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The Guardian
Protestors stage more rallies over plans to close remote Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
For the fifth time since the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, announced that many of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities would be closed, protesters will shut down major cities during peak hour on Friday. Barnett has not provided ...
CBD rally to stop closure of remote Aboriginal communitiesThe Age
Protests to bring the Melbourne's CBD to a standstill3AW

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“It was the first time I've seen both the Australian flag and Aboriginal flag hung up for us in a stadium,” Williams said. “We didn't realize the impact we ...

In a protest on 1 May against the closure of remote communities in Western Australia, demonstrators stage a sit-down in the centre of Melbourne.

Protesters concerned that the proposed 'developing the north' policies will detrimentally affect Aboriginal people have marched on NT Parliament ...

... in it," said Thomas Mayor, NT secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia. ... He said Aboriginal people in the NT had been disillusioned by both the ...

NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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... to bridge the gap in some of the poorest communities across Australia. ... Yet many Aboriginal families were afraid of doctors and hospitals, and ...

Elijah Douglas - Australia's First Indigenous PM?
ABC Online (blog)
He's just 18 years old, but he says he's going to be the first Indigenous Prime Minister of Australia. But he also has a lot on his to-do list before he gets into politics. Elijah Douglas is doing great things as a youth worker in the remote indigenous ...

Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

Unions say Australia Post's plans to slash 1900 jobs will hit regional areas the .... UPDATE: PROTESTERS against the forced closure of aboriginal ...

... the centre of chaotic demonstrations against aboriginal community closures. ... CBD against the closure of Aboriginal communities across Australia.

Liberal democrat senator David Leyonhjelm has raised doubts that Aboriginals were the first occupants of Australia and has labelled the push to ...

... Australia. Beardman and his wife Susie put in some of their own money, and raised about $200,000 from private donors and Aboriginal corporations ...

The Australian
Indigenous recognition still faces gulf: Noel Pearson
The Australian
The multi-party committee examining constitutional reform since 2012 yesterday put forward three options for recognising indigenous Australians, including a broad racial non-discrimination clause and a narrower clause relating specifically to ...

A young Aboriginal girl went from trying to scrub off her skin following a racially ... Samara, 3, daughter of Victoria, Australia resident Rachel Muir, was ...

SBS
Committee releases key report on Indigenous constitutional recognition
SBS
MPs and senators from the Liberal and National parties, Labor and the Australian Greens were also on the committe, whichunanimously agreed on the urgency of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution, but failed to set a timeframe on a ...
Time to end the constitution's silence on Australia's first people: reportSydney Morning Herald
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian
Lawmakers Call for Recognition of Indigenous AustraliansteleSUR English
ABC Message Stick -NEWS.com.au
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And now it's screening in Australia on BBC First on Foxtel. ... matter of British, Australian, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and legacy.

A woman is silhouetted behind the Aboriginal flag during an event to mark ... The co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Lez ...