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Don't go too far in advocating constitutional recognition for Aborigines
The Australian (blog)
My colleague Joe Lane has established that in South Australia between 1840 and early last century, the total number of full-time staff in the Aboriginal department was one: the protector. Presently, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...

Indigenous workers 'ready for north jobs', Warren Mundine says
The Australian
“Here is a source of human capital in northern Australia right under our noses.” Mr Mundine said if the government's northern development white paper did not put indigenous education and employment at the centre of its policy, “we'll still be talking ...

SBS
Is Australia's modelling world ready to see black as beautiful?
SBS
Today, she has her own not-for-profit organisation aimed at helping other Indigenous people break into the fashion and beauty industry. But for all the headway she has made, Ms Dargin says Australia has a long way to go. "Until you can walk down the ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Out in the Bush, Abbott attacks Britain's Aboriginal sins
Telegraph.co.uk
Such remote Aboriginal communities, scattered across regional Australia, are notorious for high rates of infant mortality, disease, unemployment and crime and drug problems; Australia's 700,000 Aborigines on average die some 10 years younger than ...

John Howard: there was no genocide of Aboriginal Australians – video
The Guardian
The former Australian prime minister John Howard has reiterated his belief that there was no genocide of Indigenous Australians during the stolen generations era. In an interview with the Seven network, Howard said that modern governments should not be ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
How would a referendum change Australia's racist laws?
Sydney Morning Herald
That date marks the 50th anniversary of Australia's most successful referendum. In 1967, over 90% of voters granted the federal Parliament power over Aboriginal affairs and deleted a section from the Constitution that said Aboriginal people could not ...

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Desmond Tutu: 'Lay bare the horrors of the past'
Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal elders Djiniyini Gondarra, senior Dhurili clan leader of the Yolngu peoples of north-east Arnhem Land, and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, a former Anglican nun based in Utopia in Central Australia, wrote to the archbishop this month to express their ...

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The Guardian
Janine Mohamed on the 2212 Indigenous nurses and midwives in Australia
The Guardian
We now have over 2,212 nurses and midwives employed in Australia who identify as Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islander Australians; 150 will be at our annual conference. We have professors and doctors of nursing and midwifery teaching in our ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Constitutional change will divide not unite the nation
The Australian
There is no doubt that throughout Australian history Aborigines suffered terrible injustice. Australian history, like that of all nations, contains plenty of good and plenty of bad. John Howard is right to hail the grandeur of the Australian ...
Australian PM moves to Aboriginal community for one weekTelegraph.co.uk
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Australia Considers Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous PeopleWall Street Journal
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Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott's plan to recognise Aboriginal culture in Constitution will change ...
Herald Sun
There is no denying that Aboriginal Australians do worse in many ways than the rest of us. Indigenous people are more likely to appear in front of a criminal court, spend time in jail, suffer serious health problems such as diabetes, die young, be ...
Constitutional change will divide not unite the nationThe Australian
Tony Abbott's eyes and ears opened to indigenous prioritiesSydney Morning Herald
Australia's PM decamps to Outback tent to promote Aboriginal rightsAlaska Dispatch
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The Guardian
Activists say they used their Aboriginal passports to re-enter Australia
The Guardian
When they arrived in Canada they were not successful in using their Aboriginal passports and had to use their official passports. But they say they stood their ground in Australia and were eventually allowed through. “The photocopied our passports ...

SBS
Is Tony Abbott becoming the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Developments in the Middle East, an apparent threat to Australia's security and an unresolved Budget. That's only a fraction of what's on Tony Abbott's plate. The PM couldn't ignore those issues without looking foolish. Luckily, Indigenous people view ...
Tony Abbott's visit to Indigenous NT communities follows a basic rule – keep ...The Guardian

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Is Tony Abbott becoming the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Developments in the Middle East, an apparent threat to Australia's security and an unresolved Budget. That's only a fraction of what's on Tony Abbott's plate. The PM couldn't ignore those issues without looking foolish. Luckily, Indigenous people view ...
Tony Abbott's visit to Indigenous NT communities follows a basic rule – keep ...The Guardian

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Celebrating Indigenous writing across the border
ArtsHub (subscription)
Literary Commons will see 12 Indigenous writers take part in four literary festivals and three university engagements in India at the end of the year during Australia's summer. It has been curated by Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty from the university's ...

Indigenous Australians need a licence to drive, but also to work
The Conversation AU
But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in some parts of Australia, getting a driver licence can be a major challenge. And breaching the conditions or simply failing to pay fines can result in licence suspension or even jail time. More ...
List of complaints against Beyond Blue campaign dismissed by ASBMuMbrella
Unwise to rush ahead with referendumThe Australian (blog)
Trangie Central School celebrate NAIDOC WeekNarromine News

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Indigenous Australians need a licence to drive, but also to work
The Conversation AU
But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in some parts of Australia, getting a driver licence can be a major challenge. And breaching the conditions or simply failing to pay fines can result in licence suspension or even jail time. More ...
List of complaints against Beyond Blue campaign dismissed by ASBMuMbrella
Unwise to rush ahead with referendumThe Australian (blog)
Trangie Central School celebrate NAIDOC WeekNarromine News

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Indigenous campaigners re-enter Australia on Aboriginal passports
SBS
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
SBS
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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Explainer: Can a DNA test reveal if you're an Indigenous Australian?
The Conversation AU
The question of whether Indigenous, racial or ethnic identity could be determined by genetic testing was considered in a landmark inquiry by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) in 2003, which I chaired and which culminated in the report ...

SBS
Culture, not colour, is the heart of Aboriginal identity
SBS
Findings about Aboriginal identity are an important aspect of the research that has been undertaken as part of the ongoing ARC-funded project – More than Family History: Race, Gender and the Aboriginal family in Australian history – of which I am the ...

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