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Indigenous Recognise campaign ditched
The Australian
The Referendum Council, however, pointed out that its deliberative process, which was based on 13 regional dialogues of 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates each, was the first time indigenous Australians had been adequately listened to ...

SBS
Fears Indigenous people in remote areas will be left out in postal plebiscite
SBS
South Australian Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey said some Aboriginal people in his electorate will “undoubtedly” not be able to take part in the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Mr Ramsey's electorate of Grey is one of the biggest in Australia and encompasses ...

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Fears Indigenous people in remote areas will be left out in postal plebiscite
SBS
South Australian Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey said some Aboriginal people in his electorate will “undoubtedly” not be able to take part in the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Mr Ramsey's electorate of Grey is one of the biggest in Australia and encompasses ...

ABC Online
What is a Makarrata? The Yolngu word is more than a synonym for treaty
ABC Online
Australia is one of few Commonwealth nations not to currently have a treaty or treaties with its Indigenous people, despite ongoing calls for a settlement. The term Makarrata has long been proposed as an alternative name for the treaty process in this ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson calls for republic delay until Indigenous vote can be held
The Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition of Australia's original inhabitants needed to come before referendums on other issues were held, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson argued on Thursday. Mr Pearson, a member of the expert panel on constitutional recognition of ...
Recognition must come first: PearsonNEWS.com.au

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Greek migrant spent 13 years in Indigenous communities in the '60s and '70s
SBS
Greek migrant Meletis Apostolou arrived in Australia in the 60s. He tried unsuccessfully to begin his new life in Melbourne and in Sydney. He had the 'Bonegilla''experience, and soon after he decided to try his luck in country New South Wales and ...

Recognition must come first: Pearson
NEWS.com.au
While he does not believe efforts to legalise same sex marriage would set back a push to recognise indigenous Australians in the nation's founding document, Mr Pearson says additional referendum proposals could get in the way. "If there's not a ...

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SBS
Graphic video campaign pushing for welfare card slammed as 'one dimensional'
SBS
... Rachel Siewert has criticised a new video campaign showing graphic depictions of violence in Indigenous communities as shock tactics designed to scare the Federal Government into rolling out more cashless welfare cards in remote Western Australia.

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Australian Mining
Origin Energy supports Indigenous STEM scholarships at UNSW
Australian Mining
Associate professor Reuben Bolt, director of UNSW's Indigenous Programs Unit, Nura Gili, said UNSW has the highest retention rate of Indigenous students in Australia, many of whom were the first in their family to attend university. “The scholarships ...

Newcastle Herald
Opinion | From the Cummings mob to your mob, thank you
Newcastle Herald
And so in consultation with the Awabakal and Worimi people, Newcastle's and Australia's first woman Lord Mayor decided to fly your beautiful flag over the city hall. The Aboriginal flag had been flown in other places in Newcastle but not in a big ...

NEWS.com.au
Former High Court judge Michael Kirby slams 'unacceptable' postal plebiscite
NEWS.com.au
“The Australian people can either participate in a referendum of all the people and they can participate through parliament. “The usual way we do law making in this country is in parliament. That's what should be done.” A gay man and long-time marriage ...
Same-sex marriage postal vote 'irregular, unscientific, I'll take no part in it' says former judge Michael KirbyABC Online
Same-sex marriage: High Court challenge to be lodged against postal voteSBS
Same-sex marriage: a referendum is the best routeThe Australian

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ABC Online
Utopia Aboriginal artist Kathleen Ngale fears roaming dogs
ABC Online
The family of an elderly Aboriginal artist in Utopia in Central Australia says she's afraid that the camp dogs that flock around her on the verandah where she lives might attack her. Kathleen Ngale played a major role in the Utopia art movement of the ...

teleSUR English
Corporate 'Fake Art' Profits off Australia's Indigenous Culture
teleSUR English
A 2016 human rights campaign launched in Australia, "Fake Art Harms Culture," estimates that 80 percent of tourist shops sell “Indigenous” products, originating in neighboring countries such as Indonesia and China. "If someone copied someone's original ...

teleSUR English
Corporate 'Fake Art' Profits off Australia's Indigenous Culture
teleSUR English
Indigenous people, even Australians, we're not making those. Who is making this?” demanded Banduk Marika, a Youngu artist. According to the aboriginal community, it's the corporations. Artist Brendon Porteous explained that his artwork was stolen a few ...

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Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle
The Advertiser
The Productivity Commission says we spend more than $30 billion a year on Aboriginal Australians — more than twice as much per head than on the rest of us. A lot of money, but little result. That's because we are doing it wrong and because changing a ...

Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle
Herald Sun
The Productivity Commission says we spend more than $30 billion a year on Aboriginal Australians — more than twice as much per head than on the rest of us. A lot of money, but little result. That's because we are doing it wrong and because changing a ...
Garma's drumbeat a call for changeNational Indigenous Times
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight backThe Guardian
Indigenous rights recognised on UN dayNEWS.com.au
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Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle
Herald Sun
The Productivity Commission says we spend more than $30 billion a year on Aboriginal Australians — more than twice as much per head than on the rest of us. A lot of money, but little result. That's because we are doing it wrong and because changing a ...
Garma's drumbeat was a call for changeNational Indigenous Times
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight backThe Guardian
Uluru 'Statement From The Heart' Lacks Real Teeth And RealityNew Matilda

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The West Australian
Indigenous violence and abuse: the horrific statistics behind Australia's video shame
The West Australian
... is the message delivered to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today by a group of West Australian community leaders pleading for him to help break the cycle of violence, child abuse and alcohol and drug use that has ravaged some indigenous communities.

Summit will empower Kimberley women
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal women from across Western Australia's Kimberley will gather in Broome for the region's first ever 'Straight Talk' event, designed to equip them with the skills to become powerful advocates and achieve greater equality in their communities.

National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
In an opinion piece for the ABC, Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, wrote: “Growing up as an Aboriginal child in remote Australia, Dr G Yunupingu was less likely to receive ...

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