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West Australian Indigenous slavery class action may target private organisations
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous slavery may be a cause of action in the expansion of a class action into unpaid wages in Western Australia, a lawyer says. A class action into unpaid wages to Indigenous people is looking at whether historical arrangements in the state ...

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The Flinders News
Our oldest Aboriginal settlement
The Flinders News
THE Flinders Ranges has been proven as the oldest site of Aboriginal Australian settlement, according to research by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Advanced nuclear techniques and technology used by scientists ...

ABC Online
Mining payments paying for lunch program at remote NT community school, 'self-determination in action'
ABC Online
"I think it's time the rest of government had a look at what DFAT actually does elsewhere in the world and tries to apply that to Aboriginal people throughout Australia," Mr Ross said. "I think we might go a hell of a long way towards getting some ...

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The Conversation AU
The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
The Conversation AU
The human use of the site is dated to between 49,000 and 45,000 years ago, which shows that Aboriginal Australians settled the arid interior of the country some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought. We found evidence of the earliest bone tool ...

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InDaily
Karina Lester addresses an anti-nuclear protest outside Parliament House in Adelaide. Photo: AAP/Michael Ramsey
InDaily
“There is a lack of aboriginal consent,” the report says. “We believe that the government should accept that the Elders have said NO and stop ignoring their opinions. The aboriginal people of South Australia (and Australia) continue to be neglected and ...

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Daily Mail
Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home
Daily Mail
Saliman Binjuda of Thursday Island, Australia, hugs Robert de Castella, founder of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, at the finish line of the 2016 New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. A dozen young Australian runners from ...

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The Australian
Aboriginal Legal Service 18C anti-Leak move disturbs academic
The Australian
Dr Joseph Fernandez, head of Journalism Studies at Curtin University, says he was disconcerted to see how easily the Aboriginal Legal Service in Western Australia had co-opted individuals to make a complaint against a Bill Leak cartoon under 18C of the ...
Abolishing Section 18C: AKA free speech for the fewIndependent Australia
Ministers set to look at 18C inquiryThe Conversation AU

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Herald Sun (blog)
Bill Leak cartoon complaint made after pub gripe
The Australian
So the 49-year-old called on Western Australia's taxpayer-funded Aboriginal Legal Service to help sort it out. The problem with the pub remains unresolved. But after the lawyers left, Mr Till and Kevin Gunn, who lives with him, found themselves ...
How activists use Aborigines to censor debateHerald Sun (blog)
Human Rights Commission on wrong wavelengthThe Australian Financial Review

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The Australian
Bill Leak cartoon complaint made after pub gripe
The Australian
So the 49-year-old called on Western Australia's taxpayer-funded Aboriginal Legal Service to help sort it out. The problem with the pub remains unresolved. But after the lawyers left, Mr Till and Kevin Gunn, who lives with him, found themselves ...
Human Rights Commission on wrong wavelengthThe Australian Financial Review
We've hit a Triggs-er point on mind controldailytelegraph.com.au

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Perth Now
WA the nation's worst for vaccinations
Perth Now
While the number of families vaccinating children had improved, WA's geography meant the state was still lagging behind the rest of Australia. “WA often lags behind in indicators like this, as does the Northern Territory, because of the very large ...

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SBS
Refugees shine at ethnic business awards
SBS
The company provides services across business, health services, education and retail. Sam Bashiry left behind in Iran when he fled to Australia with his mother and sister. Safe on Australian soil, they spent two years inside a detention centre before ...

Football Australia (press release)
Inaugural National Indigenous Football Championships hailed a success
Football Australia (press release)
Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop attended the event and paid tribute to the organisers for putting on a fantastic tournament. “I was really delighted to be at the Championships which were a true celebration of football and Indigenous culture.

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ABC Online
Kalgoorlie's CEO concerned for city's reputation after riots that followed Aboriginal teenager's death
ABC Online
He admitted racism and juvenile crime were ongoing problems in the community, but argued that was the case across much of Australia. "Is Kalgoorlie worse than others? We don't believe it is. But clearly some of the events recently which triggered what ...
Crisis talks in Kalgoorlie: Goverment taskforce to tackle racial ...Perth Now

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ABC Online
Crochet for a pope and a president: Aboriginal elder Mary Lee farewelled at Darwin funeral
ABC Online
Born in Darwin in the 1930s, Ms Lee endured some of Australia's greatest tragedies and controversial policy decisions, such as being taken from her family, and surviving the bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy. She was in her 60s when she completed her ...

The Australian
18C complainant 'terrified to come back' to Australia
The Australian
She posted on August 30: “Every time someone stops listening to how the indigenous community feels about something and starts giving their bias (sic) opinion on race relations in Australia, little bits of dignity and pride get lost. Soon you realise ...

The Australian
'White lawyers' behind complaint
The Australian
A complaint on behalf of Mr Gunn and Mr Till was lodged by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, triggering another taxpayer-funded probe into Leak's art and The Australian. They are relying on the Racial Discrimination Act's section 18C ...

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It's wrong to put the onus on Bill Leak to justify himself
The Australian
As a result of the application of section 18C, state-enforced dogma challenges all public discussion of questions about Aboriginal Australia which is at risk of being permanently dumped down the memory hole. That Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel ...

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ABC Online
WA cave dig uncovers evidence of human activity dating back 25000 years
ABC Online
Archaeologists say evidence of human activity found in a cave in Western Australia proves Aboriginal people lived in the area thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Radiocarbon tests carried out on samples collected during an excavation at ...

SBS - The World Game
National Indigenous Championships look to unearth more stars
SBS - The World Game
Held in NSW's Shoalhaven, the first fully national event will bring together 24 Indigenous men and women's teams from across Australia and New Zealand to compete for national honours with the finals to be played on Sunday. Indigenous players make up ...

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The Age
Could this be the place for a treaty to 'end the war' on Indigenous Australia
The Age
On Friday, 181 years after white settlers gave the Wurundjeri people blankets, tomahawks and flour in exchange for the land, a group of Aboriginal elders returned to Merri Creek. They came from around Victoria to discuss treaty talks currently underway ...

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