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Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Keating's Redfern Park speech
Sydney Morning Herald
Twenty-three years after he confronted Australians with the truth of Indigenous dispossession, Paul Keating has delivered another profound message on reconciliation, this time in more nuanced language. Back in 1992, the then prime minister said the ...
Australia through Aboriginal eyes: the only way to understand our landBrisbane Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Keating's Redfern Park speech
Sydney Morning Herald
"Indeed, the more we interpret Australia through Aboriginal eyes, through the experience of their long and epic story, the more we allow ourselves to understand the land we share." Rather than re-enter the debate on constitutional recognition and his ...
Australia through Aboriginal eyes: the only way to understand our landThe Age

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ABC Online
Healing ceremony held for former and fallen Indigenous servicemen of both ...
ABC Online
Lia Pootah Indigenous man Keith Farrell was 18 years old when he joined the armed services during World War II, even though officially Tasmanian Indigenous Australians were regarded as extinct and all Aboriginal people were banned from enlisting.

SBS
Adam Goodes up for Human Rights Medal
SBS
She is a Bardi woman from the Kimberley in Western Australia and was the first Aboriginal psychologist to graduate in the country. Currently working as a professor at the University of Western Australia, her research aims to improve outcomes for ...

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Syphilis warning for young Indigenous Queenslanders
SBS
Young Indigenous Australians and gay and bisexual men are most at risk of contracting Syphilis, as Queensland now faces its worst outbreak of the sexual health condition in over 30 years, the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service warned on ...

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The Guardian (blog)
The ABC doesn't need Andrew Bolt to debate Indigenous recognition
The Guardian (blog)
It will be interesting to see (hello Senate estimates) precisely whose imprimatur at Screen Australia and the ABC ultimately deemed it a good idea to make this show, given Bolt's provocative assertion that “I am an Indigenous Australian” and his long ...
Andrew Bolt: My ABC documentary will show you can disagree and be civilSydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald
Andrew Bolt: Turnbull started a News Corp 'civil war'
Sydney Morning Herald
Conservative commentator and vocal ABC critic Andrew Bolt is set to star in a new ABC series about the recognition of indigenous Australians in the constitution. Bolt announced in a post on his blog today: "I am going to be very busy on a project for ...
Andrew Bolt corporation? Columnist to take part in ABC documentaryThe Guardian

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SBS
What do the Indigenous voices say on climate change?
SBS
Like many nations, Australia faces hotter summers, more droughts, rising tides and a significant impact on its ecology. Larissa Baldwin, national coordinator of youth climate group Seed, says the country's Indigenous communities will bear the brunt ...

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ABC Local
Indigenous Referendum Council's makeup and process of selection questioned by ...
ABC Local
He said there were some concerns locally there was little representation from Aboriginal people from the southern half of Australia. "There is obviously a deliberate choice in terms of people that Turnbull put onto his handpicked committee, basically ...
Domestic violence conference in Canberra told Indigenous women invisible in ...ABC Online
Open Sesame: the man who moved Australia into the StreetEquities.com

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SBS
Death by 'diseases of poverty': Health authorities urged to protect Aboriginal ...
SBS
... too many others in remote Aboriginal communities Kia died of a disease of poverty at an early age," deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon said on Monday. "How this occurred in contemporary Australia has been the underlying problem this inquiry has ...

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MuMbrella
Guardian Australia appoints Stan Grant as Indigenous affairs editor
MuMbrella
Emily Wilson, editor at Guardian Australia, said in a statement: “”I'm so pleased that Stan Grant is joining us at Guardian Australia as our Indigenous affairs editor. After many years focusing on foreign affairs Stan has decided to turn his attention ...
Stan Grant: why, after years of foreign reporting, I'm now turning my focus on ...The Guardian

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ABC Online
Domestic violence conference in Canberra told Indigenous women invisible in ...
ABC Online
More than 300 people are attending the three-day conference Stop Domestic Violence: Connecting the Dots, which is being hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) representatives ...
Open Sesame: the man who moved Australia into the StreetEquities.com

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A member of the newly-formed Referendum Council has questioned whether a referendum recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution should be held at all.

The Australian
Government contribution to native title rights development
The Australian
Senator Brandis said there had been moments of “shared joy” and “bitter division” between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians over what native title meant to “modern Australia”. “What is important is that we continue to work together,” he said.

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Sydney Morning Herald
Grayson Perry regrets his comments about Aboriginal art, says fame has ruined ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Grayson Perry says he regrets questioning whether Australian Aboriginal painting should be considered contemporary art. The Turner Prize-winning artist and flamboyant cross-dressing cultural critic caused a storm of protest in October with comments ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Land rich but 'dirt poor' Indigenous groups get investment ready
Sydney Morning Herald
Alongside Australian Indigenous Governance Institute chairwoman Robynne Quiggin, Mr Martin co-chaired a working group representing 20 native title groups set to embrace the voluntary set of governance and investment principles to help them shrug off ...

Australian Geographic
Lecture: Pictorial tour of historic Antarctica
Australian Geographic
The National Museum of Australia's Encounters exhibition features 151 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objects that were either taken or gifted during the first encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. Dr Shayne ...

Australian Geographic
Lecture: Pictorial tour of historic Antarctica
Australian Geographic
The National Museum of Australia's Encounters exhibition features 151 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objects that were either taken or gifted during the first encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. Dr Shayne ...

Sky News Australia
Aboriginal kids need more protection: Coroner
Sky News Australia
'Like too many others in remote Aboriginal communities Kia died of a disease of poverty at an early age,' deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon said on Monday. 'How this occurred in contemporary Australia has been the underlying problem this inquiry has ...

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Australian Geographic
Lecture: Pictorial tour of historic Antarctica
Australian Geographic
The National Museum of Australia's Encounters exhibition features 151 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objects that were either taken or gifted during the first encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia. Dr Shayne ...