex marriage ...
Awkward question Australians must askNorthern Star
New call for indigenous reparation schemeIllawarra Mercury
Did this seminal moment in Australia's history change anything?NEWS.com.au
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Radio Australia
Prominent Indigenous Australians urge Government not to abandon existing Closing the Gap targets
Radio Australia
More than 60 prominent Indigenous Australians urge the Government not to abandon existing Closing the Gap targets, with one saying healing historical trauma is vital. Delegates said the current, decade-old goals needed to be reviewed and retained ...

SBS
Did this seminal moment in Australia's history change anything?
NEWS.com.au
“Within the Australian Labor Party, of course, there are a bunch of people who have a conservative view of Indigenous policy,” he last week told NITV's Living Black. “I remember being cautioned by some of the right-wing bovver boys of the Australian ...
New call for Indigenous reparation scheme to resolve 'national tragedy'SBS
New call for indigenous reparation schemeThe Border Mail

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The Australian
Did this seminal moment in Australia's history change anything?
NEWS.com.au
... Therese Rein and Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin. It was a warm reception shorn of formal folderol, which underlined the importance the Rudd Government attached to the statement delivered later. And it was a historic occasion that nearly ...
Government might legislate indigenous 'voice'The Australian
Awkward question Australians must askToowoomba Chronicle

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The Guardian
Ken Wyatt says MPs could legislate Indigenous voice to parliament
The Guardian
Dodson said that, as the alternative government, Labor should be included in a bipartisan approach and there was a “serious question of trust” between the government and First Peoples – partly because of its stance on Indigenous recognition. “I think ...
Why can't we fix this and Close the Gap?Illawarra Mercury
Awkward question Australians must askThe Queensland Times

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ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous Australians urge Government not to abandon ...
ABC Online
More than 60 prominent Indigenous Australians urge the Government not to abandon existing Closing the Gap targets, with one saying healing historical trauma is vital.
Ken Wyatt says MPs could legislate Indigenous voice to parliament ...The Guardian
Government might legislate indigenous 'voice'The Australian
Why can't we fix this and Close the Gap?SBS
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SBS
Why can't we fix this and Close the Gap?
SBS
Mr Rudd won widespread acclaim for - and ignited great hopes with - his historic apology and strategy to improve the health, education and employment prospects of indigenous Australians. But a decade on little progress has been made towards achieving ...

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SBS
New call for Indigenous reparation scheme to resolve 'national tragedy'
SBS
The apology and reparation scheme, including financial compensation, were key recommendations in the 2007 'Bringing Them Home' report which found between one in 10 and one in three indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families over a ...
New call for indigenous reparation schemeArarat Advertiser

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SBS
New call for indigenous reparation scheme
SBS
Annual progress reports on the strategy's seven targets to close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in terms of health, education and employment have shown just one is on track to be met. The lack of progress sparked Mr Turnbull ...

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SBS
New call for indigenous reparation scheme
SBS
Annual progress reports on the strategy's seven targets to close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in terms of health, education and employment have shown just one is on track to be met. The lack of progress sparked Mr Turnbull ...

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ABC Online
Adviser to Malcolm Turnbull reveals Indigenous advisory body still 'very much' on table
ABC Online
One of the Prime Minister's chief advisers has revealed the establishment of an Indigenous advisory body is still "very much" on the table in negotiations with the Turnbull Government. On the eve of the Prime Minister's delivery of the tenth Closing ...