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The Guardian
BBC apologises for misleading documentary on 'drunken' Aboriginal community
The Guardian
The BBC has apologised for a “misleading” documentary on an Aboriginal community in regional Australia, after angry residents accused presenter Reggie Yates and the crew of unethical behaviour. Yates and the independent production company, Sundog ...

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The Guardian
BBC apologises for misleading documentary on 'drunken' Aboriginal community
The Guardian
The BBC has apologised for a “misleading” documentary on an Aboriginal community in regional Australia, after angry residents accused presenter Reggie Yates and the crew of unethical behaviour. Yates and the independent production company, Sundog ...
BBC apologises for misleading viewers of documentary about alcohol abuse in WilcanniaABC Online

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The Australian
25 years after Mabo, indigenous remain 'asset rich and dirt poor'
The Australian
“Until we can address (this) absurdity … indigenous Australians will remain asset rich and dirt poor.” A recent Federal Court ruling against the $1.3 billion Noongar agreement in Western Australia, with a flow-on effect to similar deals including ...
Indigenous sexual health funding cut without consultation, senators ...The Guardian

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous public servants finally get a pay rise
The Canberra Times
Australia's lowest-paid public servants have finally had a win on pay with some Aboriginal Hotels Limited workers scoring wage rises of $9000 a year. But the tens of thousands of public servants still embroiled in the the bitter three-year dispute with ...

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous public servants finally get a pay rise
The Canberra Times
Australia's lowest-paid public servants have finally had a win on pay with some Aboriginal Hotels Limited workers scoring wage rises of $9000 a year. But the tens of thousands of public servants still embroiled in the the bitter three-year dispute with ...

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The Guardian
Funding to two Indigenous sexual health programs cut without consultation
The Guardian
The Northern Territory Aids and Hepatitis Council's Aboriginal Sexual Health program, and the Queensland Aids Council's 2 Spirits program have run for more than 20 years addressing the disproportionately high rate of sexually transmitted infections ...

The Guardian
Funding to two Indigenous sexual health programs cut without consultation
The Guardian
“This directly affects the most marginalised population we work with, Indigenous clients, [who] as you know suffer significant trauma,” he told Guardian Australia. “Then we have seen more marginalised communities – sistagirls, brotherboys … they're ...

NEWS.com.au
Eurovision's worst-kept secret: Isaiah Firebrace will represent Australia this year
NEWS.com.au
ISAIAH Firebrace will represent Australia in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The badly kept secret was confirmed by SBS today. The 17 year old won last year's X Factor. He became the first indigenous winner of a reality show since Casey Donovan.

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ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: 'Politicians' model' faces lukewarm response by Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians are rejecting the "elite", "politicians' model" for changing the constitution, according to a key member of the referendum council that has met with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people around the country. Instead, they ...

ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: 'Politicians' model' faces rejection by Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians are rejecting the "elite", "politicians' model" for changing the constitution, according to a key member of the referendum council that has met with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people around the country. Instead, they ...

SBS
Film about Indigenous Australia before Europeans 'shutdown', says Minchin
SBS
A film about pre-European Australia featuring Indigenous music and themes to be directed by comedian Tim Minchin has been “shutdown”, according to a statement released by Minchin on his website. “The animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 ...

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SBS
Film about Indigenous Australia before Europeans 'shutdown', says Minchin
SBS
A film about pre-European Australia featuring Indigenous music and themes to be directed by comedian Tim Minchin has been “shutdown”, according to a statement released by Minchin on his website. “The animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 ...

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The Advertiser
Half of Aboriginal students who make it to Year 12 not finishing SACE
The Advertiser
“However, we must acknowledge the significant proportion of Aboriginal students who are not actively working towards achieving their SACE,” the new strategy document says. The Advertiser revealed in December that around a third of all public high ...

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ABC Online
Anger among Indigenous residents of Wilcannia about portrayal in BBC documentary
ABC Online
Several participants, most of whom are Barkindji men and women, said they were unhappy about some of the techniques used to gather footage for the documentary Hidden Australia: Black in the Outback. They also said producers took advantage of their ...

Half of Aboriginal students who make it to Year 12 not finishing SACE
NEWS.com.au
The SACE Board's new five-year strategy for Aboriginal education was launched yesterday at a forum for principals and other school leaders. Numbers of indigenous students completing the SACE have more than doubled from 144 in 2011 to a record 322 ...

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How racism works in Australia
Red Flag
“Is Australia racist?” A good question, and also the title of the first show in SBS's “Face Up to Racism” week at the end of February. The answer is a resounding yes. In addition to the original anti-Aboriginal racism, Australian racism has at various ...

Eden Magnet
Tamika finds her voice in Parliament
Eden Magnet
The 25-year-old former ACT delegate has since worked with Reconciliation Australia and is currently working on Indigenous employment policy within Prime Minister and Cabinet. She said sadly it was very common for young Indigenous Australians to feel ...

We all know Australia has a black history, but there’s another lesser known way in which his country’s origins are black. On the first fleet there were eleven convicts who were freed slaves from America, and who for various reasons found themselves on a long and dangerous journey to what became the colony of Sydney. Judy Johnson has has not one but two of these black first fleet convicts as her ancestors, and has written a collection of poetry, based on the documents and personal accounts which still exits from that time. Source: ABC RN Sunday Extra

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Whyalla News
The Australian Employment Covenant, established after the 2008 apology to Indigenous Australians and members of the Stolen Generations, aims to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands by creating 50,000 new jobs.

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Steps toward a united nation
Shepparton News
○Almost half (46 per cent) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experienced at least one form of racial prejudice in the six months prior to the survey — compared to 39 per cent in 2014 — with verbal abuse the most common form of ...