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Independent Australia
Not 'Closing the Gap': Nigel Scullion and Indigenous funding failure
Independent Australia
In the current financial year, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet listed on its website an allocation of $3,864,000 from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding to the National Australia Day Council (NADC), commencing on 1 July 2017.

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Independent Australia
Not 'Closing the Gap': Nigel Scullion and Indigenous funding failure
Independent Australia
In the current financial year, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet listed on its website an allocation of $3,864,000 from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding to the National Australia Day Council (NADC), commencing on 1 July 2017.

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Sydney City News
Silent march for Aboriginal deaths in custody
Sydney City News
Between 1979 and 2011, there were 32 deaths in custody in the Northern Territory, 24 of which were Indigenous people. Northern Territory has the highest incarceration rate of Indigenous people in Australia, with 97 per cent of juvenile detainees and 82 ...

Sydney City News
Silent march for Aboriginal deaths in custody
Sydney City News
Between 1979 and 2011, there were 32 deaths in custody in the Northern Territory, 24 of which were Indigenous people. Northern Territory has the highest incarceration rate of Indigenous people in Australia, with 97 per cent of juvenile detainees and 82 ...

Herald Sun
Moreland Council is set to dump Australia Day, survey reveals
Herald Sun
It would also see the council join a national campaign to change the date of Australia Day and create awareness in the community about the campaign and the historical significance of January 26 to Australia's indigenous community. In June Cr Ratnam's ...

Herald Sun
Moreland Council is set to dump Australia Day, survey reveals
Herald Sun
It would also see the council join a national campaign to change the date of Australia Day and create awareness in the community about the campaign and the historical significance of January 26 to Australia's indigenous community. In June Cr Ratnam's ...

Eternity News
A hero to Aborigines, Jews and Christians
Eternity News
The sacred turf was the Australian Hall (which miraculously still stands in Elizabeth Street, Sydney) where on January 26, 1938, “a day of mourning and protest” was held for Aborigines and persons of aboriginal blood. It was the first combined ...

Daily Telegraph
Bungarribee Park: New zoo approved for Western Sydney
Daily Telegraph
“No other zoo in Australia offers an embedded Aboriginal heritage program of this kind. “ The attraction is expected to create a $45 million boon for the NSW economy by attracting around 745,000 visitors a year. The project is not expected to be ...

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WAtoday
Perth academics lash The West Australian for publishing 'attack' on Aboriginal people
WAtoday
A group of Curtin University academics have lashed out at The West Australian newspaper for publishing an alleged "vicious attack on Aboriginal people". Around 25 Curtin academics signed a letter addressed to the newspaper's editor Brett McCarthy, and ...

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Perth academics lash The West Australian for publishing 'attack' on Aboriginal people
WAtoday
A group of Curtin University academics have lashed out at The West Australian newspaper for publishing an alleged "vicious attack on Aboriginal people". Around 25 Curtin academics signed a letter addressed to the newspaper's editor Brett McCarthy, and ...

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Perth academics lash The West Australian for publishing 'attack' on Aboriginal people
Brisbane Times
A group of Curtin University academics have lashed out at The West Australian newspaper for publishing an alleged "vicious attack on Aboriginal people". Around 25 Curtin academics signed a letter addressed to the newspaper's editor Brett McCarthy, and ...

Washington Post
Nicholas Reece: It's healthy for people to have a greater say
Herald Sun
Some momentous issues have been resolved through a direct national vote: conscription (1916 and 1917), federal power over social services and pensions (1946), including Aboriginal Australians in the census (1967), the adoption of Advance Australia Fair ...
Australians to soon post ballots in gay marriage surveyWashington Post

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NEWS.com.au
Video emerges of a Darwin tour operator spraying a hose towards an indigenous man
NEWS.com.au
Jocky Gaibaral said he had been sprayed with a hose before. Source: News Corp Australia. Another post read: “Living and operating on stolen land, using our culture for profit while treating our mob like animals. Disgusting behaviour this owner and ...
'Shocked and upset': Chief Minister blasts footage of Aboriginal man sprayed on Darwin street9news.com.au
Aboriginal man hosed away on the street by local tour operators in Darwin | Welcome To CountryCountry

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NEWS.com.au
Video emerges of a Darwin tour operator spraying a hose towards an indigenous man
NEWS.com.au
Jocky Gaibaral said he had been sprayed with a hose before. Source: News Corp Australia. Another post read: “Living and operating on stolen land, using our culture for profit while treating our mob like animals. Disgusting behaviour this owner and ...
Video of Indigenous man being hosed from Darwin footpath 'shocking', NT Chief Minister saysABC Online
Aboriginal man hosed away on the street by local tour operators in Darwin | Welcome To CountryCountry

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The Guardian
Indigenous groups decry Tasmania off-road vehicle plan: 'this is destruction'
The Guardian
An area of coastline dubbed the Western Tasmanian Aboriginal Cultural Landscape received national heritage protection in 2010 and has been described as “one of the richest and most significant Aboriginal cultural heritage landscapes present in Australia”.

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The Guardian
Indigenous groups decry Tasmania off-road vehicle plan: 'this is destruction'
The Guardian
Indigenous groups have criticised a Tasmanian government proposal to cover ancient midden sites with rubber mats to protect them from damage caused by reopening off-road vehicle tracks in the Tarkine, saying it is disrespectful and will cause further ...

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National Geographic Australia
Should We Be Eating More Kangaroo?
National Geographic Australia
According to Paton, the growth of roos in Australia is due to our changing landscape and lack of hunting kangaroos. Traditionally hunted exclusively by indigenous Australians, the Federal Government is attempting to export kangaroo meat to China and ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal foster parents needed desperately to provide support for NSW Indigenous foster kids
ABC Online
There is an urgent need for more Aboriginal foster carers in New South Wales with numbers of Indigenous kids placed with First Nations families set to decrease, the peak body for Aboriginal children in the state says. More than 6,000 Aboriginal and ...

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ABC Online
Video of Indigenous man being hosed from Darwin footpath 'shocking', NT Chief Minister says
ABC Online
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner says he is shocked and upset after a video emerged showing a person outside a tour company spraying a hose towards an Indigenous man sitting on a busy footpath in the centre of Darwin.
Darwin tour operator filmed spraying hose towards Aboriginal manSBS
Video: Darwin business caught up in controversy after video shows ...NT News
Aboriginal man hosed away on the street by local tour operators in Darwin | Welcome To CountryWelcome To Country

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BuzzFeed News
United Nations Indigenous Expert Says Australia Needs To Get Serious On Lowering Black Jailing Rates
BuzzFeed News
The UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz released her report into Australia at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. It is based on her visit to numerous Aboriginal communities across Australia from ...