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Indigenous groups protest title law change
9news.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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Bilney building grub knowledge
West Coast Sentinel
La Trobe University PhD candidate Conrad Bilney began his research in 2014 to locate and identify edible grubs known to Indigenous Australians. Before the study only the witchetty grub was classified as edible. Mr Bilney, a Kokatha man, said Aboriginal ...

Huffington Post Australia
We Didn't Need Another Inquiry To Figure Out That Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech
Huffington Post Australia
Twenty percent of Australians say they have been subject to verbal racial abuse. That figure soars to 90 percent for Aboriginal Australians. This law provides assurance to Australians of all backgrounds that, in the eyes of the law, they are not fair ...
Turnbull assures 18C critics parliament a 'house of freedom' and debate welcomeThe Guardian

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SBS
Comment: Why the term “Australian” can be an imposition on Aboriginal people
SBS
What a lot of people don't understand in this country is that “Australia”, and indeed the idea of being “Australian”, is viewed by many Aboriginal people as an imposition. Our ancestors did not consent to being governed, there is no agreement in place ...
Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wivesHerald Sun (blog)

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SBS
Comment: Why the term “Australian” can be an imposition on Aboriginal people
SBS
What a lot of people don't understand in this country is that “Australia”, and indeed the idea of being “Australian”, is viewed by many Aboriginal people as an imposition. Our ancestors did not consent to being governed, there is no agreement in place ...

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Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wives
Herald Sun (blog)
The head of a national inquiry into Indigenous incarceration has said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people might need to be treated differently by the justice system in order to achieve equity under the law. Federal court judge Matthew Myers ...

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Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wives
Herald Sun (blog)
The head of a national inquiry into Indigenous incarceration has said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people might need to be treated differently by the justice system in order to achieve equity under the law. Federal court judge Matthew Myers ...

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PBS NewsHour
Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the US These women are at the forefront.
PBS NewsHour
Aboriginal Australian art can take many forms: drawing, painting, weaving, carving, or, more recently, video and photography. Artists often use natural elements, such as bark, feathers, earth pigment, flowers or sand, but they may also use synthetic ...

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The Australian
Participant alleges SBS racism program 'biased by its agenda'
The Australian
It almost reads like the sort of joke the show's producers are looking to see punted to the scrap pile for ever: an African, Asian, Aboriginal, Muslim and a white Australian walk into an SBS experiment. Yet the goal of The Truth About Racism — which ...

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SBS
Bangarra Dance Theatre helps Australia's Human Rights Council bid
SBS
The world acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre is in Geneva helping Australia's charm offensive to win a seat on the UN's Human Rights Council. Bangarra says it was invited by the government to demonstrate the strength, power and resilience of Aboriginal ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian poet Ali Cobby Eckermann receives telephone call of a lifetime
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's described as a telephone call of a lifetime: that moment when an unsuspecting writer receives the ground shaking news that they have won one of the world's richest prizes for literature. For Ali Cobby Eckermann, a celebrated Aboriginal poet and ...
Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins US$165000 Windham-Campbell PrizeThe Advertiser
Yale awards eight writers $165000 Windham-Campbell PrizesYale News

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The Guardian
Cousins' gathering a model for pilot program for Aboriginal children in care
The Guardian
In 2014-15 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 6.7 times more likely to be the subject of substantiated child protection reports than non-Indigenous children, and 9.5 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care, according to the ...

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The Advertiser
Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins US$165000 Windham-Campbell Prize
The Advertiser
The Aboriginal poet, writer and visual artist from South Australia's Mid-North has been named winner of the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry. Cobby Eckermann has published and performed her poetry around the world, and is honoured for her body ...

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A Bill before Parliament to amend the Native title Act in relation to Indigenous Land Use agreements has been described by a veteran Aboriginal rights campaigner as "'one of the vilest racist acts we've seen". Ghillar Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union says the proposed amendments are a complete violation of the First Nations laws and customs because each clan makes its own decisions about its own land and what happens on and within those territories. From CAAMA Radio - with Paul Wiles (23/2/17)

The Guardian
Unemployed Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins $215000 literary prize
The Guardian
Indigenous Australian writer and poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, who has won a Windham-Campbell prize. 'I've been so grateful for the recognition of my work so far, and could never have foreseen something of this magnitude.' Photograph: Adrian Cook.

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SBS
Why the term “Australian” is an imposition on Aboriginal people ...
SBS
Terms like “First Australians” and “Aboriginal Australians” may be well intentioned, but along with concepts like “Real Australians,” they can do more harm than ...
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in ... - ABCABC Online

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The West Australian
Fracking and Aboriginal heritage opinions
The West Australian
Striking a fair and balanced solution to WA's long-contested heritage management system will create more certainty, serving to benefit all heritage stakeholders in Western Australia, including industry. Aboriginal heritage and culture must be properly ...

Crikey (registration)
Botched govt employment scheme impoverishes 30000 indigenous Australians
Crikey (registration)
The latest release shows that in the September 2016 quarter, 54,997 financial penalties were applied to a group of around 34,000, mainly indigenous, job seekers in the Community Development Program (CDP) — a labour market program that operates only ...

NT News
Indigenous singer Emily Wurramara defends decision to sing national anthem at NRL All Stars game
NT News
INDIGENOUS singer Emily Wurramara has defended her decision to sing Advance Australia Fair at the NRL All Stars game after backlash from other indigenous Australians interstate. The Brisbane-based singer from Groote Eylandt received abuse and slurs ...

The Australian Financial Review
Local and international buyers vie for prized Aboriginal art
The Australian Financial Review
He shrugs off the past few years' malaise in the Aboriginal art market – which saw a shakeout amid the recession, helped along by Australia's introduction of artist resale rights legislation and changes in rules governing art held by superannuation funds.