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To succeed, indigenous recognition referendum must be handled deftly
The Australian
If the Australian public sees a significant group of indigenous leaders opposing the referendum model then they will think why, in these circumstances, should we support the referendum? As Pearson says in his forthcoming Quarterly Essay, the referendum ...
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...WA today
RACIAL DISCRIMINATIONThe Monthly (subscription)

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Sydney Morning Herald
To succeed, indigenous recognition referendum must be handled deftly
The Australian
If the Australian public sees a significant group of indigenous leaders opposing the referendum model then they will think why, in these circumstances, should we support the referendum? As Pearson says in his forthcoming Quarterly Essay, the referendum ...
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott government pushes back Indigenous recognition timetableThe Guardian
Shorten warns referendum 'must be worth vote'Sky News Australia

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Noel Pearson finds way to salvage referendum, advance his people
The Australian
CAPE YORK leader Noel Pearson has offered a compromise position on recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution, conceding for the first time that “conservatives” will not accept making racial discrimination illegal and laying out a bold ...

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The Guardian
Abbott government pushes back Indigenous recognition timetable
The Guardian
We need a set of changes that Australia accepts,” he said. Scullion also said it was unlikely the referendum would be put to voters in this term of parliament. He said it would be a “very brave” government who injected this issue into its first bid for ...
Bill Shorten: I don't support a charter of rightsThe Australian

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The Guardian
NT's PUP leader Alison Anderson lashes out at chief minister Adam Giles
The Guardian
“Adam Giles is a weak, insignificant boy in the history of Aboriginal Australia – but he is doing the cause of Aboriginal unity real harm by dividing our political bloc.” She called Kurrupuwu's defection “a victory for raw evil”. “The Giles government ...
NT denies roads offer for returned MLANEWS.com.au
Kurrupuwu rejoins Country Liberal PartySky News Australia

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Aboriginal elder Uncle Roy Maynard defends Jacqui Lambie over indigenous ...
The Australian
Senator Lambie, who has revealed she wants to be the “face” of Andrew Forrest's sweeping indigenous reforms, has provided ABC TV's Australian Story with her family tree, which shows a link to one of Mannalargenna's granddaughters. Lambie wants to live ...
Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry rowSBS
Violent row over Jacqui Lambie's family tree: Threats of violence after she ...The Daily Telegraph
Mansell doubts Lambie claimsTasmania Mercury

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Aboriginal elder Uncle Roy Maynard defends Jacqui Lambie over indigenous ...
The Australian
Senator Lambie, who has revealed she wants to be the “face” of Andrew Forrest's sweeping indigenous reforms, has provided ABC TV's Australian Story with her family tree, which shows a link to one of Mannalargenna's granddaughters. Lambie wants to live ...
Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry rowSBS
Violent row over Jacqui Lambie's family tree: Threats of violence after she ...The Daily Telegraph

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Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry row
SBS
"I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal traditional owners. I share their blood, culture and history through my mother's, Sue Lambie's, family," she told parliament. "We trace our history over six generations to celebrated ...
Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...Yahoo!7 News
Jacqui Lambie wants to live Twiggy Forrest's visionThe Australian
Mansell doubts Lambie claimsTasmania Mercury

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NT chief "weak, insignificant": Anderson
The Australian
ALISON Anderson said Monday's decision by her fellow Aboriginal MLA Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu to leave the PUP to return to the Country Liberals (CLP) government was "a win for manipulation, for lies, for pressure, for dark political techniques".

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Australia's first cookbook: Native fauna fair game on the table
Good Food
She says that while Abbott's may not have been the first properly Australian cookbook, it was still important for drawing attention to indigenous ingredients, particularly game, meat and seafood. "They experimented with these because their rations were ...

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NT chief "weak, insignificant": Anderson
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"Adam Giles is a weak, insignificant boy in the history of Aboriginal Australia - but he is doing the cause of Aboriginal unity real harm by dividing our political bloc." She called Mr Kurrupuwu's defection "a victory for raw evil". "The Giles ...
Kurrupuwu rejoins Country Liberal PartySky News Australia
NT politician Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu leaves PUP, returns to CLPYahoo!7 News

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Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...
ABC Online
The outspoken Senate newcomer claimed in her maiden speech last week that she was related to, if not descended from, a prominent Aboriginal resistance leader of north-eastern Tasmania. "I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal ...

Daily Life
You should know her name: Miss Dhu was Aboriginal, 22, and died four days ...
Daily Life
And while I don't wish to further disempower Aboriginal communities by assuming to speak for them, I do want to express my horror at the fact that something like this can happen and not cause even the vaguest ripple across mainstream Australian media.

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The Canberra Times
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...
The Canberra Times
In one example, with help from Peter Shergold, The Australian Financial Review put a small story in its paper saying the government was looking to establish a jobs creation program for indigenous people that needed volunteers. The reaction was ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Like any proposal to reform our constitution, the plan to hold a referendum to recognise indigenous people is a difficult project. The idea is not short of supporters. Based on the 90 per cent yes vote in the 1967 referendum, Australians have made it ...

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Jacqui Lambie wants to live Twiggy Forrest's vision
The Australian
“I want see to more first Australians employed, less indigenous babies dying prematurely and no gap in mortality or disadvantage between white and indigenous Australians,” Senator Lambie said. “I'll travel Australia all over to make this happen because ...
Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...Yahoo!7 News

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Aboriginal man's death in custody triggers call to review 'draconian' law
The Australian
An inquest today into Lord's death follows the death of 22-year-old Julieka Dhu, who died in police custody in Western Australia in August while held for unpaid fines. NSW's “draconian” driver licensing regime, contributing to the mass jailing of ...
Aboriginal death in custody prompts call for minor traffic offenders to be ...Yahoo!7 News

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Daily Life
You should know her name: Miss Dhu was Aboriginal, 22, and died four days ...
Daily Life
In terms of infrastructure, Australia is a developed nation. We have a (mostly) affordable healthcare system, access to effective medical intervention and a welfare system that, while imperfect, is still more comprehensive than many other countries. So ...

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Gap in stillbirths slows between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
... Australia, said: "This study shows that the gap in stillbirth rates is narrowing between indigenous and non-indigenous women except at term where we identified a number of preventable conditions such as diabetes, infection and foetal growth ...

The Stringer
New project offers hope to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides
The Stringer
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health has welcomed funding by the Australian Government for a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project. The Project, to be undertaken ...

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