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Bush tucker taking off as Qantas adds Kakadu plum to its menu
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Kakadu plums are harvested from the wild each year across northern Australia, mostly by Indigenous communities, and are regarded as having more vitamin C than any other fruit on the planet. Tahlia Mandie from Kakadu Plum Co. has teamed up with ...

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Remote indigenous Anangu tribe threaten to 'close down' Uluru if their voices aren't heard
Daily Mail
The monolith, which is located the heart of Australia's 'red centre', is sacred to Indigenous people - but it is also popular with large numbers of tourists from around the world, who clamber up its sides and take dramatic dawn and sunset photos.

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The Australian
Domestic violence action plan to focus on indigenous women, kids
The Australian
The plan, to be unveiled at a special Council of Australian Governments summit in Brisbane, will note that domestic violence cost Australia up to $26 billion in the past year, and indigenous women were 34 times more likely to be hospitalised for family ...
Brisbane summit on family violence9news.com.au

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The Australian
18C offensive to indigenous women, says John Anderson
The Australian
“It plainly isn't true; whether you're talking about indigenous communities or Australia at large. These Aboriginal women have been telling me for years how deeply they often fear for their children's safety because of alcoholism among the young men in ...

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The Australian
18C offensive to indigenous women, says John Anderson
The Australian
“It plainly isn't true; whether you're talking about indigenous communities or Australia at large. These Aboriginal women have been telling me for years how deeply they often fear for their children's safety because of alcoholism among the young men in ...

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On the virtues of tolerating those you disagree with (no, really)
The Australian
Our society shouldn't endorse racial stereotyping of Aboriginal Australians or any other racial or ethnic group. It wasn't about stereotyping, says the artist. Quite the opposite, in fact. Bill Leak, The Australian, August 5: I was trying to say that ...

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Top cop's rebuke for MP's social slap 'theatrics' - The West Australian
The West Australian
Last week, Dr O'Callaghan said a cartoon by Bill Leake published in The Australian depicting an Aboriginal father who could not remember his son's name was an “accurate reflection” of what his officers saw on a daily basis. “I think in Australia we've ...

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WA Government accused of rejecting Indigenous prisoner hotline that would have prevented death in custody
ABC Online
The grandmother of a woman who died in police custody says the West Australian Government has failed Aboriginal people by declining a Federal Government offer to introduce a telephone service which she says would reduce incarceration rates. During a ...
NT's mandatory sentencing could be scrappedSky News Australia

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SBS
Top 20 names for Indigenous babies 2016
SBS
With our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population making up such a small percentage of overall Australia, the most common or 'trending' names in Indigenous communities are submerged into the culture of the wider Australia only. Although an ...
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURENational Indigenous Times
The Road to a TreatyNew Matilda

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We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
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Mr Thomas said the same issues were raised in the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report yet things are now worse for his people. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population 25 years ago - by ...

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Mundine rips into imprisonment inquiry
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Attorney-General George Brandis has announced plans to hold the inquiry through the Australian Law Reform Commission, to address the "national tragedy" of Indigenous Australians being held behind bars. The head of the Prime Minister's Indigenous ...

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We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
The Australian
Aboriginal suicides are at record levels in remote Australia, and the Territory has the highest youth suicide rates in the world. On Thursday, federal Attorney-General George Brandis announced an Australia-wide inquiry to examine the "national tragedy ...

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We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
NEWS.com.au
Mr Thomas said the same issues were raised in the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report yet things are now worse for his people. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population 25 years ago - by ...

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ABC Online
Magistrate tells Aboriginal teenager to be more like US rapper 50 Cent
ABC Online
A magistrate in regional Western Australia has taken an unusual approach to reducing the Indigenous incarceration rate, telling a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy to be like the American rapper 50 Cent. Geraldton Magistrate Dean Potter was sentencing the ...

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Magistrate tells Aboriginal teenager to be more like US rapper 50 Cent
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A magistrate in regional Western Australia has taken an unusual approach to reducing the Indigenous incarceration rate, telling a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy to be like the American rapper 50 Cent. Geraldton Magistrate Dean Potter was sentencing the ...

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Poor, remote and Aboriginal have higher STI risk
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
A unique 21-year study of more than 2.4 million cases of infectious disease across Australia reveals a major social divide where being poorer, living remotely or being an Indigenous Australian means having an increased risk of sexually transmissible ...

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Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis ... - ABC
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The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a national tragedy, Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors ...
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisThe Australian
Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis announces inquiryRadio Australia
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
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Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis ... - ABC
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The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a national tragedy, Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors ...
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'The Sydney Morning Herald
Inquiry to examine 'national tragedy' of Indigenous over-representation in prisonsSBS
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
The West Australian -Sky News Australia
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New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
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A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
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A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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