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National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] Mansell draws new boundaries for Aboriginal state BOOKS
National Indigenous Times
Central Australia could become a seventh, Aboriginal State taking in land from the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland under a plan put forward by Tasmanian lawyer and veteran activist Michael Mansell. In a new book, ...
The Stolen Generation: Most blemished chapter in Australian historyLankaweb

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National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] The Australia Day debate; Us and Them OPINION
National Indigenous Times
The council is clear-eyed about the implications of the day to “all Australians”. It says: “Aboriginal Australians have continued to feel excluded from what has long been a British pioneering settler celebration, symbolised by the raising of the Union ...

National Indigenous Times
ABC 'shouldn't forget about remote Australia', say NT pollies
National Indigenous Times
The ABC's decision to switch off shortwave radio services in the Northern Territory could cost lives, according to NT federal Labor MPs Malarndirri McCarthy and Warren Snowdon. The MPs said the broadcaster had advised them it would continue switching ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] White Australia has lost its 'moral compass', says Anderson NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Lowitja Institute chair Pat Anderson, an Alyawarre woman who replaced Pat Dodson at the council's helm, said she was at a loss to explain the hostility and racism towards Aboriginal people in modern-day Australia. “It's like there is no moral compass ...

National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] White Australia has lost its 'moral compass', says Anderson NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Lowitja Institute chair Pat Anderson, an Alyawarre woman who replaced Pat Dodson at the council's helm, said she was at a loss to explain the hostility and racism towards Aboriginal people in modern-day Australia. “It's like there is no moral compass ...
The Stolen Generation: Most blemished chapter in Australian historyLankaweb

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National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] White Australia has lost its 'moral compass', says Anderson NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Lowitja Institute chair Pat Anderson, an Alyawarre woman who replaced Pat Dodson at the council's helm, said she was at a loss to explain the hostility and racism towards Aboriginal people in modern-day Australia. “It's like there is no moral compass ...
The Stolen Generation: Most blemished chapter in Australian historyLankaweb

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National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] SA begins Treaty talks with First Australians ACHIEVEMENT
National Indigenous Times
SA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Kyam Maher said the State would begin the talks as a step towards reconciliation and Aboriginal governance. The SA government has set aside $4.4 million over five years for the process, including ...

National Indigenous Times
[ December 21, 2016 ] White Australia has lost its 'moral compass', says Anderson NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Lowitja Institute chair Pat Anderson, an Alyawarre woman who replaced Pat Dodson at the council's helm, said she was at a loss to explain the hostility and racism towards Aboriginal people in modern-day Australia. “It's like there is no moral compass ...
The Stolen Generation: Most blemished chapter in Australian historyLankaweb

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SBS
'How you can do that to anybody?' Indigenous MPs calls for sackings over Dhu death
SBS
Indigenous parliamentarians have called for the sacking of police and nurses involved in the preventable death in custody of Yamatji woman, Ms Dhu. The 22-year-old woman died after she was locked up in South Hedland police station in Western Australia ...
[ December 21, 2016 ] Ms Dhu's family consider action after appalling jail death NEWSNational Indigenous Times

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Brisbane Times
It's way too early to write off Aboriginal reconciliation
Brisbane Times
Sections of the media writing off the outcome of consultations around constitutional recognition, after the first of 12 discussions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Hobart just over a week ago, are selling the nation short ...

The Guardian (blog)
Mark Olive's Australian Christmas lunch: emu eggnog and turkey with native herbs – video
The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous chef Mark Olive, aka The Black Olive, makes Christmas Day dinner with Australia's native ingredients such as wattle seeds and warrigal greens, and eggnog using an emu egg. 'Indigenous herbs are an exciting thing, we should be using more of ...

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The Age
It's way too early to write off Aboriginal reconciliation
The Age
Sections of the media writing off the outcome of consultations around constitutional recognition, after the first of 12 discussions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Hobart just over a week ago, are selling the nation short ...

The Age
It's way too early to write off Aboriginal reconciliation
The Age
Sections of the media writing off the outcome of consultations around constitutional recognition, after the first of 12 discussions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Hobart just over a week ago, are selling the nation short ...

The Age
It's way too early to write off Aboriginal reconciliation
The Age
Sections of the media writing off the outcome of consultations around constitutional recognition, after the first of 12 discussions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Hobart just over a week ago, are selling the nation short ...

Pedestrian TV
Fans push to get AB Original's anti-Australia Day protest into Hottest 100
The Sydney Morning Herald
... instantly beloved new album Reclaim Australia – throws a head-shaking middle finger at those who'd wilfully choose to drape themselves in the Southern Cross and celebrate on January 26, a day that represents dispossession and genocide to Aboriginal ...
AB Original Fans Plan To Protest-Vote Track 'January 26' Into Hottest 100Pedestrian TV

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ABC Online
SACE results: Salisbury High School punches above weight to celebrate Year 12 marks
ABC Online
A record 15,003 South Australians achieved their South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) in 2016, which included every Year 12 student at Salisbury High School. Jaylon Newchurch said he "couldn't believe" his tertiary entrance ranking score of ...

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ABC Online
Confidence in democracy hits record low as Australians 'disaffected with political class'
ABC Online
"Australians' support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians and for marriage equality suggests that any public votes on these issues will succeed," ANU researcher Dr Jill Sheppard said. "This should provide some relief to the ...

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ABC Online
Confidence in democracy hits record low as Australians 'disaffected with political class'
ABC Online
"Australians' support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians and for marriage equality suggests that any public votes on these issues will succeed," ANU researcher Dr Jill Sheppard said. "This should provide some relief to the ...

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Indigenous leaders support Port Melville
The Australian
"We implore those out there that like to talk us down and tell us how to live our lives, to stay out of our Tiwi business... and at the same time give our already disadvantaged people the chance and opportunities of life that the rest of Australia take ...

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The Conversation AU
Will treaties with Indigenous Australians overtake constitutional recognition?
The Conversation AU
In Western Australia, the Liberal government signed the largest and most-comprehensive agreement to settle Aboriginal interests in land in Australian history with the Noongar people in 2015. The agreement involves 30,000 Noongar people and covers ...