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The Guardian
Australia Day 'a date of mourning' and needs change, NT chief minister says
The Guardian
The Northern Territory chief minister has called for changes to Australia Day celebrations to highlight “the Aboriginal contribution to our national identity” and acknowledge the lasting trauma of Indigenous dispossession. Michael Gunner said the ...

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Independent Australia
Voices of reason call for immediate end to NT Intervention
Independent Australia
Hundreds of eminent Australians will tomorrow in Melbourne add their support to Indigenous Elders' calls to end the NT Intervention. 'Is the Federal Government deaf to voices of reason?' asks Jeff McMullen. WITH OFFICIAL FIGURES now showing that the ...

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Independent Australia
Voices of reason call for immediate end to NT Intervention
Independent Australia
Hundreds of eminent Australians will tomorrow in Melbourne add their support to Indigenous Elders' calls to end the NT Intervention. 'Is the Federal Government deaf to voices of reason?' asks Jeff McMullen. WITH OFFICIAL FIGURES now showing that the ...

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NT News
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner says Australia Day must 'evolve'
NT News
He said a national day of observance should commemorate the frontier wars and schools should teach about the “displacement, the trauma, disease and the massacres” of Aboriginal Australians, Mr Gunner said yesterday. Chief Minister Michael Gunner ...

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The Australian
Texas beach town devastated by Harvey
The Australian
So close, yet so agonisingly far · New Zealand v Australia - The Rugby Championship Wayne Smith. The Wallabies put up a fight most believed was beyond them before their heartbreaking defeat to the All Blacks.

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The Australian
Thousands take part in Bridge to Brisbane
The Australian
New Zealand v Australia - The Rugby Championship Wayne Smith. The Wallabies suffer a heartbreaking defeat to the All Blacks who raise the Bledisloe Cup for the 15th successive time, after putting up a fight most believed was beyond them.

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The Australian
Daria Gavrilova wins first WTA title downing Dominika Cibulkova at Connecticut Open
The Australian
New Zealand v Australia - The Rugby Championship Wayne Smith. The Wallabies suffer a heartbreaking defeat to the All Blacks who raise the Bledisloe Cup for the 15th successive time, after putting up a fight most believed was beyond them.

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ABC Online
Indigenous fashion: Duo draws on connections to country for major show
ABC Online
Inside a cramped loungeroom in suburban Cairns, two women are nervously preparing for their first major fashion shows. The first is just days away at the prestigious Melbourne Fashion Week. They will then go on to represent Australia at the World ...

ABC Online
Indigenous fashion: Duo draws on connections to country for major show
ABC Online
They will then go on to represent Australia at the World Indigenous Fashion Week in the Seychelles in October. Designer Christy Van Der Hayden said they hoped to share the stories of Indigenous culture with the rest of the world. "I think it's an ...

The Advertiser
Stolen Generation compensation scheme comes under fire
The Advertiser
ABORIGINAL people from South Australia's Stolen Generations have been given advance $5000 payments because of fears they will die before receiving their full compensation entitlement. Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme independent assessor ...

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Herald Sun
Anthony Pratt: 'I want to give away $1 billion' to help Australians
Herald Sun
Australian organisations set to benefit include The Royal Children's Hospital, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and The Prince's Trust Australia which funds services to support Aboriginal welfare, veterans affairs and urban renewal projects.

The Australian
Stan Grant slams 'disgraceful' statue vandals
The Australian
ABC indigenous affairs editor Stan Grant has slammed the vandals responsible for defacing Hyde Park statues, saying their “disgusting criminal behaviour” dishonoured indigenous Australians. Grant, who sparked fierce public debate earlier in the week ...

The Australian
Stan Grant slams 'disgraceful' statue vandals
The Australian
ABC indigenous affairs editor Stan Grant has slammed the vandals responsible for defacing Hyde Park statues, saying their “disgusting criminal behaviour” dishonoured indigenous Australians. Grant, who sparked fierce public debate earlier in the week ...

The Age
Call to remove statue of John Batman, 'founder of Melbourne', over role in Indigenous killings
The Age
Prominent Australian artist Ben Quilty has called for John Batman's statue to be removed from Melbourne's CBD, describing him as a mass murderer who "makes the American Confederates look friendly". The Archibald Prize-winning painter took to social ...

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The Age
Call to remove statue of John Batman, 'founder of Melbourne', over role in Indigenous killings
The Age
Prominent Australian artist Ben Quilty has called for John Batman's statue to be removed from Melbourne's CBD, describing him as a mass murderer who "makes the American Confederates look friendly". The Archibald Prize-winning painter took to social ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Vandals deface Hyde Park statues in Australia Day protest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant has slammed the defacement of a number of statues in Hyde Park overnight as appalling and disgraceful. Between 2.25am and 3.15am on Saturday, the statues of former NSW Governor Lachlan Macquarie and Captain Cook ...
Captain Cook statue sparks debate about whether it should be removedNEWS.com.au
'Its appalling, disgraceful': Stan Grant lashes Hyde Park statue vandalsNewcastle Herald
Hunt on for vandals after iconic Captain Cook statue among those defaced in Sydney's Hyde ParkThe West Australian
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Vandals deface Hyde Park statues in Australia Day protest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant has slammed the defacement of a number of statues in Hyde Park overnight as appalling and disgraceful. Between 2.25am and 3.15am on Saturday, the statues of former NSW Governor Lachlan Macquarie and Captain Cook ...
Statues vandalised in Sydney's Hyde ParkThe Australian
Captain Cook statue sparks debate about whether it should be removedNEWS.com.au
'Its appalling, disgraceful': Stan Grant lashes Hyde Park statue vandalsNewcastle Herald
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Yahoo7 News
Turnbull says no to 'rewriting history'
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull has spoken out against “rewriting history”, “editing statues” and “deleting Australia Day” to help reconciliation with indigenous people, dismissing the idea as a Stalinist exercise to blank out parts of history. The Prime Minister ...
Australian PM slams 'Stalinist' critics of colonial statuesYahoo7 News
Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue which said he 'discovered Australia' REMOVED following violent protests in the ...Daily Mail
The True Meaning of Australia DaySlate Magazine

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The Australian
Statues vandalised in Sydney's Hyde Park
The Australian
The graffiti attack comes just days after indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant called for the inscription on the Cook statue - saying he “discovered” the territory in 1770 - be changed. But Malcolm Turnbull, weighing into the debate on Friday, said Grant ...

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Councillor's indigenous call for Yeppoon Aus Day celebrations
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Cr Belot said humbly inviting the indigenous community to join the table of committee members who organise Australia Day celebrations would provide the real insight surrounding the debate. He said he was endeavouring to persuade Livingstone Shire ...