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Australia Revisits Samples from Indigenous Australians
GenomeWeb
Australia has a cache of blood samples collected from indigenous Australians in the 1960 and 1970s that could be used to reconnect families and help treat disease, but the samples are tinged with a legacy of racism and exploitation, the Guardian reports.

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Aboriginal Anglicans welcome youth detention abuse review
Anglicannews
[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] Australia's national body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglicans has welcomed the establishment of a Royal Commission to investigate abuse in a Northern Territory youth detention centre. The abuse of children at the ...

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Ever-present scandal surrounding the incarceration of indigenous Australians
Equal Times
The images have been seen around the world and have shaken Australia: teenager Dylan Voller hooded and to strapped a chair in the Don Dale juvenile detention centre near Darwin, in the north of the country. It is an image, along with others recorded ...

NT Aboriginals 'most policed' in Australia
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The Central and Northern Land Councils held a full joint meeting at Kalkarindji in central Australia on Thursday and several members told both Chief Minister Adam Giles and Opposition Leader Michael Gunner that ever since the 2007 intervention they had ...

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NT Aborigines 'most policed' in Australia
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Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are the most policed in the country, a land council representative said. The Central and Northern Land Councils held a full joint meeting at Kalkarindji in central Australia on Thursday and several members ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous rangers receive commonwealth funding commitment to 2020
The Guardian
Nigel Scullion has committed funding for the Indigenous ranger program to 2020, two years beyond the current federal government commitment, and will look at increasing it further. Speaking to a joint meeting of the Central and Northern Land Councils at ...

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land'
Reuters UK
HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of ...

StartupSmart
Meet the Australian entrepreneur using technology to preserve Indigenous culture who inspired Malcolm Turnbull
StartupSmart
An Australian entrepreneur is set to launch a new app to help preserve the culture of Indigenous Australians through technology. Northern Territory-based founder Mikaela Jade will launch the Digital Rangers app next month at the IUCN World Conservation ...

The Guardian
Indigenous DNA at centre of ethical furore could help reconnect stolen generations
The Guardian
Historic blood samples collected from Indigenous Australians could connect members of the stolen generations to their families and improve healthcare for chronic diseases, but not without confronting a troubled legacy of scientific exploitation and ...

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Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on 'sacred land'
Reuters
HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of ...
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Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on "sacred land"
Thomson Reuters Foundation
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 ...

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Artforum
Comments About Indigenous Australians from Marina Abramović's Forthcoming Memoir to be Removed
Artforum
Comments regarding indigenous Australians in the uncorrected proof of performance artist Marina Abramović's forthcoming memoir, Walk Through Walls, which have caused a great deal of backlash against her on social media (via #TheRacistIsPresent), will ...

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Jeff Kennett Redneck ex Victorian Liberal Premier and chairman of 'BeyondBlue' said the ABC Four Corners report highlighting the inhumane treatment of youth at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre was biased and destroyed the reputation of Adam Giles. Robert Eggington, head of Nyoongah trauma support service Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation, says Jeff Kennett’s position at BeyondBlue is now untenable. Robert is a First Nations mental health worker has called for the resignation of former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett from the social welfare group Beyond Blue. Kennett attacked the Prime Minister for calling a Royal Commission into juvenile justice the Northern Territory.

The Guardian
Marina Abramović responds to allegations of racism over comments about Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
New York-based performance artist Marina Abramović has attempted to clarify an inflammatory passage from an uncorrected proof of her forthcoming memoir, in which she refers to Indigenous Australians as “really strange and different” people, who “look ...
Star artist calls Indigenous Australians 'dinosaurs'BBC News
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Performance artist Marina Abramovic calls Aboriginal Australians ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
An excerpt from a draft of the memoirs of renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic has been slammed for describing Aboriginal Australians as "dinosaurs" ...
Marina Abramović responds to allegations of racism over comments about Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
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Performance artist Marina Abramovic calls Aboriginal Australians ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
An excerpt from a draft of the memoirs of renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic has been slammed for describing Aboriginal Australians as "dinosaurs" ...
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NEWS.com.au
Artist's bizarre racist rant on Aborigines
NEWS.com.au
Nothing prepares you for the ubiquitous dirt and the overwhelming smell and the swarming, clustering, relentless flies of the outback, and nothing prepares Westerners ... for meeting Australia's first inhabitants. Aborigines are not just the oldest ...
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The Guardian
Indigenous-owned company approved to open mine in Arnhem Land
The Guardian
Guardian Australia understands negotiations with Rio Tinto to sell the bauxite are under way and the mine still needs approval from the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, which is not possible until after the 27 August election. A ...

The Australian Financial Review
Aboriginal art from US and Europe included in major London sale
The Australian Financial Review
A sale of Aboriginal art in London next month promises to be a major event, offering important art and sculpture from owners in Europe and the United Sates as well as Australia. The sale is at Sotheby's main salerooms in New Bond Street on September 21 ...

9news.com.au
Artist's offensive description of indigenous Australians
9news.com.au
A renowned performance artist has described Australian aboriginal people as "dinosaurs" and "terrible" to look at in a new memoir, according to an excerpt posted online by a US critic. An extract from the book “Walk Through Walls” by Marina Abramovic ...
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