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Swinburne University of Technology
Closing the digital divide for Australia's Indigenous communities
Swinburne University of Technology
A lack of regular Internet access for many Indigenous Australians in remote communities puts them at considerable disadvantage as essential services, including social welfare, healthcare and employment opportunities, are increasingly available online.

The West Australian
High hopes for Aboriginal candidates as federal election nears
The West Australian
Malcolm Turnbull said the election of six or seven indigenous candidates would achieve that milestone as he attended a hand back ceremony in Darwin marking the end of one of Australia's longest running land title disputes. “There are at least 12 ...

The Age
Indigenous leader Tanya Hosch named as AFL's head of diversity
The Age
Tanya Hosch, one of Australia's highest-profile Indigenous women, has been appointed to lead the AFL's campaign to battle violence against women. The Torres Strait Islander - who led a campaign to promote Indigenous recognition in the constitution ...
Nova Peris misses out on AFL diversity job to Recognise's Tanya HoschThe Australian
Tanya Hosch named new AFL diversity chiefAFL.com.au
Indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch appointed as AFL diversity chiefThe Guardian
Herald Sun -ABC Online -Sports News
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The Conversation AU
Listening but not hearing: process has trumped substance in Indigenous affairs
The Conversation AU
Debates around Indigenous affairs and constitutional recognition of Australia's first peoples have reared their head in the election campaign. This article was originally published in Griffith Review's January 2016 edition, Fixing the System; it was ...

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Ecouterre (registration) (blog)
Aarli: Upcycled Streetwear That Promotes Australia's Indigenous People
Ecouterre (registration) (blog)
Aarli is more than a clothing label with a conscience. Based in the Australian city of Perth, Aarli seeks to shift society's perception of the country's Aboriginal people, both at home and abroad, as well as provide developmental opportunities for ...

Business Insider
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim - Business Insider
Business Insider
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation's longest-running land rights claim, handing Aborigines land title deeds wrapped in eucalyptus paperbark to a peninsula on Darwin harbor in the tropical north.

Reuters
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim | Reuters
Reuters
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion react as traditional owners representative Raylene Singh holds up the land deed during the Kenbi Native land claim ceremony near Darwin, Australia, June 21, 2016.

Reuters
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim
Reuters
SYDNEY Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation's longest-running land rights claim, handing Aborigines land title deeds wrapped in eucalyptus paperbark to a peninsula on Darwin harbor in the tropical north. The Kenbi ...
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fightThe Guardian
Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the makingABC Online
Malcolm Turnbull told to 'shove his white paper' by Aboriginal dancerDaily Mail
The Conversation AU -Sky News Australia
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ABC Message Stick
Mary G, black queen of the Kimberley calls on Australia to own its history 'warts and all'
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal performer and self-declared black queen of the Kimberley Mary Geddarrdyu, or Mary G, says that when she becomes queen of Australia, she will be pushing for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to accept the country's colonial past "warts and ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Malcolm Turnbull hands over land as Kenbi native title claim settled after 37 years
The Sydney Morning Herald
One of Australia's longest-running native title claims has been settled after almost 40 years, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull officially handing back an area of land near Darwin to its traditional owners. Mr Turnbull broke from election ...
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fightThe Guardian
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Turnbull makes pitch for more Indigenous MPsSBS
ABC Online -The Australian -The Conversation AU
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ABC Online
Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the making
ABC Online
The Kenbi claim, which covers most of Cox Peninsula - 130 kilometres by road and 10 kilometres by ferry from Darwin - was the longest-running Aboriginal land claim case in Australia's history. Today, at a beach looking across the water back to the ...
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fightThe Guardian
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Turnbull's message to First Australians: we want to do things with youThe Conversation AU
The Sydney Morning Herald -SBS -Crikey (registration)
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The Guardian
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fight
The Guardian
“Prior to European arrival, this land, Australia, was cared for by hundreds of nations of Aboriginal people. Yours are the oldest continuing cultures on Earth. Our nation is as old as humanity itself, and Larrakia people were, and are, the Aboriginal ...
Malcolm Turnbull hands over land as Kenbi native title claim settled after 37 yearsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Turnbull makes pitch for more Indigenous MPsSBS
ABC Online -The Australian -The Conversation AU
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The Guardian
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fight
The Guardian
“Prior to European arrival, this land, Australia, was cared for by hundreds of nations of Aboriginal people. Yours are the oldest continuing cultures on Earth. Our nation is as old as humanity itself, and Larrakia people were, and are, the Aboriginal ...
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the makingABC Online
Turnbull hands over deeds to historic Kenbi land claimSBS
Sky News Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian
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ABC Technology and Games
Tablet app tries to shed light on Indigenous drinking issues
ABC Technology and Games
NICK GRIMM: Groups trying to curb alcohol addiction in Australia's Indigenous communities say they've been hamstrung by a lack of good information about the scale of the problem. The most reliable data on the issue is two decades old but as Tom ...
'Grog Survey' app trial in SA, Queensland seeks new data to curb Indigenous alcohol addictionABC Online

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ABC Online
Plans to develop northern Australia not embracing Indigenous population, says Peter Yu
ABC Online
Speaking at this week's Developing Northern Australia conference in Darwin, Mr Yu said the Government was focussing on traditional industries such as mining and irrigated agriculture, but was "practically silent" on economic activities where Indigenous ...

The Guardian
Australian election 2016: First Nations' trauma and suffering can't be denied, says Turnbull, handing back Kenbi ...
The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull is surrounded by aboriginal dancers as he attends the Kenbi Native land claim ceremony near Darwin, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Turnbull is in Darwin today to attend the deed handover ceremony settling Australia's oldest Aboriginal land ...
Turnbull hands over deeds to historic Kenbi land claimSBS
Title deeds handed over in Kenbi land claimSky News Australia
Federal election 2016: after 37 years, Kenbi deed handed overThe Australian
Crikey (registration) (blog)
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The Guardian
LiveBlogLast Updated 12:50PM AESTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in NT, Bill Shorten in Melbourne
The Australian
It would provide a foundation to promote and attract visitors to the northwest coast from around Australia and the world.” The Gillard government was criticised in 2013 for protecting only about 15,000 hectares of the Tarkine for its rich Aboriginal ...
Labor's campaign launch: Bill Shorten's promises at a glanceThe Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
[ June 20, 2016 ] Voting open in the backblocks of Australia NEWS
National Indigenous Times
As well as improved accessibility, remote polling arrangements for this election are providing employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians to work as AEC polling officers in their communities. Remote mobile polling visits are being promoted by ...

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Oxonian Review
Landscape and Politics from Reef to Desert
Oxonian Review
This movement must necessarily take a different form: as a land traditionally known not by the Bronze Age ancestors of Macfarlane's Old Ways, but stolen within living memory from the stewardship of Australia's Aboriginal people; and as a country whose ...

John Cleary ABC RN with Prof Eileen Baldry, Dr Mindy Sotiri, Fr Joe Caddy and Ben Quilty Recorded on Sunday, May 22, 2016