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ABC Online
Unearthed High's Indigenous Initiative winner reflects on cultural upbringing
ABC Online
The Indigenous program will provide Tia with ongoing mentoring from the Australian Association of Artist Managers (AAM), including managers who have worked with the likes of Tkay Maidza, Gotye, Urthboy and The Rubens. "I don't even feel like it's real ...

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Star Observer
LGBTI Indigenous Australians people kicking goals
Star Observer
Star Observer caught up with some of the awesome LGBTI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are doing amazing work in their respective fields across the country. The fab five speak about who they are, what they do and what they have been up to.

ABC Online
Scant Recognition: Have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples any Reason to Hope?
ABC Online
There has been no formal reckoning of Australia's history from the political economy of killing to the lengthy period of compulsory racial segregation, but for the occasional symbolic acknowledgement. Credit: Sean Garnsworthy / Getty Images ...
With a vote delayed, where does this leave constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Indigenous referendum delay welcomed as "wise" opportunity to get it rightThe Sydney Morning Herald
Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the riseThe Guardian (blog)
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Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Bill Leak's message in his controversial cartoon about alleged abuse of Aboriginal teens was clear
Herald Sun
Last week, cartoonist Bill Leak, of The Australian, drew a cartoon in response to the media outrage over the alleged abuse of Aboriginal teenagers detained in the Northern Territory. It showed an Aboriginal policeman lecturing a deadbeat Aboriginal dad ...
Media briefs: journos demand Leak apology ... CFMEU sticks up for China ... Olympic media hurdles ...Crikey (registration)

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National Indigenous Times
[ August 10, 2016 ] EXCLUSIVE: Blood samples could unlock decades-old Stolen Generation mysteries NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Anthropology professor Emma Kowal, deputy director at the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University, said the samples, which have been held in storage, could unlock decades-old mysteries surrounding the genetic lines ...

SBS
Indigenous meanings of Australian town names
SBS
When it comes to Aboriginal words on an Australian map, we need to address the white European settlement in the room. While Europeans who invaded Aboriginal lands often renamed the plains as par tor the process of taking possession, we still see many ...

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SBS
Indigenous meanings of Australian town names
SBS
Amongst the towns and cities named after European figures or reconstituted British geographical locations ( ... because the red rugged landscape of Exmouth in WA is so similar to England's seaside *cough*), many of Australia's places are taken from one ...

SBS
Indigenous meanings of Australian town names
SBS
When it comes to Aboriginal words on an Australian map, we need to address the white European settlement in the room. While Europeans who invaded Aboriginal lands often renamed the plains as par tor the process of taking possession, we still see many ...

SBS
Indigenous meanings of Australian town names
SBS
Amongst the towns and cities named after European figures or reconstituted British geographical locations ( ... because the red rugged landscape of Exmouth in WA is so similar to England's seaside *cough*), many of Australia's places are taken from one ...

ABC Online
Ella Havelka's journey to become Australian Ballet's first Indigenous dancer
ABC Online
As a little girl growing up in Dubbo, all it took was a glimpse of a Swan Lake performance on an old VHS tape for Ella Havelka to know that she was going to be a ballerina. Before Ms Havelka joined in 2012, the Australian Ballet had never had an ...

Tone Deaf
The Story Behind Australia's First Aboriginal Protest Album
Tone Deaf
Cooper-Lily Nikora interviews Luke Peacock of The Painted Ladies ahead of a special performance with Vic Simms this Friday night at Melbourne's NGV. No one could really tell if it was sweat or tears falling from Vic Simms face as The Painted Ladies ...

The Conversation AU
With a vote delayed, where does this leave constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
On Tuesday, the Referendum Council announced it was extending its timetable for consultations on the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians into next year. It will need until mid-2017 to deliver its final report. Both Prime Minister ...
Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the riseThe Guardian (blog)
Indigenous referendum delay welcomed as "wise" opportunity to get it rightThe Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous referendum on 1967 anniversary date dumpedThe Australian
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How did so many indigenous Australians end up in prison?
Crikey (registration)
When Frank Walker was in office in the early 1980s there was no heroin epidemic, no talkback radio law and order campaigns, and there were less than 4000 people in prison in NSW, writes Bob Debus.

Thomson Reuters Foundation
US, Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam - mapping study
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries including the United States and Australia score behind Latin America and African nations when it comes to laws protecting indigenous land rights, according to the first analysis of an ...

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U.S., Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam: mapping study
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries including the United States and Australia score behind Latin America and African nations when it comes to laws protecting indigenous land rights, according to the first analysis of an online ...

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The Australian
Indigenous referendum on 1967 anniversary date dumped
The Australian
The symbolic date of May 27 next year for a referendum on constitutional recognition of indigenous Australia has been officially abandoned — although the 50th anniversary of full citizenship rights is likely still to feature in the process, albeit for ...
Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the riseThe Guardian (blog)
[ August 9, 2016 ] Get behind Census and improve our mob, urges Parker NEWSNational Indigenous Times

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The Guardian
Indigenous recognition referendum likely to be delayed until 2018
The Guardian
The Referendum Council says the decision to delay the vote recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution will allow greater consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images.

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ABC Online
Cartoonist Larry Pickering's final rants as he dies from cancer
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AUSTRALIA'S most controversial cartoonist Larry Pickering is churning out potentially racist and Islamophobic cartoons as the 73-year-old counts down the ...
Bill Leak backs #IndigenousDads movement after penning ... - ABCABC Online

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ABC Online
Bill Leak backs #IndigenousDads movement after penning ... - ABC
ABC Online
The Australian's cartoonist Bill Leak, who kicked off a storm of controversy that made news overseas with an image of a drunk Aboriginal father, says he is ...
Cartoonist Larry Pickering's final rants as he dies from cancerNEWS.com.au

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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australia's Shared Legacy With Nagasaki's Atomic History
Huffington Post Australia
A legacy of nuclear bombs is one the South Australian Yatala Indigenous community share. In the 1950s British nuclear testing saw nine atomic bombs tested on Australian soil in the Maralinga and Emu fields of South Australia. This forced the migration ...

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