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SBS
The young Indigenous filmmakers broadcasting their stories to the world
SBS
Their videos capture snippets of life in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands, in central Australia. It's a closed Indigenous community, open to few visitors. There's also no mobile phone reception and few homes have access to the internet ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Bendigo Advertiser
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous housing: Family living in indoor tent for privacy, as government promises overcrowding fix
ABC Online
He said that from July, Indigenous businesses in communities would have to bid for the remote housing funding to provide services. "[They] will be able to put bids forward to the NT Government and be able to show new innovation, new efficiencies," he said.

The Australian
Indigenous mentoring pioneer reaches out to the world
The Australian
Twelve years later he is chief executive of Australia's largest indigenous high school mentoring program, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, engaging almost 2000 university mentors to help more than 10,000 students. But the 31-year-old ...

Phys.Org
Australian volcanic eruption may have lived on in Aboriginal stories
Phys.Org
"Studying the Kinrara eruption has been a fascinating step on the road to better understanding the most recent volcanic activity in Australia, and also the history and traditions of Aboriginal peoples. We look forward to continuing our work on ...

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Courier Mail
Aborigines want charter of change
Courier Mail
Constitutional recognition for Aborigines is, prima facie, a simple matter, eloquently articulated by Harold Ludwick, an indigenous Queenslander from Cape York who once said: “If the Constitution was the birth certificate of Australia, we're missing ...

Courier Mail
Aborigines want charter of change
Courier Mail
Constitutional recognition for Aborigines is, prima facie, a simple matter, eloquently articulated by Harold Ludwick, an indigenous Queenslander from Cape York who once said: “If the Constitution was the birth certificate of Australia, we're missing ...

Daily Mail
Volcanic eruption lives on in Aboriginal stories
Daily Mail
A devastating Australian volcanic eruption may have lived on in Aboriginal stories for thousands of years. New research shows that a volcano in northeastern Australia last erupted around 7,000 years ago. Stories passed down through as many as 230 ...

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ABC Online
Remote Aboriginal community trains to develop emergency rescue skills
ABC Online
Warburton is 1,000 kilometres east of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, while Kalgoorlie is to the south, in Western Australia. The training focused on simple, practical tips such as using the jaws of life hydraulic cutting tool. "If a person's ...

Time Out Sydney (blog)
Two generations talk about the impact of the 1967 Referendum and the 1992 Mabo Decision
Time Out Sydney (blog)
Maybe the big change will come when Elizabeth dies and we have to think about a republic or not. [We need] a bigger discussion in the next ten years about what it means to be a republic and therefore to reset the conversation with Aboriginal Australia ...

Cowra Guardian
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Cowra Guardian
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Starts at 60
Does Advance Australia Fair ignore indigenous Australians?
Starts at 60
“I am a judge but I also turn my hand to writing poetry in my spare time,” he said. “I have been conscious for some time of the disquiet among our indigenous citizens … and they clearly have a point. Advance Australia Fair in its present form ...

Starts at 60
Does Advance Australia Fair ignore indigenous Australians?
Starts at 60
“I am a judge but I also turn my hand to writing poetry in my spare time,” he said. “I have been conscious for some time of the disquiet among our indigenous citizens … and they clearly have a point. Advance Australia Fair in its present form ...

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ABC Online
Exhibition re-imagining first British contact makes penultimate stop in Coffs Harbour
ABC Online
When the tour wraps up in June, 'East Coast Encounters' will form part of the permanent collection at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney's Darling Harbour. It features works by a total of 22 Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and ...

The Guardian
Victoria to fund new elected Aboriginal body to advance treaty talks
The Guardian
... treaty, this is about for the first time having an organised representative voice for Aboriginal Victorians across the entire state and I think that in itself is going to be a huge step forward both for recognition and reconciliation,” Hutchins ...

The Australian
Judge writes third verse to lift our vanilla national anthem
The Australian
Victorian Supreme Court judge Peter Vickery has taken it upon himself to write a third verse, correcting what he sees as the worst anomaly: the absence of reference to indigenous Australians. “I am a judge but I also turn my hand to writing poetry in ...
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Esperance Express
Indigenous soldiers commemorate Anzac Day
Esperance Express
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers have served in every Australian conflict since at least 1901, according to the Australian War Memorial. Over 1000 Indigenous soldiers fought in World War I, according to the memorial's website, although ...

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Southern Cross
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Southern Cross
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Bendigo Advertiser
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Bendigo Advertiser
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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