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The West Australian
Coles boost Kwinana indigenous workforce
The West Australian
“It is great to have 12 new indigenous recruits join our stores at Kwinana and surrounding suburbs. “There are currently more than 395 indigenous team members in Western Australia and I look forward to this number growing.” All participants that ...

Yahoo7 News
Stirred by same-sex marriage vote, Australia's youth gets serious
Yahoo7 News
SYDNEY (Reuters) - It was supposed to relieve a headache for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, but a postal vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage has awakened interest in politics among young voters who could ultimately turf him out ...

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The Australian
'Rock lobster' not dead, just shipwrecked
The Australian
It is one of nature's great escapes. Giant indigenous stick insects, dubbed “land lobsters” by the locals, vanished from the face of the Earth after a 1918 shipwreck unleashed rats on Lord Howe Island. Eight decades later, researchers found a colony of ...

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The Australian Financial Review
True Leaders 2017: Marcia Langton maintains the rage
The Australian Financial Review
Langton, a descendant of the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland and the foundation chair and professor in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, has made a habit of calling out inconvenient truths for those who have imagined ...

The Australian Financial Review
True Leaders 2017: Marcia Langton maintains the rage
The Australian Financial Review
Langton, a descendant of the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland and the foundation chair and professor in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, has made a habit of calling out inconvenient truths for those who have imagined ...

InDaily
After the Apology is vital viewing
InDaily
She's an author, filmmaker, radio presenter, legal academic and political advocate. Along with producer Michaela Perske, Behrendt received the Indigenous Feature Documentary Initiative from Screen Australia, Adelaide Film Festival, KOJO and the ...

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Evelyn Scott farewelled at state funeral
Yahoo7 News
She was involved in the referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in 1967. Before the legislative change Aboriginal people were treated as minors under the protection of the federal government and had no legal rights. Dr Scott's family said in a ...

Evelyn Scott farewelled at state funeral
Yahoo7 News
Born in 1935, Dr Scott's career started in north Queensland where she lobbied for legal, housing and medical services and indigenous women's rights. She was involved in the referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in 1967. Before the legislative ...

Spreading the good lifestyle message
Brisbane Times
On his business card (one side Mark, one side Mary G) Bin Bakar, who also has an honorary doctorate, lists some of his awards: National Indigenous Person of the Year 07/08, WA Australian of the Year 08, A High Commendation for Human Rights Medal ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
The Vandemonian War review: Nick Brodie's study of brutal fighting in Tasmania
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was argued all Aborigines had automatically become British subjects, and were technically protected by British law. Soldiers who killed Indigenous Australians could be charged with murder unless their actions had been authorised by a magistrate or ...

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Spreading the good lifestyle message
The Age
On his business card (one side Mark, one side Mary G) Bin Bakar, who also has an honorary doctorate, lists some of his awards: National Indigenous Person of the Year 07/08, WA Australian of the Year 08, A High Commendation for Human Rights Medal ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The Vandemonian War review: Nick Brodie's study of brutal fighting in Tasmania
The Sydney Morning Herald
This was necessary because the British government refused to recognise Aboriginal sovereignty when they claimed and occupied Australia. It was argued all Aborigines had automatically become British subjects, and were technically protected by British law.

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Spreading the good lifestyle message
The Age
On his business card (one side Mark, one side Mary G) Bin Bakar, who also has an honorary doctorate, lists some of his awards: National Indigenous Person of the Year 07/08, WA Australian of the Year 08, A High Commendation for Human Rights Medal ...

The Australian
Indigenous tours strikes a chord with international visitors
The Australian
“I remember being amazed by the natural beauty and traditional stories,” recalls Whiteland, now 36, who has taken his grandfather's passion for indigenous tourism and turned it into an award-winning venture based in Western Australia's Margaret River.

The Australian
Recognise campaign comes to a quiet end
The Australian
The campaign was established in 2012 as a program within Reconciliation Australia, as one recommendation of an expert panel on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the constitution. It faced criticism from some quarters, including in ...

The Australian
Indigenous tours strikes a chord with international visitors
The Australian
“I remember being amazed by the natural beauty and traditional stories,” recalls Whiteland, now 36, who has taken his grandfather's passion for indigenous tourism and turned it into an award-winning venture based in Western Australia's Margaret River.

The Australian
Recognise campaign comes to a quiet end
The Australian
The campaign was established in 2012 as a program within Reconciliation Australia, as one recommendation of an expert panel on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the constitution. It faced criticism from some quarters, including in ...

Daily Review
Yothu Yindi reforms for 25th anniversary of Treaty at Sydney Opera House's Homeground
Daily Review
The song begins by talking about Hawke's insistence at 1988's Barunga Statement that a treaty would be forged between black and white Australia by 1990. That treaty never materialised. Of course, not all Indigenous people have agreed with the notion of ...

SBS
Leah Purcell and referendum council named in list of Australia's most culturally powerful
SBS
An annual list naming Australia's culturally most powerful people has included Indigenous actress Leah Purcell and the former Referendum Council. The referendum and its co-chair Megan Davis were listed at seven on the list, while actor Leah Purcell ...

50000 YEARS IN A HAIR
Aboriginal Art Directory News
“Aboriginal Australians represent one of the longest continuous cultural complexes known. Archaeological evidence indicates that Australia and New Guinea were initially settled approximately 50 thousand years ago (ka); however, little is known about ...