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The Guardian
Australia's 'stop the boats' policy is cynical and lawless
The Guardian
The election campaign in Australia is being fought with the lives of men, women and children. Some drown, others are banished without hope to malarial camps. Children are incarcerated behind razor wire in conditions described as "a huge generator of ...

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Chinese tourists turning their backs on South Australia's indigenous experiences
Perth Now
A report prepared for Indigenous Business Australia and released early this year found Chinese travellers cited a lack of promotion, safety and comfort concerns and language barriers as reasons not to explore indigenous culture, sites or activities ...

Chinese tourists turning their backs on South Australia's indigenous experiences
NEWS.com.au
South Australia is home to significant Aboriginal sites, such as in the Flinders Ranges, but is not doing enough to encourage interest among high-spending Asian travellers. A report prepared for Indigenous Business Australia and released early this ...

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Chinese tourists turning their backs on South Australia's indigenous experiences
Herald Sun
A report prepared for Indigenous Business Australia and released early this year found Chinese travellers cited a lack of promotion, safety and comfort concerns and language barriers as reasons not to explore indigenous culture, sites or activities ...

Indigenous rangers lay trap for crocodile
ABC Online
Indigenous rangers are hoping an aggressive crocodile living in the waters north of Broome will be trapped within days. Last week, the Department of Parks and Wildlife helped the Nyul-Nyul rangers set a trap at a popular fishing and swimming beach near ...

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Indigenous rangers lay trap for crocodile near popular beach
ABC Online
Indigenous rangers are hoping an aggressive crocodile living in the waters north of Broome will be trapped within days. Last week, the Department of Parks and Wildlife helped the Nyul-Nyul rangers set a trap at a popular fishing and swimming beach near ...

Australia's beating heart of stone
Yahoo!7 News
Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Indigenous Land Council, manages Yulara. The accommodation options, off a compact ring-road, include the campground, family apartments and hotels including the five-star Sails in ...

Tasmanian Aboriginal community prepares for battle over heritage laws
ABC Online
Tasmania's Aboriginal community is gearing up for a stoush with the state government over new laws designed to protect indigenous heritage. The proposed Aboriginal Heritage legislation would see the establishment of a council of indigenous ...

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Racism a driver of ill health
The Australian
Such statistics describe the reality of the lived experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Most Australians would no doubt agree this level of racist abuse and violence is unwarranted and objectionable. It infringes upon our rights ...

Sky News Australia
Indigenous justice 'needs intervention'
The Age
Lawyers have called on the federal government to intervene and stem the rising rate of indigenous incarceration. Indigenous Australians comprise about 2.5 per cent of the national population but account for 26 per cent of the prison population. Law ...
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'Sky News Australia
Sydney Festival embraces reconciliation with new Indigenous plan to close the ...Yahoo!7 News

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Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored'
Eyre Peninsula Tribune
Lawyers have called on the federal government to intervene to stem the rising rate of indigenous incarceration. Indigenous Australians comprise about 2.5 per cent of the national population but account for 26 per cent of the prison population. Law ...

BigPond News
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'
BigPond News
The Law Council of Australia, the Australian Bar Association, and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency met in Darwin on Friday to discuss ways to address the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in jails. It comes more than 20 years ...

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Sydney Festival embraces reconciliation with new Indigenous plan to close the ...
ABC Online
The Sydney Festival has launched an ambitious plan to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians through the arts. The festival has become one of the first cultural groups to instigate a Reconciliation Action Plan, which will ...

The Canberra Times
Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored' - Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lawyers have called on the federal government to intervene to stem the rising rate of indigenous incarceration. Indigenous Australians comprise about 2.5 per cent of the national population but account for 26 per cent of the prison population. Law ...
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'BigPond News

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored'
Sydney Morning Herald
Lawyers have called on the federal government to intervene to stem the rising rate of indigenous incarceration. Indigenous Australians comprise about 2.5 per cent of the national population but account for 26 per cent of the prison population. Law ...
Call for new focus on indigenous jailingNinemsn
Lawyers call for action on Indigenous prison ratesABC Local
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'Sky News Australia
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The Age
Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored'
The Age
Lawyers have called on the federal government to intervene to stem the rising rate of indigenous incarceration. Indigenous Australians comprise about 2.5 per cent of the national population but account for 26 per cent of the prison population. Law ...
Call for new focus on indigenous jailingNinemsn
Lawyers call for action on Indigenous prison ratesABC Local
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'Sky News Australia
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The Canberra Times
Sydney Festival embraces reconciliation with new Indigenous plan to close the ...
ABC Local
The Sydney Festival has launched an ambitious plan to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians through the arts. The festival has become one of the first cultural groups to instigate a Reconciliation Action Plan, which will ...
Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored'The Canberra Times
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'BigPond News

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Endangered Indigenous language back from the brink
ABC Online
When it comes to Indigenous languages in Australia the situation is grim, according to a leading linguistics professor. It's one of the topics being discussed at an international conference in Adelaide starting today, focussing on loss and the revival ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Call for new focus on indigenous jailing
Ninemsn
Council president Michael Colbran QC says outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders interacting with the criminal justice system are extremely poor. He says indigenous Australians make up about 2.5 per cent of Australia's population but ...
Indigenous prison rate 'cannot be ignored'Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous incarceration rate a 'cancer'Sky News Australia
Sydney Festival embraces reconciliation with new Indigenous plan to close the ...Yahoo!7 News

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