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Senate urges action for indigenous women
The Australian
A motion, passed in the Senate on Tuesday, notes recent "harrowing" statistics showing indigenous women account for 34 per cent of women in prison but just two per cent of the adult female population. The senators - Liberals, Nationals, Labor, Greens ...

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The West Australian
Art shines at the markets
The West Australian
Flight: Aboriginal Perspectives from the Sky showcases a series of works by artists in Aboriginal art centres and independent artists from all over regional Australia including Spinifex Hill Studio and Martumili Artists. The artworks explore ...

New York Times
4000 Kilometers, 10 Months: One Australian's March for Indigenous Rights
New York Times
PRINCES HIGHWAY, Australia — Clinton Pryor had already walked 4,780 kilometers, or nearly 3,000 miles, by the time I met up with him Thursday morning on a country road between Sydney and Melbourne. Mr. Pryor, an Aboriginal activist from Australia's ...

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The Pick and Roll (blog)
Australia ready for debut campaign in 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge
The Pick and Roll (blog)
Game day is coming soon for the Apunipima Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars, who will be making their first ever appearance in Vancouver, Canada, to compete in the World Indigenous Basketball Challenge (WIBC). The team, who concluded a ...

Parliament stops to remember Yunupingu
NEWS.com.au
... who died last month aged 46 while undergoing dialysis treatment, had opened hearts and minds to the beauty and significance of the languages of first Australians. So too did he help illustrate the spiritual connection indigenous Australians shared ...

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NT program boosts Indigenous army recruits
EducationHQ Australia
Last year's graduates brought the number of indigenous Australians in defence to more than 500 for the first time since World War II. Numeracy lecturer Bruce Garnett says the change he's seen in the students is phenomenal. "You see these young people ...

Catholic Leader
Northern Australia's first missionary priest remembered 170 years later
Catholic Leader
About 170 years ago, Fr Confalonieri, lived amongst the aboriginal people at Port Essington a military garrison on the remote Coburg Peninsular, now part of the Northern Territory. As Northern Australia's first Catholic missionary, Fr Confalonieri ...

NEWS.com.au
Aerial photos show the stunning transformation of Australia's top 10 fastest growing regions
NEWS.com.au
GUNGAHLIN, ACT. This area in Canberra has grown by 50.4 per cent, increasing from 47,303 to 71,142. It includes the fast-growing suburbs of Gangahlin and Bonner, named in memory of Australia's first indigenous parliamentarian Senator Neville Bonner.

The Cairns Post
Patty backs Jawai for tilt at Boomers
The Cairns Post
Speaking while at UMI Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Gallery as part of his Commonwealth Games ambassador role, Mills, although disappointed not to be able to play at the Games, is keen for Jawai to represent indigenous Australia on ...
Patty Mills dances with local Torres Strait Islanders while in Townsville, bumps into an NRL greatFox Sports

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The Australian
Time for action on indigenous recognition, says Fred Chaney
The Australian
Achieving indigenous constitutional recognition, not endlessly discussing how the current proposals were arrived at, should be the task at hand, former Liberal party deputy leader and Fraser government Aboriginal affairs minister Fred Chaney says ...

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The Australian
Time for action on indigenous recognition, says Fred Chaney
The Australian
Achieving indigenous constitutional recognition, not endlessly discussing how the current proposals were arrived at, should be the task at hand, former Liberal party deputy leader and Fraser government Aboriginal affairs minister Fred Chaney says ...

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Richo's 'lazy fictions' are simply an insult
The Australian
Politicians shed tears for the unfinished business of indigenous Australia at the end of careers. The time for leadership was when they held power. Richo owes blackfellas not to be lazy in his commentary on constitutional recognition. Indigenous people ...

Aboriginal representation needs greater clarity
The Australian
Graham Richardson was wrong when he said indigenous Australians had “demanded” to have “representation in the federal parliament”, an idea Richardson described as “plain crazy” to put to a referendum (“Spouting feel-good fluff is no proof of foreman ...

Aboriginal representation needs greater clarity
The Australian
Graham Richardson was wrong when he said indigenous Australians had “demanded” to have “representation in the federal parliament”, an idea Richardson described as “plain crazy” to put to a referendum (“Spouting feel-good fluff is no proof of foreman ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Review: National Gallery of Australia's Defying Empire mixes art and activism
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's no surprise there's a militant edge to the National Gallery of Australia's third National Indigenous Art Triennial, Defying Empire, which celebrates the 1967 referendum. The vast majority of Indigenous artists today may be making works that ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Review: National Gallery of Australia's Defying Empire mixes art and activism
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's no surprise there's a militant edge to the National Gallery of Australia's third National Indigenous Art Triennial, Defying Empire, which celebrates the 1967 referendum. The vast majority of Indigenous artists today may be making works that ...

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How much is an aboriginal youth's life worth?
Eureka Street (registration)
Australians claim an identity as a nation built from the principle of a fair go for all, regardless of background or the colour of a person's skin. Yet I hear and read an ongoing litany of complaints about our Aboriginal communities and individuals ...

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New York Times
Crossing Australia, One Step at a Time
New York Times
Mr. Pryor, an Aboriginal activist from Australia's west coast, was starting his 310th day on foot to protest the treatment of Indigenous Australians, and he seemed anxious to get going. He took a final drag off a cigarette. “Ready, guys?” he said ...

Herald Sun
Australia Day should be moved to another date so we can all celebrate
Herald Sun
MOMENTUM is building for Australia Day to be moved to another date. Around the country there are numerous moves recognising that January 26 is seen as Invasion Day by many indigenous Australians — a day of mourning rather than celebration.

Blayney Chronicle
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than European
Blayney Chronicle
One point two per cent of Australians speak Vietnamese, and another 1.2 per cent Cantonese. The Census recorded 300 different languages, including indigenous languages. A record 2.8 per cent of Australians identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres ...