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Efforts to improve indigenous aged care wins national award
Australian Ageing Agenda
While indigenous Australians are identified as a special needs group under the Aged Care Act, home care provider Annecto identified that very few indigenous elders were being assessed for entry into home care in the Blacktown local government area.

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Marina Abramović Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Aboriginal Australians The artist's fans remain ...
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My choice to include in my unfinished memoir manuscript the passage from my 1979 diary that used such terrible language to describe my first impressions of Aboriginal peers in the Western Australian desert is one of these regrets. My heart has been ...
Marina Abramovic Issues Second Statement on Racist Diary Entry, Keeps DiggingFlavorwire
Sarah Jane Norman responds to Marina Abramovic - AWAYE! - ABC ...ABC Online
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ABC Online
Timber Creek Aboriginal custodians win historic $3.3 million payout for native title rights loss
ABC Online
Mr Scott said the traditional owners from across Australia were watching the Timber Creek case and he expected it would trigger several other compensation claims, some which could be valued at billions of dollars. "There's only about four or five ...
Test case 'could push native title land claims past $1bn'The Australian
States facing billions in compensation after native title claimThe Australian Financial Review

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australians win landmark $3m native title compensation claim
The Guardian
The Ngaliwurru and Nungali groups won native title for the land, near the West Australian border of the Northern Territory, in 2006 after a seven-year battle, but not for every area of land they claimed. The groups sought compensation for a number of ...
States facing billions in compensation after native title claimThe Australian Financial Review

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On Friday Nathan Khan, aged 30, appeared at the Midland District Court and collapsed during his hearing before being escorted out of the court room by guards Despite attending the hearing with Mr Khan, his family was not notified of his transport to hospital until hours later and were then left to their own devices to locate which hospital he had been sent to. The family then arrived at the hospital to find Mr Khan in a coma handcuffed to his bed. Bibbulmun man Mervyn Eades is a family member and head of prisoner release support service Ngulla Maya. He says the family are questioning the events between his collapse in the court room and arriving at hospital. From National Indigenous Radio

The Guardian
Indigenous well-represented on Australian TV but diversity has 'long way to go' – report
The Guardian
However, Indigenous Australians have recently become well-represented among main characters, and children's programs and comedy are forging the way to a more representative on-screen culture by casting more diverse leads. Based on analysis of 1,961 ...
Screen Australia diversity report finds Australian TV still lacks colourThe Sydney Morning Herald
Landmark study finds diversity lagging on Australian TVThe Conversation AU
Why Australian television needs a makeoverSBS (blog)
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Dr Duane Hamacher, Senior Research Fellow at the Monash Indigenous Centre in Melbourne says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander astronomical and geological knowledge and traditions needs no validation from western science..

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WA linguist welcomes Indigenous words in Australian National Dictionary
ABC Message Stick
A West Australian linguist has welcomed the inclusion of words from more than 100 Indigenous languages to the Australian National Dictionary. The new additions were among more than 6,000 words and phrases added to the publication's first substantial ...
Australian dictionary releases new edition with more Indigenous wordsSBS
A New Dictionary Down UnderThe Atlantic
Tony Abbott inspires new words in latest Australian National DictionaryThe Australian
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CAAMA Radio An American born astrophysicist working in Australia has used National Science Week to share the significance of Aboriginal cultural knowledge which he says other scientists often fail to understand.... because it is a totally different way of thinking. Dr Duane Hamacher...Senior Research Fellow at the Monash Indigenous Centre in Melbourne says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander astronomical and geological knowledge and traditions needs no validation from western science

The Guardian
Indigenous prison rate soared 52% in decade, report reveals
The Guardian
Last month the ABC's Four Corners program released damning footage of abuse of Indigenous prisoners inside the Don Dale youth detention centre in Darwin. The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration has released a new report on Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Comatose Indigenous man handcuffed and shackled to hospital bed
The Guardian
A comatose Indigenous man has been handcuffed and shackled to a hospital bed in Western Australia after collapsing during a court appearance. Noongar man Nathan Khan collapsed in front of a magistrate at the Midland magistrates court about 11.30am ...

Hard evidence necessary to lift indigenous welfare
The Australian
The CIS points out that most indigenous affairs policy fails to distinguish between markedly different sectors of indigenous Australia. Some 65 per cent of indigenous people had jobs and lives similar to other Australians; the obvious question is ...

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Herald Sun
Jeff Kennett on helping indigenous people in Australia: New thinking is vital
Herald Sun
Simply put, very few non-indigenous Australians know enough about indigenous culture to impose our standards and judgments on their customs. For instance, at The Torch, our board, mainly non-indigenous, provides the governance, support and raises ...

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Aboriginal jail rates increase by 50 per cent
The Canberra Times
The imprisonment rate for Aboriginal Australians has increased by an alarming 52 per cent over a decade. But Indigenous people are missing out on rehabilitation programs that could help them avoid returning to jail because they are not being locked up ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal jail rates increase by 50 per cent
The Sydney Morning Herald
The imprisonment rate for Aboriginal Australians has increased by an alarming 52 per cent over a decade. But Indigenous people are missing out on rehabilitation programs that could help them avoid returning to jail because they are not being locked up ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal jail rates increase by 50 per cent
The Sydney Morning Herald
The imprisonment rate for Aboriginal Australians has increased by an alarming 52 per cent over a decade. But Indigenous people are missing out on rehabilitation programs that could help them avoid returning to jail because they are not being locked up ...
ICS offering 2 FOR 1 registration to attend the 2016 World Indigenous SAY NO to Family and Domestic Violence ...Virtual-Strategy Magazine

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ABC Online
Calls for tech companies to add Australia's Indigenous flags to emoji lineup
ABC Online
A Noongar man from Perth says a petition he started pushing for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to be turned into emojis has had a strong response. Derek Nannup said he got the idea when he saw a string of international flag emojis on ...

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ABC Online
Calls for tech companies to add Australia's Indigenous flags to emoji lineup
ABC Online
A Noongar man from Perth says a petition he started pushing for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to be turned into emojis has had a strong response. Derek Nannup said he got the idea when he saw a string of international flag emojis on ...

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The Guam Daily Post (press release) (registration)
Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on sacred land
The Guam Daily Post (press release) (registration)
It's this above-ground dump for domestic waste that affects the Flinders, known for its haunting landscapes and home to the Adnyamathanha people, one of several hundred indigenous groups in Australia. For the first time, the government says it has ...