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The Sydney Morning Herald
Spirits unsettled: the apology to the stolen generations 10 years on
The Sydney Morning Herald
What exists is our people's spiritual world. Our existence as Aboriginal people is not a memory bank, it is a spirit. We carry the spirits of our ancestors. Our connection is before time began and so is the trauma of what's been happening since 1788 ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Spirits unsettled: the apology to the stolen generations 10 years on
The Sydney Morning Herald
What exists is our people's spiritual world. Our existence as Aboriginal people is not a memory bank, it is a spirit. We carry the spirits of our ancestors. Our connection is before time began and so is the trauma of what's been happening since 1788 ...

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SBS
Australia's Windsor ready to fly Aboriginal flag
SBS
While the Aboriginal flag of red, yellow and black is recognised officially in Australia, Windsor could risk the ire of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which frowns on athletes making acts of "propaganda" at the Games. Raised with eight half ...
Olympics: Australia's Windsor ready to fly Aboriginal flagReuters
Windsor calls on skaters to get educatedYahoo7 Sport

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SBS
Australia's Windsor ready to fly Aboriginal flag
SBS
While the Aboriginal flag of red, yellow and black is recognised officially in Australia, Windsor could risk the ire of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which frowns on athletes making acts of "propaganda" at the Games. Raised with eight half ...
Olympics: Australia's Windsor ready to fly Aboriginal flagReuters
Australia's indigenous Winter Olympian inspired by FreemanHerald-Whig
Australia's Indigenous Winter Olympian Impressed by FreemanLuxora Leader

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Action is needed for our First People, not words
Shepparton News
It is reasonable to suggest that indigenous people question the difference the National Apology made, and while the sentiment was definitely needed, 10 years of little action speaks volumes for the way our First Peoples have been catered for by ...

New Jersey Herald
Harley Windsor Is Making History as Australia's First Indigenous Winter Olympian. Here's What to Know About Him
TIME
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor of Australia perform their routine in the Gala exhibition during the ISU Junior & Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at Nippon Gaishi Hall on December 10, 2017 in Nagoya, Japan. Atsushi Tomura - ISU ...
Australia's indigenous Winter Olympian inspired by FreemanNew Jersey Herald

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New Jersey Herald
Harley Windsor Is Making History as Australia's First Indigenous Winter Olympian. Here's What to Know About Him
TIME
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor of Australia perform their routine in the Gala exhibition during the ISU Junior & Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at Nippon Gaishi Hall on December 10, 2017 in Nagoya, Japan. Atsushi Tomura - ISU ...
Australia's indigenous Winter Olympian inspired by FreemanNew Jersey Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lunch with Megan Davis: Indigenous reconciliation in Australia is about 'making Aboriginal people white Australians'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Megan Davis, expert member of the UN Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) and the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a UN body, knows what is going to happen in Canberra on Monday, when Malcolm Turnbull ...
Closing the gap on Indigenous health: this is our national shame, but it can be fixedABC Online

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lunch with Megan Davis: Indigenous reconciliation in Australia is about 'making Aboriginal people white Australians'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Megan Davis, expert member of the UN Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) and the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a UN body, knows what is going to happen in Canberra on Monday, when Malcolm Turnbull ...
Closing the gap on Indigenous health: this is our national shame, but it can be fixedABC Online

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lunch with Megan Davis: Indigenous reconciliation in Australia is about 'making Aboriginal people white Australians'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Megan Davis, expert member of the UN Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) and the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a UN body, knows what is going to happen in Canberra on Monday, when Malcolm Turnbull ...
Podcast: Recording Australia's threatened indigenous languagesInDaily
Rudd to fight watered down Closing the GapNewcastle Herald
Australia's Aboriginal life expectancy gap widensBorneo Bulletin Online
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Closing the gap, or closing the book on Aboriginal poverty?
The Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam, in 1972, promised that all Aboriginal Australians would be decently housed within 10 years. A ridiculous, irresponsible, perhaps impossible promise? Around that time, it was generally estimated that building 40,000 dwellings would do the ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lunch with Megan Davis: Indigenous reconciliation in Australia is about 'making Aboriginal people white Australians'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Megan Davis, expert member of the UN Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) and the first Indigenous Australian to sit on a UN body, knows what is going to happen in Canberra on Monday, when Malcolm Turnbull ...
Podcast: Recording Australia's threatened indigenous languagesInDaily
Closing the Gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic — at ...Independent Australia
Rudd to fight watered down Closing the GapThe Australian
Borneo Bulletin Online
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ABC Online
Equine therapy can help Aboriginal university students, says researcher
ABC Online
A Sunshine Coast researcher wants to replicate a successful equine therapy program being used in America to improve the retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students in Australia. Dr Bindi Bennett, from the University of ...

ABC Online
Equine therapy can help Aboriginal university students, says researcher
ABC Online
A Sunshine Coast researcher wants to replicate a successful equine therapy program being used in America to improve the retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students in Australia. Dr Bindi Bennett, from the University of ...

My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Rudd to fight watered down Closing the Gap
Western Advocate
Former PM Kevin Rudd says he will fight any attempts to water down the Closing the Gap strategy. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says he'll fight any attempt to water down the Closing the Gap strategy for indigenous Australians. Days before the 10th ...
Failure to close the gap is proof of need for Indigenous voiceMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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ABC Local
Change the date: Darwin City Council flags axing Australia Day
ABC Local
Last month, the Indigenous Affairs Minister and Senator for the Northern Territory Nigel Scullion said not a single Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person had approached him about changing the date of Australia Day. Senator Scullion said many ...
Could This Be The First Sydney Council To Ditch Australia Day?Junkee

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ABC Local
Change the date: Darwin City Council flags axing Australia Day
ABC Local
Last month, the Indigenous Affairs Minister and Senator for the Northern Territory Nigel Scullion said not a single Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person had approached him about changing the date of Australia Day. Senator Scullion said many ...
Could This Be The First Sydney Council To Ditch Australia Day?Junkee

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Independent Australia
Closing the Gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic — at best
Independent Australia
Unless overcome, structural issues in the heart of Australian politics and governance seem destined to doom the Turnbull Government's Closing the Gap "refresh", writes Dr Zoe Staines. LAST YEAR was full of highs and lows in Australian Indigenous ...
Rudd to fight watered down Closing the GapWestern Advocate

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Junkee
Could This Be The First Sydney Council To Ditch Australia Day?
Junkee
Sydney's Inner West Council could be the first local government in Australia's largest city to ditch Australia Day festivities if a Greens motion calling for the change is successful next week. Greens councillor Tom Kiat is moving a motion at the next ...

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Junkee
Could This Be The First Sydney Council To Ditch Australia Day?
Junkee
Sydney's Inner West Council could be the first local government in Australia's largest city to ditch Australia Day festivities if a Greens motion calling for the change is successful next week. Greens councillor Tom Kiat is moving a motion at the next ...
Change the date: Darwin City Council flags axing Australia DayABC Local

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