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ThinkProgress
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens Surface
ThinkProgress
Thousands of people protested for the rights of indigenous people in major cities across Australia, after video surfaced showing the abuse of Aboriginal teens at the juvenile detention center Don Dale in the country's Northern Territory. The video ...
Australia bows to aboriginal pleas in youth crime probeAnadolu Agency
New heads appointed to Australian child prisoner abuse inquiryDeutsche Welle
Minister says royal commission will deliver 'real results'The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online -The Guardian (Australia)
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Intercontinental Cry
Gassing of Indigenous youth in Australian detention system reeks of colonialism
Intercontinental Cry
Last week, shocking footage depicting security personnel in a Northern Territory (NT) juvenile detention center teargasing and torturing indigenous detainees made headline news in Australia. In contrast to the uproar it has now engendered, this ...
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victimsSBS
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens SurfaceThinkProgress
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuseDaily Mail
Anadolu Agency -NEWS.com.au
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The principle of unity is at stake
The Australian
The attacks which destroyed Brian Martin's ability to conduct the NT Royal Commission, and the Pearson and Shorten demands for a treaty linked to the constitutional referendum represent a declaration of Aboriginal war on the tradition of a unitary ...

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Anadolu Agency
Australia bows to aboriginal pleas in youth crime probe
Anadolu Agency
Less than a week after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced an investigation to probe a television expose that showed graphic mistreatment of incarcerated youth -- mostly aboriginal -- Australia's government has been forced to cave in to pressure ...
New heads appointed to Australian child prisoner abuse inquiryDeutsche Welle
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissionersThe Australian

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Press TV
Head of Australian probe into abuse of Aboriginal inmates quits
Press TV
The head of an Australian inquiry into the abuse of aboriginal teens in a detention center in the Northern Territory has resigned before being replaced by an aboriginal leader. Brian Martin, who was a former judge in the Northern Territory, announced ...

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ABC Online
Mark McGowan calls for Prime Minister to intervene on Liberals' Indigenous recognition motion
ABC Online
West Australian Opposition Leader Mark McGowan has called on the Prime Minister to intervene and force the WA Liberals to withdraw a motion on Indigenous recognition, which he says has the potential to become "an ugly blot on our society and an ...

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Deutsche Welle
New heads appointed to Australian child prisoner abuse inquiry
Deutsche Welle
A Royal Commission into the abuse of children held in prison in the Northern Territory will now be headed by Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islander Social Jusice Commissioner Mick Gooda and retired Supreme Court judge Margaret White, Australian ...
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissionersThe Australian

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Financial Times
Australia abuse probe judge steps down
Financial Times
The judge appointed to head a public inquiry into alleged abuse perpetrated against indigenous children in Australian juvenile detention centres has resigned four days after taking the job. Brian Martin said on Monday he was stepping down from the role ...
Mick Gooda 'obvious' pick for royal commission into youth detentionSBS
NT probe a waste without indigenous inputYahoo7 News
NT juvenile detention: Brian Martin stands down as royal commissionerThe Guardian

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Yahoo7 News
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuse
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - An Australian Aboriginal leader was Monday appointed to investigate the abuse of teenagers at a detention centre after the judge named to lead the inquiry resigned, saying he lacked the confidence of the indigenous community.
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens SurfaceThinkProgress
New heads appointed to Australian child prisoner abuse inquiryDeutsche Welle
Australia abuse probe judge steps downFinancial Times
The Guardian (Australia) -ABC Online
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Yahoo7 News
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuse
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - An Australian Aboriginal leader was Monday appointed to investigate the abuse of teenagers at a detention centre after the judge named to lead the inquiry resigned, saying he lacked the confidence of the indigenous community.
Head of Australian prison abuse inquiry quits, replaced by aboriginal leaderReuters
Australia bows to aboriginal pleas in youth crime probeAnadolu Agency
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissionersThe Australian
Deutsche Welle -Pro Bono Australia
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RT
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victims
SBS
The government on Monday caved to public pressure and appointed an indigenous Australia as co-commissioner of the inquiry into NT youth prison in place of former NT chief justice Brian Martin. Hours after Justice Martin announced his resignation, the ...
Australians protest over government's lax reaction to abuse of Aboriginal teen detaineesRT
'Australia can't run as a one-man band'NEWS.com.au
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissionersThe Australian
Yahoo7 News -Pro Bono Australia
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The Australian
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissioners
The Australian
Mr Martin said the “disingenuous and ill-informed” commentary had made it difficult for Aboriginal Australians to have “full confidence” in the inquiry. Mr Gooda, a descendant of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland, has been an advocate for ...
A royal commission addresses the symptoms of dysfunction – not the causesThe Australian Financial Review
Mick Gooda 'obvious' pick for commissionerSBS

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The Guardian
Brian Martin resigns as head of Royal Commission into NT youth detention
NEWS.com.au
On Mr Gooda, he said he is “Gungulu man from central Queensland” and “is well known as one of Australia's most highly regarded Indigenous leaders”. Mr Brandis said “the royal commission is too important to become a political play thing”. Justic White ...
Brandis had considered adding Indigenous commissioner for NT inquiryThe Guardian
Gassing of Indigenous youth in Australian detention system reeks of colonialismIntercontinental Cry
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victimsSBS
Reuters -Herald Sun
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Pro Bono Australia
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissioners
The Australian
Mr Martin said the “disingenuous and ill-informed” commentary had made it difficult for Aboriginal Australians to have “full confidence” in the inquiry. Mr Gooda, a descendent of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland, has been an advocate for ...
Mick Gooda, Margaret White Named NT Royal CommissionersHuffington Post Australia
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to Head Royal CommissionPro Bono Australia
Here's who will now lead the Northern Territory royal commission into juvenile detentionBusiness Insider Australia
Sky News Australia -NEWS.com.au -Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
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ABC Online
Shorten's push for Indigenous treaty a 'bridge too far' say Coalition MPs
ABC Online
Coalition MPs have warned the Opposition Leader's push for a treaty with Indigenous people would be a "bridge too far" for many Australians and could "confuse and harm" the campaign for Indigenous constitutional recognition. Bill Shorten said yesterday ...
Treaties and settlements next on recognition agenda, says ShortenSBS
PM to meet Labor on indigenous referendumNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
WA Liberals divided over constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
ABC Online
A split within the WA Liberals over constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is set to come to a head, with the party's right-wing wanting to exert pressure on federal MPs to back the 'no' case. The Young Liberals are planning to move a ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Don Dale scandal may impact on referendum to recognise indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Northern Territory juvenile detention scandal is beginning to impact on the referendum to recognise Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. Many Territorians are starting to push back against the royal commission into the Giles ...
Garma: Noel Pearson says debate about indigenous affairs at 'rock ...The Australian
Pat Dodson calls for Indigenous royal commissioners as further abuse claims emergeThe Guardian
Aboriginal people 'take abuse for granted'The West Australian
SBS -Sky News Australia -ABC Online
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The West Australian
Criticism of NT abuse inquiry continues
Sky News Australia
'This Royal Commission should be done with Aboriginal people, not to Aboriginal people,' he said on Saturday. 'I believe it would be appropriate for the Royal Commission to have two co-commissioners who are Aboriginal Australians.' 'Strong people, men ...
Aboriginal people 'take abuse for granted'The West Australian
Don Dale scandal may impact on referendum to recognise indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
Four Corners: Coalition rules out Indigenous co-commissioners for NT inquiry into juvenile justiceABC Online
The Australian -SBS
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SBS - The World Game
Images of the HANDS OFF ABORIGINAL KIDS rallies across Australia
SBS - The World Game
Thousands of people gathered in major capital cities and smaller towns to protest against the Government's inadequate role in protecting Aboriginal children from such harm and highlighted the continued disservice to the Indigenous community. Political ...

SBS - The World Game
Images of the HANDS OFF ABORIGINAL KIDS rallies across Australia
SBS - The World Game
... inadequate role in protecting Aboriginal children from such harm and highlighted the continued disservice to the Indigenous community. Political group, Blackfulla Revolution said that the rallies were extremely powerful and called for Australians ...