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ABC Online
Sydney Dance Rites contest celebrates 'classics' of traditional Indigenous culture
ABC Online
But for Indigenous societies, encoding information in this way has allowed for the faithful recreation of knowledge relating to the physical and spiritual world, allowing it to be maintained and enhanced across millennia. Koomurri, a 25-year-old dance ...

ABC Online
Sydney Dance Rites contest celebrates 'classics' of traditional Indigenous culture
ABC Online
But for Indigenous societies, encoding information in this way has allowed for the faithful recreation of knowledge relating to the physical and spiritual world, allowing it to be maintained and enhanced across millennia. Koomurri, a 25-year-old dance ...

Far-right group storms Victorian council
The Australian
In September, the Moreland council voted to scrap all references to January 26 as Australia Day out of respect for Aboriginal people, but the protesters say they had "no right" to do so. "This is the death of Australia Day and the council have no right ...

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ABC Online
'Forgotten' Indigenous digger recognised half a century on
ABC Online
One of the first Indigenous men to enlist for World War I will today be recognised with full military honours, more than 50 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave. A grave dedication service will be held today in Charters Towers for Charles ...

ABC Online
'Forgotten' Indigenous digger recognised half a century on
ABC Online
One of the first Indigenous men to enlist for World War I will today be recognised with full military honours, more than 50 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave. A grave dedication service will be held today in Charters Towers for Charles ...

Principal Education Advisor, Indigenous English as an Additional Language
EducationHQ Australia
Strengthen curriculum leaders, designated coaches and teachers' knowledge of the IEAL/D frameworks as they relate to the Australian Curriculum by focusing professional development on student learning, effective teaching strategies and how to ...

SBS
Kirby, Triggs damn Kafkaesque refugee laws
SBS
The two described Australia's approach to asylum seekers as akin to the treatment of Aboriginal people in decades past and urged fellow lawyers to lend their skills to RACS in the fight against the policies. Mr Kirby recalled representing a group of ...

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An indigenous focus on startups
http://www.innovationaus.com/
The Queensland government believes it's on the right the track to helping reduce the disadvantage gap among Indigenous Australians. But Kamilaroi man Dean Foley – the founder of Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend and Indigenous startup ...

An indigenous focus on startups
http://www.innovationaus.com/
The Queensland government believes it's on the right the track to helping reduce the disadvantage gap among Indigenous Australians. But Kamilaroi man Dean Foley – the founder of Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend and Indigenous startup ...

Top 10 Australian workplaces
Business Review Australia
The company offers equal opportunities to Australians of all backgrounds, and makes a concerted effort to hire those who have disabilities and/or are of indigenous descent. Once hired, employees have access to a wide range of discounts at Coles stores, ...

ABC Online
NSW introduces nation's first laws to recognise and revive Indigenous languages
ABC Online
Hundreds gathered outside NSW Parliament in Sydney on Wednesday to usher in an historic piece of legislation — the Aboriginal Languages Bill. As part of the new legislation, the State Government said it would appoint an independent panel of Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal jail hotline ignored by statesThe Australian

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ABC Online
NSW introduces nation's first laws to recognise and revive Indigenous languages
ABC Online
Hundreds gathered outside NSW Parliament in Sydney on Wednesday to usher in an historic piece of legislation — the Aboriginal Languages Bill. As part of the new legislation, the State Government said it would appoint an independent panel of Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal jail hotline ignored by statesThe Australian

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Mandurah Mail
Three Summers Mandurah premiere to raise funds at gala event
Mandurah Mail
... Summers team are looking forward to supporting two great local charities and the region in which the film was shot, with proceeds from the event going to Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health (FISH) and the Lord's Taverners Australia Peel ...

RETURN OF MUNGO MAN
Aboriginal Art Directory News
This invitation from the Elders has gone out to Indigenous communities across the country, and extends to all Australians, as well. Mungo Man was first discovered in 1974 by geophysicist Jim Bowler working on the shoreline of an ancient Ice Age lake in ...

Aboriginal jail hotline ignored by states
The Australian
Western Australia has begun negotiations to introduce the service after the government copped criticism over the controversial death in custody of 22-year-old Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu in 2014. Gerry Georgatos, suicide prevention researcher with the ...

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Aboriginal jail hotline ignored by states
The Australian
Western Australia has begun negotiations to introduce the service after the government copped criticism over the controversial death in custody of 22-year-old Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu in 2014. Gerry Georgatos, suicide prevention researcher with the ...

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Million-dollar boost for groundbreaking maternity program
UQ News
The project, led by The University of Queensland's Professor Sue Kildea and researchers from the University of Sydney and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, will implement Birthing on Country in two sites with a view to an Australia-wide roll out.

Million-dollar boost for groundbreaking maternity program
UQ News
The project, led by The University of Queensland's Professor Sue Kildea and researchers from the University of Sydney and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, will implement Birthing on Country in two sites with a view to an Australia-wide roll out.

The Conversation AU
New research reveals the origin of Australia's extinct flightless giants, the mihirung birds
The Conversation AU
Australia's living flightless birds - the emu and close relative the cassowary - once roamed alongside much larger birds that resembled dinosaurs. These huge creatures are known as mihirungs, based on the Aboriginal term for “giant bird”. The mihirungs ...

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techAU (blog)
Ford Australia offering FREE driving skills courses in Wodonga
techAU (blog)
“We are very pleased to expand our Driving Skills for Life in 2017 to support into regional and indigenous communities. While there continues to be a strong national focus on protecting young Australian drivers, research shows that this demographic is ...