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Bunbury Mail
Statement from the Heart a 'turning point': Sean Gordon
Lakes Mail
Mr Gordon said it was also important for Australia to establish a Makarrata Commission – from the Aboriginal word for a restoration of peace after disunity – where the truth about relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is acknowledged.
The best in Australian travel: The Ozcars for Indigenous TravelBunbury Mail
Uluru summit delivers clear message to Australian lawmakersLawyers Weekly
OPINION: Acknowledging Indigenous history should not be scaryNewsport
Newcastle Herald
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Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 5 – the 2008 Yirrkala Statement – The Northern Myth  Crikey

Lawyers Weekly
Uluru summit delivers clear message to Australian lawmakers
Lawyers Weekly
Lawyers and legal academics have weighed in on new calls for constitutional reform to empower Australia's first peoples as part of the nation's next serious step towards Indigenous reconciliation. A group of Indigenous Australians have issued a ...
OPINION: Acknowledging Indigenous history should not be scaryNewsport
Uluru Statement 'not contentious' and should be heeded, human rights bodies urgeIllawarra Mercury

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Noise11
Warner Music Compiles The Sound of Indigenous Australia
Noise11
The collection celebrates other hugely important artists like Ruby Hunter, Tiddas, Pigram Brothers, Troy Cassar-Daly, Jimmy Little, Blekbala Mujik and Vic Simms and shines a light on less well-known contributors to Australia's Indigenous music tome ...

Bunbury Mail
National Indigenous Arts Award recognises Bunbury talent
Bunbury Mail
Critically acclaimed Bunbury actor and director of Indigenous theatre and film Lynette Narkle was presented with Australia Council's prestigious Red Ochre Award for 2017 at the 10th National Indigenous Arts Awards at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday, ...

Bunbury Mail
National Indigenous Arts Award recognises Bunbury talent
Bunbury Mail
Critically acclaimed Bunbury actor and director of Indigenous theatre and film Lynette Narkle was presented with Australia Council's prestigious Red Ochre Award for 2017 at the 10th National Indigenous Arts Awards at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday, ...

ABC Online
Indigenous memory techniques helping primary school students learn and remember
ABC Online
Pupils at the Malmsbury Primary School, north-west of Melbourne, are being taught how to harness skills used by cultures around the world, including Australia, to retain information and history. Principal Carolyn Taverner said students would be ...

The best in Australian travel: The Ozcars for Indigenous Travel
Bunbury Mail
There are few tour guides more passionate or knowledgeable than Darren Capewell, a local Nhanda​ man who runs eco-tours through his people's traditional home near Shark Bay in Western Australia. "Capes" epitomises all that is good about Aboriginal ...

The best in Australian travel: The Ozcars for Indigenous Travel
Bunbury Mail
There are few tour guides more passionate or knowledgeable than Darren Capewell, a local Nhanda​ man who runs eco-tours through his people's traditional home near Shark Bay in Western Australia. "Capes" epitomises all that is good about Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Australia, meet your new prime minister
ABC Online
The 16-year-old Melbourne student is an increasingly familiar voice in the Indigenous community and in the last year has become an emerging leader. In January she addressed tens of thousands of people who filled Melbourne's streets on Australia Day to ...

Crikey (registration) (blog)
Newcastle-based Indigenous leader says it's time to talk truth about Australia's past
Armidale Express
Mr Gordon said many Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia had “stood up and taken on the challenge of coming up with better approaches” to relations with non-Indigenous Australians but “this needs to be acknowledged more widely ...
Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 3 - the 1993 Eva Valley StatementCrikey (registration) (blog)
Advisory council to focus on Indigenous healthBendigo Advertiser
AIA advocates reforms for Australia's First PeoplesArchitecture and Design
Namoi Valley Independent -Australian Jewish News -Pro Bono Australia
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ABC Online
Noel Pearson alleged to have unleashed foul-mouthed tirade at Prime Minister over Indigenous constitutional recognition
ABC Online
Exposing division over progress toward constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians — an issue thrashed out by stakeholders in Uluru two weeks ago — the alleged outburst, which Mr Pearson denies, followed a meeting of the Referendum Council ...

ABC Online
Noel Pearson alleged to have unleashed foul-mouthed tirade at Prime Minister over Indigenous constitutional recognition
ABC Online
Exposing division over progress toward constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians — an issue thrashed out by stakeholders in Uluru last week — the alleged outburst, which Mr Pearson denies, followed a meeting of the Referendum Council late ...

Crikey (registration) (blog)
Newcastle-based Indigenous leader says it's time to talk truth about Australia's past
Eastern Riverina Chronicle
Mr Gordon said many Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia had “stood up and taken on the challenge of coming up with better approaches” to relations with non-Indigenous Australians but “this needs to be acknowledged more widely ...
Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 3 - the 1993 Eva Valley StatementCrikey (registration) (blog)
Advisory council to focus on Indigenous healthBendigo Advertiser
Kids to bridge health divide | VideoNamoi Valley Independent
Australian Jewish News -The Cairns Post
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The Australian
Aborigines deserve voice in nation's future
The Australian
To Aboriginal Australians left out of constitutional discussions by the founding fathers, it sounds like: “Get back in your box.” In their eyes the nation is already divided by race. Markers of health, wealth and longevity show black Australians a long ...

Newsport
OPINION: Acknowledging Indigenous history should not be scary
Newsport
The difference between Aboriginal occupation of Australia and the British occupation is that the Aboriginal occupation was of terra nullius, at least on the human level. Too bad for the megafauna and fire-susceptible plants which were rendered extinct ...
Uluru Statement 'not contentious' and should be heeded, human rights bodies urgeIllawarra Mercury

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Crikey (registration) (blog)
Four essential documents from Aboriginal Australia. Part Four, the 1998 Kalkaringi Statement
Crikey (registration) (blog)
In addition to Aboriginal resistance, key reasons given for voting 'No' at the 1998 referendum included ... inadequate information and understanding about statehood, inadequate consultation, concerns about the Constitutional Convention process, a lack ...

Crikey (registration) (blog)
Four essential documents from Aboriginal Australia. Part Four, the 1998 Kalkaringi Statement
Crikey (registration) (blog)
In addition to Aboriginal resistance, key reasons given for voting 'No' at the 1998 referendum included ... inadequate information and understanding about statehood, inadequate consultation, concerns about the Constitutional Convention process, a lack ...

Crikey (registration) (blog)
Newcastle-based Indigenous leader says it's time to talk truth about Australia's past
Wellington Times
Mr Gordon said many Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia had “stood up and taken on the challenge of coming up with better approaches” to relations with non-Indigenous Australians but “this needs to be acknowledged more widely ...
Four essential documents from Aboriginal Australia. Part Three, the 1993 Eva Valley StatementCrikey (registration) (blog)
Kids to bridge health divide | Video | The Northern Daily LeaderThe Northern Daily Leader
Advisory council to focus on Indigenous healthBendigo Advertiser
Australian Jewish News
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Crikey (registration) (blog)
Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 3 - the 1993 Eva Valley Statement
Crikey (registration) (blog)
This is the third of a series of posts looking at various foundational documents from Aboriginal Australians that variously call for land rights, constitutional recognition, redress for past injustices and more. It is no coincidence that these ...
Advisory council to focus on Indigenous healthBendigo Advertiser
AIA advocates reforms for Australia's First PeoplesArchitecture and Design
Kids to bridge health divide | Video | The Northern Daily LeaderThe Northern Daily Leader
Australian Jewish News -Pro Bono Australia
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