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Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: 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. E XAMPLE TWO: a report that Melbourne's Monash council spent just $4000 on ...

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Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Sorry, but we're a divided nation
Herald Sun
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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Sean Mitchell is one of Australia's largest Aboriginal souvenirs wholesalers
dailytelegraph.com.au
“I used to be a sales agent for one of Australia's biggest hat companies and we sold to the duty frees and souvenir stores,” Mr Mitchell said. On sale at Dreamtime Native Arts N Crafts. Sean Mitchell with an Aboriginal artefact. “My neighbour, who ...

In the war on racism, the migrant-born are forever left behind
The Stringer
There will continue third-world-akin poverty for a significant proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, long after our generation's bones are dusted into the earth. In the war on racism, migrant Australians have respected the onus for ...

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Australia's 'most significant site' kept off UNESCO's World Heritage list
Daily Advertiser
The Burrup has the world's largest collection of Indigenous art and includes the oldest known representation of a human face on Earth. It is the only Australian site to have been listed on the World Monuments Fund's most endangered sites. In 2007 the ...

Belfast Telegraph
Hidden Australia: BBC's 'misleading' documentary on alcohol addiction in Aboriginal community 'seriously breached ...
Belfast Telegraph
The BBC said in a statement: "We note that the Trust has found that the sequence in (the episode) Reggie Yates - Hidden Australia: Black In The Outback was a serious breach of the BBC's editorial guidelines. "We take any suggestion that the BBC's high ...
Reggie Yates film about Aboriginal drinking 'misled viewers'BBC News

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Gold Coast Bulletin
Borobi objections are misguided
Gold Coast Bulletin
As part of the referendum process the federal government has established a Referendum Council — which is tasked with holding a series of meetings across Australia to determine Aboriginal attitudes to constitutional recognition. A number of meetings ...

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Herald Sun
Graham Hryce: Objections to Borobi on cultural grounds are misguided
Herald Sun
As part of the referendum process the federal government has established a Referendum Council — which is tasked with holding a series of meetings across Australia to determine Aboriginal attitudes to constitutional recognition. A number of meetings ...

The Australian
Family lawyer Clarissa Rayward on finding happiness at work
The Australian
“The employment gap between indigenous Australians and non-indigenous Australians with a university degree demonstrates that something as simple as entry into the workforce can be a huge factor in increasing a person's quality of life,” Ribuot says.

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The Australian
John Moriarty Football, Tim Cahill drive indigenous football week
The Australian
As patron of Football Federation Australia's indigenous football development program, he is helping steer a pathway for indigenous football talent. He is also using the John Moriarty Football organisation as a means to encourage education and career ...
FFA falls short on indigenous talentSBS

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Courier Mail
North calls for cut in junior fees
Courier Mail
“Football's the most played sport among juniors in Australia boys and girls, so somewhere down the line, the system's failing us. Jade North is proud of his indigenous heritage and wants to inspire others. “Your middle class kids are paying too much ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous football week: FFA slash funding for John Moriarty Football program
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian football is at risk of falling behind all major codes in its support of Indigenous Australians with the game making one of the lowest financial contributions to grassroots programs and lacking a 'reconciliation action plan'. Fairfax Media ...
FFA falls short on indigenous talent - Football - Wide World of SportsWide World of Sports
Sydney unites for indigenous causeGold Coast Bulletin

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ABC Online
Gay marriage campaigners bullying Australians who are against it, Anglican Archbishop says
ABC Online
"Even in Aboriginal culture marriage is valued as between a man and a woman." The Archbishop said he believed a national vote would reveal most Australians were against gay marriage. "A plebiscite would identify there isn't strong support for same-sex ...

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Indigenous leaders from north-east Arnhem Land have devised a new plan to deal with family violence in their community. It calls for a new approach to community policing, with a local authority of clan groups the first point of contact. They say misunderstandings about traditional and western legal systems are part of the problem. Featured: Yirrininba Dhurrkay, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation David Suttle, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation ABC RN 'The World Today' 31 March 2017 ABC Article: https://goo.gl/zffGgZ

ndigenous leaders from north-east Arnhem Land have devised a new plan to deal with family violence in their community. It calls for a new approach to community policing, with a local authority of clan groups the first point of contact. They say misunderstandings about traditional and western legal systems are part of the problem. Featured: Yirrininba Dhurrkay, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation David Suttle, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation

The Sydney Morning Herald
FFA falls short on indigenous talent
SBS
Football Federation Australia stands accused of dropping the ball on indigenous footballers as the game prepares to celebrate a themed A-League round in their honour. Only three A-League players - just over one per cent - identify as indigenous, well ...
Football missing out on indigenous talentThe Sydney Morning Herald

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FFA falls short on indigenous talent
Wide World of Sports
Football Federation Australia stands accused of dropping the ball on indigenous footballers as the game prepares to celebrate a themed A-League round in their honour. Only three A-League players - just over one per cent - identify as indigenous, well ...

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Yahoo7 News
Flame of reconciliation to burn brightly at Commonwealth Games
Yahoo7 News
Their advice is sought on how to approach certain cultural groups or how some Indigenous Australian aspects can be included in the Opening Ceremony, the welcoming of athletes, some like the mascot having an indigenous name and indigenous designs ...

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ABC Online
Stolen Generations: South Australia's compensation scheme attracts more applications than expected
ABC Online
Mr Braun said his adoptive parents were wonderful people. "It's really the circumstances to do with our forced removal and being forcibly adopted ... that's the key element to the [reparations]," he said. The scheme is open to Aboriginal South ...

ABC Local
Closing the Gap: Indigenous Health Minister meets medical colleges to boost Aboriginal health care
ABC Local
Senior representatives from Australia's medical colleges are converging on Canberra today for a roundtable aimed at improving treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt will host the 12 colleges at ...
Turnbull urged to tackle Indigenous 'over-incarceration' amid NT royal commission reportABC Online
Indigenous youth incarceration rate is a national crisis and needs action, PM toldThe Guardian
Early childhood the key to improving Indigenous healthMedical Xpress

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