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The Sydney Morning Herald
Scott Boland embracing his Indigenous background
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Anything we can do to help and hopefully help the next Indigenous Australian cricketer, we're obviously happy to do." Boland and brother Nick, himself a talented quick who played for Victoria's Futures League team earlier this season, played together ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Scott Boland embracing his Indigenous background
The Sydney Morning Herald
Next year marks the 150-year anniversary of the famous Aboriginal team cricket tour of England, the first Australian team to do so. To mark the occasion, CA are sending men's and women's Indigenous teams back to the UK. Both Boland brothers want to be ...

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Liverpool City Champion
Model condemns bullying: Hey it's OK to be different
Liverpool City Champion
MODEL CITIZEN: Lakota will be representing Indigenous Australians – her mother is from the Kamilaroi people and her father from the Barkindji people. Picture: Chris Lane. Lakota Morris is only 15 but she's already had her share of life's battles. And ...

The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull's new cabinet and ministry
The Australian
Agriculture and Water Minister - David Littleproud. Regional Development, Territories and Local Government Minister - John McVeigh. Indigenous Affairs Minister - Nigel Scullion. Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister - Steve Ciobo. Finance Minister and ...

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Ten Eyewitness News
Report: prescription drugs cause more deaths in Australia than illegal drugs
Ten Eyewitness News
In 2016 there were 1,808 drug-induced deaths in Australia, according to the research. Benzodiazepines prescribed to improve sleep and treat stress, were the most common single drug type identified in 663 deaths, according to the report, followed by ...
Prescription medications cause more deaths than illegal drugs: reportSBS
Prescription pharmaceutical misuse on the riseAustralian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)

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Broadsheet
A New, All-Australian Gin
Broadsheet
Lyrebird uses only native ingredients. Rawson and Lumsden knew what they wanted to do, but not where to start. They met with Renmark's Twenty Third Street Distillery and the Adelaide Hills' Applewood Distillery before settling on Red Hen as their base ...

ABC Local
SACE results: Record number of Year 12 students complete Certificate of Education
ABC Local
A record 15,175 Year 12 students have completed their South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) this year, the board has revealed. The proportion of students who successfully completed SACE is also at a record 97.3 per cent, compared to 91.6 per ...
Year 12 students to learn end of year results available through SACE website on TuesdayThe Advertiser

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Herald Sun
Shrine of Remembrance has welcomed more than three million visitors over the last three years
Herald Sun
Minister for Veterans John Eren said: “It's wonderful to see so many families, students and visitors honouring Victoria's heroes at one of our most iconic landmarks.” “We're proud to give the Shrine and all its volunteers the support they need to ...

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Cold, hard warning
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Tragically crystal meth/ ice is having a shocking impact on many suburbs and areas of Australia. It is true to say that in many parts of Australia, crystal meth/ice is cheaper to buy than even a takeaway pizza. It is very disturbing. I write to warn ...

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Prescription pharmaceutical misuse on the rise
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Earlier this year, the AIHW's 2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey showed that Indigenous Australians were more than twice as likely to have recently used a pharmaceutical for non-medical purposes than non-Indigenous Australians. The Survey ...

Big Think (blog)
Blood on the Map: Charting Australia's Colonial-Era Massacres
Big Think (blog)
It's hard to argue with a map. These two examples of documentary cartography, shocking though they are, may finally spell the end for Australia's History Wars. For decades, historians, politicians and just about everyone else with strong opinions on ...

Big Think (blog)
Blood on the Map: Charting Australia's Colonial-Era Massacres
Big Think (blog)
It's hard to argue with a map. These two examples of documentary cartography, shocking though they are, may finally spell the end for Australia's History Wars. For decades, historians, politicians and just about everyone else with strong opinions on ...

Death rate spikes as legal drug use grows
The Australian
Tasmania recorded the highest levels of non-medical pharmaceutical use at 5.6 per cent, according to the report, followed by South Australia (5.5 per cent). The issue was greater in remote areas and among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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The Hindu
Woman through the ages
The Hindu
What does one get when Indigenous Australian, Indian and Non-residential Indian (NRI) women meet on the same platform to share experiences and folklore? A surprisingly prominent common thread, if performance artiste Priya Srinivasan and Chennai-based ...

The Hindu
Woman through the ages
The Hindu
What does one get when Indigenous Australian, Indian and Non-residential Indian (NRI) women meet on the same platform to share experiences and folklore? A surprisingly prominent common thread, if performance artiste Priya Srinivasan and Chennai-based ...

Illawarra Mercury
2018 Australian of the Year contenders reveal the objects that mean most to them
Illawarra Mercury
Dr Tracy Westerman, Indigenous mental health advocate, Australian of the Year 2018, Western Australia. "My mother Mavis Westerman was granted this certificate by attending Port Hedland court in 1964," her citation reads. "To be eligible, you had to ...

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The Northern Daily Leader
2018 Australian of the Year contenders reveal the objects that mean most to them
The Northern Daily Leader
"To be eligible, you had to prove you had served ties with your Aboriginal family, were free of disease, could speak English and were 'civilised' in your behaviour." NRL star Johnathan Thurston, Queensland 's 2018 Australian of the Year, provided ...

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cricket.com.au
CA tips its cap to Indigenous pioneers
cricket.com.au
Cricket Australia will assign individual cap numbers to every man and woman to have played for its national Indigenous teams, including the pioneering group of players who embarked on a historic tour of England almost 150 years ago. Players who ...

cricket.com.au
CA tips its cap to Indigenous pioneers
cricket.com.au
Cricket Australia will assign individual cap numbers to every man and woman to have played for its national Indigenous teams, including the pioneering group of players who embarked on a historic tour of England almost 150 years ago. Players who ...

Daily Telegraph
Australia's first indigenous protest album by Vic Simms named in 110 Best Australian Albums collection
Daily Telegraph
His debut album, The Loner, first released in 1973, has been named in The 110 Best Australian Albums: The Ultimate List of Australia's Best and Most Influential Music of All Time, a compendium of the best rock and pop albums of the past 50 years ...