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Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Are Aboriginal inmates the next Muslim extremists?
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Are Aboriginal inmates the next Muslim extremists?
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's spy agency has been enlisted to help crack down on radicalisation in jails after revelations Aboriginal prisoners are converting to Islam and risk becoming extremists. Sheikhs and imams are being brought into prisons to deliver de ...

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Did Iggy Azalea's Comments Upset The Aboriginal Community?
2DayFM (blog)
"The thing about Aboriginal people and why I think it's difficult for them is because they don't believe you should live in an enclosed structure like a house, um, they sleep under the stars, it's how they live," Iggy told host Real Sway. "For us to ...

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The Australian Bankers Association says lending decisions in indigenous ...
Courier Mail
“We believe low levels of home ownership remain a key driver for indigenous disadvantage,'' a NAB spokeswoman said yesterday. “We are working with Indigenous Business Australia to offer indigenous clients split home loans and are exploring other ways ...

Sam Watson interviewed by Tim Cox on 612 ABC Brisbane - Last week was NAIDOC Week, and you may have heard us talking here on Breakfast about formal recognition for Indigenous soldiers. But what do you think about recognition for the dealths of Aboriginal people during conflicts between them and white settlers? - A UQ academic has said that more than 65,000 Aboriginal people died in Queensland alone between 1788 and 1930 in the process of colonising Australia. Prof Raymond Evans has said that the Australian War Memorial should recognise it as a war. - Sam Watson is a Brisbane-based Aboriginal community worker and activist:

Big Goals for Indigenous Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
Since winning a Westpac Community Leaders Award, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre Chief Executive Officer Rachelle Towart has firmly fixed her sights on the organisation reaching its goal of enrolling 1000 Indigenous leadership students by 2020.

Voice judge will.i.am calls for an indigenous voice in Aussie music
The Daily Telegraph
The Voice Australia judge traded the luxury of the big red spinning chair for a pint-sized orange plastic chair at this southeast school where more than two-thirds of the students are from an indigenous background. will.i.am looked at home chatting ...

Voice judge will.i.am calls for an indigenous voice in Aussie music
The Daily Telegraph
The Voice Australia judge traded the luxury of the big red spinning chair for a pint-sized orange plastic chair at this southeast school where more than two-thirds of the students are from an indigenous background. will.i.am looked at home chatting ...

Fairfax's Mundine attack 'racist'
The Australian
He is an Aboriginal man who is not afraid to mix it with politicians and business leaders. He often challenges the status quo and many who sympathise with the underdog don't like his message that indigenous Australians can empower themselves without ...

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Fairfax's Mundine attack 'racist'
The Australian
Mundine recently offended environmentalists by accusing them of sterilising Aboriginal land with their campaigns to stop mining and development, thus denying Aboriginal Australians the same economic opportunities that are available to non-indigenous ...

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Indigenous group delays Buru
The Australian
Last month, Buru won the support of the Yungngora native title holders at Noonkanbah, 320km east of Broome. The group said an independent expert's report had found Buru's fracking plan had found the project would be a “very low risk” to their country.

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Islam and Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Islam and Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Aboriginal tourism on agenda for Esperance
Esperance Express
He said a more robust marketing regime between bodies including WAITOC, Australia's Golden Outback (AGO) and Australia's South West (ASW) would keep visitors coming to experience all aspects of the region, including Aboriginal tourism. "If the money ...

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Star turn from David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country
The Australian
IT is more than 40 years since we first saw David Gulpilil in Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, and since then he has become a symbol, for many a defining face, of indigenous Australia — at least for cinema audiences. In C harlie's Country, a magnificent new ...

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Star turn from David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country
The Australian
IT is more than 40 years since we first saw David Gulpilil in Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, and since then he has become a symbol, for many a defining face, of indigenous Australia — at least for cinema audiences. In C harlie's Country, a magnificent new ...

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Warning against poll now on indigenous recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is not ready to vote in favour of recognising Aborigines in the Constitution because of low awareness of the need to change, says former deputy prime minister John Anderson, who soon will deliver a report on preparations for the referendum to ...

Warning against poll now on indigenous recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is not ready to vote in favour of recognising Aborigines in the Constitution because of low awareness of the need to change, says former deputy prime minister John Anderson, who soon will deliver a report on preparations for the referendum to ...

Warning against poll now on indigenous recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is not ready to vote in favour of recognising Aborigines in the Constitution because of low awareness of the need to change, says former deputy prime minister John Anderson, who soon will deliver a report on preparations for the referendum to ...