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Ken Duncan's illuminated cross project gets blessing of Haasts Bluff Aboriginal community
ABC Online
The former president of the MacDonnell Regional Council, Sid Anderson, who lives in nearby Papunya, was at the meeting last week and said nothing is standing in the way of the construction of the cross. "It will attract tourists or maybe Aboriginal ...

Indigenous artists' exhibition in Monaco
SBS
Australia's ambassador to Monaco, Stephen Brady, said in a statement it was entirely appropriate for the exhibition to be held in the museum given the indigenous Australian traditions of sustainable land and water management. "These works are a vibrant ...

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Indigenous artists' exhibition in Monaco
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Australia's ambassador to Monaco, Stephen Brady, said in a statement it was entirely appropriate for the exhibition to be held in the museum given the indigenous Australian traditions of sustainable land and water management. "These works are a vibrant ...

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Aboriginal Groups Fight Fracking, State's Destruction of Land
teleSUR English
The four main Aboriginal groups in the region fear fracking could contaminate ground and surface water supplies. "We need clean water, we need a clean country," said Gadrian Hoosan, a spokesperson for the Garawa people. The Garawa people of Australia ...

Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap "doomed to fail"  Catholic Leader

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Indigenous tourism experts share the Kimberley with Europe
ABC Message Stick
Australia's Indigenous tourism provides fascinating insights into the life, art and history of one of the world's longest-surviving cultures. Now a select group of Indigenous tourism experts has travelled to Europe to encourage more international ...

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Indigenous tourism experts share the Kimberley with Europe
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Australia's Indigenous tourism provides fascinating insights into the life, art and history of one of the world's longest-surviving cultures. Now a select group of Indigenous tourism experts has travelled to Europe to encourage more international ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous director Rachael Maza on The Secret River: 'That's not the story I want to be telling my kids'
The Guardian
The artistic director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company said the work played on worn-out tropes, such as the mythologised extinction of Indigenous Australians. “That's not the story I want to be telling my kids,” she said at a panel discussion on Indigenous ...

Funders of Indigenous Causes in Free Online Guide
Pro Bono Australia
“Earlier editions of our Guide were much appreciated and we are very excited to make it available to a larger number of Indigenous organisations all over Australia via our website”, Dr Daniel McDiarmid, AskRIGHT Principal Consultant and Director, said.

Catholic Leader
Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”
Catholic Leader
Indigenous youths made up 54 per cent of young people in youth justice detention last June, despite comprising about five per cent of the population. Closing the Gap campaign co-chair Jackie Huggins described the figures as “soul-destroying”, and said ...

Catholic Leader
Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”
Catholic Leader
Indigenous youths made up 54 per cent of young people in youth justice detention last June, despite comprising about five per cent of the population. Closing the Gap campaign co-chair Jackie Huggins described the figures as “soul-destroying”, and said ...

VICE News
These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory
VICE News
Conservationists and indigenous communities in northern Australia are gearing up for a fight, as some of the world's largest energy companies line up to frack the region for shale gas. Santos, Sasol, Inpex and, more recently, businessmen who have made ...

VICE News
These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory
VICE News
Conservationists and indigenous communities in northern Australia are gearing up for a fight, as some of the world's largest energy companies line up to frack the region for shale gas. Santos, Sasol, Inpex and, more recently, businessmen who have made ...

A new university degree that will allow Indigenous students to train to become Indigenous mental health practitioners has been widely praised by health and suicide prevention experts. It's hoped the course from Curtin University in Western Australia will be able to specifically address the growing rate of suicide within Indigenous communities. ABC RN 'The World Today' 4min 12sec

ABC Online
Tony Abbott 'crucial' in gaining conservative support for Indigenous referendum
ABC Online
Former prime minister Tony Abbott will be conscripted to work on the referendum to acknowledge Indigenous Australians in an effort to get strong conservative support. But the "target" date for the poll which is set for next May, to coincide with the ...

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Aboriginal Activist Gary Foley Made Things Awkward For Mike Baird's Government At The Sydney Biennale
Junkee
“I see it as a brilliant continuation of what the Aboriginal embassy was all about.” Then, giving truth to his words, he delivered an hour-long monologue laying into white Australians' treatment of Aboriginal people and the way the “bastard ...
Student-run fashion show exudes professionalismUniversity of Virginia The Cavalier Daily

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Daily Life
The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back
Daily Life
Since July 2015, unemployed people in remote areas defined by the government – 84 per cent of whom are Indigenous – have been subject to the so-called Commonwealth Development Program (CDP). A specific remote "work for the dole" program, the ...

Daily Life
The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back
Daily Life
Since July 2015, unemployed people in remote areas defined by the government – 84 per cent of whom are Indigenous – have been subject to the so-called Commonwealth Development Program (CDP). A specific remote "work for the dole" program, the ...

ABC Online
bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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ABC Online
bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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