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The Guardian
Indigenous Australian runners battle fierce winds to cross New York marathon ...
The Guardian
Ten Indigenous Australian runners, many from remote and regional areas, have battled strong winds and near-zero temperatures to finish the New York marathon after just months in training. The competitors were all sponsored by the Indigenous Marathon ...
Coldest New York Marathon no obstacle for Indigneous runnersABC Online (blog)

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The Guardian
New South Wales tries to block Aboriginal land claims on coastal areas
The Guardian
The New South Wales government is seeking to ban Aboriginal communities from making land claims on coastal areas and to cancel around 1,800 outstanding claims to beachfront land. Hundreds gathered in Sydney on Monday to protest against the ...
Controversial NSW land rights laws on iceSky News Australia

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Protecting the Human Rights of Indigenous People
Pro Bono Australia
Work in both academia and a large corporate law firm saw April Long want to make an impact in the lives of Indigenous Australians caught up in the criminal justice system. Long is this week's Changemaker. What are you currently working on in your ...

Protecting the Human Rights of Indigenous People
Pro Bono Australia
Work in both academia and a large corporate law firm saw April Long want to make an impact in the lives of Indigenous Australians caught up in the criminal justice system. Long is this week's Changemaker. What are you currently working on in your ...

Enforced Employment for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
Construction companies working on projects worth more than $500,000 will be forced to employ Indigenous people under a new Northern Territory Government policy. Minister for Infrastructure Peter Styles said the plan would maximise employment and ...

Enforced Employment for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
Minister for Infrastructure Peter Styles said the plan would maximise employment and business opportunities for aboriginal people. “I am pleased to announce the Indigenous Participation on Construction Projects Policy which will create jobs for local ...

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recognition will hand power to judges
The Australian
Australia's political elite is no longer preoccupied with climate change. Their new preoccupation appears to be “recognition” of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. Democracy in Decline may do to the campaign ...

recognition will hand power to judges
The Australian
Allan's book is not about indigenous recognition. It is a vigorous, forensic analysis of how judges and lawyers in the US, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Australia have taken it on themselves to overturn the decisions of democratic majorities for ...

deaths in custody must end
The Australian
Western Australia has the highest Aboriginal imprisonment rate in the country; Aboriginal people are about 21 times more likely to be imprisoned, with about one in 20 Aboriginal men in jail. The rundown prisons in the Kimberley, Roebourne, Bunbury ...

The Stringer
Aboriginal suicide
The Stringer
Australian aboriginal suicide has generated a vast scientific and lay secondary literature. Local analyses of that suicide expose the divide in identity between First and Second Nation Australians. For the Second Nation suicidologist, the main risk ...

WA today
Anzac spirit celebrated by indigenous WWI soldier's family on visit to Albany
WA today
These are the words of Michael Laing, the grandson of Gordon Charles Naley, an indigenous soldier who fought as part of the 16th Battalion in World War One. It was only fitting that Mr Laing spoke about the Anzac spirit while in the West Australian ...

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'Never enough' jobs in remote Australia: Jobs Australia chief
The Australian
JOBS Australia chief executive David Thompson has hit back at criticism from indigenous leader Marcia Langton over jobs in remote areas, arguing that even if all the jobs were given to aboriginal people there would never be enough for the 37,000 ...

'Never enough' jobs in remote Australia: Jobs Australia chief
The Australian
JOBS Australia chief executive David Thompson has hit back at criticism from indigenous leader Marcia Langton over jobs in remote areas, arguing that even if all the jobs were given to aboriginal people there would never be enough for the 37,000 ...

Amateur historian challengesblack armband story
The Australian
HISTORICAL evidence shows a “black armband” version of Australian history is deeply flawed and that Aborigines were not “herded” on to missions, driven from their lands or had countless children stolen from their families, researcher Joe Lane says.

SBS
Indigenous Governance awards for women's group and theatre troupe
The Guardian
A central Australian women's group and a regional Victorian theatre troupe have won the prestigious Indigenous Governance awards and $20,000, it was announced in Melbourne on Thursday night. The awards, run by Reconciliation Australia in partnership ...
Call for greater recognition of Indigenous successSBS
'Reconciliation can occur with goodwill'Sky News Australia
Tony Abbott admits challenge of Indigenous reconciliationDaily Mail

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SBS
Indigenous Governance awards for women's group and theatre troupe
The Guardian
A central Australian women's group and a regional Victorian theatre troupe have won the prestigious Indigenous Governance awards and $20,000, it was announced in Melbourne on Thursday night. The awards, run by Reconciliation Australia in partnership ...
'Reconciliation can occur with goodwill'Sky News Australia
Call for greater recognition of Indigenous successSBS
Tony Abbott admits challenge of Indigenous reconciliationDaily Mail

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ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal deaths in custody bring focus to disturbing rate of imprisonment
ABC Message Stick
Two Aboriginal deaths in custody in three months have focussed attention on the disturbing rates of Indigenous incarceration, particularly in Western Australia where one in every 13 adult males are in prison.

Archives: National Indigenous Radio - "Now people are just going back into the corrugated irons that they came out of in the '50s and '60s. Concerning their policies, we're going backwards." Pastor Stokes from the Kalgoorlie region in Western Australia, is also calling for unity amongst Indigenous people to improve their standing in Australian society. He has lashed out at Australian governments for ignoring Aboriginal people and culture when formulating crucial policies in housing and land rights. Pastor Stokes says Indigenous Australians who are often portrayed as 'leaders' by the media have vested political and economic interests and don't represent the majority of their people. He says Indigenous people have been the victims of 'divide and conquer' policies by governments. "The biggest weapon we have is us and unity and if we haven't got unity amongst ourselves, well the Government can do whatever they want. "Our people were able to live for thousands of years in such harsh conditions because of family, their culture and their way of life and we can still do that today only if we live in peace with one another."

Professor John Maynard's new book, 'True Light and Shade' is filled with beautiful images by convict artist Joseph Lycett that powerfully capture in intimate detail Aboriginal life, a rare record of Aboriginal people within the vicinity of Newcastle and how they adapted to European settlement before cultural destruction impacted on these groups.

The Conversation AU
Empowering Indigenous communities to prevent child abuse and neglect
The Conversation AU
In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased ...
Scheme to avoid 'second stolen generation' criticised for paternalismThe Guardian

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