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Editorial: Save the date, don't change it
Perth Now
Blacktown Aboriginal elder Uncle Gordon Workman says changing the date of Australia Day will do nothing to change history. Picture: Tim Hunter. No one would ever consider the far north coast towns of Lismore or Byron Bay bastions of conservatism, being ...

Herald Sun
Councils around the country make moves to change what happens on Australia Day
Herald Sun
But not everyone thinks Australia Day should be celebrated on January 26. Indigenous Australians have been on this land for more than 40,000 years and many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders think the day marks a loss of their culture and rights.
Darebin council's Australia Day move provokes political backlashABC Online
'Heart is pounding': Another Melbourne council scraps Australia DayThe Age
Second Melbourne Council Votes To Cancel Australia Day CeremoniesHuffington Post Australia
Daily Mail -Ballarat Courier -Broadsheet -The Guardian
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Herald Sun
Councils around the country make moves to change what happens on Australia Day
Herald Sun
The summer date is used by families and friends to get together and by councils to perform citizenship ceremonies, to welcome our newest Australians. But not everyone thinks Australia Day should be celebrated on January 26. Indigenous Australians have ...
Darebin council's Australia Day move provokes political backlashABC Online
'Heart is pounding': Another Melbourne council scraps Australia DayThe Age
Second council stripped of ceremoniesThe Australian
Huffington Post Australia -Ten Eyewitness News -SBS -The Guardian
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Port Stephens Examiner
Star on the rise: Mia Page in Aboriginal Model Search national final
Port Stephens Examiner
The competition aims to find the next generation of indigenous models from around Australia. Mia was one of eight winners announced during the first round of the competition held in Newcastle in December 2016. The win advanced her to the state level.

Herald Sun
Rita Panahi: Darebin council Australia Day ban divides Aussies
Herald Sun
Research shows that despite years of “invasion day” rhetoric whipped up by segments of the media, only 31 per cent of indigenous people feel negatively towards Australia Day while 53 per cent support changing the date, according to polling conducted ...

Herald Sun
Rita Panahi: Darebin council Australia Day ban divides Aussies
Herald Sun
It's disingenuous to suggest that a significant majority of indigenous Australians feel negatively towards the national holiday. Research shows that despite years of “invasion day” rhetoric whipped up by segments of the media, only 31 per cent of ...

Western Advocate
A pair of Littles to perform on stage in Bathurst
Western Advocate
Produced by regional arts development organisation Arts OutWest, the event is supported by funding from the Australian Government's Aboriginal Regional Arts Fund and by the Bathurst Aboriginal Lands Council, and with the support of the Jimmy Little ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Blacktown Aboriginal elder says council should still celebrate Australia Day on January 26
dailytelegraph.com.au
Last week, the council also voted unanimously to no longer hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26, which has also become known as Invasion Day among many indigenous Australians. Darebin Mayor Kim Le Cerf. Her council voted to make big changes ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Blacktown Aboriginal elder says council should still celebrate Australia Day on January 26
dailytelegraph.com.au
Last week, the council also voted unanimously to no longer hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26, which has also become known as Invasion Day among many indigenous Australians. Darebin Mayor Kim Le Cerf. Her council voted to make big changes ...

ABC Online
Rare white koala born at Australia Zoo seeks perfect name from Facebook fans
ABC Online
A rare white koala joey has been born at a Queensland zoo, and the search is now on for the right name. Australia Zoo, north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast, welcomed its first white koala joey this breeding season. The female is not albino — its ...

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The Singleton Argus
Indigenous children being removed at an alarming rate
The Singleton Argus
This is not an echo from the Stolen Generation, the darkest chapter in Australian history. These are the words a four-year-old indigenous child screamed as she was ripped from her grandmothers arms just last month. Don't let them take me. These are the ...

Stan Grant on Australia's 'great silence'
ABC Online
As the US re-examines historical representations of the darker parts of its history in the wake of the violence at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Stan Grant, the ABC's Indigenous Editor is calling for what he describes as the “great ...

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ABC Online
Darebin council's Australia Day move provokes political backlash
ABC Online
Support the #changethedate campaign and initiate an ongoing conversation, in partnership with the Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee, to build better understanding with the broader Darebin community of Australia's history and the Aboriginal and ...
'Heart is pounding': Another Melbourne council scraps Australia DayThe Age
Darebin council votes to dump Australia DayHerald Sun
Former president of Darug Tribal Aboriginal Corporation hits back at Yarra Council over Australia Daydailytelegraph.com.au
Huffington Post Australia -Broadsheet -The Australian
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ABC Online
Darebin council's Australia Day move provokes political backlash
ABC Online
Mr Andrews said he believed people could respectfully celebrate the country's values on January 26, while also honouring Indigenous Australians. "I've been privileged and honoured to have been involved in many different events on our national day where ...
'Heart is pounding': Another Melbourne council scraps Australia DayThe Age
Darebin council votes to dump Australia DayHerald Sun
Second Melbourne Council Votes To Cancel Australia Day CeremoniesHuffington Post Australia
dailytelegraph.com.au -The Australian -The New Daily
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Principal Education Advisor, Indigenous (EAL/D)
EducationHQ Australia
Strengthen curriculum leaders, designated coaches and teachers' knowledge of the IEAL/D frameworks as they relate to the Australian Curriculum by focusing professional development on student learning, effective teaching strategies and how to ...

Yahoo7 News
'Changing Captain Cook statue could lead to riots': Sunrise debates calls to 'end historical lies'
Yahoo7 News
Indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant is calling for inaccuracies in Australia's history to end, starting with an inscription on a Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde Park that reads: "Discovered this territory in 1770.” Mr Grant told The Australian ...

Yahoo7 News
'Changing Captain Cook statue could lead to riots': Sunrise debates calls to 'end historical lies'
Yahoo7 News
Calls to change inscriptions on key Australian statues, including the Captain Cook monument in Sydney's Hyde, has sparked a heated debate with suggestions such a move would leave to riots. Indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant is calling for inaccuracies ...

ABC Online
Copwatch program empowers Aboriginal communities to film interactions with police
ABC Online
Lawyers and Aboriginal justice advocate Shaun Harris, the uncle of Ms Dhu who died in custody in Western Australia, discussed tips on how and when to film authorities, things to do before sharing the footage on social media, and ways to protect it.

THE GIDDY POWER OF SAYING NO TO AUSTRALIA DAY
Herald Sun (blog)
Now Darebin council has banned Australia Day to placate locals who identify as Aboriginal. The pictures of the meeting suggest white colonisation actually brought over many of their own relatives. I am not legally free to speculate why they assert ...

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education & Transitions
EducationHQ Australia
... such as Geraldine Atkinson (President, VAEAI), Professor Shane Hearn (Dean of Indigenous Research, University of Adelaide), Anton Shirripa (Teacher,Clontarf Aboriginal College) and Tristan Duggle (State Finalist Young Australian of the Year 2017).