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Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
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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 ...
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun

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Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's ... on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, ...

But other Indigenous rights advocates say the only way truly to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is with a statement in the ...

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Noel Pearson urges re-think on constitutional recognition for Indigenous ...
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MARK COLVIN: The prominent Indigenous lawyer Noel Pearson is urging Australians to re-think the debate about Indigenous recognition in the constitution. Mr Pearson has backed a plan for a Declaration of Recognition - a symbolic statement that isn't ...

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Veronica Cubillo fraud case: Trial of former head of Aboriginal legal group ...
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A woman accused of wrongly taking thousands of dollars from the Aboriginal legal organisation she headed to pay for an overseas trip and other things has appeared in a Darwin court. Former chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Family ...

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Former chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Services (NAAFVLS) Veronica Cubillo faced the first day of her fraud ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
The day the declaration was adopted - potentially in 2017 - could then become a public holiday and an annual commemoration and celebration of Australia's Indigenous peoples, but the declaration would sit outside the Constitution and have no legal force.
Noel Pearson's proposal could deliver real authority for Indigenous AustraliaThe Guardian
Australia's Gettysburg for Indigenous recognitionThe New Daily
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
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Sydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
The day the declaration was adopted - potentially in 2017 - could then become a public holiday and an annual commemoration and celebration of Australia's Indigenous peoples, but the declaration would sit outside the Constitution and have no legal force.
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Sky News Australia
Divisions over Indigenous recognition fuels pressure for meeting with PMThe Guardian
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansRadio Australia

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An Aboriginal actress has expressed disbelief after Facebook removed a trailer for an Australian television series because it showed topless women in ...

The Guardian
SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding deal
The Guardian
South Australian Indigenous communities in danger of being closed have been thrown a lifeline after the state and federal governments reached an agreement on funding. The SA government has agreed to take over municipal and essential services in ...
Deal secures future of SA remote Indigenous communitiesSBS

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SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding deal
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South Australian Indigenous communities in danger of being closed have been thrown a lifeline after the state and federal governments reached an agreement on funding. The SA government has agreed to take over municipal and essential services in ...
Deal secures future of SA remote Indigenous communitiesSBS

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Protester outside South Australia parliament in Adelaide: closure of ... Scullion and SA's Aboriginal affairs minister, Kyam Maher, emphasised there ...

Call for national competition to recognise Indigenous Australians ... acknowledging that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were the original ...

ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson says a recognition of indigenous Australians in the constitution would inevitably be constrained by the lawyers.

Australians would be given the chance to draft a declaration recognising the place of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the nation's history and ...

A multi-million dollar deal between the Federal and South Australian ... Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator ...

A multimillion dollar deal between the Federal and South Australian ... Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator ...

REMOTE Aboriginal communities in South Australia are safe from closure as a result of the signing of a $15 million funding agreement, state and ...

BRENDAN TREMBATH: Aboriginal leaders in South Australia are relieved to learn that a deal's been done to prevent communities from closing.

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Future of remote Aboriginal communities secured by deal between SA and ...
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The State Government has agreed to accept $15 million to look after all other remote Aboriginal communities, which have a combined population of about 1,500. Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said South Australia would eventually pay ...
SA Indigenous communities safe: state and federal governments strike a dealABC Message Stick
State and Federal Governments sign $15 million funding agreement for services ...The Daily Telegraph

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