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The Guardian
Let's honour the invisible work of Aboriginal women tackling ...
The Guardian
Women in Indigenous communities in Australia refuse to accept the shocking levels of violence against them. A new Guardian series highlights significant work ...
Q&A: Nakkiah Lui Says We Shouldn't 'Paint Broad Brush Strokes' On ...Huffington Post Australia

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Chinchilla News
First Contact season two: seeing reality in black and white
Chinchilla News
... Nation politician David Oldfield, comedian Tom Ballard, former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and actress Nicki Wendt, Dickson will confront their own deeply entrenched preconceptions and the realities of what it's like to be an Aboriginal ...

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The Conversation AU
Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
The Conversation AU
It was the reliability of these winds that enabled regular journeys, and it was on Australian beaches that the first point of contact with Aboriginal Australians and those from other continents began. Earlier than the Dutch, the English, and the French ...

Anglicannews
Church calls for constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians
Anglicannews
[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Primate of Australia, Archbishop Philip Freier, has called for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, saying it is “vital” if the country's indigenous people are to flourish. Archbishop ...

Brisbane Times
Did First Contact producers deliberately cast David Oldfield as the villain?
Brisbane Times
Actor Nicki Wendt and former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris both hail from Perth, and both had similarly negative experiences with Aborigines there, and a desire to get beyond them. "They sit and drink goon in the park, and I've had them come up ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Did First Contact producers deliberately cast David Oldfield as the villain?
The Sydney Morning Herald
Actor Nicki Wendt and former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris both hail from Perth, and both had similarly negative experiences with Aborigines there, and a desire to get beyond them. "They sit and drink goon in the park, and I've had them come up ...

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The Age
Did First Contact producers deliberately cast David Oldfield as the villain?
The Age
Actor Nicki Wendt and former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris both hail from Perth, and both had similarly negative experiences with Aborigines there, and a desire to get beyond them. "They sit and drink goon in the park, and I've had them come up ...

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Indigenous workers set for new subs
The Australian
Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities for indigenous Australians and businesses within their supply chain. "We are excited about partnering with DCNS to flush out more ...

Indigenous workers set for new subs
NEWS.com.au
Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities for indigenous Australians and businesses within their supply chain. "We are excited about partnering with DCNS to flush out more ...

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Indigenous workers set for new subs
SBS
Indigenous workers won't miss out on opportunities as the government embarks on the $50 billion project to construct 12 new submarines. Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ November 23, 2016 ] Researcher can feel answers in her bones CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
The state-of-the-art bone technology used by early Indigenous communities may help reveal how they colonised Australia and carved out lives in a new world. From bone nose ornaments to ceremonial bones and work tools, the so-called bone technology will ...

The Guardian
Sly grog operation targeting Indigenous community exposes 'gaps in law'
The Guardian
A sly grog operation that targeted an Indigenous community in western NSW has exposed gaps in the law that create “the potential for fatal consequences”, the deputy state coroner has found. Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her ...

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[ November 23, 2016 ] Benjamin and buddies go the distance in New York ACHIEVEMENT
National Indigenous Times
Benjamin was one of 12 people from around Australia who ran in the event this year as part of marathon great Robert de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Project. The Indigenous Marathon Project, run by de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Foundation, aims to ...

SBS
First Contact interview: Ray Martin
SBS
He also spent a month up north filming the 2nd season of First Contact, which sees six regular Aussies- or in this case, Aussie celebrities- interact with Indigenous Australia for the first time. I found one night in his chock-a-block schedule to sit ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Kimberley aboriginal art goes under the hammer
The Australian Financial Review
He helped put Aboriginal art on the world map by establishing the Australian Exhibition Centre in Chicago and exhibiting art across the US, Canada and Europe. Kimberley Art closed in 2006, and part of its stock went as cultural gifts to institutions ...

The Advertiser
Dizzy, Thomas into bat for indigenous cricket
The Advertiser
Thomas, the first Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in any sport, recalls having “pretty handy yorkers” in her repertoire and says she “can't wait” to be at the MCG this Boxing Day for the start of the two-year commemoration. Gillespie said the ...

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The Advertiser
Dizzy, Thomas into bat for indigenous cricket
The Advertiser
Thomas, the first Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in any sport, recalls having “pretty handy yorkers” in her repertoire and says she “can't wait” to be at the MCG this Boxing Day for the start of the two-year commemoration. Gillespie said the ...

The Australian
ABC, SBS, Guardian and Fairfax racist, says Maurice Newman
The Australian
Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman has backed Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson's claim that the organisation is racist, going a step further by accusing the other national public broadcaster, SBS, and commercial outlets Fairfax Media, The Guardian, and ...
Noel Pearson's attack on 'racist ABC' unjustified, former journalist Quentin Dempster saysABC Online
Ex-ABC Chairman Throws ABC, Fairfax, SBS, And More Under “Racist” BusB&T

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The Australian
ABC, SBS, Guardian and Fairfax racist, says Maurice Newman
The Australian
Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman has backed Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson's claim that the organisation is racist, going a step further by accusing the other national public broadcaster, SBS, and commercial outlets Fairfax Media, The Guardian, and ...
Noel Pearson's attack on 'racist ABC' unjustifiedThe New Daily

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ABC Online
Application to put Broome on Aboriginal heritage register being reconsidered
ABC Online
The revelation Broome is being considered for inclusion on Western Australia's Aboriginal heritage register has taken many people in the Kimberley town by surprise. An original application was knocked back by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs' (DAA) ...

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