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Indigenous recognition: enough support for referendum, says Warren Mundine

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/14 - 6:11am
Mundine said symbolic recognition existed now, and did not have the support of Indigenous Australians. “Aboriginal communities would like ...

Split opens in indigenous recognition push - The Australian


The Australian

Split opens in indigenous recognition push
The Australian
As reported in The Australian today, the damaging split has emerged among indigenous leaders raising fears the divide could derail a successful referendum in 2017. Mr Pearson says his proposed compromise deal to recognise First Australians, which has ...
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
Australia's Gettysburg for Indigenous recognitionThe New Daily
Sky News Australia -ABC Message Stick
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The fight for remote communities strengthens

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/14 - 2:15am
... second time in a month the city was filled with protesters condemning plans to close up to 150 remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

State of imprisonment: South <b>Australia&#39;s</b> prisoner numbers soar, with just 10% of budget for rehab

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/14 - 1:18am
In the past decade, the number of people ending up in South Australian ... South Australia nearly doubled the rate at which it locks up Aboriginal and ...

Blackfella/Whitefella by Warumpi Band – <b>Australia&#39;s</b> seminal reconciliation song

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/14 - 12:00am
Warumpi Band sang in Luritja of Australia's Western Desert (although ... Australian culture, but did pave the way for other Aboriginal musicians such as ...

<b>Australia&#39;s</b> Gettysburg for Indigenous recognition

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 10:18pm
Australia's proposed constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people is a “heavily contested space”, which risks being challenged in courts over its ...

Eminent jurist remembered

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 10:07pm
After playing a key role in setting up the first Aboriginal Legal Service in the Pilbara, Mr Toohey's long and distinguished career culminated in his ...

Moral, spiritual need for <b>Aboriginal</b> recognition in Constitution – Pearson

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 9:49pm
ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson says a recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution will inevitably be constrained by the lawyers.

Legal profession remembers respected judge

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 9:11pm
He was also a president of the Western Australian Bar Association; the inaugural Aboriginal Land Commissioner for the Northern Territory; the ...

VPA students experience <b>Australia</b>

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 7:30pm
“We get them up to participate in Aboriginal dances, native Australian dances, the bush dances of Australia. So by the time we leave in the afternoon ...

<b>Aboriginal</b> protest continues as <b>Australian</b> PM plans visit to New Zealand

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 7:18pm
A number of rallies have been organised across New Zealand over the coming weeks to show support for the Indigenous communities of Australia ...

Clapsticks and song send Mabojudge on his final journey

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:08pm
Mabo, and Justice Toohey's long involvement in protecting Aboriginal rights, earned ... “He was one of the great Australian jurists,” Mr Pearson said.

Funding deal delivers certainty for APY communities

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:05pm
Greens Aboriginal affairs spokeswoman Rachel Siewert urged Senator Scullion to reinstate essential services funding in Western Australia, and called ...

Where are all the Aboriginal models on the runway? - Daily Life


Daily Life

Where are all the Aboriginal models on the runway?
Daily Life
In 2000, Naomi Campbell commented on the absence of Indigenous models on Australian catwalks, noting that not even designers who showcased Aboriginal-inspired designs seemed to use Aboriginal models. Fifteen years later, things haven't progressed ...
Aboriginal protest continues as Australian PM plans visit to New ZealandMāori Television
State of imprisonment: South Australia's prisoner numbers soar, with just 10 ...The Conversation AU
SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding dealThe Guardian
ABC Message Stick -Crikey -InDaily
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&#39;Bullied&#39; APY beancounter sacked

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:03pm
Another senior administrator in South Australia's Aboriginal lands has lost his job, less than five months after making a formal complaint about bullying ...

Split opens in indigenous recognition push

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:03pm
A damaging split has emerged among indigenous leaders over constitutional recognition for Aboriginal Australians, raising fears the divide could ...

Split opens in indigenous recognition push - The Australian


The Australian

Split opens in indigenous recognition push
The Australian
“His ideas will be carefully considered in the context of taking this important issue forward,” the Prime Minister said. “The importance of bipartisan support, and working with indigenous Australians, is fundamental. Unless we are together on this we ...
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun

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Where are all the <b>Aboriginal</b> models on the runway?

Google News - Mon, 2015/04/13 - 1:52pm
Dargin, 26, is the founder of Aboriginal Model Management, Australia's first agency dedicated to representing Indigenous models. I spoke to her about ...

Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians - SBS


SBS

Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
SBS
One of the architects of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution is making a dramatic new proposal. Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's founding document and a new "Statement of Recognition" written by ...
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansBrisbane Times

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