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Independent Australia
Let's not celebrate the 'rape of the soul' of Aboriginal Australia
Independent Australia
Australia's oppression of Indigenous Australians continues under the guise of national pride, writes John Passant. A SPECTRE is haunting Australia — the spectre of genocide, or as Raymond Evans and Bill Thorpe more appropriately call it, "indigenocide".

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Independent Australia
Let's not celebrate the 'rape of the soul' of Aboriginal Australia
Independent Australia
Australia's oppression of Indigenous Australians continues under the guise of national pride, writes John Passant. A SPECTRE is haunting Australia — the spectre of genocide, or as Raymond Evans and Bill Thorpe more appropriately call it, "indigenocide".

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The Conversation AU
Seeing Ms Dhu: how photographs argue for human rights
The Conversation AU
In Australia, as many Aboriginal people have argued, such imagery may disempower their subjects, showing them as abject, distant or less-than-human. For example, one of the most effective critiques of Aboriginal treatment during the 1950s was a film ...

The West Australian
Well-known Aussies in the heart of Aboriginal affairs
The West Australian
Ignorance, political correctness, indifference, racism — there are many reasons Australians have had little or no contact with the nation's first people but still many have formed opinions on the plight of our indigenous community. In 2014, SBS ...
Indigenous culture 'should've died out'dailytelegraph.com.au
TV moment will shock AustraliaNEWS.com.au

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9TheFIX (blog)
Ian 'Dicko' Dickson broke his sobriety while filming series about Indigenous Australians: 'I was incapable of ...
9TheFIX (blog)
Ian "Dicko" Dickson's experience living amongst Indigenous Australians while filming the new TV series First Contact was eye-opening, and in ways that were often painful. The 53-year-old Australia's Got Talent host told News Corp that while spending 28 ...
Recovered Alcoholic Dicko Relapses Filming SBS Show On Indigenous HardshipPedestrian TV
Dicko: 'Why I fell off the wagon'NEWS.com.au

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Huffington Post Australia
Pauline Hanson questions 'Aboriginal' definition, praised by Noel Pearson
The New Daily
Ms Hanson told Andrew Bolt on Sky News on Monday the definition of Indigenous Australians is loose. “If you marry an Aboriginal (sic) you can be classified (as one), or if the community or the elders accept you into that community you can be defined as ...
Pauline Hanson Says There Is 'No Definition To An Aboriginal'Huffington Post Australia
Hanson says there is no Aboriginal definitionSky News Australia
Hanson wants debate on Aboriginal identityHerald Sun (blog)

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Business Insider Australia
KPMG is expanding its indigenous advice expertise by buying a specialist consultancy
Business Insider Australia
KPMG has just carved out a larger piece of the indigenous consultancy market in Australia. The big four accountancy and advisory group today announced the acquisition of the specialist indigenous consultancy, Arrilla. The size of the deal wasn't made ...

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Gizmodo Australia
Inside Brisbane's Indigenous Startup Program
Gizmodo Australia
"Now Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs will have their own accelerator to turn to for such support. The support will also include world-class entrepreneur programs from Australia's leading corporate accelerator, Slingshot and will ...

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Gizmodo Australia
Inside Brisbane's Indigenous Startup Program
Gizmodo Australia
The program is offered by Barayamal, a new not-for-profit business, which will run Australia's first Indigenous accelerator program from mid-2017. Barayamal means "Black Swan" in Kamilaroi language and the goal of the program is to help Aboriginal and ...

ABC Online
WA's first Indigenous cattlemen's workshop helping pastoralists to work 'on the business'
ABC Online
Indigenous cattle producers from across Australia's north travelled to Kununurra last week for WA's first Indigenous cattlemen's workshop. Around 25 people, representing 13 cattle stations spread across 1.7 million hectares, mostly in the Kimberley ...

ABC Online
Lambie Senate inquiry into Indigenous funding in Tasmania a 'fishing expedition'
ABC Online
The report detailed how Commonwealth and State funds were spent in Tasmania and concluded: "Torres Strait Islander people living in Tasmania receive the benefit of Commonwealth funding on the same basis as other Australian jurisdictions.".

Google News

Aboriginal communities embrace technology, but they have unique cyber safety challenges
The Conversation AU
Empowering people to use applications such as internet banking could also help overcome the kind of exploitation revealed through the “book up” theft in Mintabie, South Australia, in which A$1 million was stolen from local Aboriginal people's bank ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Prescription for a healthy Australia: Cut salt levels, save thousands of lives
The Sydney Morning Herald
The AHPC wants to reduce the 12.8 per cent of Australians who smoke to 5 per cent by 2025 through mass media campaigns, and campaigns with messages specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities. These could be paid for with tobacco ...

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Gold Coast Bulletin
Could Pauline Hanson actually help indigenous Australians?
Gold Coast Bulletin
That indigenous Australians can find great champions on the far right can be surprising, but it is often the case. The practical right tend to understand the need for substantive change and are less likely to be sucked into symbolism and feel-good ...

Geelong Advertiser
Could Pauline Hanson actually help indigenous Australians?
Geelong Advertiser
That indigenous Australians can find great champions on the far right can be surprising, but it is often the case. The practical right tend to understand the need for substantive change and are less likely to be sucked into symbolism and feel-good ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Noel Pearson: Could Pauline Hanson actually help indigenous ...
dailytelegraph.com.au
PAULINE Hansons principled call for a presidential pardon of Julian Assange shone an important light on the selective standards of many Australians and ...

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BBC News
Australia domestic violence: Aboriginal dancers highlight problem
BBC News
Aboriginal dancers travelled across Australia to highlight the "horrifying" levels of domestic violence in Outback indigenous communities. Dancers from the Rirratjingu clan, carrying clap sticks and spears, their faces painted white, performed outside ...
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten linked arms against domestic violenceNEWS.com.au
Aborigines fight violence outside Australia's ParliamentJakarta Post
Aborigines outside Australia's Parliament protest violenceThe Seattle Times

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BBC News
Australia domestic violence: Aboriginal dancers highlight problem
BBC News
Aboriginal dancers travelled across Australia to highlight the "horrifying" levels of domestic violence in Outback indigenous communities. Dancers from the Rirratjingu clan, carrying clap sticks and spears, their faces painted white, performed outside ...
Aborigines dance outside Australia's parliament to say 'No More' to domestic violenceInternational Business Times UK
Aborigines fight violence outside Australia's ParliamentJakarta Post
Aborigines outside Australia's Parliament protest violenceDaily Mail

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Herald Sun
Hanson can empower indigenous Australia
Herald Sun
Lewis Kooloika rides his bike through the dusty streets of Aurukun, a remote aboriginal community 800 kilometres north west of Cairns on Cape York. Picture: Brendan Radke. THAT indigenous Australians can find great champions on the far Right can be ...

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Herald Sun
Hanson can empower indigenous Australia
Herald Sun
THAT indigenous Australians can find great champions on the far Right can be surprising, but it often turns out to be the case. The practical Right tend to understand the need for substantive change and are less likely to be sucked into mere symbolism ...

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