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Aboriginal Upper House seat proposal rejected by Tasmanian Government, Indigenous group
ABC Online
He suggested an Aboriginal electorate would be more beneficial on a federal level. "State Government doesn't fund very much in Tasmania, and I think the Federal Government is where they do fund the Aboriginal organisations throughout Australia," he said.

The Canberra Times
Reducing Indigenous incarceration by transforming lives and schools in prison
Independent Australia
If Western Australia continues on in the same way it has been, two out of every three people in its gaols will be Indigenous, writes Gerry Georgatos. NON-INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS are incarcerated at around 200 per 100,000 adults, but Aboriginal and/or ...
Australian War Memorial unveils new Rover Thomas painting Ruby Plains Massacre 1The Canberra Times
'We've got to stop doing stupid things': Indigenous leader Warren Mundine slams judge for saying Aboriginal people ...Daily Mail

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Independent Australia
Reducing Indigenous incarceration by transforming lives and schools in prison
Independent Australia
If Western Australia continues on in the same way it has been, two out of every three people in its gaols will be Indigenous, writes Gerry Georgatos. NON-INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS are incarcerated at around 200 per 100,000 adults, but Aboriginal and/or ...
Australian War Memorial unveils new Rover Thomas painting Ruby Plains Massacre 1The Canberra Times
'We've got to stop doing stupid things': Indigenous leader Warren Mundine slams judge for saying Aboriginal people ...Daily Mail
Call-out to participate in Fairfield City's Indigenous activitiesFairfield City Champion

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The Stringer
Transform Australia's prisons
The Stringer
94 per cent of the Northern Territory prison population is comprised of Aboriginal peoples, 38 per cent in Western Australia, 32 per cent in Queensland, 24 per cent in NSW, 23 per cent in South Australia, 19 per cent in the ACT, 15 per cent in Tasmania ...
Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wivesHerald Sun (blog)
'We've got to stop doing stupid things': Indigenous leader Warren Mundine slams judge for saying Aboriginal people ...Daily Mail

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The Conversation AU
Friday essay: the politics of Aboriginal kitsch
The Conversation AU
For over a century, European-heritage Australians have been consuming Aboriginalia – Aboriginal cultural designs and figures in souvenirs and bric-a-brac. It includes garden ornaments, ceramics, figurines, prints, fabric design, swap cards, linen ...

The Conversation AU
Friday essay: the politics of Aboriginal kitsch
The Conversation AU
For over a century, European-heritage Australians have been consuming Aboriginalia – Aboriginal cultural designs and figures in souvenirs and bric-a-brac. It includes garden ornaments, ceramics, figurines, prints, fabric design, swap cards, linen ...

The Conversation AU
Women who commit violent crimes need programs to help them while in prison
The Conversation AU
In 2016, 39% of women in Australian prisons were convicted of, or awaiting sentencing for, violent offences. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were overrepresented in these statistics – 51% incarcerated for violent offences compared to 33 ...

ABC Online
Andrew Forrest signs largest-ever deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs
ABC Online
Five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders will be hired over the next decade as part of one of the country's biggest employment drives for Indigenous workers. Labour firm Programmed will create the positions and provide the necessary ...

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ABC Online
Andrew Forrest signs largest-ever deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs
ABC Online
Five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders will be hired over the next decade as part of one of the country's biggest employment drives for Indigenous workers. Labour firm Programmed will create the positions and provide the necessary ...
Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice: Andrew ForrestThe Sydney Morning Herald

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TravelersToday
Where to See Art In Aboriginal Australia
TravelersToday
Here are the sites an art lover wouldn't miss once visiting Australia. Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Aboriginal Art Centre, Yirrkala. You can find artists sitting on the ground painting on big canvasses while some men carve wooden statues while turning them ...

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
The Transcontinental
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.

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Barossa & Light Herald
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.

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Busselton Dunsborough Mail
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.

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Illawarra Mercury
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.

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Wingham Chronicle
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.

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice: Andrew Forrest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, VTEC surpassed 5000 job placements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, by offering job-specific training to potential employees with the promise of guaranteed employment. Mr Forrest said the deal showed momentum was ...

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Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice: Andrew Forrest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mining magnate and philanthropist Andrew Forrest says Australia's corporate bosses have been put on notice from the largest-ever deal by a single company to promote Indigenous employment. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joined Mr Forrest in Canberra ...

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Indigenous groups protest title law change
NEWS.com.au
Noongar spokespeople who were claimants from the McGlade v Native Title Register case in Western Australia were also in Canberra to lobby on the same issue. Mervyn Eades said that although well-intentioned, the Native Title Act was not working in the ...

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Indigenous groups protest title law change
The Australian
Mervyn Eades said that although well-intentioned, the Native Title Act was not working in the best interests of indigenous Australians. "We are here fighting for our rights but mining company rights to title seem to override our rights as custodians ...

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ABC Online
Tiwi Islands Sistagirls prepare to wow Sydney Mardi Gras, want to show Indigenous LGBTIQ culture
ABC Online
"We want to showcase out there in the wider world that there are people who are Indigenous in Australia and LGBTIQ." It has taken years for the Sistagirls to feel they can be open about their identities, including a spate of suicides among the group.