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Australia's most successful indigenous musician has died
The Economist (blog)
DR YUNUPINGU, an indigenous Australian musician who sold over half a million records worldwide, wrote very few songs in English. The rest were sung in different languages of the Yolngu Matha group, which includes more than 30 languages and dialects ...

NSW reforms point way to reducing high rate of indigenous incarceration
The Australian
A report from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows the incarceration of indigenous Australians in that state has increased by 25 per cent since 2013. The report attributes this rise to more indigenous people being charged with, and ...

Bunbury Mail
Indigenous musician G Yunupingu dies aged 46: 'Voice of a generation'
Bunbury Mail
"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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ABC Online
Elijah Doughty's Mother Calls For Peace And Justice After Teen's Death
Huffington Post Australia
And while she acknowledged she wants justice for her son's death, she also told '7.30' that the Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities of Kalgoorlie and Western Australia need to unite. "I want the man that's killed my son to get what he deserves, ...
Elijah Doughty trial: How Indigenous rangers worked with police to ease tensions in KalgoorlieABC Online
Sentence for Elijah Doughty's killer sparks anger. Was justice served?The Guardian
Elijah Doughty decision shows there is rarely justice for aboriginal victimsEureka Street (registration)

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NEWS.com.au
Justin Trudeau 'all talk no action' for indigenous rights, says Rise documentary director
NEWS.com.au
Australians may look to Canada as a leader in indigenous rights, but Carson-Fox said both countries shared similar issues. She also pointed out that just because Canada had signed treaties with its first people, it didn't mean things were better there.

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ABC Online
Patty Mills on the NBA, his $65m deal and inspiring Indigenous kids
ABC Online
Patty Mills may have just signed a new $65 million deal to play in the NBA, but he is quick to point out "I was still able to catch those crayfish" on a recent visit home to the Torres Strait Islands. The Australian basketball star has found enormous ...

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ABC Online
Patty Mills on the NBA, his $65m deal and inspiring Indigenous kids
ABC Online
Patty Mills may have just signed a new $65 million deal to play in the NBA, but he is quick to point out "I was still able to catch those crayfish" on a recent visit home to the Torres Strait Islands. The Australian basketball star has found enormous ...
Aussie NBA superstar Patty Mills talks pre-game rituals and NBA sledgingNEWS.com.au

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Yahoo7 News
New music from late Australian indigenous singer Gurrumul
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - New music from world-renowned Australian Aboriginal singer Gurrumul will be released next month, his record label said, with one album already completed as part of a documentary. The singer, who was born blind and never gave any ...

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New music from late Australian indigenous singer Gurrumul
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - New music from world-renowned Australian Aboriginal singer Gurrumul will be released next month, his record label said, with one album already completed as part of a documentary. The singer, who was born blind and never gave any ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Rising Number of Indigenous Professionals But Still Unfinished Business
Pro Bono Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a history of entrepreneurship and engaging with the mainstream economy but constitutional reform remains unfinished business, according to author, journalist and special adviser to the Prime ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Rising Number of Indigenous Professionals But Still Unfinished Business
Pro Bono Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a history of entrepreneurship and engaging with the mainstream economy but constitutional reform remains unfinished business, according to author, journalist and special adviser to the Prime ...

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The Guardian
Sentence for Elijah Doughty's killer sparks anger. Was justice served?
The Guardian
The outcome was met by anger and grief from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, as well as many non-Indigenous Australians, who say it is a product of systemic inequality. The same systemic inequality that has contributed to the ...
Elijah Doughty trial: How Indigenous rangers worked with police to ease tensions in KalgoorlieABC Online
Elijah Doughty decision shows there is rarely justice for aboriginal victimsEureka Street (registration)

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The Mercury
Hobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey says council will continue campaign to change date of Australia Day
The Mercury
“Every year there are public rallies, with people protesting against the current legislated date for Australia Day because Aboriginal people view it as invasion day. “In Melbourne this year, 50,000 people — both indigenous and non-indigenous — protested.

The West Australian
Activist in Referendum showcase
The West Australian
The life of an Aboriginal activist and women's rights champion from the Pilbara has been put on display at the State Library of Western Australia as part of an exhibition remembering the 1967 Referendum. The Right Wrongs: 1967 Referendum — The WA ...

WAtoday
Family 'gambled away' funeral money for WA girl who killed herself
WAtoday
The older sister grew up in Kalumburu, which on a map looks like an exotic, coastal location at the top of Australia. But it was a predatory environment where 13 per cent of the men were convicted child sex offenders among others who had not been caught.

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Inquest uncovers horrors of Kimberley life
NEWS.com.au
WA Government child protection worker Rosalee Webb was talking about a 13-year-old Aboriginal girl who killed herself in 2013 in Kalumburu, the northern-most human settlement in WA. Ms Webb, a psychologist, has seen a lot in a career spent in ...

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ABC Online
How Indigenous rangers worked with police to ease tensions in Kalgoorlie during Elijah Doughty trial
ABC Online
And walking through the crowd, a link between members of what has been called one of Australia's most divided communities, were the Goldfields Land and Sea Council's (GLSC) Rangers: young Aboriginal men who put their hand up to help keep the peace.

ABC Online
Why the remote APY Lands dominate the Australian art scene
ABC Online
The centre of Australia's contemporary art scene isn't the wharves of Sydney Harbour or an alleyway in Melbourne: it's a handful of tiny art centres in remote Indigenous communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South ...

ABC Online
Why the remote APY Lands dominate the Australian art scene
ABC Online
The centre of Australia's contemporary art scene isn't the wharves of Sydney Harbour or an alleyway in Melbourne: it's a handful of tiny art centres in remote Indigenous communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South ...

ABC Online
Australia Day: Hobart Mayor lashes 'pale, male and stale' councillors over date change vote
ABC Online
... over their 60s … certainly I don't think local government is as representative as I'd like it to be with some of the modern thinking around such issues as marriage equality and changing to be more inclusive for Australia Day and Aboriginal people ...