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The Macleay Argus
Ice use out of control in regional Australia
The Macleay Argus
He says there is a huge misconception that alcohol is the major issue for Indigenous Australia and that close to 100% of his clients are all ice users. “All too often we hear the same sad story,” Mr Wilson said. “It's tough for people to get off ice ...

Gizmodo Australia
World First: Kakadu National Park, As Seen From A Drone
Gizmodo Australia
Locations include the famous Yellow Waters Billabong at sunrise, the rugged escarpment of the towering Nourlangie Rock - a deeply spiritual site home to significant works of Aboriginal rock art more than 20,000 years old, the cascading waterfalls of ...

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ABC Online
NBL star Kevin White uses hoops to inspire Aboriginal youngsters in central Australia
ABC Online
He is exactly the kind of person to inspire Aboriginal youngsters in central Australia to lock onto a goal, and chase it. He has recently returned from a trip to Nyewente and Ltyentye Apurte Aboriginal communities with Charity Bounce — an organisation ...

ABC Online
NBL star Kevin White uses hoops to inspire Aboriginal youngsters in central Australia
ABC Online
He is exactly the kind of person to inspire Aboriginal youngsters in central Australia to lock onto a goal, and chase it. He has recently returned from a trip to Nyewente and Ltyentye Apurte Aboriginal communities with Charity Bounce — an organisation ...

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Aboriginal health organisation praised for reducing risk of chronic disease in far-west NSW
ABC Message Stick
"I see Broken Hill and the far west as one of the jewels in the crown for improving Aboriginal health because they are doing things that work." Former Maari Ma CEO Richard Weston said the strategy should be used as a model for other parts of Australia.

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NT Stolen Generations 'feel like the last people in Australia' to get Commonwealth compensation
ABC Online
Ms Cummings was kept in a police cell until other Aboriginal children from the area were picked up, and she eventually ended up at the Croker Island mission. She's one of 150 Stolen Generations members still alive in the NT who have sent letters to ...

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Mission Australia residential care worker Jane Peach in award honour
Herald Sun
White Rock resident Jane Peach has won Mission Australia's CEO Celebrate award for her social work with indigenous youths. Picture: BRENDAN RADKE. A WHITE Rock grandmother has been recognised for outstanding service to her employer and the ...

Toowoomba Chronicle
AUSTRALIA DAY BAN IS ALL MEI, MEI, MEI
Herald Sun (blog)
The ostensible catalyst for this was the Aboriginal Community Consultation Report: The January 26 Project. Commissioned by the council, it involved an online survey of 88 indigenous participants as to their views of Australia Day. Not surprisingly, a ...
PAUL MURRAY: Leave Australia Day aloneToowoomba Chronicle
Yarra City Council's Australia Day policy is not a surpriseThe Sydney Morning Herald
Second Melbourne council to vote on ending Australia Day citizenship ceremoniesThe Guardian
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The Advertiser
South Australia pre-WWI, its privilege and poverty, openness and oppression, examined in papers from History SA
The Advertiser
Its subtitle was “An Act to make provision for the Better Protection and Control of the Aboriginal and Half-caste Inhabitants of the State of South Australia”. “One of the things about the 1911 Act is it really gave the chief protector sweeping power ...

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ABC Online
The 'life school' helping Indigenous teenage mums kick drugs and ...
ABC Online
Only 62 per cent of Indigenous girls on Cape York graduate high school, and it is even harder to finish when you fall pregnant. But one boarding school is ...

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The 'life school' helping Indigenous teenage mums kick drugs and ...
ABC Online
Only 62 per cent of Indigenous girls on Cape York graduate high school, and it is even harder to finish when you fall pregnant. But one boarding school is ...

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The Guardian
'We are begging for housing': the crisis in Indigenous communities
The Guardian
The community, which is 90% Indigenous, is one of many to be dealing with overcrowding. A Guardian Australia analysis of census data, using the variables of average household size and persons per bedroom as indicators, suggests improvements in the ...

The Guardian
'We are begging for housing': the crisis in Indigenous communities
The Guardian
The community, which is 90% Indigenous, is one of many to be dealing with overcrowding. A Guardian Australia analysis of census data, using the variables of average household size and persons per bedroom as indicators, suggests improvements in the ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal women empowering schoolgirls in Central Australia to fight domestic violence
ABC Online
Sitting under the shade of a gum tree in a dry river bed in Central Australia, senior Aboriginal women are working to empower a group of schoolgirls in the fight against domestic violence. Central Australia has one of the highest rates of domestic ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal women empowering schoolgirls in Central Australia to fight domestic violence
ABC Online
Sitting under the shade of a gum tree in a dry river bed in Central Australia, senior Aboriginal women are working to empower a group of schoolgirls in the fight against domestic violence. Central Australia has one of the highest rates of domestic ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Yarra City Council's Australia Day policy is not a surprise
The Sydney Morning Herald
Many foolish statements get trotted out when Indigenous affairs are debated. In a recently broadcast documentary, You are here: Occupation Native, we were told for example that: "We [the Indigenous people of Australia] are the only Indigenous people in ...
PAUL MURRAY: Leave Australia Day aloneToowoomba Chronicle
Don't Just Change The Date Of Australia Day...Get Rid Of It All TogetherBuzzFeed News

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Yarra Mayor: This is why we unrecognised Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal Australians often talk about connection to land. Not only does the City of Yarra contain many ancient connections for the Wurundjeri people around the Yarra River itself, but our urban landscape is the birthplace of many modern Aboriginal ...
PAUL MURRAY: Leave Australia Day aloneToowoomba Chronicle
Don't Just Change The Date Of Australia Day...Get Rid Of It All TogetherBuzzFeed News

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Yarra Mayor: This is why we unrecognised Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal Australians often talk about connection to land. Not only does the City of Yarra contain many ancient connections for the Wurundjeri people around the Yarra River itself, but our urban landscape is the birthplace of many modern Aboriginal ...
PAUL MURRAY: Leave Australia Day aloneToowoomba Chronicle
Don't Just Change The Date Of Australia Day...Get Rid Of It All TogetherBuzzFeed News

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ABC Online
Traffic fines could come out of welfare cheques in WA bid to reduce 'scandalous' rate of Indigenous incarceration
ABC Online
In some remote areas, almost half of Indigenous inmates are behind bars for unpaid traffic fines. WA Attorney-General John Quigley said he had been discussing the idea with Federal Social Services Minister Christian Porter. "[It would be] a modest ...

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Traffic fines could come out of welfare cheques in WA bid to reduce 'scandalous' rate of Indigenous incarceration
ABC Online
In some remote areas, almost half of Indigenous inmates are behind bars for unpaid traffic fines. WA Attorney-General John Quigley said he had been discussing the idea with Federal Social Services Minister Christian Porter. "[It would be] a modest ...