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Huffington Post Australia
It's About Time We Opened Our Eyes To The Risk Of Blindness From Diabetes
Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are particularly at risk. Already they are three times more likely to be blind than other Australians and diabetic retinopathy is the third leading cause of vision loss and blindness amongst Indigenous ...

Huffington Post Australia
It's About Time We Opened Our Eyes To The Risk Of Blindness From Diabetes
Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are particularly at risk. Already they are three times more likely to be blind than other Australians and diabetic retinopathy is the third leading cause of vision loss and blindness amongst Indigenous ...

The Conversation AU
Friday essay: painting 'The Last Victorian Aborigines'
The Conversation AU
Although Australia has officially rejected the notion of blood quantum and genetic arithmetic, even today there is a popular and erroneous perception that it is possible to measure the proportion of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry through “blood”.

The Australian
Plan for indigenous to serve jail time at home
The Australian
A NSW Bar Association proposal for special indigenous courts has received a boost with new data on high incarceration rates, but the person behind that data, criminologist Don Weatherburn, said any revised system must come with adequate resourcing “to ...

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The Australian
Plan for indigenous to serve jail time at home
The Australian
A NSW Bar Association proposal for special indigenous courts has received a boost with new data on high incarceration rates, but the person behind that data, criminologist Don Weatherburn, said any revised system must come with adequate resourcing “to ...

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The Australian
NSW Bar pushes for indigenous court to cut incarceration
The Australian
Efforts to reduce the indigenous prison population since the 1993 report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody have failed, with the rate nationwide rising by 63 per cent since then. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians ...

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The Australian
NSW Bar pushes for indigenous court to cut incarceration
The Australian
Efforts to reduce the indigenous prison population since the 1993 report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody have failed, with the rate nationwide rising by 63 per cent since then. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians ...

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The Canberra Times
David Pocock's good deeds continue on rugby sabbatical in South Africa
The Canberra Times
"To have a group of Indigenous young people as part of the Classic Wallaby Program for five weeks, that's a life-changing experience I reckon," Pocock said. "A group of eight young Indigenous Australians are over here for five weeks as part of a school ...

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Aboriginal Art Directory News
YOU ARE HERE
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Presented by actress Miranda Tapsell, the TV series of films under the title of You Are Here explores the place of Indigenous people in Australia today. Included in the series are Warwick Thornton's We Don't Need a Map, Erica Glynn's In My Own Words, ...

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Aboriginal Art Directory News
YOU ARE HERE
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Presented by actress Miranda Tapsell, the TV series of films under the title of You Are Here explores the place of Indigenous people in Australia today. Included in the series are Warwick Thornton's We Don't Need a Map, Erica Glynn's In My Own Words, ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous people keen to be trained in filming interactions with police
The Guardian
Newhouse said more than 20 Indigenous communities across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland had requested training but were afraid of ramifications if they were identified. He said much of the training centred on ...
The Campaign To Help Aboriginal People Fight Police HarassmentHuffington Post Australia

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The Guardian
Indigenous people keen to be trained in filming interactions with police
The Guardian
Newhouse said more than 20 Indigenous communities across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland had requested training but were afraid of ramifications if they were identified. He said much of the training centred on ...
The Campaign To Help Aboriginal People Fight Police HarassmentHuffington Post Australia

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SBS
Celebrating 10 years of National Indigenous Television
SBS
National Indigenous Television (NITV) celebrates 10 years of broadcasting on Thursday, marking a decade since the television service first appeared on screens (on 13 July 2007) with its thought-provoking content produced by Indigenous Australians.

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SBS
Celebrating 10 years of National Indigenous Television
SBS
National Indigenous Television (NITV) celebrates 10 years of broadcasting on Thursday, marking a decade since the television service first appeared on screens (on 13 July 2007) with its thought-provoking content produced by Indigenous Australians.

Curator (designated Australian First Nations role)
ArtsHub (subscription)
... and team members at ACCA, the Curator takes a leadership role in the development of a new Indigenous visual arts initiative. The role also contributes to ACCA's artistic program, exhibitions and public programs involving Australian and ...

Daily Mail
Melbourne Council Considers Aus Day Changes
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Moreland council failed to make similar changes less than a month ago but Darebin is now flagging a move to its citizenship ceremony from January 26, out of respect to indigenous Australians. The council, north of the city, covers Bundoora, Kingsbury, ...
Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Melbourne could move from January 26 - because it's 'insensitive to Aboriginal ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Indigenous youth suicide: Commissioner urges action amid worries 'children think no-one cares'
ABC Online
It's a story far more personal for Australia's first female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar. Ms Oscar was at the inquest back in 2007, too. She was concerned about why so many young people were killing ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous youth suicide: Commissioner urges action amid worries 'children think no-one cares'
ABC Online
It's a story far more personal for Australia's first female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar. Ms Oscar was at the inquest back in 2007, too. She was concerned about why so many young people were killing ...

Herald Sun
Darebin Council considering moving Australia Day citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The citizenship ceremony could be replaced by an event acknowledging indigenous Australian suffering on January 26. The survey, distributed to a council advisory committee, asks a range of questions in order “to broaden council's perspective and ...

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Herald Sun
Darebin Council considering moving Australia Day citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The citizenship ceremony could be replaced by an event acknowledging indigenous Australian suffering on January 26. The survey, distributed to a council advisory committee, asks a range of questions in order “to broaden council's perspective and ...

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