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The Land Newspaper
Flawed report creates problems for recognition
The Australian
Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ambitious, idealistic yet deeply flawed report of the parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This issue has been derailed ...
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land

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Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ... In fact, this is an irresponsible report sanctioned by Aboriginal opinion and ...

The Weekend Australian understands that Australia, as the “state party” ... Wilderness Society campaigner Vica Bayley and Aboriginal elder Rocky ...

The Land Newspaper
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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SBS
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsNEWS.com.au
Australasian Lawyer
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The Northern Australia white paper has the potential to be transformative in improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples if it ...

Around 1,000 people took to streets of Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne on Friday to protest against government plans to close at least 100 ...

This is where the Gunditjmara Aboriginal wars took place in the 1830s and 1840s. ... neo-Gothic churches, visitors get a sense of those early days and an understanding of what life was like in what was once Australia's busiest port.

ABC Online
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned with a proposal by the Western Australian Government to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities. Mitch Torres from the group SOSBlakAustralia said a ...
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsThe Australian (blog)
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsQueensland Country Life

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The House of Representatives standing committee on Indigenous Affairs released recommendations to tackle the harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal ...

Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned ... to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities.

Traffic has returned to normal in Melbourne's CBD after a protest against the forced closure of remote Aboriginal communities closed two busy ...

In May, The Standard reported that individual Aboriginal communities in South Australia had received less than 10 per cent of the funding they need, ...

The Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance hosting the event say protests around the country will send a message to the government that they have a ...

AMC is Australia's national standards and accreditation body for the ... Torres Strait Islander community health needs and the training of Aboriginal ...

Protesters are draped in Aboriginal flags and waving banners labelling Australia a "racist disgrace" and demanding their communities not be closed.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors are providing a vital and extremely valuable service in rural and remote Australia, particularly in settings ...

SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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"This is not about singling out Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people or affording them extra rights above all other Australians. This is about ...