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Titled Brutalities, they are part of the 14th Istanbul Biennial and Australian ... as the brutality that ties the treatment of Aboriginal people on Palm Island to the ... Museum of Art exhibition involving Australian and international artists.

Addressing discriminatory sentencing practices to reduce high Indigenous ...
Phys.Org
"There are many problems that Prime Minister Tony Abbott would have become better acquainted with while spending time in remote Indigenous Australia recently. A key one is the appalling treatment of Indigenous Australians by the sentencing system," ...

Guardian Australia has contacted WA police for comment. ... Bell's name has now been added to the list of Aboriginal people who have died in custody ...

The Guardian
The Bundian Way: ancient Aboriginal trail, future great Australian bushwalk
The Guardian
Having now completed the trail several times, Blay says walking it became a sort of “pilgrimage towards the old Australia”. Dotted with Aboriginal artefacts – worked bits of stone, axe heads and middens – the trail is an example of “Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
The Bundian Way: ancient Aboriginal trail, future great Australian bushwalk
The Guardian
Having now completed the trail several times, Blay says walking it became a sort of “pilgrimage towards the old Australia”. Dotted with Aboriginal artefacts – worked bits of stone, axe heads and middens – the trail is an example of “Aboriginal ...

Australia's highest point – Mount Kosciuszko – links to coastal NSW via a 365km track filled with scenic views and Aboriginal heritage. The man who ...

Aboriginal Australians consider class action suit over stolen wages
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Generations of Aboriginal workers in Western Australia had their wages withheld by the state under a trust accounts program until the 1970s. Aboriginal people were rented out by the government to pastoral stations as free workers, for whom food costs ...

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The strike was a historic event in Australian history. It was the first major strike by Aboriginal people and one of the longest strikes in Australian history.

The article describes the pair's study of Aboriginal stories from 21 places around Australia's coastline, each describing a time when sea levels were ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal woman Lala Mardigan died because 'people who had the power didn't ...
ABC Online
A 20-year-old Aboriginal woman would still be alive if "the people who had the power" cared enough, says a medical professional who tried in vain to convince the Northern Territory Health Department to help her. Lala Mardigan died in a Darwin hospital ...

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A 20-year-old Aboriginal woman would still be alive if "the people who had ... If she was a white young woman in urban Australia she would be alive.

“The future does not lie in the destruction of Aboriginal culture, the ... “It is time for Australian governments to chart a sensible course on energy and ...

Courier Mail
How history is playing its part in ice epidemic
Courier Mail
Associate Professor Edward Wilkes said the arrival of Europeans 200 years ago was still having deep impacts on indigenous Australia reflected in substance abuse, including the drug ice. “Today we are a disadvantaged and oppressed people,” Professor ...

Courier Mail
How history is playing its part in ice epidemic
Courier Mail
Associate Professor Edward Wilkes said the arrival of Europeans 200 years ago was still having deep impacts on indigenous Australia reflected in substance abuse, including the drug ice. “Today we are a disadvantaged and oppressed people,” Professor ...

“History tells us that Aboriginal Australians have been disenfranchised, ... But ice was a growing problem, and Indigenous Australia had to reflect on ...

Sputnik International
Aboriginal Australians Consider Class Action Suit Over Stolen Wages
Sputnik International
Generations of Aboriginal workers in Western Australia had their wages withheld by the state under a trust accounts program until the 1970s. Aboriginal people were rented out by the government to pastoral stations as free workers, for whom food costs ...

Up until the 1970s, generations of Aboriginal workers in WA had their wages systematically stolen over decades, and only a small minority received reparation—just $2,000 in 2012. Sarah Dingle reveals the secret calculations that recommended a much higher sum, and government efforts to minimise payouts. ABC Radio National 'Background Briefing' - See more:- http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/was-stolen-wages-shame/6740068

Generations of Aboriginal workers in Western Australia had their wages withheld by the state under a trust accounts program until the 1970s.

In Western Australia, the government is facing a potential class action over its controversial Stolen Wages Reparations Scheme. The scheme paid Aboriginal people a maximum of $2,000 in recognition of decades of withheld wages. Now, a Background Briefing investigation has uncovered secret financial modelling commissioned by the Government which suggests the Government owes the workers much more than that. ABC AM The TRANSCRIPT:- http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4306025.htm

Human Capital Magazine Online
Indigenous Business Australia employee charged for $1m embezzlement
Human Capital Magazine Online
A court has heard that a man has been charged after allegedly stealing $1.3 million of federal funds reserved for Indigenous businesses. According to Fairfax Media, Nicholas Schofield – a senior employee at Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) – stands ...
Police charge man alleged to have stolen $1.3m destined for Indigenous businessThe Canberra Times
Helping agencies reach indigenous spending targetsThe Mandarin (registration)

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