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Unweaving the web of Aboriginal welfare dependency won't be easy
The Australian (blog)
But that in no way diminishes or excuses the enduring disparity between the life chances of indigenous Australians and those of Australia's non-indigenous population. The Northern Territory intervention focused attention on the unfolding disaster in ...

Labor MPs demand Tony Abbott act on indigenous recognition
The Australian
It comes after The Weekend Australian revealed that a panel headed by former deputy prime minister John Anderson has warned Mr Abbott that awareness and understanding of the push to acknowledge indigenous Australians in the Constitution have not ...

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Tony Abbott names white settlement as Australia's 'defining moment', remark ...
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Indigenous figures including the chair of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council are furious that Tony Abbott has highlighted white settlement as the defining moment in Australian history. The Prime Minister made the comment while he was ...
Abbott criticised for view that First Fleet was Australia's defining momentThe Australian
Greatest of many evils swamp budget messSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott says first fleet arrival is the defining moment in Australian historyThe Guardian
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Abbott criticised for view that First Fleet was Australia's defining moment
The Australian
Launching the Defining Moments Project yesterday Mr Abbott said although the First Fleet's arrival “dispossessed, and for a long time marginalised indigenous people”, modern Australia was “profoundly shaped” by the British settlement. “The First Fleet ...

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Abbott criticised for view that First Fleet was Australia's defining moment
The Australian
Launching the Defining Moments Project yesterday Mr Abbott said although the First Fleet's arrival “dispossessed, and for a long time marginalised indigenous people”, modern Australia was “profoundly shaped” by the British settlement. “The First Fleet ...
Tony Abbott's white settlement remarks offend Indigenous leadersThe Guardian
He's done it AGAIN: Tony Abbott says arrival of First Fleet was Australia's ...Daily Mail
First Fleet significance undeniable: Warren TrussSBS
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Tony Abbott's white settlement remarks offend Indigenous leaders
The Guardian
Abbott said British settlement provided the foundation for Australia to become one of the most prosperous societies on earth. Mundine said this might be true, but not everyone was benefiting. “Does that mean that Aboriginal people have prospered from that?
Abbott criticised for view that First Fleet was Australia's defining momentThe Australian
Greatest of many evils swamp budget messSydney Morning Herald
First Fleet significance undeniable: Warren TrussSBS
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Tony Abbott names white settlement as Australia's 'defining moment', remark ...
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Indigenous figures including the chair of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council are furious that Tony Abbott has highlighted white settlement as the defining moment in Australian history. The Prime Minister made the comment while he was ...
First Fleet significance undeniable: Warren TrussSBS
Tony Abbott says first fleet arrival is the defining moment in Australian historyThe Guardian

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Tony Abbott names white settlement as Australia's 'defining moment', remark ...
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Indigenous figures including the chair of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council are furious that Tony Abbott has highlighted white settlement as the defining moment in Australian history. The Prime Minister made the comment while he was ...
"Defining moment": Tony Abbott embraces Warren Mundine during the ...Sydney Morning Herald
First Fleet: Australia's 'defining moment', says Tony AbbottThe Australian
Abbott under fire over gaffeNEWS.com.au
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Tony Abbott names white settlement as Australia's 'defining moment', remark ...
ABC Online
Audio: Disastrously defining: Indigenous Australians criticise Abbott's comments on white settlement (AM). "Well it was a defining moment, there's no argument about that. It was also a disastrous defining moment for Indigenous people," Mr Mundine said.

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"Defining moment": Tony Abbott embraces Warren Mundine during the ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's comment that the arrival of the First Fleet was the defining moment in Australian history has earned a rebuke from indigenous leaders. The chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, has ...
First Fleet: Australia's 'defining moment', says Tony AbbottThe Australian
Tony Abbott says first fleet arrival is the defining moment in Australian historyThe Guardian

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Indigenous deal angers Maritime Union of Australia
The Australian
A COMPANY owned by some of the nation's leading Aboriginal business and sporting identities has angered the powerful Maritime Union of Australia by reaching a non-union labour deal that allows it to compete for lucrative work on multi-billion-dollar ...

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Indigenous deal angers Maritime Union of Australia
The Australian
A COMPANY owned by some of the nation's leading Aboriginal business and sporting identities has angered the powerful Maritime Union of Australia by reaching a non-union labour deal that allows it to compete for lucrative work on multi-billion-dollar ...

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Indigenous deal angers Maritime Union of Australia
The Australian
A COMPANY owned by some of the nation's leading Aboriginal business and sporting identities has angered the powerful Maritime Union of Australia by reaching a non-union labour deal that allows it to compete for lucrative work on multi-billion-dollar ...

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Case not made for indigenous reform, Tony Abbott told
The Australian
AWARENESS and understanding of the push to acknowledge indigenous Australians in the Constitution have not reached a point where the nation can proceed directly to a referendum, a panel headed by former deputy prime minister John Anderson has ...

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Indigenous deal angers Maritime Union of Australia
The Australian
A COMPANY owned by some of the nation's leading Aboriginal business and sporting identities has angered the powerful Maritime Union of Australia by reaching a non-union labour deal that allows it to compete for lucrative work on multi-billion-dollar ...

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Case not made for indigenous reform, Tony Abbott told
The Australian
AWARENESS and understanding of the push to acknowledge indigenous Australians in the Constitution have not reached a point where the nation can proceed directly to a referendum, a panel headed by former deputy prime minister John Anderson has ...

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Mining a Healthier Indigenous Australia
Pro Bono Australia
As the Community Liaison and Engagement Contractor at Golden West Resources Limited, a mining company based in the midwest region of Western Australia, since 2011 Patten made close connections with the local Indigenous Wiluna youth and their ...

Indigenous Australians take to Facebook
Warc
"Indigenous Australians living in remote areas are having a completely different experience of social networks and the internet than mainstream Australia," said lead researcher Matt Balogh. "Apart from at school or work, nearly all their internet ...

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Dealer joins dots between climate and Aboriginal art
Green Left Weekly
Instead, Newstead ended up becoming one of Australia's leading dealers in Aboriginal art - a panoramic life story he recounts in his provocatively-titled memoir The Dealer Is The Devil, which was released to wide critical acclaim this year. His study ...

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An Aboriginal Dance Company Explores Australia's Cultural History
Wall Street Journal
This true story of first contact has become the inspiration for a show touring Australia, put on by the country's leading indigenous dance company, Bangarra. "Patyegarang" is a portrayal of love and illumination in an era marked by bloodshed and pain.

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