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The West Australian
Footy forward sets sights on Miss Universe Australia
The West Australian
On the field she is a force to be reckoned with as a forward in the WA Women's Football League. But Sharni-Leigh Kittow has her sights set on another major goal — becoming the first indigenous Miss Universe Australia. The 23-year-old Swan Districts ...

Golf Australia
Dodd and Crawley claim Indigenous titles
Golf Australia
Craig Dodd (Blackwater) has claimed his second Queensland Men's Indigenous Championship with rounds of 72-69-72 for a three-over total of 213. A total of 36 men and four women contested the championships, which celebrated its 11th year at Murgon ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia for the visitor – and not just your usual fare
The Sydney Morning Herald
We'd fly to Alice Springs and drive the back road to Uluru, the monolithic metaphor to the astonishing resilience of Aboriginal Australia. No other place on the continent stayed with me as it has, and in few other places are the wishes of the ...

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Courier Mail
Is 'Australia's Stonehenge' near Mullumbimby where civilisation began or historical hoax?
Courier Mail
He'd been poking around Aboriginal mythology and language for years, and wrote all about it in an article published by The Age in Melbourne in March 1938, a year before the story of the mounds was delivered to him. Slater theorised: “The Australian ...

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The Age
Why Indigenous Australia will reject a minimalist referendum question
The Sydney Morning Herald
If the politicians have cooked up a "done deal" for mere minimalism on constitutional recognition, Aboriginal people will say no. Substantive ...
Indigenous Australia's 'line in sand' on recognition: substantial ...The Age
Indigenous leaders play hardball on recognition - The AustralianThe Australian

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Reuters
Why Indigenous Australia will reject a minimalist referendum question
The Sydney Morning Herald
If the politicians have cooked up a "done deal" for mere minimalism on constitutional recognition, Aboriginal people will say no. Substantive reform, or nothing at all. That was the clear message relayed at the Victorian dialogue in Melbourne this weekend.
Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as UN investigatesReuters
Indigenous leaders play hardball on recognitionThe Australian

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Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
Wellington Times
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 ...

The Conversation AU
Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
The Conversation AU
The question of guaranteed Indigenous parliamentary representation is especially timely as Australia considers the argument that treaties, rather than a constitutional statement, might provide more substantive political recognition. However, treaties ...

Brisbane Times
Truth for all beats sensitivity of a few
The Australian
Ballard opened discussion of Leak with an admission he had signed a letter to the editors of The Australian complaining about the cartoon in which an Aboriginal policeman accompanying an Aboriginal boy is asked by the boy's father: “What's his name then?
The three words that should be deleted from 18CBrisbane Times

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The Age
Indigenous Australia's 'line in sand' on recognition: substantial change or nothing
The Age
The nation's most senior Aboriginal politician, Aged Care and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt, recently urged those attending the dialogues to think big but be prepared to accept a judgment by political leaders on what is likely to secure passage ...

The Age
Indigenous Australia's 'line in sand' on recognition: substantial change or nothing
The Age
The nation's most senior Aboriginal politician, Aged Care and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt, recently urged those attending the dialogues to think big but be prepared to accept a judgment by political leaders on what is likely to secure passage ...

Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
The Border Mail
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
The Border Mail
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 ...

SmartCompany.com.au
Why Ochre Workforce Solutions founder Joanne Pellew believes indigenous employment policies need to go beyond ...
SmartCompany.com.au
A Western Australian small business owner says more needs to be done by chambers of commerce to give employment opportunities to indigenous people. Joanne Pellew founded Ochre Workforce Solutions in 2010 after her work as an indigenous ...

Australia for the visitor – and not just your usual fare
The Canberra Times
We'd fly to Alice Springs and drive the back road to Uluru, the monolithic metaphor to the astonishing resilience of Aboriginal Australia. No other place on the continent stayed with me as it has, and in few other places are the wishes of the ...

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The Guardian
Rosie Batty shares experience of domestic violence with WA Indigenous community
The Guardian
The former Australian of the year Rosie Batty has spent several days in the remote north of Western Australia to share her own story of family violence with Aboriginal women, telling them: “We feel the same pain.” Batty's son, Luke, was murdered in ...

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The Guardian
Rosie Batty shares experience of domestic violence with WA Indigenous community
The Guardian
The former Australian of the year Rosie Batty has spent several days in the remote north of Western Australia to share her own story of family violence with Aboriginal women, telling them: “We feel the same pain.” Batty's son, Luke, was murdered in ...

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The Canberra Times
'Crisis levels' of Indigenous children in out-of-home care in the ACT
The Canberra Times
The number of children in state care in the ACT has jumped 40 per cent and Canberra now has the second-highest rate of Indigenous children in care in the country. In its latest annual report on child protection for 2015-16, the Australian Institute of ...

SBS
Indigenous producers lead the way in new 360/VR technology
SBS
Australia's INDIGI LAB, NITV and Image Matrix have teamed up with the Māoriland Film Festival to host workshops and panel discussions that inspire the use the latest technology in Indigenous storytelling this past week. “You can feel the cultural and ...

SBS
Indigenous producers lead the way in new 360/VR technology
SBS
Australia's INDIGI LAB, NITV and Image Matrix have teamed up with the Māoriland Film Festival to host workshops and panel discussions that inspire the use the latest technology in Indigenous storytelling this past week. “You can feel the cultural and ...