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There have been three deaths in custody in WA since 4 August 2014, and at least one was an Aboriginal death in custody. Photograph: Dave Hunt/ ...

"There is a serious debate in anthropological circles, as to whether or not the Aborigines were the first culture in Australia. It's not something on which ...

ABC Online
Call to end 'deafening' silence on the place of Aboriginal people in the ...
ABC Online
The draft document further says a referendum should consider including a provision to recognise that Australia was first occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, acknowledge the continuing connection of Indigenous people to their ...
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian
Lawmakers Call for Recognition of Indigenous AustraliansteleSUR English
Ken Wyatt says referendum recognising Indigenous peoples in constitution 'must ...ABC Message Stick
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It's owned by all of Australia - black and white, urban and regional, rich and poor," the indigenous MP told the lower house. ... "The needs and aspirations, dreams and desires of Aboriginal people be protected from governments ...

By Australian Associated Press ... "The needs and aspirations, dreams and desires of Aboriginal people be protected from governments passing laws ...

... circles" about whether Aboriginal people were the first to inhabit Australia and constitutional reform should be put on hold until it's resolved.

"The needs and aspirations, dreams and desires of Aboriginal people be protected from governments passing laws which adversely discriminate ...

Brisbane Times
Leyonhjelm casts doubt over first Aussies
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Senate crossbencher David Leyonhjelm has cast doubt over whether Aboriginal people were the first Australians. His comments came ahead of the release of a parliamentary committee report on Thursday that will give the green light to a referendum to ...
Leyonhjelm not so sure Aborigines were here firstBrisbane Times

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Leyonhjelm not so sure Aborigines were here first (01:49) ... Aboriginal people were the first to inhabit Australia and constitutional reform should be put ...

"Since the time of Captain Cook's first landfall, Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... Mr Wyatt urged all Australians to engage in the recognition process, but ...

However, the Liberal Democrat says he needs to be persuaded on the argument that Aboriginal people should be recognised as the first Australians.

In a way, the northern Queensland city could be called the heart of Australia. The country's Aboriginal population is believed to have entered the ...

After an Aboriginal girl was told she couldn't dress up as Queen Elsa ... trying to scrub her black skin off, her mom Rachel Muir told Australia's NITV.

... the local history pre (Captain) Cook and the aboriginal indigenous history." ... "We realise 9% of all visitors to Australia want to have the indigenous ...

It's 1973 and Australia's indigenous country music star Jimmy Little is ... challenges faced by Aboriginal artists in the 1970s and includes members of ...

The Stringer
Legal Service alert to save lives
The Australian
The practice of alerting the Aboriginal Legal Service each time an indigenous person is taken into police custody, a scheme credited with saving lives in NSW, will be rolled out in Western Australia as a direct response to the death last year of the ...
Western Australia to introduce Custody Notification Service – at long lastThe Stringer
Funding fears for vital lifeline to Indigenous detaineesThe Canberra Times

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The practice of alerting the Aboriginal Legal Service each time an ... will be rolled out in Western Australia as a direct response to the death last year of ...

An expert in Aboriginal health from James Cook University in Townsville, ... found a high level of ice use in remote and regional Australia, generally.

The Guardian
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
A clause mentioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be inserted into Australia's founding document and another that discriminates on the basis of race removed, a parliamentary report will recommend. The cross-party parliamentary committee ...
Indigenous recognition referendum: Report set to show Government, Labor ...ABC Online
Bold plan to break impasse over constitutional referendumSydney Morning Herald

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The Guardian
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
Guardian Australia understands the committee was unanimous in pushing for the the inclusion of a new clause recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution. Calls by some community leaders like Noel Pearson that recognition be “symbolic” in the ...
Bold plan to break impasse over constitutional referendumSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition referendum: Report set to show Government, Labor ...ABC Online

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