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Tone Deaf
Australia Day Bush Doof Forced To Change Its Name After Backlash
Tone Deaf
A bush doof slated for the Australia Day weekend has sparked a firestorm of controversy after it was accused of showing disrespect towards Indigenous Australian culture. The wave of criticism has now resulted in the event changing its name. Lets Go ...

WA today
Goldfields shires consider cashless welfare card trial after Kimberley rejection
WA today
Two of three trial sites have already been determined, the first being Ceduna, South Australia and the second East Kimberley – including Kununurra and Wyndham, though Halls Creek declined the offer to join in late last year. Advertisement. And now ...

Ban coming on sale of leaded fuel in NT
9news.com.au
"We must protect our most vulnerable, this is a very pernicious (addiction) that is very damaging, and I'm so pleased that I no longer have to go to indigenous communities... seeing very, very young Aboriginal people in just the worst possible ...

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New Matilda
Cole Miller And Trevor Duroux: Some One-Punch Deaths Are Good For Media ...
New Matilda
Like Miller, he was allegedly attacked by a young man, Tristan Heather, who had also recently arrived in Australia from New Zealand. Apart from their age, there's one major difference between Trevor Duroux and Cole Miller – Duroux was an Aboriginal man.

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dailytelegraph.com.au
What's hot (food-wise) in 2016
dailytelegraph.com.au
When Danish chef Rene Redzepi owns Noma Australia at Barangaroo on January 26, the Australian palate may well change forever. Redzepi has immersed himself in the food of the remotest parts of Australia, travelling to Aboriginal communities in the ...

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ABC Message Stick
Songs of country, family and redemption recorded behind bars in Alice Springs
ABC Message Stick
For just a few hours each week, prisoners in Alice Springs get a brief opportunity to record their own tracks: singing about country, yearning for family and giving positive advice to young Indigenous people. The Inside Sleeve hears from one man who's ...

The Conversation AU
Mandatory sentencing leads to unjust, unfair outcomes – it doesn't make us safe
The Conversation AU
At a Law Council of Australia symposium on Indigenous imprisonment in 2015, lawyers and judges called for the abolition of mandatory sentences. They had more ... In the latter case, a 15-year old Aboriginal boy hanged himself while in prison. A system ...

The Australian
galleries keep kids engaged
The Australian
In Adelaide, Aboriginal storytelling and dance performances are running alongside the Art Gallery of South Australia's indigenous contemporary art survey Tarnanthi. Treasure Ships, an exploration of the maritime journeys taken by spice traders, at ...

The Age
Stage: Treading the boards
The Age
Footscray Community Arts Centre's Wominjeka Festival enters its sixth year of celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and while this time the size of the music and visual arts sections are greater than the performance counterpart, the ...

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Ballarat Courier
“We're all one,” says elder
Ballarat Courier
ONE LOVE: Aboriginal elder Murray Harrison has a great deal of the past to reflect on, but he also holds high hopes for a more tolerant and accepting Australia in the future. In the eyes of Murray Harrison, every person in this world is equal. “It ...

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NEWS.com.au
Entire Canberra suburb to be dedicated to Australian's music legends
NEWS.com.au
Indigenous musicians and singers including Jimmy Little, Harold Blair, Ruby Hunter and didgeridoo player Alan Dargin, as well as two musical instruments, the Aboriginal yidaki of Arnhem Land and the traditional warup Torres Strait Islander drum will be ...
Bon Scott Crescent and Jimmy Little Street, fancy living in a Moncrieff street ...The Canberra Times
Bon Scott Crescent and Jimmy Little Road, fancy dwelling in a Moncrieff road ...The Times (subscription)

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Shocking job woes in Elizabeth — before Holden goes
dailytelegraph.com.au
MARK Mayman is among dozens of Aboriginal employees to gain work on the $985 million Northern Connector road project. Indigenous contractors Intract Australia and ART Services have been awarded contracts to provide job opportunities for Aboriginal ...

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The Advertiser
Shocking job woes in Elizabeth — even before Holden goes
The Advertiser
MARK Mayman is among dozens of Aboriginal employees to gain work on the $985 million Northern Connector road project. Indigenous contractors Intract Australia and ART Services have been awarded contracts to provide job opportunities for Aboriginal ...

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SBS (blog)
Aboriginal people and politics in 2015 - a year of euphoric highs and fraught lows
SBS (blog)
The family of 22-year-old Julieka Dhu who died in custody in Perth in Western Australia continued to fight for justice throughout 2015. Ms Dhu died in a South Hedland lock up after being arrested and detained over outstanding fines of about $1,200.

SBS (blog)
Aboriginal people and politics in 2015 - a year of euphoric highs and fraught lows
SBS (blog)
The Referendum Council met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for the first time in December to discuss potentially amending the Constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians. Some Australians believe that ...

ABC Online
New fish species discovered in the Kimberley to be named after author Tim ...
ABC Online
The team will name the 20 new species this year, mostly after Aboriginal place names. However, one has been reserved for famous Western Australian author, Winton. "It was a great honour to have a group of scientists having made this incredibly ...

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Australia Network News
Top 10 Sexiest Cities in Australia
Australia Network News
It has a well stocked history of the indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Attracting tourists for its sailing, diving, and snorkelling, Cairns is the portal to the Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The next cities represent the ...

WA today
'It's time for Aboriginal identity and story to be embraced by all Australians'
WA today
Challenged, by former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, to imagine an Australia where our Aboriginal cultural identity is indistinguishable from Australian cultural identity. In this speech, reflecting on that great speech he gave at Redfern 23 years ago ...

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The Age
'It's time for Aboriginal identity and story to be embraced by all Australians'
The Age
Challenged, by former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, to imagine an Australia where our Aboriginal cultural identity is indistinguishable from Australian cultural identity. In this speech, reflecting on that great speech he gave at Redfern 23 years ago ...

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Brisbane Times
'It's time for Aboriginal identity and story to be embraced by all Australians'
Brisbane Times
Challenged, by former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, to imagine an Australia where our Aboriginal cultural identity is indistinguishable from Australian cultural identity. In this speech, reflecting on that great speech he gave at Redfern 23 years ago ...

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