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What can we do about Australia's most shameful statistics? ... If we listen, and truly hear what Aboriginal people are telling us, then surely the next step ...

Aboriginal leaders are resisting a proposal from Cape York leader Noel Pearson ... The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples was the elected ...

Indigenous leaders reject Noel Pearson's call for new body
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Reconciliation Australia's co-chairman, Tom Calma, agreed that indigenous Australians were not represented in parliament as a population group, but said this could be addressed without constitutional change. A report he prepared as the country's ...

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Aboriginal leaders are calling for a new wave of land rights reform to boost economic development in indigenous communities and build on the native ...

The Australian
Plea to drive indigenous business
The Australian
“This reform would be part of a wider settlement that will empower our communities, provide us with control over our lands, and ensure we can use our land for economic development — just like everyone else in Australia.'' Cape York leader Noel Pearson ...

But for sports administrators and sanctimonious journalists to denounce the crowds as somehow anti-Aboriginal is the real racism. It's that sort of ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson says government has work to do with indigenous
The Australian
The Cape York leader said indigenous leadership was strong and had the support of corporate Australia to pursue social and economic advancement, but government was falling short. “The government piece is still not right,” he said. He cited inaction ...

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Mr Pearson also warned against “short changing” indigenous Australians over ... Reconciliation Australia's co-chair Tom Calma agreed indigenous ... A report he prepared as the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social ...

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Australian Football - Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian sport
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But the booing of Goodes has alarmed anti-racism advocates and shone the spotlight on race relations in Australia. A prominent and outspoken community leader, Goodes has been forthright in discussing race in a country where indigenous people lag ...
Sport-Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian footballYahoo Canada Sports
Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian footballGulf Times
Adam Goodes isn't booed for the colour of his skin. He is booed for acting ...The Daily Telegraph (blog)

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Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian sport
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But the booing of Goodes has alarmed anti-racism advocates and shone the spotlight on race relations in Australia. A prominent and outspoken community leader, Goodes has been forthright in discussing race in a country where indigenous people lag ...
Sport-Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian footballDaily Mail
Adam Goodes isn't booed for the colour of his skin. He is booed for acting ...The Daily Telegraph (blog)
Don't pretend - booing Goodes is a racial issuePerth Now

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Having a thick skin is a handy attribute for top Australian Rules footballers, but incessant jeering of one of the game's greatest Aboriginal players has ...

Gulf Times
Sport-Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian football
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MELBOURNE, June 16 (Reuters) - Having a thick skin is a handy attribute for top Australian Rules footballers, but incessant jeering of one of the game's greatest Aboriginal players has become an embarrassing distraction for the country's richest ...
Jeering of Aboriginal player awkward for Australian footballGulf Times
Don't pretend - booing Goodes is a racial issuePerth Now
Adam Goodes isn't booed for the colour of his skin. He is booed for acting ...The Daily Telegraph (blog)

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MELBOURNE, June 16 (Reuters) - Having a thick skin is a handy attribute for top Australian Rules footballers, but incessant jeering of one of the ...

He has challenged Australians' image of themselves as a tolerant people and demanded recognition of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the ...

"That opens up the question as to whether it's fair or not because 80 per cent of the Aboriginal community in Australia is probably not accepted by the ...

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Antony and the Johnsons support Aboriginal artists
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Antony in the Western desert of Australia working on a project with elders from the Aboriginal Martu community in Parnngurr. Picture courtesy of Antony. Antony, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons, has announced that she ...

Antony in the Western desert of Australia working on a project with elders from the Aboriginal Martu community in Parnngurr. Picture courtesy of ...

A judge in the land title claim in New South Wales, Australia, with Barkandji elders following the settlement of the claim. Photograph: Darrin Manuel.

We sat idly by while Australia jailed Aboriginal youth at the world's highest rate. For decades we have sat idly by as tens of thousands of First Peoples ...

Good Food
Canberra's Indigenous gardener Adam Shipp reaps rewards at Greening Australia
Good Food
Adam Shipp has been working with Greening Australia in Aranda as the Indigenous restoration officer since 2012. He was born and raised in Canberra, spending all his school and working life here. His father is a Wiradjuri from central-west NSW; his ...