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SBS
What the locals told me: 'Indigenous minority taking over', 'Time for Gov to intervene again'
SBS
Over the past few years I've got to travel around Australia reporting on Indigenous issues and meeting Indigenous people from all walks of life. There were people with different connections to their family and their culture, with different skin colours ...

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SBS
What the locals told me: 'Indigenous minority taking over', 'Time for Gov to intervene again'
SBS
Over the past few years I've got to travel around Australia reporting on Indigenous issues and meeting Indigenous people from all walks of life. There were people with different connections to their family and their culture, with different skin colours ...

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The Advertiser
Martin Haese: It is not the authority of councils to decide the date of our national holiday
The Advertiser
Tonight, our Council will consider advice by the Reconciliation Committee to open a dialogue with the Australia Day Council of SA to explore ways for integrating appropriate Aboriginal protocols and processes into Australia Day activities and ...

EducationHQ Australia
Smith busy breaking down barriers in Indigenous education
EducationHQ Australia
The ex-pat Victorian, along with some keen helpers, is on a long-term mission to identify practices that address barriers that limit positive educational outcomes for Aboriginal students and Torres Strait Islander students. Having previously enjoyed a ...

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EducationHQ Australia
Smith busy breaking down barriers in Indigenous education
EducationHQ Australia
“I felt through positive approaches to students especially indigenous students with relationship development that it was time to work with other schools. “So there were several other schools I started communicating with – one of them was Trinity Bay ...

NEWS.com.au
Northcote Greens preselection: Indigenous businesswoman to run in by-election
NEWS.com.au
AN INDIGENOUS businesswoman has been has been named as the Greens candidate to run in the Northcote by-election. Lidia Thorpe will contest the ... “This is one of the most progressively-minded places in Australia and the time has come for a Green MP.

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ABC Online
Australia's progress on Closing the Gap 'woefully inadequate', UN says
ABC Online
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz visited Australia earlier this year, and today released her report detailing her concerns on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Ms Tauli-Corpuz ...

ABC Online
Australia's progress on Closing the Gap 'woefully inadequate', UN says
ABC Online
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz visited Australia earlier this year, and today released her report detailing her concerns on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Ms Tauli-Corpuz ...

ABC Online
Bush Bands Bash draws huge crowds for Indigenous music concert in Central Australia
ABC Online
More than 2,000 people flocked to a concert in Alice Springs on Sunday night to see the best Indigenous bands from across the Northern Territory. The Bush Bands Bash is the culmination of a week-long workshop, where Indigenous groups refine their acts ...

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ABC Online
Bush Bands Bash draws huge crowds for Indigenous music concert in Central Australia
ABC Online
More than 2,000 people flocked to a concert in Alice Springs on Sunday night to see the best Indigenous bands from across the Northern Territory. The Bush Bands Bash is the culmination of a week-long workshop, where Indigenous groups refine their acts ...

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ABC Online
Scientists tracing ancient Aboriginal fire practices on remote Tasmanian island unearth fresh timelines
ABC Online
The findings by a joint project involving the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and scientists could provide insight into how people adapted to changing climates. The TAC invited fire ecologist David Bowman and Australian National University natural ...

ACS (registration)
Indigenous charities get a boost
ACS (registration)
“One of the biggest things holding back charities and social enterprises in Australia from addressing health, social and environmental challenges is a lack of IT capability and capacity,” she said. Iles said this was amplified for Indigenous organisations.

ACS (registration)
Indigenous charities get a boost
ACS (registration)
“One of the biggest things holding back charities and social enterprises in Australia from addressing health, social and environmental challenges is a lack of IT capability and capacity,” she said. Iles said this was amplified for Indigenous organisations.

MuMbrella
BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal'
MuMbrella
BuzzFeed is proud to introduce Pretty For An Aboriginal — the new podcast hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell that's set to rock traditional perceptions of Indigenous Australia and challenge rigid mindsets of what women of colour can and cannot do.

MuMbrella
BuzzFeed launches new podcast, 'Pretty for an Aboriginal'
MuMbrella
BuzzFeed is proud to introduce Pretty For An Aboriginal — the new podcast hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell that's set to rock traditional perceptions of Indigenous Australia and challenge rigid mindsets of what women of colour can and cannot do.

ABC Online
Bendigo foster parents support new Victorian Aboriginal Guardianship program
ABC Online
... have been foster parents for just over two years but, for the past six months, the couple have been dealing with a local Aboriginal organisation under the new Section 18 Rural Pilot or Aboriginal Guardianship program — the first of its kind in ...

Councils are right to ditch Australia Day
Red Flag
The decision by two Melbourne councils to stop referring to 26 January as Australia Day and to replace their usual citizenship ceremony with an event to mark the “loss of Indigenous culture” has prompted a swift conservative backlash. Representatives ...
Australia Day stays on dateBayside News

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Port Macquarie News
Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain
Port Macquarie News
Our local Aboriginal community, with the strength of its elders, have played a prominent part in Australia Day activities and events in recent years. Their participation furthers reconciliation and our understanding of our history, and to make changes ...

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Camden Haven Courier
Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams wants Australia Day celebrations to remain
Camden Haven Courier
Our local Aboriginal community, with the strength of its elders, have played a prominent part in Australia Day activities and events in recent years. Their participation furthers reconciliation and our understanding of our history, and to make changes ...

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ABC Online
Australia lags behind in Indigenous political participation: Expert
ABC Online
Although non-binding, the Declaration recognised the rights of indigenous peoples around the world to self-determination and proposed protections for their land and resources. A decade ago, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and Australia ...