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The Australian
Venice Biennale 'a gig like no other' for indigenous photographer Tracey Moffatt
The Australian
She is the first Australian indigenous artist to have a solo show at the Venice Biennale. Artists including Rover Thomas, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Moffatt have shown in group exhibitions there. While such a high-profile forum may be overdue for an ...

The West Australian
Day aims to close gap
The West Australian
“Close the Gap Day is about reducing the inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Australia,” she said. “As an Aboriginal organisation, we are raising awareness along with over 1000 other events in Australia. “There is such a big ...

The West Australian
Day aims to close gap
The West Australian
“Close the Gap Day is about reducing the inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Australia,” she said. “As an Aboriginal organisation, we are raising awareness along with over 1000 other events in Australia. “There is such a big ...

Esperance Express
Closing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchanged
Esperance Express
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 ...

EducationHQ Australia
First Indigenous law graduate is dreaming big
EducationHQ Australia
It is certain that Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Global Studies graduate David Orr will be talking to many people as one of the first group of lawyers to graduate at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and when he takes up a position with the ...

First Indigenous law graduate is dreaming big
EducationHQ Australia
It is certain that Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Global Studies graduate David Orr will be talking to many people as one of the first group of lawyers to graduate at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and when he takes up a position with the ...

ABC Online
Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian rules football?
ABC Online
Tommy Wills, who grew up in western Victoria, was the son of a settler implicated in ethnic cleansing against Indigenous Australians who would later lose his life in a conflict with the Gayiri people in central Queensland. James Boyne Thompson left ...

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ABC Online
Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian rules football?
ABC Online
The game has its straight up and down plays — the long-kicking and high-marking that seem to give the contest a sense of order and clarity of purpose. But then there are the moments of pure anarchy, as the ball falls to the ground, players knock it ...

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The Conversation AU
Did Indigenous warriors influence the development of Australian ...
The Conversation AU
In a painting such as Warriors of New South Wales, 1813, we can easily imagine a group of men ready to take to the football field. Australian War Memorial ...

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Michael Kirby tells bosses not to 'stick to their knitting'
Investment Magazine
One of the groups most negatively affected by racism is not migrants but Indigenous Australians. Kirby said one of the greatest achievements of the High Court of Australia had been the 1997 Mabo decision, which he said set many Indigenous communities ...

UN visit coincides with fresh 18C uproar in Parliament
National Indigenous Times
Federal Parliament erupted over Australia's race hate laws on Tuesday as a United Nations delegation began its tour of Australia to report on the human rights treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. UN Special Rapporteur on the ...

UN visit coincides with fresh 18C uproar in Parliament
National Indigenous Times
Federal Parliament erupted over Australia's race hate laws on Tuesday as a United Nations delegation began its tour of Australia to report on the human rights treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. UN Special Rapporteur on the ...

Indigenous citizenship rights 40 years after the referendum
Eureka Street (registration)
In the face of historically low levels of Indigenous representation within Australian parliaments, the Indigenous caucus between Commonwealth, State and Territory Labor representatives points to some progress. Front page of Abo Call newspaper What it ...

'No such thing': Aboriginal MPs deny settling on 'politicians' model' for recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's highest-profile Aboriginal politicians have emphatically rejected claims they have settled on a minimalist model for recognition in the constitution, well before an Indigenous constitutional convention assembles at Uluru to debate the ...

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SBS
Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
SBS
The argument remains even as Australian political parties are exploring ways of increasing the number of Indigenous people preselected as party candidates. For example, federal Labor MP Linda Burney, who is Indigenous, explains that her party is trying ...

Huffington Post Australia
How An Indigenous Kid From Rooty Hill Became World Figure Skating Champion
Huffington Post Australia
The Pachins had moved to Australia from Russia in the 1990s. They saw in Windsor a lithe, tall, co-ordinated athlete they could work with, and trained him in the balletic, elegant Russian style. The problem is that Harley had no Australian skating ...

National Indigenous Times
Missy Higgins headlines at Barunga
Katherine Times
With an audience of over 65 per cent Indigenous attendees, the event has become an important and immersive experience for both Australians and travellers seeking a unique and authentic experience of Indigenous Australia. This year's event sees an ...
Barunga Festival 2017 Programme Announcedscenestr
Barunga all set to light up the TerritoryNational Indigenous Times

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Pro Bono Australia
Seeing Culture as a Real Solution for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
For Indigenous Australian and CEO of not for profit First Hand Solutions, progress will only come with a major investment in culture and a re-connection to Country. Peter Cooley, a 2016 Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 recipient spoke to Lina Caneva about ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Seeing Culture as a Real Solution for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
For Indigenous Australian and CEO of not for profit First Hand Solutions, progress will only come with a major investment in culture and a re-connection to Country. Peter Cooley, a 2016 Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 recipient spoke to Lina Caneva about ...

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ABC Online
The unspoken illness: Cancer in Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Cancer is a leading cause of death among Indigenous Australians, but fear, stigma and shame mean it is rarely spoken about. Aboriginal Australians are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer, but significantly more likely to die of the disease. Often ...