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The Conversation AU
Deadly Funny – a new brand of Australian comedy
The Conversation AU
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.

ABC RN Background Briefing Just five years ago this Northern Territory hospital was facing closure, its doctors were out of their depth and indigenous patients were leaving the wards in droves. This is the remarkable story of how Katherine Hospital turned its fortunes around. It now ranks among Australia's best for its relationship with its indigenous patients. How did the hospital do it and what lessons does this have for the rest of the nation? More Here http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/katherine-hospital-from-worst-in-the-country-to-one-of-the-best/8392792

Broadsheet
New Australian Documentary Twelve Years in the Making
Broadsheet
I've since come across many Aboriginal kids that have the same questions. Who am I? Where do I come from? What is my culture? Is my culture dead and gone? I believe this is a very important film for the education of not just mainstream Australia but ...

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Great Lakes Advocate
Closing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchanged
Great Lakes Advocate
Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, an Indigenous health expert at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, said the high cancer mortality rates were largely a result of more prevalent risk factors such as smoking, cancer not being detected until later stages ...
We Said Sorry, But We Didn't Right The Wrongs Of The PastHuffington Post Australia

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ABC Online
How Katherine Hospital, once Australia's worst for Indigenous health, became one of the best
ABC Online
Katherine Hospital in the Northern Territory has gone from one of the worst facilities in the country when it comes to Indigenous health care to one of the best. Their secret: engaging with Indigenous patients and supporting doctors. When physician ...

ABC Online
How Katherine Hospital, once Australia's worst for Indigenous health, became one of the best
ABC Online
Katherine Hospital in the Northern Territory has gone from one of the worst facilities in the country when it comes to Indigenous health care to one of the best. Their secret: engaging with Indigenous patients and supporting doctors. When physician ...

Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
Daily Advertiser
But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning film Boyhood, the documentary Zach's Ceremony, tackles a very different story from that Texan drama. It centres on Zach Doomadgee, an Aboriginal city kid whose sometimes troubled life takes on new meaning ...

Forbes Advocate
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to ...
Forbes Advocate
ARTS/NEWS: Alec Doomadgee and his son Zach who feature in the documentary Zach's Ceremony, which opens next week. It follows Zach over 10 years as he ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was shot over 10 years as a boy grows up – facing all the dramas of the teenage years – from the age of six to 16. But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning film Boyhood, the documentary Zach's Ceremony, tackles a very different story from that ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was shot over 10 years as a boy grows up – facing all the dramas of the teenage years – from the age of six to 16. But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning film Boyhood, the documentary Zach's Ceremony, tackles a very different story from that ...

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The Stringer
Half of Western Australia's Aboriginal population will soon be without native title rights
The Stringer
Eighty thousand Aboriginal people make up Western Australia but half will soon be without any native title rights. The Australian Labor Party has got in the way of a rare opportunity to repair and improve native title rights and bargaining powers. The ...

The Stringer
Half of Western Australia's Aboriginal population will soon be without native title rights
The Stringer
Eighty thousand Aboriginal people make up Western Australia but half will soon be without any native title rights. The Australian Labor Party has got in the way of a rare opportunity to repair and improve native title rights and bargaining powers. The ...

NEWS.com.au
'Unparalleled' number of dinosaur tracks found in Australia
NEWS.com.au
It was almost lost, with the Western Australian government in 2008 selecting the area as the preferred site for a massive liquid natural gas processing precinct. Alarmed, the region's traditional Aboriginal custodians, the Goolarabooloo people ...
Largest-Known Dinosaur Footprint Discovered in Western AustraliaSmithsonian
Kimberley fossil tracks are Australia's 'Jurassic Park'BBC News
'Australia's Jurassic Park': World's biggest dinosaur footprint unearthed in WAYahoo7 News
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Huffington Post Australia
We Said Sorry, But We Didn't Right The Wrongs Of The Past
Huffington Post Australia
In June 2016, a census released by the Productivity Commission revealed that more than 15,000 Indigenous children in Australia are living in out-of-home care. Many of those children were removed from their families and placed into the care of strangers.

Huffington Post Australia
We Said Sorry, But We Didn't Right The Wrongs Of The Past
Huffington Post Australia
In June 2016, a census released by the Productivity Commission revealed that more than 15,000 Indigenous children in Australia are living in out-of-home care. Many of those children were removed from their families and placed into the care of strangers.

The Conversation AU
Dark tourism, Aboriginal imprisonment and the 'prison tree' that wasn't
The Conversation AU
In addition, the Derby tree was used by Indigenous people as an ossuary – a place for keeping bones. Ancestral remains were commonly stolen and illegally exported outside Australia until the late 1940s, causing considerable suffering to Indigenous ...

Blacktown Sun
Act invites racism on Harmony Day
Blacktown Sun
Aboriginal Australians are twice as likely as non-Aboriginals to report having been insulted on the basis of their cultural background. The changes favour those who are least exposed to racism, and they enhance the exposure of those enduring the ...

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Archives lifts lid on Indigenous records
PS News
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has launched two new exhibitions on Indigenous Australians at war and the prejudice they faced when they returned home. Facing Two Fronts: The Fight for Respect and Indigenous Australians at War from the Boer ...

ABC Online
Little J and Big Cuz, Australia's first animated show to feature Aboriginals, offers 'relatable' characters for ...
ABC Online
The new TV show Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture. Award-winning Aboriginal actress Deborah Mailman voices the character Big Cuz in the show, and said the benefit was the diverse ...

ABC Online
Little J and Big Cuz, Australia's first animated show to feature Aboriginals, offers 'relatable' characters for ...
ABC Online
The new TV show Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture. Award-winning Aboriginal actress Deborah Mailman voices the character Big Cuz in the show, and said the benefit was the diverse ...