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George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
The Sydney Morning Herald
More than 25 years after the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991, Indigenous Australians made up 27 per cent of the prison population, up from 14 per cent. Senator Brandis said failed, flawed or incomplete reform efforts in that ...
Indigenous incarceration inquiry announced by George Brandis, Nigel ScullionRadio Australia
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
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Tasmania, ACT best societies in Australia, report says
SBS
Tasmania is the state closest to the charity sector's ideal society, according to a new report from the Community Council for Australia (CCA). The island state, which has long been an easy target for economic ridicule, was praised for its even incomes ...
Australia is no longer the home of the 'fair go', says reportThe Guardian

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Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: Brandis
Weekly Times Now
It's been 25 years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Senator Brandis says Australia has gone backwards in that time. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population in 1991 ...

Charles Perkins anniversary should make universities double down
Brisbane Times
Graduating with a bachelor of arts, he became the first Aboriginal man in Australia to graduate with a university degree. Given the known potential of education to help people overcome other disadvantage, 50 years on it's worth reflecting, taking stock ...

ABC Online
Woman behind watershed non-sniffable fuel rollout in Central Australia honoured 10 years on
ABC Online
It is the 10-year anniversary since the roll out of non-sniffable Opal fuel in Central Australia and the APY lands, and the woman who led the fight against petrol sniffing has reflected on her triumphant campaign directed at the Federal Government. For ...

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The Conversation AU
Tom Calma
The Conversation AU
Dr Calma has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for 40 years and is currently on a number of boards and committees focusing on rural and remote Australia ...

The Conversation AU
How discrimination and stressful events affect the health of our Indigenous kids
The Conversation AU
LSIC broke new ground worldwide for studying the social, developmental and familial dynamics of a group of Indigenous children and their families. Data are collected from Indigenous families across Australia, from cities to remote locations. We can use ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Charles Perkins anniversary should make universities double down
The Sydney Morning Herald
Graduating with a bachelor of arts, he became the first Aboriginal man in Australia to graduate with a university degree. Given the known potential of education to help people overcome other disadvantage, 50 years on it's worth reflecting, taking stock ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal Australians, Pacific Islanders carry DNA of unknown human species, research analysis suggests
ABC Online
People from Papua New Guinea and north-east Australia carry small amounts of DNA of an unidentified, extinct human species, a new research analysis has suggested. Key points: Statistical geneticist carried out research analysis on percentages of ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal Australians, Pacific Islanders carry DNA of unknown human species, research analysis suggests
ABC Online
People from Papua New Guinea and north-east Australia carry small amounts of DNA of an unidentified, extinct human species, a new research analysis has suggested. Key points: Statistical geneticist carried out research analysis on percentages of ...
Weird News 2016: Scientists Discover Modern Community Keeping 'Unknown Human Species'Health Aim

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ABC Online
Aboriginal Australians, Pacific Islanders carry DNA of unknown human species, research analysis suggests
ABC Online
People from Papua New Guinea and north-east Australia carry small amounts of DNA of an unidentified, extinct human species, a new research analysis has suggested. Key points: Statistical geneticist carried out research analysis on percentages of ...

Financial Times
Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children
Financial Times
The report reflects a growing child protection crisis in Australia, where aboriginal children are 10 times as likely as non-indigenous peers to be placed in state care. Its publication follows an outcry over the treatment of an indigenous youth held in ...
Keeping kids with familiesHerald Sun

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Financial Times
Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children
Financial Times
The report reflects a growing child protection crisis in Australia, where aboriginal children are 10 times as likely as non-indigenous peers to be placed in state care. Its publication follows an outcry over the treatment of an indigenous youth held in ...
Victorian inquiry to address rise in Indigenous children in child protection servicesRadio Australia
Aboriginal children in care 'isolated from family and culture', says Victoria reportThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Google hands out more than $5m to Australian not-for-profits for innovation
ABC Online
Professor Tom Calma from the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation proposed a special program to record Australia's many Indigenous languages. "Australia was once a home of over 600 Indigenous language spoken for tens of thousands of years," ...

ABC Local
Dubbo students speak about Songlines at NAIDOC debating challenge
ABC Local
"It's a significant theme and something that's very important to the Aboriginal people of Australia ... because it's their history, it's their past. "Unlike Western culture where history is merely a set of bullet points and events, it's the stories ...

ABC Online
AFL push for more Indigenous umpires
ABC Online
Mr Wauchope believes the dearth of Indigenous umpires has had an impact on how Aboriginal people think about the game. "They don't see other Aboriginals doing it, they think in their head 'that's not my thing because that is their thing, the white ...

ABC Online
AFL push for more Indigenous umpires
ABC Online
"Certainly the last few years if you headed into an umpiring group throughout Australia it was full of a lot of white males and we are trying to change that – whether it be Indigenous, more females or more people from multicultural backgrounds," said ...

Exhibition launch: Indigenous Australians at war
Barossa & Light Herald
An exhibition honouring the role of Indigenous Australians in war will be launched at the Barossa Regional Gallery in the coming weeks. The Indigenous Australians at War exhibition will visit the region as part of a tour that has seen its stunning ...

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Exhibition launch: Indigenous Australians at war
Barossa & Light Herald
An exhibition honouring the role of Indigenous Australians in war will be launched at the Barossa Regional Gallery in the coming weeks. The Indigenous Australians at War exhibition will visit the region as part of a tour that has seen its stunning ...

ABC Online
Sophie Collombet murder: Benjamin Milward jailed for life for raping, killing French student in Brisbane
ABC Online
He said the family had been "completely overwhelmed" by the support and warmth shown by the Australian people, particularly those in Brisbane. "This is why they've wanted to come to Australia, all together as a family, so they could collectively say ...

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