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Native Australian bush tucker creates 'Outback Pride'
ABC Local
The aim was two-fold: to find and save some of Australia's nutritious native plants and to empower Aboriginal communities by giving them ownership of cultivation sites. "We're giving them the joy of tired muscles after a hard day of working in the sun".

PNG's ambitious plan for indigenous business
Radio Australia
GARRETT: Mr Maru says he plans to do that by reserving all businesses with an initial investment of less than 10 million kina around 4 million Australian dollars for indigenous business people. Mr Abe says while that looks like a great idea on the ...

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Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
"I just want to learn about how to become a great leader so that I can help both the Aboriginal people, my people, and non-Indigenous people in Australia so that we can work together to close the gap and move forward as one," he said. Elijah recently ...

SBS
Veterans push PM for Indigenous war memorial
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have served in Australia's armed forces since the 1860s but only now are they slowly being acknowledged. “Everybody thought there was not enough for us to talk about but now that research has been done in the last ...
AUSTRALIAN RUGBY CELEBRATES NAIDOC WEEKARU Rugby
Programme Manager ACCELERATE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...Pro Bono Australia
Riverland celebrates Indigenous community through NAIDOC WeekABC Local
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Must see Indigenous drama returns to Melbourne
ArtsHub (subscription)
The play (an earlier development of which was staged at La Mama in 2011) is inspired by a defining story drawn from Indigenous Australian history: a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881 which detailed the conflict between Indigenous landowners and ...

Reconciliation means recognising the Frontier Wars
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

Reconciliation means recognising the Frontier Wars
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

The Australian War Memorial distorts our history
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

The Australian War Memorial distorts our history
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Hetti Perkins: youre Aboriginal all the time ... you can't just clock off
The Guardian (blog)
Back then, Australians were really not interested in Aboriginal art, so it was mainly for tourists. I'd always thought they were amazing pieces of work but it's only now, as an adult, I realise their full significance as forms of political activism ...

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Regional doctors gather for Indigenous health forum
ABC Local
The program included practical workshops, clinical updates and briefings on programs that exist to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Childhood obesity, kidney disease and hearing programs were just some ...

Regional doctors gather for Indigenous health forum
ABC Online
The program included practical workshops, clinical updates and briefings on programs that exist to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Childhood obesity, kidney disease and hearing programs were just some ...

The 5 Most Promising Indigenous Hip Hop Acts Of 2014
Tone Deaf
Our contemporary popular culture has a paternalistic and offensive relationship with Indigenous Australia. Not so long ago, through consecutive government policy we attempted a cultural genocide. Indigenous people all over the country were not allowed ...

Tone Deaf
The 5 Most Promising Indigenous Hip Hop Acts Of 2014
Tone Deaf
Our contemporary popular culture has a paternalistic and offensive relationship with Indigenous Australia. Not so long ago, through consecutive government policy we attempted a cultural genocide. Indigenous people all over the country were not allowed ...

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The Guardian
MP fears Indigenous students will suffer under controversial literacy program
The Guardian
"I think a phonics-based, robust curriculum in primary years should be the norm across all schools in Australia ... starting with those where we know that disadvantaged students, whether they are Indigenous or non-Indigenous, are struggling," he said ...

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Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
"I just want to learn about how to become a great leader so that I can help both the Aboriginal people, my people, and non-Indigenous people in Australia so that we can work together to close the gap and move forward as one," he said. Elijah recently ...

Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job. By Blythe Moore. Australia has never had an Aboriginal Prime Minister, but a teenager from the remote community of Doomadgee in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria is hoping to one day change that. Print ...

Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job. By Blythe Moore. Australia has never had an Aboriginal Prime Minister, but a teenager from the remote community of Doomadgee in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria is hoping to one day change that. Print ...

Indigenous Australians in wartime: it's time to tell the whole story
The Guardian
Australia is finally telling the stories of the Indigenous soldiers who have served in our wars and conflicts. This year's Naidoc (National Aboriginal and Islanders Observance Day Committee) week, which began yesterday, is fittingly celebrating the ...
Prince of footy talks NAIDOC WeekABC Online (blog)

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Indigenous Australians in wartime: it's time to tell the whole story
The Guardian
Australia is finally telling the stories of the Indigenous soldiers who have served in our wars and conflicts. This year's Naidoc (National Aboriginal and Islanders Observance Day Committee) week, which began yesterday, is fittingly celebrating the ...
Prince of footy talks NAIDOC WeekABC Online (blog)

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