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Fortescue Metals Group behind move to oust native title leaders
The Australian
Documents presented to the Federal Court, and obtained by The Australian, set out in extraordinary detail how Fortescue approved expenses and helped organise almost every detail of a meeting of the Yindjibarndi people in Roebourne in Western Australia.

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Fortescue's involvement is unusual because a native title meeting is usually organised and paid for by the Aboriginal group or individuals who have ...

“The question hasn't been really put to the Aboriginal people around the ... of indigenous-only conventions around Australia on constitutional reform.

The Australian
Recognition hijacked by political class: Stephen Hagan
The Australian
Mr Hagan, a veteran activist and chairman of the Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corp in far- southwest Queensland, said the Prime Minister had made a grave error in rejecting the push for a series of indigenous-only conventions around Australia on ...

The Australian
Recognition hijacked by political class: Stephen Hagan
The Australian
Ms Buchanan said it was critical for the government to engage both black and white Australia in the debate to change the treatment of indigenous Australians. “It is a rare occasion that Aboriginal people have an opportunity to have a say about anything ...

Some leaders, including West Australian Patrick Dodson, suggested ... “I do think that many people in Australia would be supportive of indigenous people ... but to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people understood the ...

The Australian
Recognise campaign: Dodson, Pearson unbowed by PM's snub
The Australian
Some leaders, including West Australian Patrick Dodson, suggested corporate Australia might be asked to fund the meetings aimed at establishing an indigenous consensus view that other Australians could then debate or support. “I do think that many ...

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... split within the AFL Commission over whether the abuse of Goodes, a former Australian of the Year and a prominent advocate for Aboriginal causes, ...

Some leaders, including West Australian Patrick Dodson, suggested ... Noel Pearson and Patrick Dodson, the two strongest Aboriginal voices in the ...

In a rousing statement about the government's treatment of indigenous Australians, Senator Nova Peris on Monday said that the country cannot ...

Sydney: One of Australia's most high-profile indigenous sportsmen is set to play on, his coach said on Monday, with Adam Goodes humbled by the ...

ABC Online
The Aboriginal war dance: Welcome and warning
ABC Online
In the wake of the Adam Goodes booing saga, Lateline met with Russell Dawson, Cecil McLeod and 'Turtle' of the Koomurri dance group on the shores of Botany Bay to find out what the war dance means to them. By Brigid Andersen and Jason Om.

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TWO of Bendigo's indigenous community leaders say the Adam Goodes saga is being deeply felt by local aboriginal people. Elder Aunty Lyn Warren ...

The Aboriginal war dance: Welcome and warning ... show them how good he is, show them how deadly he is, I mean Australian of the Year, you can't ...

The Australian
Recognise campaign: Tony Abbott sparks fury among Aboriginal leaders
The Australian
The Australian today exclusively revealed a letter Mr Abbott had written to Yawuru leader Patrick Dodson and Mr Pearson over the weekend rebuffing their plan for indigenous conferences in the lead up to a referendum question being decided. Mr Abbott ...
Indigenous people want 'substantive changeABC Online
PM against indigenous constitution planNEWS.com.au
Tony Abbott rejects proposal to hold Indigenous conventions on recognitionThe Guardian

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The Australian
Recognise campaign: Tony Abbott sparks fury among Aboriginal leaders
The Australian
Mr Pearson said it was not for mainstream Australia to confer recognition upon indigenous people, but for indigenous people to decide whether that type of recognition was something they wanted first. Mr Dodson said symbolism throughout the process was ...
Indigenous people want 'substantive changeABC Online
Tony Abbott rejects proposal to hold Indigenous conventions on recognitionThe Guardian
Tony Abbott rejects Pearson, Dodson planThe Australian Financial Review
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Dempsey spoke on Monday in his role as ambassador for this year's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day – an initiative of ...

SYDNEY - One of Australia's most high-profile indigenous sportsmen is set to play on, his coach said Monday, with ... Sydney Swans coach John Longmire told reporters of the Aboriginal player, who had been given indefinite leave.

The Guardian
Indigenous activist Murrumu detained after refusing to recognise former name
The Guardian
An Indigenous man who renounced his Australian citizenship to head a self-declared sovereign nation has been remanded in custody in Queensland after refusing to acknowledge his former name. Murrumu Walubara Yidindji – formerly press gallery ...

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... conventions be held around Australia before a referendum on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution.