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NRL adopts 'alternative' national anthem for Indigenous round - ABC ...
ABC Online
In addition to Advance Australia Fair, an alternative version of the national anthem will be played at tonight's first match of the Indigenous round of the NRL ...
NRL to showcase alternative anthem in Indigenous Round - NRL.comNRL.COM
Alternative national anthem planned for NRL's Indigenous round ...The Guardian
INDIGENOUS RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORY DECommentary Box Sports
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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ABC Online
NRL adopts 'alternative' national anthem for Indigenous round
ABC Online
When players run onto the field tonight for the first match of the Indigenous round of the National Rugby League season, they will sing the national anthem as usual. What comes next is believed to be an Australian sporting first. The audio recording of ...
INDIGENOUS RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORY DECommentary Box Sports
Budget delivers only piecemeal measures for Australia's First PeoplesMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Australian
Rheumatic heart disease a blight on indigenous population
The Australian
But many affected indigenous youth fail to receive more than half their monthly penicillin requirement. More than 2600 people in the Northern Territory have rheumatic heart disease, while sufferers in Western Australia's remote Kimberley Region are ...

The Australian
Rheumatic heart disease a blight on indigenous population
The Australian
But many affected indigenous youth fail to receive more than half their monthly penicillin requirement. More than 2600 people in the Northern Territory have rheumatic heart disease, while sufferers in Western Australia's remote Kimberley Region are ...

SBS
BUDGET 2017: Indigenous bodies say government is out of touch
SBS
Indigenous peak bodies have converged on Canberra to respond to the federal budget, announced on Tuesday night by Treasurer Scott Morrison. They say the Turnbull Government is out of touch and many of its measures affecting Indigenous Australians ...
Turnbull Budget has Glaring Omissions for Indigenous AustraliansPro Bono Australia

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Aboriginal Wandering Mission: third man charged over sex offences
The Australian
... ongoing investigations stemming from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which identified historic and persistent child sex offences occurring at the Wandering Mission and other locations within Western Australia.

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Pro Bono Australia
Turnbull Budget has Glaring Omissions for Indigenous Australians ...
Pro Bono Australia
The delivery of the 2017 budget for Indigenous Australians was a “mixed bag” of support and omissions, leaders of key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
BUDGET 2017: Indigenous bodies say government is out of touch ...SBS

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Pro Bono Australia
Turnbull Budget has Glaring Omissions for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous businesses have also had a big boost,” she said. The opposition's response to the Turnbull budget was more scathing. “The 2017 budget fails to deliver for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians,” leader of the opposition Bill ...

SBS
Australia's Isaiah Firebrace makes it through to Eurovision finals in Ukraine
SBS
Australian contestant Isaiah Firebrace has made it through to the Eurovision finals to be held this weekend in Kyiv, Ukraine. The 17-year-old performed his song 'Don't Come Easy' in the first semi-final early this morning, Australian time. The young ...
Eurovision 2017: Australia's Isaiah qualifies for grand final with stunning performance9TheFIX

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SBS
Migrant, Indigenous bodies say new budget measures are discriminatory
SBS
The Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) says proposed stricter residency requirements for the age pension, as well as the new foreign worker levy could be discriminatory. FECCA's concerns come as the national Aboriginal and ...

SBS
Migrant, Indigenous bodies say new budget measures are discriminatory
SBS
FECCA's concerns come as the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative body, the National Congress of Australia's First People, argues parts of the budget continue to treat Indigenous Australians unfairly. FECCA said extending the ...

SBS
BUDGET 2017: What it means for Indigenous Australians
SBS
The federal budget has been handed down in Parliament House with the government promising a fair and practical plan forward that makes the right choices for hard-working Australians. But how does the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population fair?
Family Matters. Let's keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in culture.Save The Children Australia
Let's not miss more sports opportunitiesTownsville Bulletin
2017 Budget: $5.9 Million For Apps To Help Indigenous Kids With EducationGizmodo Australia

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SBS
BUDGET 2017: What it means for Indigenous Australians
SBS
The federal budget has been handed down in Parliament House with the government promising a fair and practical plan forward that makes the right choices for hard-working Australians. But how does the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population fair?
Family Matters. Let's keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in culture.Save The Children Australia
Let's not miss more sports opportunitiesTownsville Bulletin
2017 Budget: $5.9 Million For Apps To Help Indigenous Kids With EducationGizmodo Australia

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Gizmodo Australia
Here's The Full 2017 Australian Federal Budget Speech
Gizmodo Australia
This Budget also delivers important increased support for veterans mental health, protections for children within the family justice system, victims of domestic violence, closing the gap for Indigenous Australians and creating the National Redress ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
NRL celebrates contributions of indigenous stars across the game in Round 10
dailytelegraph.com.au
While international football was celebrated last weekend, Greenberg pointed out there were 24 indigenous players in action across all representative games, including Thurston and Thaiday for Australia. Of the 77 NRL debutants last season, 13 were ...
NRL and RECOGNISE stand togetherNRL.COM

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National Geographic Australia
Modern Dodo Bird Discovered by Indigenous Ranger
National Geographic Australia
The Dodo's closest living relative has been found in Australia. Native to South East Asia and the South Pacific the bird has made a staggering journey all the way to Western Australia's north. The Indigenous Bardi Jawi rangers came across the modern ...
Indigenous rangers stumble across dodo relative living in the KimberleySBS

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Federal budget 2017: Aboriginal people exposed to British nuclear testing to receive improved health care
ABC Online
Many Indigenous people were moved away before the tests in South Australia's far north. But some remained and were subjected to extreme levels of radiation, which a royal commission linked to significant injuries and disabilities. Veterans' Affairs ...

ABC Online
Federal budget 2017: Aboriginal people exposed to British nuclear testing to receive improved health care
ABC Online
Many Indigenous people were moved away before the tests in South Australia's far north. But some remained and were subjected to extreme levels of radiation, which a royal commission linked to significant injuries and disabilities. Veterans' Affairs ...

Indigenous Australian Archie Roach to perform at Bella Coola Music Fest
Coast Mountain News
Archie continued to collect awards, including a Deadly Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indigenous Music with Ruby Hunter and again in 2008 they shared a Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for their contribution to Australia's performing arts. In ...

Indigenous Australian Archie Roach to perform at Bella Coola Music Fest
Coast Mountain News
The men covered the troubled landscape of modern Aboriginal Australia in the hope of reawakening a discussion of the many issues faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and of Reconciliation. Archie continued to collect awards ...