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Stress hormones underlie Indigenous health gap in Australia
Science Daily
This raises the possibility of using this measure to study risk for future mental ill health in young Indigenous Australians and other First Nations' people worldwide. Dr Berger and his colleagues found that Indigenous participants who reported high ...

ABC Online
Abbott government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy shows how not to spend $5b taxpayers' dollars
ABC Online
A short chauffeur-driven jaunt from Parliament House in Canberra is the National Press Club. In front of its distinctive blue backdrop, and live on national television, politicians spruik how their ideas are going to help thousands, if not millions, of ...

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Open Democracy
Skin deep: reproducing aboriginal women in colonial Australia
Open Democracy
So when Europeans came to Australia, it was already in their mouths as meaning a racialised child. What is really interesting is the way in which this Portuguese-derived word became useful to aboriginal people themselves, when they needed to ...

SBS
Why Indigenous art is such big business internationally
SBS
Indigenous artwork is known in Australia for it's rich symbolism, cultural history and meaning - but internationally, it's a booming industry - worth millions. Art director and collector Simon Chan, explains to SBS Cantonese how collectors can ensure ...

SBS
Why Indigenous art is such big business internationally
SBS
As with the history and culture of Australian Indigenous communities, Aboriginal art has also been passed on for thousands of years. "For a lot of communities it's something that's been handed down for generations," Art director and collector Simon ...

Huffington Post
Advance Australia White
Huffington Post
“I can't stand for something that's racist. Advance Australia Fair, when it's really Advance Australia White.” Said Anthony Mundine, ahead of his fight against arch-enemy Danny Green. Mundine is Aboriginal Green is White Australian.
Anthony Mundine sticks by protest, won't enter ring until after anthem is playedESPN

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Gizmodo Australia
This WWII Booklet Helped Soldiers Translate From American To Australian
Gizmodo Australia
The book refers to the "70,000 or so primitive 'Abos'" in the country, a highly offensive term for Aboriginal Australians. And there's no shortage of racism against the Japanese (widely referred to as "Japs" in the US) who were, of course, the ...
The White House spokesman keeps mispronouncing the Australian prime minister's nameBusiness Insider Australia

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ABC Online
Abbott government bungled Indigenous funding overhaul, major report finds
ABC Online
The Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) moved thousands of existing agreements into five broad funding streams overseen by the Prime Minister's Department. A report from independent watchdog, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), said the ...
Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advancement Strategy below standard, audit findsThe Australian
$10m for 'robust, independent evaluation' of Indigenous policyThe Mandarin (registration)

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ABC Online
Abbott government bungled Indigenous funding overhaul, major report finds
ABC Online
The Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) moved thousands of existing agreements into five broad funding streams overseen by the Prime Minister's Department. A report from independent watchdog, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), said the ...
Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advancement Strategy below standard, audit findsThe Australian
$10m for 'robust, independent evaluation' of Indigenous policyThe Mandarin (registration)

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Anti-Australia Day rant from Cairns officer's Facebook page included threats to burn and spit on flag
The Cairns Post
The controversial post laments the lack of recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on Australia Day and said their history was neglected. It said soldiers were honoured on Anzac and Remembrance Days, but Australia Day is “overlooked”.

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End of indigenous council 'gives nation a chance to re-engage'
The Australian
However, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chair Rod Little said the suspension offered a chance to re-engage with the peak body, whose funding was eliminated in last year's budget. “Congress is, and will be, a much ... Labor's ...

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End of indigenous council 'gives nation a chance to re-engage'
The Australian
However, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chair Rod Little said the suspension offered a chance to re-engage with the peak body, whose funding was eliminated in last year's budget. “Congress is, and will be, a much more valuable ...

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The Australian
Government to spend $40m evaluating effectiveness of indigenous ...
The Australian
The Turnbull government will spend $40 million evaluating its indigenous affairs programs in an attempt to counter a national audit office report expected to be ...

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Whitsunday Times
Day of mourning for indigenous
Whitsunday Times
WHILE Australia Day celebrations were taking place in Airlie Beach last Thursday, a different type of recognition was taking place. TJ Bendeich set up a space she described as "a space for those mourning” and for people to share a minute's silence for ...

ABC Online
Top Indigenous players descend on Broome for much more than 'just footy'
ABC Online
The head of the AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) says this week's Indigenous All Stars' visit to Broome is about much more than just football. Fifty-five Indigenous footballers are in Western Australia's Kimberley region for a four-day camp, beginning ...

Busby Marou want to help 'close the gap'
NEWS.com.au
But on their upcoming album, Postcards from the Shell House, the duo subtly address their desire for the country to "close the gap" between indigenous and non-indigenous people on the song Paint This Land, which also features the indigenous Australian ...

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ABC Online
Bid to raise $1 million for giant Christian cross in Central Australia
ABC Online
The Christian organisation behind plans to build a giant illuminated cross atop a hill in remote Central Australia wants to raise a further $1 million for the project. Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has ruled out contributing money to ...

Townsville Bulletin
Activists fan race war
Townsville Bulletin
THE biggest shame about the reconciliation movement is that Aboriginal activists – not white people – are the most divisive force at play. As the dust settles on another year of Invasion Day/Australia Day, it seems that just when some headway in race ...
'We need to choose our battles': Newman reacts to Mundine's anthem snubCentral Western Daily

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ABC Online
Indigenous Advisory Council's suspension applauded by rival advisory group
ABC Online
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has applauded the Prime Minister for suspending the Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC), saying it is the better and more representative body for the Turnbull Government to turn to for advice on ...
Malcolm Turnbull dissolves Tony Abbott's Indigenous advisory councilThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
If Australia Day is illegitimate, so are we
The Australian
In 1788 Australia was not controlled by a single Aboriginal nation. It is as near as inevitable as anything in history could be that in the 18th or 19th century Australia would be colonised by one of the European powers. British colonialism was vastly ...