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Langton warns of remote ice crisis
The Australian
Responding to criticisms that many indigenous people did not support the reforms, Professor Langton said the recommendations had all come from Aboriginal people in communities across Australia who pleaded for jobs and respect and a new way forward.

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Langton warns of remote ice crisis
The Australian
Responding to criticisms that many indigenous people did not support the reforms, Professor Langton said the recommendations had all come from Aboriginal people in communities across Australia who pleaded for jobs and respect and a new way forward.

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Keischa Haynes-Jamieson reveals part of her life at the National day of Action, Justice for Ms Dhu, Canberra - Introduced by Lara Pullin

Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
Mathaba.Net
Brisbane sovereignty campaigners Boe Spearim and Callum Clayton-Dixon have re-entered Australia from Canada using Aboriginal Provisional Government passports. The pair refused to show any Australian documentation and were given a warning by ...

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Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
Mathaba.Net
Brisbane sovereignty campaigners Boe Spearim and Callum Clayton-Dixon have re-entered Australia from Canada using Aboriginal Provisional Government passports. The pair refused to show any Australian documentation and were given a warning by ...

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ABC Online
Fraser Island: Native title rights granted to Indigenous people by Federal Court
ABC Online
"This is an opportunity to honour the courage and resilience of Butchulla elders past and present, to have their rights and interests to their traditional country recognised by the Australian legal system." He said about 400 Butchulla people and ...
Paradise restored: K'gari native title success the start of a new story for ...The Guardian
Fraser Island returns to traditional ownersCourier Mail
Butchulla granted native title rights on Fraser IslandFraser Coast Chronicle

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SBS
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In Custody
teleSUR English
The Guardian reported Viv Malo, an indigenous activist as saying in Melbourne that “We seem to have legislated racism in some parts of this country. People are locked up for drinking, which is a band aid treatment, like it's the solution for a bigger ...
Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WAThe Australian
Call to revisit indigenous deaths in custody inquiryCowra Community News
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
The West Australian -The Daily Telegraph
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Indigenous business arms remain separate
The Australian
Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has confirmed to The Australian that he does not intend to make changes, after commissioning an independent report that provided ambiguous recommendations and failed to back the government's preferred ...

SBS
Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WA
The Australian
Marc Newhouse, the head of the Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, called for an independent inquiry into Miss Dhu's death and lamented the continued high rate of Aboriginal incarceration in custody in Western Australia. A four-year royal commission ...
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In CustodyteleSUR English
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsThe West Australian
The Daily Telegraph
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The Guardian
Second Aboriginal death in custodyhits WA
The Australian
Marc Newhouse, the head of the Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, called for an independent inquiry into Miss Dhu's death and lamented the continued high rate of Aboriginal incarceration in custody in Western Australia. A four-year royal commission ...
Colin Barnett promises action to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custodyThe Guardian
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In CustodyteleSUR English
SBS -The West Australian -Yahoo!7 News
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SBS
Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiry
The Australian
She said there had been 400 indigenous deaths in custody since the Royal Commission and the rate was actually increasing because of the large number of indigenous people in jail. "The indigenous incarceration in Australia is higher than it ever was in ...
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsPerth Now
Family distressed by details of WA death in custodyABC Message Stick

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The Guardian
Aboriginal deaths in custody spark national day of action
The Guardian
Protesters have mounted a national day of action to call on the Western Australian government to enact measures to put a stop to deaths of Aboriginal people in custody. Protesters gathered in Geraldton, Perth, Adelaide, South Hedland, Sydney, Melbourne ...
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custodySBS
Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiryThe Daily Telegraph
The West Australian -ABC Message Stick
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WA today
Police investigate death of Aboriginal man in WA prison
The Australian
“I also recognise the significant distress this will have on the dedicated staff at Casuarina Prison and across the corrective services system, and in the wider Aboriginal community.” All deaths in custody are subject to a coronial inquest to determine ...
Inquest ordered after man dies in WA jailHerald Sun
Aboriginal man dies in WA prisonWA today
Death of 31-year-old Aboriginal man in Casuarina Prison referred to state coronerThe Daily Telegraph

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Aboriginal man dies in WA prison
The Australian
THE death of a 31-year-old Aboriginal man at a maximum-security prison in Western Australia is being investigated by police. A spokesman for the Department of Corrective Services said the man died at Casuarina Prison on Wednesday night. The incident ...

SBS
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody
SBS
Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia. Ms Dhu's family and other indigenous leaders are calling for another royal commission in Aboriginal deaths in custody. The ...
Australians Protest Indigenous Deaths In CustodyteleSUR English
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
Call to revisit deaths in custody inquiryThe Australian
The West Australian -Yahoo!7 News -Cowra Community News
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SBS
Nationwide rallies over Aboriginal deaths in custody
SBS
Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia. Ms Dhu's family and other indigenous leaders are calling for another royal commission in Aboriginal deaths in custody. The ...
Barnett promises to act on custody deathsYahoo!7 News
Call to revisit indigenous deaths in custody inquiryCowra Community News
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaDaily Times
ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian (blog)
Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
The Guardian (blog)
One of the best ways to protest Spurr's lack of support and interest in Indigenous literature (and his description in his emails of Indigenous people as “human rubbish tips”) is to read one of these great Indigenous classics. Guardian Australia asked ...

The Guardian (blog)
Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
The Guardian (blog)
Guardian Australia asked Dr Sandra Phillips of Queensland University of Technology for her top picks. Phillips is a lecturer and industry-trained book editor, where she worked with Magabala Books, University of Queensland Press, and Aboriginal Studies ...

SBS
Aboriginal plan for soil handback to Whitlam
SBS
Your fight was not for yourselves alone and we are determined that Aboriginal Australians everywhere will be helped by it. I want to promise that, through their Government, the people of Australia will help you in your plans to use this land fruitfully ...

Daily Times
Death of aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in Australia
Daily Times
The woman's grandmother, Carol Roe, has called for another Royal Commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, with the first being conducted in 1991 under the Hawke Labor Government as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on Thursday.