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New York Times
From Australia's 'Stolen Generation' to Celebrated Poet - The New ...
New York Times
Ali Cobby Eckermann was taken away from her Aboriginal family at birth. Having fought her demons, she will soon pick up a literary award at Yale.

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Moreland Council to vote on Australia Day move months after rejecting date change
Warrnambool Standard
Moreland City Council will vote on the matter on Wednesday following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils to move their citizenship ceremonies away from Australia Day. "We see the pain it causes them (Aboriginal people) and they talk about the ...

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Moreland Council to vote on Australia Day move months after rejecting date change
Bendigo Advertiser
Moreland City Council will vote on the matter on Wednesday following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils to move their citizenship ceremonies away from Australia Day. "We see the pain it causes them (Aboriginal people) and they talk about the ...

Pedestrian TV
A Third VIC Council Is Set To Vote On Dropping Australia Day Celebrations
Pedestrian TV
Councillor Samantha Ratnam says the motion put forward recognises that 26 January is a “day of mourning for our Aboriginal community” and “seeks that Moreland Council support the campaign to change the date of Australia Day to a more inclusive date ...

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Pedestrian TV
A Third VIC Council Is Set To Vote On Dropping Australia Day Celebrations
Pedestrian TV
Councillor Samantha Ratnam says the motion put forward recognises that 26 January is a “day of mourning for our Aboriginal community” and “seeks that Moreland Council support the campaign to change the date of Australia Day to a more inclusive date ...

The Advertiser
The healing power of poetry
The Advertiser
In 2014 she was invited to take part in a three-month residency at the famed University of Iowa's International Writers' Program, the first Aboriginal Australian writer to do so. Next week Cobby Eckermann will travel to Yale University in the US with ...

ABC Online
Work-for-the-dole scheme alternative launched by Aboriginal organisations
ABC Online
The APONT alliance includes the Northern and Central Land Councils, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT. The group's proposed Remote Development ...
Indigenous groups say work for the dole scheme racially discriminatoryThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous groups say work for the dole scheme racially discriminatory
The Guardian
That was a position backed by non-profit job service providers, represented by the chief executive of Jobs Australia, David Thompson. “There's been nothing done, nothing of any significant note, to actually increase the stock of jobs in those ...

ABC Online
WA budget 2017: Aboriginal community wanted a water park but was given a $7 million pool
ABC Online
Safety issues around staffing and maintaining a swimming pool at one of Australia's most remote communities of 500 mostly Aboriginal residents made a water park a better option, said Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation's business manager Melissa Taylor.

ABC Online
WA budget 2017: Aboriginal community wanted a water park but was given a $7 million pool
ABC Online
Safety issues around staffing and maintaining a swimming pool at one of Australia's most remote communities of 500 mostly Aboriginal residents made a water park a better option, said Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation's business manager Melissa Taylor.

Gizmodo Australia
Depressions On Pluto Just Got A Seriously Metal Name From Indigenous Australian Mythology
Gizmodo Australia
A group of surface depressions has been named Djanggawul Fossae, which the IAU described as "three ancestral beings in indigenous Australian mythology who travelled between the island of the dead and Australia, creating the landscape and filling it ...
First map of Pluto includes crater named after 11-year-old English schoolgirlTelegraph.co.uk

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SBS
Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals
SBS
'European scientists like to use the word 'discovered' to explain their first sight of an animal known and protected by Australian Aboriginal people for 100,000 years. It is an indication that Europeans have no respect for any knowledge but their own ...

SBS
Building resilient ecosystems for threatened animals
SBS
'European scientists like to use the word 'discovered' to explain their first sight of an animal known and protected by Australian Aboriginal people for 100,000 years. It is an indication that Europeans have no respect for any knowledge but their own ...

Herald Sun
Third Vic council plans Australia Day move
SBS
A third Melbourne council will vote on whether to move Australia Day away from January 26 out of respect for Aboriginal people. Moreland City Council will vote next Wednesday on whether to dump the date following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils ...
Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrationsHerald Sun

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Kangaroos and Jillaroos set to have Deadly Rugby League World Cup
Brisbane Times
The Deadly Choices program is aimed at closing the health and life-expectancy gap that currently exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, which is currently about 10 years. It's focussed on quitting smoking, eating good food and ...

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra
The Canberra Times
After travelling more than 3500km, students from Yakanarra Community School in Western Australia have launched their song book at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The students and elders presented the Yakanarra Song Book, a collection of ...

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Indigenous students launch Yakanarra Song Book at National Library in Canberra
Brisbane Times
After travelling more than 3500km, students from Yakanarra Community School in Western Australia have launched their song book at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The students and elders presented the Yakanarra Song Book, a collection of ...

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Financial Times
Aboriginal 'spirit walker' seeks audience with Queen
Financial Times
Clinton Pryor walked 6,000km on a quest for aboriginal justice. But after failing to persuade Australia's prime minister to formalise a treaty with indigenous elders, the 27-year-old “spirit walker” is seeking an audience with the head of state, Queen ...

UNSW Newsroom
Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians
UNSW Newsroom
Professor Davis, UNSW Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), was a member of the Referendum Council and a key player in dialogues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia that culminated in the First Nations National ...

UNSW Newsroom
Justice and the political future for Indigenous Australians
UNSW Newsroom
Professor Davis, UNSW Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), was a member of the Referendum Council and a key player in dialogues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia that culminated in the First Nations National ...