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Statues of limitations: Warren Mundine speaks out on push to remove Captain Cook statue
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Labor MP Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman to enter the house of representatives, told The Project: “Captain Cook certainly did not discover Australia. And many statues right around this country actually reflect exactly what was written on the ...
'You can't rewrite history': Sydney indigenous leader says Australia Day date change will divide nationYahoo7 News
Stan Grant: It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered ...ABC Online
Captain Cook statue: Sydney refers 'discovery' claim to Indigenous ...The Guardian
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Anthony Dillon: Australia Day changes are trivial distractions
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AS A university researcher, I have had the opportunity to see many success stories on Aboriginal Australians. While it is important to celebrate this success, there is still much work to be done. Problems such as homelessness, violence, and child abuse ...
Councils around the country make moves to change what happens on Australia DayHerald Sun
Darebin council's Australia Day move provokes political backlashABC Online
Half-mast better than half-arsed for Jan 26National Indigenous Times
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Moving Australia Day: brave or futile?
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Australia Day is intended as a day to unite the nation but, for many in the Indigenous community, it is a day of protest and mourning. A growing number of councils across the country are beginning to dump their planned Australia Day celebrations in ...

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'You can't rewrite history': Sydney indigenous leader says Australia Day date change will divide nation
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A Sydney indigenous leader has hit out at plans to move Australia Day, describing the proposal as divisive and saying you can't rewrite history. Community debate is raging over January the 26 after some councils dumped the date with others considering ...
Moving Australia Day: brave or futile?SBS
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date change, while others are notABC Local

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'You can't rewrite history': Sydney indigenous leader says Australia Day date change will divide nation
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A Sydney indigenous leader has hit out at plans to move Australia Day, describing the proposal as divisive and saying you can't rewrite history. Community debate is raging over January the 26 after some councils dumped the date with others considering ...
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous ...The Guardian
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date ...ABC Local
Moving Australia Day: brave or futile?SBS
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor: Replace Queen's Birthday with day commemorating Indigenous culture
The Sydney Morning Herald
NSW Labor has proposed axing the Queen's Birthday holiday in June and replacing it with a day commemorating Indigenous culture and loss as an alternative to moving Australia Day, which critics say is synonymous with white invasion. Debate on the ...
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date change, while others are notABC Local
NSW Labor looks at replacing Queen's BirthdaySky News Australia

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Clover Moore refers concerns about Macquarie statue to Indigenous panel
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"There have been too many people in mainstream Australia ready to make judgment on these issues without consulting Indigenous communities, and whether well-meaning or not, it's often done more harm than good," she said. The council has already ...

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Clover Moore refers concerns about Macquarie statue to Indigenous panel
The Sydney Morning Herald
"There have been too many people in mainstream Australia ready to make judgment on these issues without consulting Indigenous communities, and whether well-meaning or not, it's often done more harm than good," she said. The council has already ...

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National Indigenous Times
High fives for hip hop heavies
National Indigenous Times
The awards night was also a tribute to Dr G. Yunupingu, who died in July and was Australia's most prominent Indigenous music artist and the most awarded artist in NIMA's nine-year history. The National Indigenous Music Awards compilation The Sound of ...

SBS
Kyle Anderson: The first Indigenous Australian to win a World Series of Darts title
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Anderson, who says his nickname is the 'The Original' to pay homage to his Aboriginal heritage, says he designed his shirt with Aboriginal art for the competition and walked out to a remix of 'Solid Rock' by Goanna. "I thought let's bring something ...

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Kyle Anderson: The first Indigenous Australian to win a World Series of Darts title
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Anderson, who says his nickname is the 'The Original' to pay homage to his Aboriginal heritage, says he designed his shirt with Aboriginal art for the competition and walked out to a remix of 'Solid Rock' by Goanna. "I thought let's bring something ...

ABC Online
When the bullin shrieked: Aboriginal memories of volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago
ABC Online
Other than it had a fearful shriek, guaranteed to put the fear of God into anyone who heard it, history appears silent about the nature of the bird that Aboriginal Australians once named "bullin". Yet its shriek portended danger, apparently the ...

The Guardian
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
The New South Wales opposition leader, Luke Foley, wants to create a new day honouring Indigenous Australians on the Queen's birthday public holiday. But Foley resisted emulating the position of two Melbourne councils in moving Australia Day ...

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Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date change, while others are not
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"If we held an event the day before Australia Day and in particular the night before Australia Day, symbolically it would say to the rest of the country we believe Indigenous people are as valued a member of our community as anyone else," he said.
Australia Put on 'Culture War' Footing Over Plan to Scrap National DaySputnik International

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The Guardian
Aboriginal leader withdraws support for cashless welfare card and says he feels used
The Guardian
The cashless welfare card has been trialled in the Western Australian towns of Wyndham and Kununurra since April 2016. Figures show theft and property offences have risen since the card's introduction. Photograph: Melissa Davey for the Guardian.

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Movement to change Aus Day celebrations hits NSW's north
Coffs Coast Advocate
CHANGING DATE: NSW Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokeswoman Dawn Walker (right) has backed local governments who have decided to move Australia Day citizenship ceremonies. Contributed ...

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National Indigenous Times
STEM scholarships up for grabs
National Indigenous Times
A search is on for Indigenous Australians who will play a role in building a smarter economy. Two full residential scholarships to undertake a degree in engineering or science at the University of New South Wales are being offered through the Origin ...

STEM scholarships up for grabs
National Indigenous Times
A search is on for Indigenous Australians who will play a role in building a smarter economy. Two full residential scholarships to undertake a degree in engineering or science at the University of New South Wales are being offered through the Origin ...

National Indigenous Times
Esteemed educator accepts UK fellowship
National Indigenous Times
Prominent Aboriginal educator Professor Lester Irabinna-Rigney is set to take up a fellowship at leading research university Kings College in London. The University of South Australia professor is the recipient of an inaugural Aboriginal and ...

National Indigenous Times
Esteemed educator accepts UK fellowship
National Indigenous Times
Prominent Aboriginal educator Professor Lester Irabinna-Rigney is set to take up a fellowship at leading research university Kings College in London. The University of South Australia professor is the recipient of an inaugural Aboriginal and ...