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The Guardian
Aboriginal sacred site up to 8000 years old destroyed by 'cultural vandals'
The Guardian
Two ochre stencils on a cave wall in the upper reaches of the Derwent valley were found destroyed by members of Tasmania's Aboriginal community on the eve of Sorry Day, which marks the anniversary of the Bringing them Home report into the stolen ...

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The Guardian
Aboriginal sacred site up to 8000 years old destroyed by 'cultural vandals'
The Guardian
Clyde Mansell, chairman of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council, said the stencils were believed to have been made between 800 and 8,000 years ago by members of the teen toomele menennye, or Big River people, on their way down through the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
ABC's Indigenous hero series Cleverman wins plaudits ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
The drama which features an 80 per cent indigenous cast received glowing reviews on social media after its first episode on Thursday night, with Australian audiences hailing the show as "incredible television", "brilliant" and "the show Australia needs ...
Aboriginal Australian folklore gets familiar sci-fi take in SundanceTV's 'Cleverman'Tampabay.com (blog)
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous WorkJunkee
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International CoveragePedestrian TV
A.V. Club -Inverse -The Guardian
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ABC Message Stick
Eddie Mabo hailed a hero by Indigenous community leaders on anniversary of landmark decision
ABC Message Stick
On the 24th anniversary of the High Court's landmark decision on Indigenous land rights, community leaders in far north Queensland have hailed Eddie Koiki Mabo a hero of the people. Traditional land owner Tommy Pau said Mr Mabo was particularly ...

Junkee
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous Work
Junkee
After months of anticipation including an announcement of a second season before the first episode even aired, Australia had its first look at Cleverman last night. The overwhelming consensus: the hype has been worth it.
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International CoveragePedestrian TV
Hunter Page-Lochard stars as Koen West in Cleverman, which begins on Thursday. Photo: Lisa TomasettiThe Sydney Morning Herald
Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and politicalThe Guardian
Australia Network News -Hollywood Reporter -The New Daily
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ABC Local
Prominent Indigenous Australians throw weight behind constitutional change and treaty debate
ABC Local
Prominent Indigenous Australians have thrown their weight behind the possibility of constitutional change and a treaty, after the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister said Australia could have both. Speaking at a Reconciliation Week visit to the ...
Six inspiring Indigenous stories for Reconciliation WeekArtsHub (subscription)
Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election SummitPro Bono Australia
Commonwealth Bank announces intention to reach Indigenous employment parity by 2026ABC Online
Central Western Daily
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ArtsHub (subscription)
Six inspiring Indigenous stories for Reconciliation Week
ArtsHub (subscription)
It has the bookends of two significant dates: 27 May, which marks the anniversary of Australia's most successful referendum that saw 90 per cent of Australians vote to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Prominent Indigenous Australians throw weight behind constitutional change and treaty debateABC Local
SISTER MARY: Constitutional recognition for Australia's first people is neededCentral Western Daily
Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election SummitPro Bono Australia
ABC Online -My Sunshine Coast (press release) -The Stringer
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ABC Online
Commonwealth Bank announces intention to reach Indigenous employment parity by 2026
ABC Online
The Commonwealth Bank announced on Thursday it will significantly raise the number of Indigenous Australians it employs, hoping to reflect population levels by 2026. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 2.4 per cent of the population ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous woman hit with baseball bat in 'cowardly' attack
The Guardian
One woman was hit with a baseball bat during an assault on a group of Indigenous people that left two hospitalised in Darwin on Wednesday night. Northern Territory police on Thursday said a group of six Indigenous people were sitting in a Darwin park ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
His road to ministry was not an easy one and his story is even more important, as Australia celebrates National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3), building on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
LAST month the people of Wadeye, Northern Territory, celebrated the 80th birthday of Deacon Boniface Perdjert. Deacon Boniface is senior elder of the Kardu Diminin clan and Murrinhpatha language speaker, and the traditional owner of the land on which ...

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
His road to ministry was not an easy one and his story is even more important, as Australia celebrates National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3), building on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...

A watershed tour: Australia Indigenous Women leave behind the past
Wisden India
If there was one thing the women from Australia's indigenous national cricket team took away from their ten-day tour of India, it was that their communities back home weren't too different from the ones they encountered in the subcontinent. It can't be ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion 'failure who should be replaced', leader says
ABC Online
The head of the Northern Land Council, Joe Morrison, made the comments in front of an auditorium of Indigenous leaders and land councils from around Australia at the National Native Title Conference in Darwin. Mr Morrison accused Mr Scullion of ...
Nigel Scullion 'not up to job' of Indigenous affairs minister, says land council chiefThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion 'failure who should be replaced', leader says
ABC Online
He said that Senator Scullion and an "army of bureaucrats" had failed Indigenous Australians dismally. "While the Minister and his bureaucracy continue to fail Aboriginal people, they continue to push the development of northern Australia as some sort ...
Nigel Scullion 'not up to job' of Indigenous affairs minister, says land council chiefThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Nigel Scullion 'not up to job' of Indigenous affairs minister, says land council chief
The Guardian
“This minister is not up to the job, and I would implore Malcolm Turnbull, if his Coalition government is returned on July the second, to look among his caucus and find a new minister who has the interests of Indigenous people at heart and a commitment ...
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion 'failure who should be replaced', leader saysABC Online

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The Guardian
Great Barrier Reef: marine science program boosts Indigenous numbers at university
The Guardian
It takes them to James Cook University, where they hear about the support they could get to study at university and take lectures from Indigenous scientists. It also takes them to the Australian Institute of Marine Science, where they see some of the ...

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The Conversation AU
Meet the woman bringing Aboriginal cinema to the screens of Paris
The Conversation AU
The first Festival of Australian Aboriginal Cinema (La Festival du Cinéma Aborigène Australien) will showcase films that may have garnered awards at Cannes, but are nonetheless unfamiliar to audiences in one of the world's capitals of cinematic culture.

The Guardian
Planning minister to face court over refusal to give Aboriginal land heritage listing
The Guardian
Principal lawyer David Morris told Guardian Australia the EDO would be challenging the lawfulness of Tollner's decision on behalf of the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation. “Broadly speaking we say his decision was unlawful because it failed to ...

Pedestrian TV
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International Coverage
Pedestrian TV
The Indigenous Australian-led sci-fi series, which is set in a dystopian Australia in which the government relentlessly pursues and oppresses an ancient race of beings called 'Hairymen', is bringing Aussie genre TV back into the spotlight, and the ...
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous WorkJunkee
Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and politicalThe Guardian
'Cleverman' Is Best Australia Drama? 5 Reasons to Watch It!Australia Network News
Hollywood Reporter -The New Daily -The Australian
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