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Debate the date: Labor's new bid
Daily Advertiser
A day off for NSW to celebrate the culture and heritage of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is on the cards, providing Labor is victorious at the 2019 state election. Delegates from Wagga were supported by Indigenous MP Linda Burney ...

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PM promises extra funding to WA schools
Sky News Australia
The prime minister will on Monday announce a $46.7 million package as part of his government's changes to school funding. The arrangement is expected to see support for indigenous students in Western Australia grow at a faster rate than any other state ...

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NEWS.com.au
'This is Pink Batts on steroids': The national shame that dare not speak its name
NEWS.com.au
The outsourcing has also prompted the Labor Party to introduce new landmark legislation that would force the Auditor-General to investigate all child protection providers in Australia's largest state. Denise Crisp is a former president of the Foster ...

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Aboriginal man disappointed at mining snub
Yahoo7 News
Organisers of Western Australia's annual Diggers and Dealers mining conference have been accused of being "condescending and patronising" towards an Aboriginal elder after they dumped the traditional Welcome To Country ceremony he had been asked ...

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Sky News Australia
PM promises extra funding to WA schools
Sky News Australia
The prime minister will on Monday announce a $46.7 million package as part of his government's changes to school funding. The arrangement is expected to see support for indigenous students in Western Australia grow at a faster rate than any other state ...

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Cadtle Hills News
Indigenous musician G Yunupingu dies aged 46: 'Voice of a generation'
Cadtle Hills News
"His debut album cemented him as the Australian voice of a generation, hitting triple platinum in Australia, silver in the UK and charting in multiple other countries across the globe," his record label, Skinnyfish, said in a statement following his ...

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Indigenous musician G Yunupingu dies aged 46: 'Voice of a generation'
Eden Magnet
"His debut album cemented him as the Australian voice of a generation, hitting triple platinum in Australia, silver in the UK and charting in multiple other countries across the globe," his record label, Skinnyfish, said in a statement following his ...

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NEWS.com.au
AB Original Lead 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards Nominations
theMusic
This month also saw the release of a two-CD collection of contemporary and all-time great Indigenous music — NIMA Presents The Sound Of Indigenous Australia: Now & Before — in collaboration with Warner Music Australia, which is available for purchase ...
Hip hop duo AB Original lead National Indigenous Music Awards nominationsNEWS.com.au

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The West Australian
Showcase for indigenous art
The West Australian
There are almost 3000 indigenous artworks from across Australia in the State Art Collection. Lane's first offering in the new space, which takes its name from the Noongar six seasons, is Outside: Matters of the heart in Indigenous art. Her aim is to ...

The West Australian
Showcase for indigenous art
The West Australian
There are almost 3000 indigenous artworks from across Australia in the State Art Collection. Lane's first offering in the new space, which takes its name from the Noongar six seasons, is Outside: Matters of the heart in Indigenous art. Her aim is to ...

The Industry Observer
Finalists for the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards have been announced
The Industry Observer
The finalists of the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards have been announced today, with many of Australia's finest Indigenous artists being recognised for their stellar contributions to Aussie music over the last year, and for their role in ...

SBS
PM kicks off WA trip with schools package
SBS
The prime minister will on Monday announce a $46.7 million package as part of his government's changes to school funding. The arrangement is expected to see support for indigenous students in Western Australia grow at a faster rate than any other state ...

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Victor Harbor Times
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than European
Victor Harbor Times
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 ...

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Abbott's indigenous failure ramps up pressure on Turnbull
The Australian
Minimalism would have seen references to race in the Constitution altered or deleted, but not given indigenous Australians any say in laws that affect them. This approach has now been dismissed by the findings of the Referendum Council, which canvassed ...

Abbott's indigenous failure ramps up pressure on Turnbull
The Australian
Minimalism would have seen references to race in the Constitution altered or deleted, but not given indigenous Australians any say in laws that affect them. This approach has now been dismissed by the findings of the Referendum Council, which canvassed ...

NEWS.com.au
Hip hop duo AB Original lead National Indigenous Music Awards nominations
NEWS.com.au
The 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards nominees. ARTIST OF THE YEAR. A.B. ORIGINAL. DAN SULTAN. JESSICA MAUBOY. TROY CASSAR-DALEY. ALBUM OF THE YEAR. A.B. ORIGINAL — Reclaim Australia. BUSBY MAROU — Postcards From ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Your baby or your safety: the terrible choice facing too many Indigenous women
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is entirely understandable that many Indigenous Australians feel they have not been well represented in and consulted by the political system in the past. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Indigenous women are so afraid their children will be removed they ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Your baby or your safety: the terrible choice facing too many Indigenous women
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is entirely understandable that many Indigenous Australians feel they have not been well represented in and consulted by the political system in the past. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Indigenous women are so afraid their children will be removed they ...

The West Australian
Bill Shorten has picked the wrong time to pledge a republic vote
Herald Sun
It was an even bigger mistake for this oath-breaker to call for a republic while standing in front of a single flag — not the Australian one but the Aboriginal, the flag of apartheid. Bill Shorten's pledge was a call for rebellion against the Queen ...
Shorten's drive for national republic voteThe West Australian

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Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities
Voice of America
The crocodile industry in Australia's Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate of US $80 million. Officials hope the findings will give poorer aboriginal communities the chance to develop crocodile ...