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Sydney Morning Herald
PM to meet indigenous leaders
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Noel Pearson, Patrick Dodson, Megan Davis and Kirstie Parker will meet with Mr Abbott on Thursday. They want the federal government to fund special indigenous consultations on how to recognise Aboriginal people in Australia's founding document but Mr ...
Tony Abbott moves to heal rift on Indigenous recognitionSydney Morning Herald

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They want the federal government to fund special indigenous consultations on how to recognise Aboriginal people in Australia's founding document ...

I know people who are part Jewish and Japanese, or Greek and Chinese, or Japanese and Aboriginal. Where, in such an Australia, can race warriors ...

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has claimed schoolgirls in a remote Aboriginal community slept in their principal's office until lunchtime each ...

Saying sorry to Aboriginal people is part of that. ... With no clear sign Western Australia will win back its AAA credit rating any time soon, the Barnett ...

This is no less so for indigenous Australians, with the majority of Aborigines ... of whether we were for or against Goodes as an aboriginal Australian.

The options ranged from a statement that recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first Australians, to removing potentially racist ...

There has been considerable misunderstandings about 1967 Referendum both in Aboriginal and mainstream Australians circles. Here is an audio made for SBS World News Radio by Ron Sutton in March 2014.

Independent Australia
Ignorance, cruelty, racism and bigotry in Australia
Independent Australia
The racism that occurs against Indigenous people in Australia, is particularly castigatory. It is offensive, because not only does the system seek to undermine the cultural sovereignty of Indigenous people, but the societal norms – and stemming racism ...

The racism that occurs against Indigenous people in Australia, ... As an Aboriginal woman who is quite vocal against racism, I encounter many ...

Tony Abbott has moved to heal a rift with Aboriginal leaders over their push to ... Ms Parker is the co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First ...

The Guardian
Aboriginal elders who signed anti-marriage equality petition don't speak on my ...
The Guardian
Late last week, a group of 30 Indigenous Australians, backed by evangelical Christian groups, presented an “Uluru bark petition” opposing marriage equality to the federal government via Senator Eric Abetz. The petition reads, in part: “Although ...
Aboriginal community members say Uluru Bark Petition doesn't represent their ...Gay News Network

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Photograph: National Gallery Of Australia/PR IMAGE. Second, the 30 ... I do not speak on the behalf of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

“The Boomerang precinct at Bluesfest is all about cherishing culture and ending the disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia,” ...

The credentials of the Uluru Bark petition, a petition purporting to be signed on behalf of Aboriginal Australia and presented to Senator Eric Abetz in ...

... working with initiatives that empower communities all across Australia. ... kids” said Auntie Madeline McGrady, an Aboriginal Elder of the community.

"The Boomerang precinct at Bluesfest is all about cherishing culture and ending the disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia.

The Guardian
Mick Gooda to head Queensland taskforce to pay stolen Aboriginal wages
The Guardian
Australia's social justice commissioner, Mick Gooda, will lead a Queensland government taskforce responsible for paying $21m in damages to Indigenous people who had their wages systematically stolen by the state last century. Gooda and the taskforce ...
Mick Gooda to head Stolen Wages TaskforceBrisbane Times

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The Guardian
Mick Gooda to head Queensland taskforce to pay stolen Aboriginal wages
The Guardian
The Queensland treasurer and minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Curtis Pitt, said Gooda was “one of Australia's most respected Indigenous leaders and we're lucky to have him performing this important role”. “Mick ...
Mick Gooda to head Stolen Wages TaskforceBrisbane Times
Mick Gooda to head up Stolen Wages TaskforceMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Queensland treasurer and minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Curtis Pitt, said Gooda was “one of Australia's most ...