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The Sydney Morning Herald
Uluru statement: why are our leaders so scared of acknowledging Indigenous history?
The Sydney Morning Herald
Delegates at the First Nations constitutional convention at Uluru rejected symbolic constitutional recognition with some justification. In 1999, Australians rejected (55 per cent to 45 per cent) a proposal to insert a preamble in the constitution that ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Uluru statement: Aborigines prefer the horizon to the foreground
The Sydney Morning Herald
Delegates to the Aboriginal constitutional convention probably did themselves, as well as indigenous Australians, a great favour last week by making some perfectly reasonable, but presently politically impossible, proposals about constitutional ...
Noel Pearson, I support recognition of Aboriginal cultureThe Australian

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson, I support recognition of Aboriginal culture
The Australian
For as long as Noel Pearson has been a public figure, I have been an admirer of his. And on occasion he has been kind enough to say a nice word or two about ...
Uluru statement: Aborigines prefer the horizon to the foregroundThe Sydney Morning Herald

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FourFourTwo Australia
Wanderers to host Indigenous football trials
FourFourTwo Australia
Supporters of the elite program include: the Johnny Warren Football Foundation, the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, Football NSW, the Western Sydney Wanderers and Football Federation Australia. Director, Lawrence Gilbert ...

Politicians putting indigenous body at risk, says academic
The Australian
The indigenous body was one of two concrete proposals to come out of last week's constitutional convention in central Australia and the only one that would need to be put to a referendum. The other one, a “makarrata” commission, would be responsible ...

Herald Sun
Our Constitution already gives First Nations a say
The Australian
Indigenous leaders at the summit and those who participated in the consultations around Australia leading up to Uluru, in the words of Referendum Council co-chairwoman Pat Anderson, “rejected totally outright having some sort of an acknowledgment in ...
No place for race in our constitutiondailytelegraph.com.au
Confronting the pastNewcastle Herald
After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU
Rugby.com.au
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The Australian
NSW Bar pushes for indigenous court as part of system reform
The Australian
The commission “may wish to have regard to the extent to which factors such as institutional racism and a lack of cultural competency at all levels of law enforcement contribute to the increasing rate of incarceration of indigenous Australians”, he said.

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The Australian Financial Review
Adani fix will fall short of full Mabo revisit
The Australian Financial Review
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark High Court ruling in Mabo v Queensland which drove a stake through the heart of the notion of terra nullius – "nobody's land" – and recognised the ongoing existence of Indigenous land rights in ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
No place for race in our constitution
dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Australians have made a significant contribution to the success of modern Australia. The first British settlers of the 18th century, and the waves of migrants that have followed from all corners of the globe, have also helped to make ...
Our Constitution already gives First Nations a sayThe Australian
Confronting the pastNewcastle Herald
After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU
Rugby.com.au -Northern Rivers Echo
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The Australian
Tasmanian Labor promises Aboriginal treaty talks
The Australian
SA has appointed an Aboriginal leader, Roger Thomas, as a treaty commissioner to help guide its talks. Ms Ogilvie, a lawyer, said Tasmanian treaty talks could address a range of “big ticket items” raised by the state's Aboriginal groups, including ...

Illawarra Mercury
Flinders teen calls for mandatory Indigenous studies in schools
Illawarra Mercury
I'd also like to see Aboriginal education or Indigenous studies as a mandatory subject within all schools all over Australia. - Tahlia King. Tahlia, who also recently participated in the Indigenous Solidarity conference at the University of Albany, New ...

Illawarra Mercury
Flinders teen calls for mandatory Indigenous studies in schools
Illawarra Mercury
I'd also like to see Aboriginal education or Indigenous studies as a mandatory subject within all schools all over Australia. - Tahlia King. Tahlia, who also recently participated in the Indigenous Solidarity conference at the University of Albany, New ...

NT players going to the inaugural Indigenous High Performance Camp
ABC Local
The youngsters are being mentored and coached by the likes of former Aboriginal Diamonds star and the first Aboriginal to play netball for Australia, Marcia Ella-Duncan. They join 20 other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander athletes from across ...

NT players going to the inaugural Indigenous High Performance Camp
ABC Local
The youngsters are being mentored and coached by the likes of former Aboriginal Diamonds star and the first Aboriginal to play netball for Australia, Marcia Ella-Duncan. They join 20 other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander athletes from across ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Indigenous voice is unique and complex
Bendigo Advertiser
Thompson – the custodian of the endangered language Bidjara – creates highly-stylised performances using sound, photography and film commenting on cultural hybridity, identity and indigenous and colonial history. Currently at the Gallery we have an ...

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Bendigo Advertiser
Indigenous voice is unique and complex
Bendigo Advertiser
Thompson – the custodian of the endangered language Bidjara – creates highly-stylised performances using sound, photography and film commenting on cultural hybridity, identity and indigenous and colonial history. Currently at the Gallery we have an ...

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We Will Never Close The Gap Unless We Open Our Kids' Minds To Indigenous Culture
Huffington Post Australia
I was born in the early 1990s in Australia. Growing up in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne, I was fortunate to have friends from an indigenous background. Through them, I was able to gain an insight into indigenous culture and the Aboriginal way of life.

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Smoking key in Indigenous life expectancy gap
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Sanchia Aranda and National Heart Foundation tobacco control spokesperson, Mr Maurice Swanson, said Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to die of preventable causes as non-Indigenous ...

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Daily Advertiser
Explainer: all the questions you were too afraid to ask about Indigenous recognition
Daily Advertiser
An agreement signed between the Western Australian government and the 30,000-strong Noongar people is considered by many to be a treaty. The Victorian and South Australian state governments are in the process of striking treaties with Aboriginal groups ...
Indigenous sovereignty is on the rise. Can it shape the course of history?The Guardian
After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU
Confronting the pastNewcastle Herald
Eureka Street (registration) -National Indigenous Times -Northern Rivers Echo
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Explainer: all the questions you were too afraid to ask about Indigenous constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
An agreement signed between the Western Australian government and the 30,000-strong Noongar people is considered by many to be a treaty. The Victorian and South Australian state governments are in the process of striking treaties with Aboriginal groups ...
Union gets behind push for Constitutional reformNational Indigenous Times
Indigenous sovereignty is on the rise. Can it shape the course of ...The Guardian
On Aboriginal land: seeking a place at the tableEureka Street (registration)
Newcastle Herald -The Conversation AU -Northern Rivers Echo
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