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The Guardian
I used to believe I had the right to be a bigot. But reason prevailed
The Guardian
Arguing that black is white is what got commentator Andrew Bolt into a spot of bother in 2010, when he implied light-skinned people who identified as Aboriginal did so for personal gain. Bolt was found guilty of a breach of section 18C of the Racial ...

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Leading By Example
Pro Bono Australia
Under Towart's leadership, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre has tripled its annual revenue, more than doubled its enrolment growth and developed new course including Australia's most advanced Indigenous leadership qualification, the Advanced ...

The Canberra Times
Racism is the fault line that runs through Australia
The Canberra Times
It was only a snort, a short derisive exhalation of air. But it was enough. I was at a barbecue with friends in Kempsey in NSW. The talk turned to the town's indigenous population. I said something along the lines of the odds being stacked against them ...

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Indigenous leader Tom Calma pans race-hate changes
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leader Tom Calma has condemned George Brandis' proposed changes to race-hate laws, saying they would be a major setback to reconciliation. And one of Australia's most influential Jewish groups, the Zionist Federation of Australia, has called ...

Sydney Morning Herald
George Brandis' race hate law changes condemned by respected indigenous ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Calma, the co-chairman of Reconciliation Australia, said Senator Brandis' changes would set back the reconciliation process between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Dr Calma and Senator Brandis are preparing to launch a ''reconciliation ...

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NEWS.com.au
Territory on a tightrope
The Australian
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said while Anderson was a “very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia”, the dispute was a matter for her and Giles. Anderson told the ABC the Country Liberals were racist, and suggested Aboriginal people ...
CLP bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Message Stick
PM won't intervene in NT govt disputeThe West Australian

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SBS
Territory on a tightrope
The Australian
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said while Anderson was a “very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia”, the dispute was a matter for her and Giles. Anderson told the ABC the Country Liberals were racist, and suggested Aboriginal people ...
'No hope for Aboriginal people' in the CLPSBS
CLP bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Message Stick

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Crikey (blog)
A great big wrap of Congress Lowitja coverage
Crikey (blog)
These included the Queensland Aboriginal Islander Health Council (QAIHC), Katherine West Health Board, the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and the Western Desert Kidney Health project, she said. “Once you go beyond the 'sandstone curtain' as ...

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 54 events ...
Sydney Indymedia
WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 54 events from 31 March 2014. Sun 30 Mar 2014. By WGAR - Working ... ACT · Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Darwin · Hobart · Perth · Cairns · Melbourne · New South Wales · Australia ...

Radio Australia
Australia's South Sea Islander community launch campaign for united ...
Radio Australia
President of the interim national body for Australian South Sea Islanders, Emelda Davis, says it's important the community are seen as distinct from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, with whom they're sometimes grouped. "We've got various types ...

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Australia's South Sea Islander community launch campaign for united ...
ABC Online
President of the interim national body for Australian South Sea Islanders, Emelda Davis, says it's important the community is seen as distinct from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, with whom they're sometimes grouped. "We've got various types of ...

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SBS
'No hope for Aboriginal people' in the CLP
SBS
"Alison Anderson is a very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia - I deeply respect Alison Anderson," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney. "In the end though, the relationship between Alison and (Chief Minister) Adam Giles is a matter ...
Country Liberal Party bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Online

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SBS
PM won't intervene in NT govt dispute
The West Australian
"Alison Anderson is a very, very fine and articulate voice of indigenous Australia - I deeply respect Alison Anderson," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney. "In the end though, the relationship between Alison and (Chief Minister) Adam Giles is a matter ...
Country Liberal Party bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison AndersonABC Online

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CLP bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison Anderson
ABC Message Stick
"Alison Anderson is a very fine and articulate voice of Indigenous Australia," he said. "I deeply respect Alison Anderson, I admire the work she has done. "In the end though the relationship between Alison Anderson and Adam Giles is a matter for Alison ...
PM won't intervene in NT govt disputeThe West Australian

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SBS
Country Liberal Party bosses meet to discuss rebel member Alison Anderson
ABC Online
"Alison Anderson is a very fine and articulate voice of Indigenous Australia," he said. "I deeply respect Alison Anderson, I admire the work she has done. "In the end though the relationship between Alison Anderson and Adam Giles is a matter for Alison ...
'No hope for Aboriginal people' in the CLPSBS

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North Queensland irrigation plan: Indigenous elders claim lack of consultation ...
ABC Online
"But critically we need to consider, right upfront, the rights and obligations we have to Indigenous people to be involved from the start in the sort of development that will happen in northern Australia, and the Gilbert River is an example of where ...

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Photographic exhibition reveals Brisbane's early indigenous history
ABC Online
MICHAEL AIRD, RESEARCHER: It was the beginning of the postcard market in Australia. Photographers for the first time could reproduce they used multi-lens cameras and they could produce 8 to 12 small photographic prints at a time. (MORE FOOTAGE OF ...

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Photographic exhibition reveals Brisbane's early indigenous history
ABC Online
... reveals Brisbane's early indigenous history. Updated March 28, 2014 22:59:00. An exhibition of posed photographs of local Aborigines from 19th Century Brisbane has gone on show at City Hall and offers an incredible insight into the capital's social ...

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Worries over massive irrigation projects in Gilbert River
ABC Online
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Indigenous leaders in North Queensland say they're extremely concerned about plans to build one of the biggest irrigation projects in Australian history in the Gilbert River region. The proposed $2 billion project between Cairns and ...

Elders claim lack of consultation on $2bn irrigation plan
ABC Message Stick
"But critically we need to consider, right upfront, the rights and obligations we have to Indigenous people to be involved from the start in the sort of development that will happen in northern Australia, and the Gilbert River is an example of where ...

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