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UN 'deeply disturbed' by Indigenous detention
Newcastle Star
The vast majority of Aboriginal people had jobs, attended school and were not involved in the criminal justice system, Mr Scullion said. He acknowledged some Indigenous Australians "need additional support" and said the Coalition was committed to ...

UN 'deeply disturbed' by Indigenous detention
Blue Mountains Gazette
The vast majority of Aboriginal people had jobs, attended school and were not involved in the criminal justice system, Mr Scullion said. He acknowledged some Indigenous Australians "need additional support" and said the Coalition was committed to ...

ABC Online
United Nations 'appalled' at Indigenous youth detention and living conditions
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians are living in "appalling" conditions and young Aborigines in detention are "essentially being punished for being poor", the United Nations has declared in a scathing report. A 15-day tour of Indigenous communities and high-level ...
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UN official criticises Australia's 'disturbing' number of Aboriginal children behind barsABC Online
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The Australian
Female reporter refuses to leave court over 'sensitive Aboriginal men's business'
The Australian
“She was not disrespectful of Aboriginal culture - she was just doing her job,” he told The Australian. “If the magistrate had closed the court or ordered her out then of course she would have complied. “As it transpired the defence found a way around ...

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ABC Online
Ringbalin shares Indigenous culture and healing environment message
ABC Online
On a sandy dance floor at the mouth of the Murray, warmed by a circle of fires, Aboriginal groups have staged a ringbalin, the culmination of a week of ceremonies along the Murray-Darling river system. Ringbalin, a Ngarrindjeri word for ceremony ...

ABC Online
Ringbalin shares Indigenous culture and healing environment message
ABC Online
On a sandy dance floor at the mouth of the Murray, warmed by a circle of fires, Aboriginal groups have staged a ringbalin, the culmination of a week of ceremonies along the Murray-Darling river system. Ringbalin, a Ngarrindjeri word for ceremony ...

The Mandarin (registration)
Indigenous groups demand funding certainty for one of the 'things that work'
The Mandarin (registration)
The minister noted that while the environment and Indigenous affairs are separated in government, Aboriginal Australians traditionally “see people and country as one” and that the threats to both were introduced by the settlers and their descendants ...

The Mandarin (registration)
Indigenous groups demand funding certainty for one of the 'things that work'
The Mandarin (registration)
There are also contributions from state and territory governments and, more recently, $600,000 out of Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper funds went to a wild dog eradication trial in Western Australia that will draw on the expertise of Indigenous ...

Herald Sun
Sorry, but we're a divided nation
Herald Sun
The ultimate symbol of this tribalisation — plans by both Labor and the Liberals to change our Constitution to give Australians with Aboriginal ancestors extra legal rights. EXAMPLE TWO: a report that Melbourne's Monash council spent just $4000 on ...

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Australia's indigenous aid program bureaucratic and wasteful: UN
Reuters
SYDNEY Australia's effort to improve the lives of its impoverished indigenous population is being undermined by a centralized, bureaucratic aid program delivered in sometimes culturally inappropriate ways, a United Nations official said on Monday.

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Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
Esperance Express
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered. They have challenged political leaders to discuss what is emerging as ...

Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
Esperance Express
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered. They have challenged political leaders to discuss what is emerging as ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Deadly funny - a new brand of Australian comedy
ArtsHub (subscription)
Aboriginal stand-up is a small, but increasingly recognisable, element of Australia's comedy scene. Melbourne's International Comedy Festival first held its Deadly Funny competition in 2007 and The Deadly Funnies have helped to sustain the genre.

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Deadly funny - a new brand of Australian comedy
ArtsHub (subscription)
Aboriginal stand-up is a small, but increasingly recognisable, element of Australia's comedy scene. Melbourne's International Comedy Festival first held its Deadly Funny competition in 2007 and The Deadly Funnies have helped to sustain the genre.

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What is Blak design?
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Over the phone they explained to me, “As part of the design we feel that the ongoing history of Aboriginal Australia should be acknowledged.” They asked me, “What are your thoughts on the idea of a contemporary fire pit/gathering space on the ground ...

ABC Online
Magpie Goose: A new non-profit fashion label puts a modern twist on traditional Top End Aboriginal prints
ABC Online
The socially inclusive enterprise is the brainchild of former lawyer Maggie McGowan, who regularly travelled to remote Indigenous communities as part of her work in Aboriginal legal aid. "I loved spending time at the art centres and got to see what ...

The Australian
Northern Territory intervention just 'another form of abuse'
The Australian
Pat Anderson, who has long decried the Howard government's use of her Little Children Are Sacred report to justify its rolling-out of troops and police in 2007, was speaking at a central Australian indigenous constitutional recognition meeting. Ms ...

The Australian
Northern Territory intervention just 'another form of abuse'
The Australian
Pat Anderson, who has long decried the Howard government's use of her Little Children Are Sacred report to justify its rolling-out of troops and police in 2007, was speaking at a central Australian indigenous constitutional recognition meeting. Ms ...

The Advertiser
Sorry, but we're a divided nation
The Advertiser
The ultimate symbol of this tribalisation — plans by both Labor and the Liberals to change our Constitution to give Australians with Aboriginal ancestors extra legal rights. E XAMPLE TWO: a report that Melbourne's Monash council spent just $4000 on ...

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The Advertiser
Sorry, but we're a divided nation
The Advertiser
That follows Fremantle council's decision to scrap its usual Australia Day fireworks, with the ABC claiming “momentum is building to change the date out of respect for indigenous Australians — many of whom view January 26 as 'Invasion Day'.” So how ...

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