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The West Australian
Aboriginal people 'take abuse for granted'
The West Australian
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner made the comments at the Garma festival in northeast Arnhem Land on Sunday. "Australia is shocked at the level of violence that us Aboriginal people almost take for granted," Mr ...
Criticism of NT abuse inquiry continuesSky News Australia
Garma: Noel Pearson says debate about indigenous affairs at 'rock ...The Australian
Don Dale scandal may impact on referendum to recognise indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
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RT
Australians protest over government's lax reaction to abuse of ...
RT
Cities across Australia joined in protest over the government's sub-par response to shocking videos of institutionalized child abuse at a detention facility – the ...

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RT
Australians protest over government's lax reaction to abuse of ...
RT
Cities across Australia joined in protest over the government's sub-par response to shocking videos of institutionalized child abuse at a detention facility – the ...

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Aljazeera.com
Australians rally against youth detention abuses
Aljazeera.com
"I believe it would be appropriate for the royal commission to have two co-commissioners who are Aboriginal Australians, strong people, men and women, who can make sure the voices and the experiences of Aboriginal Australians are given full justice in ...

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Africanews
Protests in Australia over indigenous youth prison abuse
Africanews
Hundreds rallied in Australia, in cities including Sydney, where aboriginal flags flew as demonstrators denounced the scope of a government ordered probe – demanding it become a full national inquiry. “This is one of the most brutal, racist attacks on ...
Australia: Rallies demand national inquiry into juvenile 'torture'euronews

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Aljazeera.com
Australians rally against youth detention abuses
Aljazeera.com
"I believe it would be appropriate for the royal commission to have two co-commissioners who are Aboriginal Australians, strong people, men and women, who can make sure the voices and the experiences of Aboriginal Australians are given full justice in ...

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The Guardian
'A national disgrace': protests held across Australia over NT juvenile ...
The Guardian
Hundreds gather in cities across the nation calling for institutional change after revelations of cruel treatment of children in detention facilities.
'Shocked' United Nations slams Australia on child abuse, calls for ...The Sydney Morning Herald
'Leave our kids alone': Thousands rally across Australia to bring justice to Don Dale victims9news.com.au
UN human rights body warns Australia on youth detention abuseSBS
Business Insider -Huffington Post Australia
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The Australian
Garma: Noel Pearson says debate about indigenous affairs at 'rock ...
The Australian
Cape York leader Noel Pearson has called for constitutional recognition to provide the hook for a decade-long cascade of reforms aimed at finally closing the ...
Garma festival opens with call for 'strong agreement' on Indigenous ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
'A national disgrace': protests held across Australia over NT juvenile detention centre abuses
The Guardian
“We are shocked by the video footage that has emerged from Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory in Australia, showing children as young as 10, many of whom are Aboriginal children, being held in inhumane conditions and treated ...
Australia-wide Don Dale ralliesSBS
UN Human Rights Commission slams Australia youth prison abuseReuters
Four Corners: NT youth detention treatment may breach two human rights conventions, UNHCHR saysABC Online

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The Guardian
Appoint Indigenous commissioners to NT juvenile detention inquiry, says Shorten
The Guardian
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has called on prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to appoint two Indigenous Australians as “co-commissioners” to the royal commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. Following ABC's Four Corners graphic ...
Victims need Aboriginal listeners: LaborNEWS.com.au
Four Corners: Northern Territory Indigenous groups not consulted on royal commission into juvenile detentionABC Online
Calls for two Aboriginal co-commissionersSky News Australia

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Sky News Australia
Shorten calls for two Aboriginal co-commissioners
Sky News Australia
'I believe it would be appropriate for the Royal Commission to have two co-commissioners who are Aboriginal Australians. 'Strong people, men and women, who can make sure the voices and the experience of Aboriginal Australians are given full justice.'.
Australia's youth detention facilities under the spotlightNEWS.com.au
Don Dale: Shorten calls for two indigenous commissionersThe Australian
Appoint Indigenous commissioners to NT juvenile detention inquiry, says ShortenThe Guardian
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The Australian
Garma: Yunupingu calls for constitutional guarantee on Aboriginal land rights
The Australian
Speaking at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land this morning, Mr Yunupingu attacked the “lie” spoken by Captain Cook when he first arrived in Australia, raised a flag, and claimed the continent for himself. “He raised a flag with no shame, and said the ...

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The Guardian
Garma festival opens with call for 'strong agreement' on Indigenous lands
The Guardian
A senior Indigenous leader has called for Australia to find a “strong agreement” to ensure Indigenous lands are protected “forever and a day”, at the official opening of the Garma festival in the Northern Territory. The festival officially opened on ...
Garma: Yunupingu calls for constitutional guarantee on Aboriginal land rightsThe Australian

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NEWS.com.au
Australia's youth detention facilities under the spotlight
NEWS.com.au
The 2011 Standing Committee inquiry found that high levels of contact with the criminal justice system by indigenous young people was “a symptom of the broader social and economic disadvantage faced by many indigenous people in Australia”. Aboriginal ...
Shorten to consult on indigenous issuesSky News Australia
Cruel numbersThe Saturday Paper (subscription)
From the Darling Downs to Don Dale: a litany of monstrous acts against Indigenous childrenThe Guardian
Toowoomba Chronicle
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NEWS.com.au
Australia's youth detention facilities under the spotlight
NEWS.com.au
More than half of children in detention in Australia are indigenous. That's despite indigenous Australians making up less than three per cent of the country's national population. The 2011 Standing Committee inquiry found that high levels of contact ...
Shorten to consult on indigenous issuesSky News Australia
From the Darling Downs to Don Dale: a litany of monstrous acts against Indigenous childrenThe Guardian
Cruel numbersThe Saturday Paper (subscription)

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International Business Times UK
Australia's 'Abu Ghraib' detention centre pictures force a new focus on Aboriginal rights
International Business Times UK
When shocking images emerged this week of teenage prisoners stripped and hooded at the Darwin Don Dale youth detention centre in Australia's Northern Territories, comparisons were made to the pictures of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers at ...

Sky News Australia
Shorten to consult on indigenous issues
Sky News Australia
Attorney-General George Brandis and Mr Turnbull consulted two of the most prominent indigenous spokespeople in Australia - Mick Gooda and Warren Mundine - in drafting the terms of reference for the inquiry. However, acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek ...
From the Darling Downs to Don Dale: a litany of monstrous acts against Indigenous childrenThe Guardian

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The Sydney Morning Herald
How the Northern Territory became Australia's shame
The Sydney Morning Herald
Locking up Aboriginal people has become a form of tyranny in the territory. The per capita imprisonment rate of 843 per 100,000 is the highest in the world. (Australia's national rate, based on 2014 figures, is 187). The territory easily eclipses the ...
Australia prison abuse could violate UN torture treatyAljazeera.com
Australia's Abu GhraibThe Economist
Australia Launches Probe Into Treatment of Aboriginal JuvenilesVoice of America
CBS News -Thomson Reuters Foundation -The West Australian -ABC Message Stick
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The Australian
Divergent paths branch off from road to Indigenous recognition
The Australian
Wind whipped across the plateau, rattling the stringybark, as Galarrwuy Yunupingu sat deep in Arnhem Land staring into the fire. It was mid-2007 and the ...

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