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Caterpillar dreaming artist emerges as Red Ochre winner
The Australian
The Australia Council's National Indigenous Arts Awards, to be given at the Sydney Opera House tonight, includes fellowships worth $90,000 each for two Melbourne musicians. Bart Willoughby, a founding member of rock group No Fixed Address, will ...
Hector Tjupuru Burton wins Red Ochre awardDaily Mail

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Merger 'aids indigenous farms'
The Australian
ABORIGINAL feuding and politics have hurt indigenous-run pastoral stations in Western Australia's far north as they compete in tough times for the industry, according to a concept plan for the new Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op. Five Aboriginal-run cattle ...
China backing pastoral visionWeekly Times Now

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Merger 'aids indigenous farms'
The Australian
ABORIGINAL feuding and politics have hurt indigenous-run pastoral stations in Western Australia's far north as they compete in tough times for the industry, according to a concept plan for the new Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op. Five Aboriginal-run cattle ...
China backing pastoral visionWeekly Times Now

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AFL fans appreciate indigenous in national life
The Australian
The Swans reconciliation plan sets goals of employing more indigenous Australians, establishing a stream for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the club's academy program and promises to offer financial support to the GO Foundation. Goodes ...
Swans fans embrace indigenous cultureFox Sports

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Roy Morgan Research (press release)
AFL fans appreciate indigenous in national life
The Australian
The Swans reconciliation plan sets goals of employing more indigenous Australians, establishing a stream for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the club's academy program and promises to offer financial support to the GO Foundation. Goodes ...
How do AFL supporters really feel about Aboriginal culture?Roy Morgan Research (press release)
Sorry Day rallies call for changes to state child-protection regimesThe Guardian
Aboriginal children in care 'a new Stolen Generation'ABC Message Stick
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How Indigenous communities can help tackle climate change
Phys.Org
A new study shows that replanting native forests and woodlands vegetation on Indigenous lands, especially across southern and eastern Australia, could help restore the nation's native vegetation in places where it is needed as well as store significant ...

Some of the original founding members of the Aboriginal Housing Company have this morning launched a Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy. 26 May 2014 Jenny and Lyall Munro have pitched the first tent, claiming The Block is for Aboriginal people and saying they feel betrayed by the Housing Company. The Embassy is opposed to a draft for a prime real estate and retail precinct at The Block, released in recent months by the Housing Company's Chair Mick Mundine. Jenny Munro says the company is selling out its Charter and the right of low Gerry Georgatos - National Indigeous Radio

The West Australian
Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
The West Australian
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
The West Australian
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
Ninemsn
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous pastoral stations look to merge
ABC Online
Ten of Australia's largest Aboriginal-run pastoral stations in the Kimberley are preparing to join forces. The 'Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op' will be backed by a Chinese consortium and aims to pool resources between stations to produce better cattle and ...
China backing pastoral visionThe Australian

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Factbox: What is Sorry Day?
SBS
On 26 May every year, ceremonies, marches and presentations are held to commemorate Sorry Day, the day on which Australians express regret for the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal people.

Factbox: What is Sorry Day?
SBS
On 26 May every year, ceremonies, marches and presentations are held to commemorate Sorry Day, the day on which Australians express regret for the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal people.

Jobs Gap Widens For Indigenous Workers
Pro Bono Australia
... achieving post-school qualifications,” Brumby said. “What's concerning though is that these education gains aren't improving employment—we found that since 2008, employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians did not improve in any State or Territory.
Why do we still fail on Aborigines?The Age

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Roy Morgan Research (press release)
How do AFL supporters really feel about Aboriginal culture?
Roy Morgan Research (press release)
This week is National Reconciliation Week, a time to reflect on the relationship between the wider Australian community and the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. While the vast majority of the population 14+ believe that ...

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Choosing lore and life: the campaign against Aboriginal youth suicide
Sydney Morning Herald
Two decades ago, one in 20 deaths by suicide was that of an Aborigine. Given indigenous people make up only about 2.5 per cent of the Australian population, that was already disproportionately high. Today, half of deaths by suicide in northern ...
The Zone transcript: Peter McConchieThe Age

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Choosing lore and life: the campaign against Aboriginal youth suicide
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show Aboriginal men die by suicide at a rate four times higher than non-indigenous men, while for Aboriginal women the figure is five times higher. Advertisement. The group most at risk is children, mostly boys ...
The Zone transcript: Peter McConchieThe Age

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Steep rise in number of Aborigines in jail
The Australian
Overall, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian prisons has increased by almost 75 per cent over the past decade, analysis by the Jesuit Social Services, to be released today, reveals. Jesuit Social Services chief ...

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Steep rise in number of Aborigines in jail
The Australian
Overall, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian prisons has increased by almost 75 per cent over the past decade, analysis by the Jesuit Social Services, to be released today, reveals. Jesuit Social Services chief ...

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China backing pastoral vision
The Australian
TEN of Australia's biggest Aboriginal-run pastoral stations are preparing for a Chinese-backed merger that aims to reverse their economic fortunes using world-class breeding, management and feed-crop technology. The Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op will begin ...
Indigenous pastoral stations look to mergeABC Online

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