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The Guardian
Key Wyatt: new minister to tackle how Indigenous health funding used
The Guardian
He said he and the other Indigenous members of parliament held their positions on merit and that sent “a very strong message to young Aboriginal Australians that their hopes and aspirations can be achieved in many arenas”. “The ministerial appointment ...

The West Australian
Australia Day opposition 'hurts our people': Isaacs
The West Australian
In a speech to be delivered in Newman on January 26, the ambassador and former chairman of Australia Day WA council will urge Aboriginal people to “get past the hurts of the past”. Dr Isaacs said the solution was to make Australia Day more of a ...

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Ken Wyatt named as first Aboriginal minister
The Australian
Mr Wyatt said yesterday that his promotion meant he was now able to drive forward changes to improve outcomes for indigenous and older Australians on his own authority. Outlining the approach he would take to the job, Mr Wyatt said he hoped to better ...
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous minister under Malcolm Turnbull's reshuffleABC Online

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Why the Australia Day lamb ad gets my goat
dailytelegraph.com.au
Australia Day is un-Australian. Worse, the new ad actually puts the boot into Australia Day. Blind Freddy knows that the politically correct mob are out to destroy Australia Day. Indigenous activists (as opposed to normal, everyday indigenous Aussies ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Green grubs in Australia Day attack
dailytelegraph.com.au
In a Facebook post, Left Renewal incited its growing band of supporters to take part in “seven days of resistance in the lead up to Invasion Day” — an event organised by a group calling itself the “Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance”. “Australia ...
Far-left Greens group condemns Australia DayDaily Mail

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Courier Mail
Australia will still make stuff after Holden – Sinodinos
Courier Mail
West Australian MP Ken Wyatt will become the first Indigenous Australian to serve in the federal ministry. He will be sworn in as Minister for Aged Care and Indigenous Health. Victorian MP Michael Sukkar has been appointed Assistant Minister to ...

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Queensland Country Life
Lamb controversy leads to record views
Queensland Country Life
The MLA advert confronts the controversy around hosting the national day on January 26 - a date marking the start of colonialism and the dispossession of Indigenous Australians. It starts with three Indigenous Australians who remark on being the "first ...

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ABC Online
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous minister under Malcolm Turnbull's reshuffle
ABC Online
"Just as Ken was the first Indigenous person to be elected to the House of Representatives and the first to be appointed to the executive of the Commonwealth Government, he is now the first Indigenous person appointed to the Commonwealth ministry," Mr ...
Australia names first indigenous ministerYahoo7 News
Ken Wyatt to become Australia's first Indigenous ministerThe Guardian
Greg Hunt replaces Sussan Ley as health ministerThe Australian
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South China Morning Post
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous minister under Malcolm Turnbull's reshuffle
ABC Online
He said he did not believe Indigenous health challenges were intractable and called for a wider approach to health care services. "I think we've got to look at how the whole of the health sector throws its weight behind the health of Aboriginal people ...
Conservative MP Ken Wyatt is Australia's first Aboriginal ministerSouth China Morning Post
Malcolm Turnbull gives nod to conservatives with Sukkar promotionThe Australian Financial Review
Australia PM Turnbull names new health minister, first indigenous minister in Cabinet tweakThe Straits Times
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The Flinders News
Celebrate Australia Day
The Flinders News
However, In recent years, efforts have been made to include all Australians, and in 2013, the Australian flag and Aboriginal flag were raised together on the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the first time on Australia Day. “Australia Day is a time to come ...

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South China Morning Post
Conservative MP Ken Wyatt is Australia's first Aboriginal minister
South China Morning Post
Australia on Wednesday appointed its first indigenous minister, a former labourer who has credited education for his rise from humble beginnings in a country where Aborigines remain among the most disadvantaged. Ken Wyatt became Minister for Aged ...
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous minister under Malcolm Turnbull's reshuffleABC Online
Australia PM Turnbull names new health minister, first indigenous minister in Cabinet tweakThe Straits Times
Aborigine promoted in Australian Cabinet reshuffleSalon

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SBS
Campaign launches to restore the Australia Day hijab billboard
SBS
"The billboard is legitimising an interpretation of this nation's history that denies the experiences of its Indigenous communities and their ongoing struggles around this day." Many Indigenous Australians identify Australia Day, held every January 26, ...
Australia Day billboard image showing women in hijabs taken down after threats of violenceNEWS.com.au
Australia Day Muslim themed billboard removed after threatsRT

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The Conversation AU
Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
The Conversation AU
Neil Murray's My Island Home was a shining example of Australia's Civil Rights songs – or perhaps Land Rights songs is a better term, since a large portion were written in the 1980s when native title was a hot political issue and historians were first ...

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The Conversation AU
Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
The Conversation AU
Fifty years ago this May, Australians went to the polls and in overwhelming numbers, voted Yes to remove two discriminatory references in the constitution. The changes allowed the federal government make laws affecting Aboriginal people and include the ...

Queensland Country Life
Lamb ad controversy leads to record views
Queensland Country Life
The MLA ad confronts the controversy around hosting the national day on January 26 - a date marking the start of colonialism and the dispossession of Indigenous Australians. The ad starts with three Indigenous Australians who remark on being the "first ...

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SBS
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous federal minister after Turnbull reshuffle
SBS
"As an Indigenous Australian, it's an incredible privilege to serve the people of Hasluck in the Parliament and it's an honour to serve as the Minster for Aged Care and the Minister for Indigenous Health under Prime Minister Turnbull." The West ...

SBS
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous federal minister after Turnbull reshuffle
SBS
It makes Mr Wyatt not only the first Aboriginal Australian elected to the House of Representatives and first to the frontbench; now, he will be the first to lead a major portfolio. "As an Indigenous Australian, it's an incredible privilege to serve the ...

SBS
Australia names first indigenous minister
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Wednesday appointed its first indigenous minister, a former labourer who has credited education for his rise from humble beginnings in a country where Aborigines remain among the most disadvantaged. Ken Wyatt became ...
Greg Hunt replaces Sussan Ley as health ministerThe Australian
First Indigenous minister appointed in Turnbull Government shake-upSBS
Australia PM Turnbull names new health minister, first indigenous minister in Cabinet tweakThe Straits Times
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NEWS.com.au
Australia names first indigenous minister
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Wednesday appointed its first indigenous minister, a former labourer who has credited education for his rise from humble beginnings in a country where Aborigines remain among the most disadvantaged. Ken Wyatt became ...
Australia PM Turnbull names new health minister, first indigenous minister in Cabinet tweakThe Straits Times
AS--Australia-PoliticsYahoo News

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mnnews.today
Internationally renowned Aboriginal artist Uncle Richard Campbell for Project Compassion 2017
mnnews.today
Running each year throughout Lent, Project Compassion is Caritas Australia's annual fundraising and awareness-raising appeal. It links thousands of Australians to the women, children and men most vulnerable to poverty and injustice, who are rich in the ...