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New York Times
Indigenous Australians in Queensland Said to Face Higher Juvenile Detention Rates
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Indigenous children in the Australian state of Queensland are much likelier than others there to be held in juvenile detention, and Australia's judicial system has held children as young as 10 criminally responsible for their ...
Detained children stats show our shameCourier Mail

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RT
Kalgoorlie on edge as crowds gather at court to confront man accused of killing boy
The West Australian
Picture Danella Bevis/The West Australian. Police were pelted with rocks and glass bottles. In a statement released this afternoon, police said they would maintain a strong visible presence in the community and were working closely with Aboriginal elders.
Smashed courthouse, cop cars: Aboriginal boy's death sparks rampage in Australia (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)RT
Racial tensions erupt in Australia after man charged over killing of aboriginal teenExpress.co.uk
Kalgoorlie Court has windows smashed by protesters after death of Aboriginal boyDaily Mail
Sky News -ABC Online -International Business Times UK
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RT
Smashed courthouse, cop cars: Aboriginal boy's death sparks rampage in Australia (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
RT
Riot police were deployed to a protest over the death of a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy, where demonstrators smashed the windows of police cars and tried to force their way into the courthouse where the man accused of causing the death was due to appear.
Kalgoorlie on edge as crowds gather at court to confront man accused of killing boyThe West Australian
Kalgoorlie Court has windows smashed by protesters after death of Aboriginal boyDaily Mail
Kalgoorlie protest: Arrests made, officer injured in violent riot over teen's deathABC Online
International Business Times UK -Perth Now -NEWS.com.au
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Express.co.uk
Racial tensions erupt in Australia after man charged over killing of aboriginal teen
Express.co.uk
At around 8.55am, police were called to a vehicle crash near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia – around 330 miles inland from Perth – where the body of the teenager named locally as Elijah Doughty – was found. Today, a 55-year-old was due to appear at ...

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Daily Mail
Kalgoorlie Court has windows smashed by protesters after death of Aboriginal boy
Daily Mail
People smashed windows and jumped on police cars at a West Australian courthouse after a protest over the death of a local teenager turned violent. Mark William Donnelly, 55, was due to appear at a court in Kalgoorlie, east of Perth, charged with the ...
Kalgoorlie protest: Arrests made, officer injured in violent riot over teen's deathABC Online
Teen's death: Accused brought to PerthPerth Now
Racial tension grows in Kalgoorlie, WA, after 14-year-old's deathNEWS.com.au
Mashable
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Telegraph.co.uk
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'
Telegraph.co.uk
"If this little boy and his mum had been mocking Indigenous culture then I can totally see how this is offensive," she said. "Unfortunately now this little boy who has been shown by the dark skinned community that his admiration for a black man is ...
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photosBBC News

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BBC News
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend hailed as a ...
StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend has been lauded as a success, with over 80 Indigenous Australians coming together to come up with ideas to ...
How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition ...The Guardian
Indigenous people want to talk with governments | The AdvocateThe Advocate

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Huffington Post Australia
Sacred Indigenous Site Uluru Captured In World-First Drone Clip
Huffington Post Australia
The breathtaking curves of Australian Indigenous site Uluru are revealed in a world-first drone video taken with permission of traditional owners. As the drone cruises over the monolith, sparse desert shrubs give way to giant boulders and then the ...
Uluru like you've never seen itdailytelegraph.com.au
First-ever drone footage of UluruAustralian Geographic
View of Uluru tourists don't get to seeNEWS.com.au

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Yahoo7 News
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos, slams 'double standards' in Australia's race debates
Yahoo7 News
She said it was important to continue to explain the painful history of Aboriginal people following European settlement in Australia but that it must be done without divisive double standards. The Nic Naitunui controversy was the second racially ...
Aboriginal mum from Cairns paints daughter's face white in Facebook postDaily Mail

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Atlanta Black Star
Home featured Julieka Dhu, Australian Aboriginal Woman Was Dragged Like a 'Dead Kangaroo' and...
Atlanta Black Star
In February, Carol Roe, grandmother of Julieka Dhu, organised a rally outside the In February, Carol Roe, grandmother of Julieka Dhu, organized a rally outside the parliament in Perth, four months after the government pledged to reduce the number of ...

ABC Online
Congress of Australia's First Peoples declares end to 'Mexican ...
ABC Online
Frosty relations between Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and the Congress of Australia's First Peoples appear to have thawed, just ahead of a planned ...

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SBS
Indigenous youth meet Indigenous MPs on recognition | SBS News
SBS
Just ahead of the 45th Australian parliament starting up, a group of young Indigenous Australians has pushed MPs to have constitutional recognition for ...
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition ...The Guardian

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Uluru like you've never seen it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia The massive monolith rises out of the desert. Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. The footage glides over the surrounding landscape before showing a close-up view of the giant 3km long rock ...

Team up to build up: helping Indigenous communities
The Mandarin (registration)
For its chief executive, Karyn Baylis, this success was just the latest from a conveyor belt of projects large and small, all of which have been designed to deliver much-needed and sustainable improvements for Australia's Indigenous people. “Ours is a ...

The Guardian
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition
The Guardian
Indigenous youth representatives will travel to Canberra on Monday to meet four Indigenous MPs as part of a campaign to raise awareness of reasons to recognise the First Australians in the constitution. The Liberal MP Ken Wyatt, the independent senator ...

The Conversation AU
How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
Sarah J MacLean receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She has received funding in the past from the University of Melbourne to investigate methamphetamine use in Aboriginal communities, and is currently funded by La Trobe University to ...

The Conversation AU
How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
Indigenous people in the United States, for example, have successfully used culturally targeted education and social marketing, plus individual and family treatment, to reduce methamphetamine-related incidents and arrests. Finally, we need better data ...

Perth Now
Abbott to volunteer in remote WA community
Perth Now
TONY Abbott will spend a week living and volunteering in a remote Aboriginal community in WA next month. The former Prime Minister is continuing his tradition of spending a week a year in Aboriginal Australia with a five-day visit in September. “I ...