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UNSW Newsroom
Shaping the new world
UNSW Newsroom
Bashford's return to Australia comes in the wake of controversy in the US about Confederate monuments, which in turn sparked renewed calls to change the date of Australia Day because of its association with Indigenous dispossession. Bashford, who in ...

Daily Telegraph
Just who do everyday Australians think they are?
Daily Telegraph
This shame doesn't, as you might expect, actually translate into extending assistance to indigenous Australians — it's just an expression of the values of the global elite whose ties to a national identity have weakened. This elite accepts that ...

4BC
Australia Day under threat | Latham says 'there was no invasion'
4BC
With Christmas and New Year out of the way, the next big celebration is Australia Day, but the public holiday is coming under threat. Mark Latham has launched an ad campaign with Alice Springs Indigenous Counsellor Jacinta Price, which aims to 'save ...

'There's no such thing as failing': Dylan Voller's message to WA youths
Brisbane Times
Coolabaroo Neighbourhood Centre executive director Joanne Della Bona said it was important for people like Voller to speak out about youth detention issues. "All of Australia need to know what is actually happening in our youth detention centres," she ...

The Conversation AU
Transforming the Parramatta Female Factory institutional precinct into a site of conscience
The Conversation AU
The adjacent Roman Catholic orphanage site, founded in 1844, became Parramatta Girls Industrial School in 1887, and operated as Norma Parker Women's Detention Centre until 2010. An estimated 30,000 women and children passed through the portals of the ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
All aboard for a slow journey of discovery
Fraser Coast Chronicle
"There will be a lot of graphic overlays, which will be a way for audiences to discover the multicultural and Aboriginal history of Australia," he says. Also spicing things up will be aerial footage and some handy facts provided by The Ghan's staff ...

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The Queensland Times
All aboard for a slow journey of discovery
The Queensland Times
"There will be a lot of graphic overlays, which will be a way for audiences to discover the multicultural and Aboriginal history of Australia," he says. Also spicing things up will be aerial footage and some handy facts provided by The Ghan's staff ...

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Mackay Daily Mercury
All aboard for a slow journey of discovery
Mackay Daily Mercury
"There will be a lot of graphic overlays, which will be a way for audiences to discover the multicultural and Aboriginal history of Australia," he says. Also spicing things up will be aerial footage and some handy facts provided by The Ghan's staff ...

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ABC Online
Sport bringing Australian and African communities together in challenging times
ABC Online
You reflexively gag at the thought of another themed round where a major sports organisation extols the virtues of Indigenous or women's rights in order to justify lavish government funding or sponsorship. You cringe at the sight of a young footballer ...

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Politician's outback adventure
The Australian
Mr Laming said he travelled with his family to Kununurra for NAIDOC Week, when they met indigenous leaders and visited an arts centre and school. The accommodation costs claimed by Mr Laming are yet to be declared publicly. It is admirable that Mr ...

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NEWS.com.au
Change It Ourselves campaign asks people to take a different day off for Australia Day
NEWS.com.au
The push to change the date of Australia Day, which marks the anniversary of the First Fleet landing, has been gaining momentum as it is offensive to Aboriginal communities. A number of Melbourne councils have already chosen to change the date of their ...

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Change It Ourselves campaign asks people to take a different day off for Australia Day
The Weekly Times
The push to change the date of Australia Day, which marks the anniversary of the First Fleet landing, has been gaining momentum as it is offensive to Aboriginal communities. A number of Melbourne councils have already chosen to change the date of their ...

Community Newspaper Group
City of Gosnells' Big Breakfast to kick start Australia Day
Community Newspaper Group
The Gosnells Rotary Club will also serve a cooked breakfast from 8am, at $5.50 for kids, $7.50 for a regular serve or $10 for a big breakfast. City of Gosnells Mayor Glenn Dewhurst said the community celebration was the perfect way to the announce the ...

ESPN
Patty Mills wearing Under Armour Mabo Day kicks to educate people
ESPN
Ever since he entered the NBA in 2009, Patty Mills has used the platform that professional basketball has afforded him to spread the culture and traditions of Indigenous Australians. From teammates, to members of the Spurs organization, to even the ...

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ESPN
Patty Mills wearing Under Armour Mabo Day kicks to educate people
ESPN
Ever since he entered the NBA in 2009, Patty Mills has used the platform that professional basketball has afforded him to spread the culture and traditions of Indigenous Australians. From teammates, to members of the Spurs organization, to even the ...

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Snapshot of Australian wellbeing
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
5. The proportion of Indigenous people aged 20–24 who had attained Year 12 or an equivalent level of education rose significantly from 45% in 2008 to 62% in 2014–15. 6. In 2017, an estimated 3.8 million Australians (15% of the population) are aged 65 ...

SBS
Why there is no 'New Year': The seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia
SBS
The key to understanding this temporal reality is the shape of the stone calendar. It is round, not a continuum. There is no beginning or end, and as such, there is no “New Year”. Seasons do not serve as a basis for linear metaphors of new life in ...

Brisbane Times
How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers
Brisbane Times
Four white promoters pooled their resources, assembled an Aboriginal team and decided to take them to England. It was a business speculation, just like the first white Australian cricket tour of England 10 years later. The difference was that the 1878 ...

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Brisbane Times
How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers
Brisbane Times
These pioneers were Aboriginal Australians. Five years earlier, they had never seen cricket, let alone played it. Yet they took to the sport with such natural dexterity that when they played MCC at Lord's, they led on first innings and might have won ...

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The Australian
Taxpayer picks up Liberal Andrew Laming's $13000 travel bill
The Australian
Mr Laming said he tried to spend a week in an indigenous community each year — with visits to Cape York and Ramingining over the last three years — and his family usually accompanied him. Since July 2014 Mr Laming has claimed $48,884.78 for family ...