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Indigenous group in Adani mine court fight
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The group is already taking action to stop the mine through the United Nations. The court action comes after the Australian Conservation Foundation this month lodged papers against Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt's reapproval of the mega-project.

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Aboriginal researcher fights for indigenous languages, looks to Maori
Stuff.co.nz
The situation over the Tasman is dire - their languages are disappearing, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research at the University of Sydney, Professor Jakelin Troy. "In Australia our languages are going to sleep," she said. "Out of ...

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Aboriginal researcher fights for indigenous languages, looks to Maori
Stuff.co.nz
The situation over the Tasman is dire - their languages are disappearing, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research at the University of Sydney, Professor Jakelin Troy. "In Australia our languages are going to sleep," she said. "Out of ...

The Australian
Ochres celebrates the legacy of Bangarra Dance Theatre
The Australian
Page says this connection allowed Bangarra to create dance and movement pieces that fused the traditional stories, songs and dances of indigenous Australia with the contemporary style that Bangarra had been developing since the company began in 1989.

Brisbane Times
Reclaim Australia rally drowned out in Brisbane
Brisbane Times
The counter-rally began chanting "always was, always will be Aboriginal land", which visibly confused some Reclaim Australia supporters, who threw their hands up in frustration and called for the other side to "pick a side". A counter-rally speaker ...
Police outnumber protesters at Reclaim Australia rally and counter-protest in ...9news.com.au
Protesters face-off in Canberra: Reclaim Australia and 'anti-racism' rallies ...The Border Mail
No arrests as protesters face off in ACTThe Australian (blog)
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WA today
Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
WA today
A man shouts slogans about Aboriginal rights in Australia during a protest against G20 leaders in Brisbane in 2014. Photo: Daniel Munoz. I have just returned from Jamaica, where I gave a keynote address on Black Consciousness as part of the country's ...

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Brisbane Times
Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
Brisbane Times
A man shouts slogans about Aboriginal rights in Australia during a protest against G20 leaders in Brisbane in 2014. Photo: Daniel Munoz. I have just returned from Jamaica, where I gave a keynote address on Black Consciousness as part of the country's ...

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Brisbane Times
Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
Brisbane Times
But if Australia's Indigenous population were to be ranked separately, it would come 100th out of nearly 200 nations. In other words, Australia is one of the richest Western countries in the world built on an industry of mining from the lands of ...

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The Guardian
Arnhem Land fishing show gives viewers an insight into Aboriginal culture
The Guardian
“The world doesn't need another fishing show,” says the Australian co-host of a brand new fishing show. But Fishing the Wild is unlike your average fishing show. The most striking element is its setting, the gloriously remote tropical region of Arnhem ...

ABC Online
Babies among thousands of Aboriginal children signed up to 'shocking' funeral ...
ABC Online
Ms Kapeen was a customer with private Gold Coast business Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund (ACBF). It is the biggest funeral insurance company catering for Aboriginal Australians. ACBF says it has 27,500 customers, a third which are under the age of ...

The Australian
Can new PM turn around the disaster of indigenous affairs policy?
The Australian
On becoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull declared “this is the most exciting time to be an Australian”. His optimism lifted my spirits, as I think it did for many Australians. But, I wondered, is it also the most exciting time to be an indigenous ...

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The Australian
Can new PM turn around the disaster of indigenous affairs policy?
The Australian
On becoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull declared “this is the most exciting time to be an Australian”. His optimism lifted my spirits, as I think it did for many Australians. But, I wondered, is it also the most exciting time to be an indigenous ...

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The Canberra Times
Canberra's new-look National Gallery
The Canberra Times
As part of the general process of dissolving boundaries between categories in art, there is also a blurring of lines between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian art, especially when artists do not come from traditional tribal areas. I have long ...

Catch News
Poisoned rivers, bank boycotts, aboriginal pushback: Gautam Adanis Australian ...
Catch News
Nothing exemplifies Adani's international expansion plans more than the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland, Australia. Located in the north of the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, this is supposed to be the largest coal mining project in Australia ...

VICE
What Life Is Like as a Night-Shift Worker Looking After Australia's ...
VICE
In Australia, Client Service Officers (CSOs) are responsible for checking in on the wellbeing of every Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander taken into custody within Victoria and Tasmania. Established in response to Australia's deplorable record of ...

ABC Online
Indigenous actor Robbie Collins takes centre stage as Mufasa in The Lion King
ABC Online
"Traipsing a family across Australia has been the hardest thing." The Australian production of The Lion King opened in Sydney at the end of 2013. The international musical has now been running for almost 20 years and is currently being performed in ten ...

ABC Online
Australian War Memorial publishes history of Indigenous service
ABC Online
The Australian War Memorial (AWM) has published an online history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's service in Australia's Defence Force, but says this does not signify a step towards commemoration of the Frontier Wars. The memorial ...
Bill Shorten: The injustice dealt to Indigenous people is a stain on our whole ...The Guardian
Two charts that show Australia's human rights crisisSydney Morning Herald

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New initiative to support Aboriginal families
ABC Local
One of the Gomeroi Elders who worked on the model, Aunty Yvonne Kent, said she would like to see it implemented across Australia. "I'd like it Australia-wide because there are areas within in Australia that need it, just to have somebody to stand up ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Two charts that show Australia's human rights crisis
Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Bochenek, senior counsel for children's rights at Human Rights Watch, has argued: "The impact of these practices falls disproportionately on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, who are substantially over-represented in the juvenile ...
Australian War Memorial publishes history of Indigenous serviceABC Online
Bill Shorten: The injustice dealt to Indigenous people is a stain on our whole ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
Bill Shorten: The injustice dealt to Indigenous people is a stain on our whole ...
The Guardian
We cannot let it be said of modern Australia that the colour of your skin determines whether or not you end up in jail. It is devastating that jail is seen as a rite of passage for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, part of the natural ...
Australian War Memorial publishes history of Indigenous serviceABC Online

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