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Brisbane Times
Aboriginal stolen wages lawsuit 'as important as Mabo' to go national
Brisbane Times
A landmark class action lawsuit aiming to claw back the stolen wages of about 300 Aboriginal Queenslanders could be the beginning of something much bigger, with similar moves planned nationally within months. Hans Pearson, the uncle of prominent ...

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Virgin Australia partners with Indigenous event, Parrtjima – A Festival in Light
MuMbrella
The first authentic Indigenous light festival of its kind in the world and Australia's biggest-ever light show installation, Parrtjima – A Festival in Light will light up Alice Springs and 2.5km of Central Australia's majestic MacDonnell Ranges for 10 ...

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'Malignant grief': doctor speaks about his battle against indigenous suicide
Crikey (registration)
'Malignant grief': doctor speaks about his battle against indigenous suicide. Murray Chapman works at the centre of a community whose heart and soul is being torn apart by suicide, writes deputy editor of Australian Doctor magazine Paul Smith.

Pedestrian TV
HUGE: Triple J “In Serious Talks” To Move 'Hottest 100' From Australia Day
Pedestrian TV
TV can exclusively report that the public broadcaster is in "serious talks" to shift the date from January 26 due to growing public sentiment that it's disrespectful to Indigenous Australians, who see it as a dark mark on our country's history / a day ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
The most unpronounceable Aussie towns
dailytelegraph.com.au
The Sydney suburb near Parramatta is named after an Aboriginal Australian man noted for his resistance to the European settlement of Australia. Pronounced: Pem-ul-way. It doesn't get much more suburban than the western Sydney suburb of Pemulwuy.

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Specialists declare war on ear diseases affecting indigenous kids
The Australian
Dr Perry cited a Senate committee report released in May 2010 that concluded indigenous Australians suffered deafness and ear problems at 10 times the rate of non-indigenous Australians. “Little has been done since then,'' Dr Perry said. He believed ...

Huffington Post Australia
Noel Pearson's Uncle Leads The Fight To Recover 'Stolen Wages'
Huffington Post Australia
"The first 10 years of your life, you're working to buy yourself a home, to set your family up. That's every person's dream," Pearson told 7:30. Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson believes Aboriginal disadvantage in today's society has its routes in these ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ September 12, 2016 ] Burney takes on Bolt in recognition doco MEDIA
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous Labor MP Linda Burney and controversial commentator Andrew Bolt — worlds apart on the question of whether Australia's Constitution should be changed to recognise Aboriginal Australians — explore opposing viewpoints in a special to be aired ...

ABC Online
Peter Kirby: The first Indigenous Australian to win a Paralympic gold medal
ABC Online
Peter Kirby was born in Bega, the son of a Wiradjuri father and mother. During an era of segregation, the family lived among a community of Indigenous families in caravans around a converted school house at Kiah, before moving into the nearby town of ...

NT News
Man's brilliant response to racism
NT News
Perth man Jarred Wall was having lunch with a friend in Fremantle when he heard two elderly ladies talking about Aboriginal people. “The conversation was less than distasteful with words like assimilation being thrown around willy nilly,” he wrote in a ...
Aboriginal Man Gifts Sassy Cuppa Tea To Old Ladies After Racist Cafe ConvoPedestrian TV
'Enjoy the tea!': Man confronts racist conversation with a nice pot of teaMashable
Aboriginal man's reaction to 'distasteful' conversation at Perth cafe is perfectDaily Mail
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ABC Online
Aboriginal man wanted to 'do something nice' after overhearing racist comments in a Fremantle cafe
ABC Online
Jarred Wall, 31, was having lunch with his fiancee and his two children at a Perth cafe when he listened to a pair of "elderly ladies" discussing Aboriginal people. "The first part of the conversation started with basically one of them saying 'He got ...
Man's brilliant response to racismNT News
Aboriginal Man Gifts Sassy Cuppa Tea To Old Ladies After Racist Cafe ConvoPedestrian TV
Man buys racist neighbours a pot of tea in ultimate power moveMashable
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The Guardian
Reimagining The Drover's Wife: Leah Purcell weaves Indigenous Australia into classic tale
The Guardian
Purcell is getting ready to perform in her radical rewrite of the Henry Lawson short story The Drover's Wife, retooled with strong Indigenous emphasis and autobiography, while retaining a few Lawson plot points: bullock shooting and rogue swaggies ...

Independent Australia
Former PM Howard on a treaty: 'Appalled' or 'appalling'?
Independent Australia
Obviously, Howard's principle and words didn't – and still don't – apply for Australia's Indigenous peoples. We didn't and, apparently, still don't need to establish Indigenous consent or agreement to move forward together as one united nation — even ...

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Pedestrian TV
Aboriginal Man Gifts Sassy Cuppa Tea To Old Ladies After Racist Cafe Convo
Pedestrian TV
... his post with the hashtags #Black LivesMatter and #EnglishBreakfastTea (which we're thinking is a rather pointed yet subtle commentary on exactly who was responsible for the colonisation of, and treacherous acts against the First People of Australia).
Aboriginal man's brilliant response to racismThe Advertiser
'Enjoy the tea!': Man confronts racist conversation with a nice pot of teaMashable
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
Daily Mail -Metro -Stuff.co.nz
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The Sydney Morning Herald
TV review: Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
People of opposing views are on hand to hose down any attempts at hagiography, and Menzies' unavoidable shortcomings – including when it came to both Indigenous Australia and ending the White Australia policy – are acknowledged. The series also ...

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The Creators Project (blog)
It's Time to Rethink How We See Indigenous Australian Art
The Creators Project (blog)
A recent exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum set out to change how we view and contextualize Australian Indigenous art—not as relics of the past, but as contemporary, internationally relevant contributions. Everywhen: The Eternal Present in ...

The Advertiser
Aboriginal man's brilliant response to racism
The Advertiser
Perth man Jarred Wall was having lunch with a friend in Fremantle when he heard two elderly ladies talking about Aboriginal people. “The conversation was less than distasteful with words like assimilation being thrown around willy nilly,” he wrote in a ...
Man buys racist neighbours a pot of tea in ultimate power moveMashable
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
Aboriginal man's reaction to 'distasteful' conversation at Perth cafe is perfectDaily Mail
Stuff.co.nz -Metro
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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Man Stands Up To Racism With A Friendly Pot Of Tea
Huffington Post Australia
A Perth man who overheard two women making racist comments about Indigenous Australians has responded in the most perfect way possible -- by buying them a friendly pot of tea. Jarred Wall and a friend, who are both Indigenous, were having lunch at ...
'Distasteful conversation' gets perfect response from Indigenous AustralianThe New Daily
Aboriginal man's brilliant response to racismThe Advertiser
Man buys racist neighbours a pot of tea in ultimate power moveMashable

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Pacific & Australia: cruises, island-hopping and Aboriginal art
The Times (subscription)
Yasawa Island is a green scratch on the Pacific, 13 miles long and half a mile wide, with emerald peaks that plunge down onto powder-white beaches into an ocean teeming with tropical fish. The Yasawa Island Resort has just 18 beachfront thatched suites ...

The Age
Aboriginal artefacts in Sotheby's auction prompt questions over ...
The Age
"I defy anyone to look at these and not feel uncomfortable," says Indigenous artist Jonathan Jones of the broad shields listed in the catalogue for the Sotheby's ...

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