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WA budget slugs gold miners, big business in state budget
NEWS.com.au
Mr Wyatt, Australia's first Aboriginal treasurer, said he was determined to meet the surplus target, but noted the mining royalty-dependent and GST-deprived state was vulnerable to dramatic revenue stream changes. He said he expected WA's credit rating ...
WA budget winners and losers: How it affects youABC Online

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Newcastle Herald
Daring to be true to herself
Newcastle Herald
In and around her home town of Broome, the wider Kimberley region and even across the entirety of indigenous Australia itself, Pigram has been left bewildered by the recurring social problems that modern day Australia imposes upon her cultural traditions.

Herald Sun
Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
Cr Susan Serey said residents had contacted her asking about Casey's position on Australia Day following the decision by the Yarra City Council and the City of Darebin to move their citizenship ceremonies to a different date to pay respect to ...
Third Vic council plans Australia Day moveSBS

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Herald Sun
Casey mayor Sam Aziz says it will be a 'cold day in hell' before council moves Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
Cr Susan Serey said residents had contacted her asking about Casey's position on Australia Day following the decision by the Yarra City Council and the City of Darebin to move their citizenship ceremonies to a different date to pay respect to ...

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ABC Online
Treaty: Why do Victoria's Aboriginal people want one and what difference will it make?
ABC Online
Why do Aboriginal people in Victoria want one? Mr Harding said when young people don't understand their background, they can become disenfranchised. He said a treaty would offer them hope. "Young people will know who they are from the outset. They'll ...

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Northern Star
Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat
Northern Star
In the letter Cr Ekins proposed to pen to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from council to change the date of Australia Day, she also sought to request the Australian citizenship test be amended "to include a lesson about Aboriginal history”. The ...

Northern Star
Australia Day motion amended after federal govt threat
Northern Star
The citizen test textbook, Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond details the history of indigenous Australians and their language, The dreaming and arts as well as the treatment of indigenous peoples throughout Australia's history. In the business ...

Inside Film
SA outback thriller Sweet Country gets huge applause at Venice Film Festival
The Advertiser
AUDIENCES at the prestigious Venice Film Festival stood and clapped for five minutes after watching Warwick Thornton's South Australian-backed indigenous thriller set in the MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. Warwick was deeply moved by the ...
Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' hailed as a milestone for Indigenous cinemaInside Film
Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country premieres to raves in Venice & releases first trailerDaily Review
Venice Film Review: 'Sweet Country'Variety
Global Times -Dark Horizons -Junkee
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The Australian
Stephen Hagan calls out judicial 'bias' behind indigenous prison rates
The Australian
Judges and magistrates have been accused of systemic bias and bigotry that has fuelled an explosion in the number of indigenous inmates within Australia's prison population. After five years of research, Aboriginal academic Stephen Hagan says there is ...
Judges must overcome inherent bias, says respected authorNational Indigenous Times
Rangers at home keeping eye on the northPS News

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The Australian
Stephen Hagan calls out judicial 'bias' behind indigenous prison rates
The Australian
Judges and magistrates have been accused of systemic bias and bigotry that has fuelled an explosion in the number of indigenous inmates within Australia's prison population. After five years of research, Aboriginal academic Stephen Hagan says there is ...
Judges must overcome inherent bias, says respected authorNational Indigenous Times

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Herald Sun
Senior minister criticises councils for dumping Australia Day celebrations without proper consultation
Herald Sun
And Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Natalie Hutchins said a treaty was far more important for indigenous groups than changing the date of Australia Day. The City of Moreland is set to become the third Melbourne council to consider ...

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Herald Sun
Senior minister criticises councils for dumping Australia Day celebrations without proper consultation
Herald Sun
And Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Natalie Hutchins said a treaty was far more important for indigenous groups than changing the date of Australia Day. The City of Moreland is set to become the third Melbourne council to consider ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous dictionary may save the Miriwoong language from extinction
ABC Online
The Aboriginal language Miriwoong is one of the oldest languages on Earth, but fewer than 10 people speak it fluently. Miriwoong is considered critically endangered — on the brink of completely disappearing — but a group in the remote Kimberley is ...

ABC Online
Indigenous dictionary may save the Miriwoong language from extinction
ABC Online
The Aboriginal language Miriwoong is one of the oldest languages on Earth, but fewer than 10 people speak it fluently. Miriwoong is considered critically endangered — on the brink of completely disappearing — but a group in the remote Kimberley is ...

Inside Film
Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' hailed as a milestone for Indigenous cinema
Inside Film
Screen Daily's Lee Marshall lauded the film as a milestone for Australian Indigenous cinema, which he expects will travel extensively after the Venice premiere. Marshall saw echoes of The Searchers in Thornton's ravishingly shot, resonant Indigenous ...
Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country premieres to raves in Venice & releases first trailerDaily Review
Venice Film Review: 'Sweet Country'Variety
'Sweet Country': a look back to Australia's futureGuardian (blog)
Dark Horizons -Junkee
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Inside Film
Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' hailed as a milestone for Indigenous cinema
Inside Film
Screen Daily's Lee Marshall lauded the film as a milestone for Australian Indigenous cinema, which he expects will travel extensively after the Venice premiere. Marshall saw echoes of The Searchers in Thornton's ravishingly shot, resonant Indigenous ...
'Sweet Country': a look back to Australia's futureGuardian (blog)
“Sweet Country” Gets A Trailer & Standing OvationDark Horizons

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The Australian
WA communities reform head backs cashless welfare card
The Australian
The senior state government bureaucrat in charge of radical reform of remote communities and towns across Western Australia's north has endorsed the federal government's cashless debit card, rejecting a suggestion by the Aboriginal Legal Service that ...

The West Australian
Inside the revolutions that have shaped Australia
The West Australian
The episode, which launches the series on Saturday, delves into migration into Australia, the experiences of and changing attitudes towards our newest citizens, and how their contributions have helped enrich our society as a whole. The three-part ...

The West Australian
Rangers fired up as protectors
The West Australian
Mr Hunter said Aboriginal people in the Kimberley and northern Australia were undertaking savanna carbon projects, which combined traditional burning methods with modern science. “This reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the ...

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The West Australian
Rangers fired up as protectors
The West Australian
In the Kimberley, Aboriginal people are responsible for looking after nine indigenous-protected areas, four of which combine to create the largest indigenous-owned conservation corridor in northern Australia. “Aboriginal people play a major role in ...

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