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A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted shows 63% per cent support constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Photograph: Robert Wallace/ ...

QUEENSLAND Aboriginal and Islander Health Council's Sandy Gillies says ... "Like the rest of Australia, our communities are feeling the sting of ...

If the CNS is shut down, many fear more Aboriginal people will die in police ... Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia have reached new levels.

The Weekend Australian supports the principle of recognising our Aboriginal citizens as the descendants of our first people. Yet a referendum could ...

The Australian
Two out of three back indigenous recognition
The Australian
Mr Pearson told the national native title conference in Port Douglas that Mr Abbott had lost political capital with his “captain's pick” to give a knighthood to Prince Philip on Australia Day. “The first hurdle is Tony Abbott; he has to lift his ...

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As the complex and emotionally charged issues of Aboriginal identity, ... the story of the establishment of the British penal colony in Australia in 1788.

A Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Weekend Australian, reveals 63 per cent support constitutional recognition, with 19 per cent opposed and ...

The Weekend Australian has confirmed that legislation to remove ... Former federal Aboriginal affairs minister Ian Viner QC, the lawyer for Burrup ...

ABC TV miniseries The Secret River has received widespread acclaim for its powerful portrayal of the conflict between Europeans and Aboriginal ...

The motion was raised at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (AIATSIS) National Native Title Conference in Port Douglas.

Aboriginal Australia has had the occasional imposter – that's inevitable. But it's also ... The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is small.

The Guardian
Northern Australia white paper: native title proposals met with distrust
The Guardian
“Indigenous Australians should be able to use their exclusive native title to attract capital necessary for economic development,” the white paper said. “But banks do not lend against native title because native title is not transferable in the event ...
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'Toowoomba Chronicle
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?Crikey (blog)

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Noel Pearson at the Cape York Australian Aboriginal Academy. He warned the white paper must not be a 'trojan horse' to undermine land rights.

“Of course we couldn't do it without the numerous and highly talented artists from some of Australia's most remote communities, and our clients, whose ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?
Crikey (blog)
Developing the north will need to be done in full partnership with Indigenous Australians, with a focus on creating opportunities through education, job creation and economic development. These opportunities for Indigenous Australians will contribute ...
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'Fraser Coast Chronicle

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The Guardian
87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You'd know if you listened
The Guardian
If nothing else, the results from the IndigenousX survey on constitutional recognition should tell the Australian public that the discussion on this topic is far from over from an Indigenous perspective. There is a responsibility of the public, if they ...
Indigenous representatives call for constitutional convention ahead of final ...ABC Online
Research Fellow, Indigenous Health Equity UnitThe Conversation AU

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Constitutional recognition is a hotly debated issue in Indigenous Australia. ... Do you think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be better off if we are 'recognised' in ... Produced with assistance of Guardian Australia staff.

ABC Online
Don't use northern development as 'Trojan Horse' to undermine Indigenous land ...
ABC Online
Influential Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper, ...
Northern Australia white paper: native title proposals met with distrustThe Guardian
87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You'd know if you listenedThe Guardian
Recognise historical truthThe Australian (blog)

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With Mission Australia, Angela was hired to supervise the project and aimed ... and leading the charge for the Aboriginal stories depicted on the fence.

Fraser Coast Chronicle
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'
Fraser Coast Chronicle
INFLUENTIAL Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper ...

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