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Indigenous spending to double, warns Michael Mansell
The Australian
“Compensation could be either in the form of money or land, or both,” he writes, citing the instance of the 2015 Noongar agreement in Western Australia that saw claimants surrender native title in exchange for gaining freehold title to up to 320,000ha ...

The Australian
Indigenous spending to double, warns Michael Mansell
The Australian
... the creation of a notional new state that, using the Canadian state of Nunavut as a model, would be “not a private Aboriginal state but a public Aboriginal state, just that it would be made up predominantly of Aboriginal people”, Mr Mansell told ...

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Female artists and curators making ACCA and NGV 'a little bit blacker'
The Age
"We're taking a 'B' and an 'L' and we're making it a little blacker at ACCA," Paola Balla said on Thursday. The co-curator of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's first exhibition dedicated entirely to Aboriginal artists, which opens on ...
Indigenous art exhibition Who's Afraid of Colour redefining the genreABC Online

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The Guardian
Female artists and curators making ACCA and NGV 'a little bit blacker'
The Age
"We're taking a 'B' and an 'L' and we're making it a little blacker at ACCA," Paola Balla said on Thursday. The co-curator of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's first exhibition dedicated entirely to Aboriginal artists, which opens on ...
Long overlooked, Indigenous women's art takes centre stage in Melbourne exhibitionThe Guardian
Indigenous art exhibition Who's Afraid of Colour redefining the genreABC Online

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Business News
Startup bent for indigenous jobs
Business News
The overarching theme of the Indigenous Business, Enterprise and Corporations Conference was to propose strategies to ensure indigenous Australians have the same access to capital and skills as non-indigenous Australians. “Part of (it) is education and ...

SBS
Looking past Hobart Mayor's 'I didn't kill them' comments: MONA's vision unveiled
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Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art, MONA in Hobart has a big vision for a National Truth and Reconciliation Art Park that acknowledges the truth of Australia's history and its frontier wars with Aboriginal peoples. Palawa man Greg Lehman worked on ...

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Looking past Hobart Mayor's 'I didn't kill them' comments: MONA's vision unveiled
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Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art, MONA in Hobart has a big vision for a National Truth and Reconciliation Art Park that acknowledges the truth of Australia's history and its frontier wars with Aboriginal peoples. Palawa man Greg Lehman worked on ...

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The Conversation AU
Here's looking at: black ground, 1989 by Judy Watson
The Conversation AU
Her canvases become the ground for her eloquent and poetic chronicle of the suffering of Aboriginal Australians – the massacres, prejudice, and disdain – while simultaneously evoking the dignity and achievements of Aboriginal people. As a contemporary ...

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Indigenous art exhibition Who's Afraid of Colour redefining the genre ...
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A new exhibition of works by female Aboriginal artists at the National Gallery of Victoria challenges the idea of what Aboriginal art is meant to look like.
Female artists and curators making ACCA and NGV 'a little bit blacker'The Age
Long overlooked, Indigenous women's art takes centre stage in ...The Guardian

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Indigenous art exhibition Who's Afraid of Colour redefining the genre
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"The diversity and the breadth of expression in this show reflects the diversity and breadth of expression of Aboriginal people Australia-wide," she said. Cole Chocka's mother died when she was just 16, sending her into a downward spiral of drugs ...

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Detention centres 'may hurt' Aussie UN bid
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Amnesty International and the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) both believe Australia needs to lift its game in terms of asylum seekers and indigenous Australians to improve its chances of securing a seat. "It needs to, in good faith, clean up its own ...

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Detention centres 'may hurt' Aussie UN bid
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Amnesty International and the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) both believe Australia needs to lift its game in terms of asylum seekers and indigenous Australians to improve its chances of securing a seat. "It needs to, in good faith, clean up its own ...

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Independent Australia
The myth of 'over-funded' Indigenous communities
Independent Australia
According to the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index, Australia ranks second in the world for public and social health, but if we disaggregate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to stand alone, they would rank 132nd.

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The Australian
We should unite around indigenous recognition
The Australian
The more talk there is of treaties, the less likely it is that Australians will come together to recognise indigenous people in our Constitution. As we report today, South Australia's government has joined Victoria in the pursuit of a treaty with ...
SA to commence Aboriginal treaty talksGeelong Advertiser

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Bid to stop rise of new Stolen Generation
The Australian
About 53 per cent of 4700 children in care in Western Australia are Aboriginal, despite making up only 7 per cent of the state's child population. The Child Protection department has confirmed that 63.8 per cent of all newborn babies removed into state ...

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The Australian
Warren Mundine tells Aboriginal groups to get house in order
The Australian
There is enormous responsibility on Aboriginal groups across South Australia to ensure their “houses are in order” before they push for compensation as part of treaty talks with the Weatherill government, the chairman of the Prime Minister's indigenous ...

The Australian
Warren Mundine tells Aboriginal groups to get house in order
The Australian
There is enormous responsibility on Aboriginal groups across South Australia to ensure their “houses are in order” before they push for compensation as part of treaty talks with the Weatherill government, the chairman of the Prime Minister's indigenous ...

South Australia moves towards treaty with Indigenous nations
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LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Across Australia separate campaigns are simultaneously pushing for greater recognition of Australia's Aboriginal history. In South Australia today historic negotiations began to sign a treaty between that government and it's ...

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South Australia moves towards treaty with Indigenous nations
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LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Across Australia separate campaigns are simultaneously pushing for greater recognition of Australia's Aboriginal history. In South Australia today historic negotiations began to sign a treaty between that government and it's ...

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The Northern Territory youth detention Royal Commission has been told that vitriolic comments by government members created an environment for the abuse of young offenders. Alice Springs Legal Aid lawyer Russell Goldflam gave evidence during the commission's final day of public hearings this year. The hearings had been set aside for evidence from young people, but those plans were abandoned. Featured: Russell Goldflam, principal legal officer, NT Legal Aid Commission Alice Springs Peggy Dwyer, counsel for North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency source abc pm