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Jailing of kids 'does not work'
The Australian
WEST Australian governor Malcolm McCusker has spoken out against the state's mandatory detention laws, calling for a radical overhaul of juvenile sentencing practices that are resulting in the incarceration of hundreds of Aboriginal children. The ...

Act of Recognition a serious concern - M Anderson - LIVING BLACK (mp3)

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Cricket Australia looking to bring in more aboriginal talent in team
Daily News & Analysis
Cricket Australia's (CA) national talent manager Greg Chappell has said they are quite serious about bringing in more aboriginal talent in the national team. Of the 432 baggy greens handed to Australian men, only one has been worn by a player ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hunt for Aboriginal talent starts at the Top End
Bendigo Advertiser
AT THE age of 47, Digger has seen better days. But with his Tennant Creek side in trouble against the old foe, Alice Springs, he strides proudly to the crease, his long, wiry beard barely moving despite the late afternoon breeze. For 20 years he's ...
Cup overflowing with promiseThe Border Mail

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Cup overflowing with promise
The Border Mail
One of the Imparja Cup's biggest success stories in recent years is the emergence of Cricket Australia's National Indigenous Development Squad. Each year, the best young players are selected from the tournament and become eligible for scholarships and ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hunt for Aboriginal talent starts at the Top End
Warrnambool Standard
AT THE age of 47, Digger has seen better days. But with his Tennant Creek side in trouble against the old foe, Alice Springs, he strides proudly to the crease, his long, wiry beard barely moving despite the late afternoon breeze. For 20 years he's ...
Cup overflowing with promiseVictor Harbor Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
Hunt for Aboriginal talent starts at the Top End
Sydney Morning Herald
''I must admit when I was first alerted to that fact [I was the only indigenous Test player] it absolutely blew me away but then I thought about it a lot more,'' Gillespie said. ''Cricket Australia would love nothing more than an indigenous player and ...

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School attendance basic to improving indigenous education - Langton
Radio Australia
At the forefront of that debate is Professor Marcia Langton who has held the foundation chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne for more than 10 years. She has been vocal in her criticism of treating Aboriginal children ...

Australia: Bipartisan fraud on “closing the gap” of Aboriginal poverty
World Socialist Web Site
Both leaders cynically claimed their parties were committed to eradicating the impoverishment inflicted on Australia's indigenous communities. In reality, the shocking social conditions are the direct responsibility of federal and state governments, of ...

Indigenous cricketers out to impress at Imparja Cup
Radio Australia
Historically Indigenous cricketers have struggled to reach the highest levels of the game, with very few playing professionally at state level, and almost none have made it to the Australian national team. But Cricket Australia's National Talent ...

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Black Arm Band kicks off US tour with 'Dirtsong'
The Dartmouth
Tonight, audiences will spend the night enraptured by the sound of beating drums and didgeridoo as the Black Arm Band, an indigenous Australian music group, opens their U.S. premiere with “Dirtsong.” The production is a collection of music performed in ...

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Australians close in on Tony Abbott over Gillard as preferred prime ...
Newstrack India
18 (ANI): A new opinion poll showing Australia's Opposition Leader Tony Abbott ahead of Julia Gillard as preferred prime minister among Australians is a 'wake-up call' for the Labour Party, Regional Development Minister Simon Crean has said. The ...
Gillard's poll support collapsesWA Business News

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Overhaul ahead as indigenous art fair fails to deliver
The Australian
The report outlines a new model, with a strongly curated exhibition, also open to indigenous artists from outside Australia, taking place in the terminal while indigenous art centres and other exhibitors would be invited to sell their work in a ...

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Indigenous cricketers converge on Alice Springs
ABC Online
More than 500 Indigenous cricketers from across Australia will converge on Alice Springs this week for the National Indigenous Cricket Carnival. Sebastian Kipman from Cricket Australia says the competition is in its 20th year and has attracted a record ...

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Abbott puts aside pugilism to set a new moral course
Brisbane Times
Last week, with the passage of the Act of Recognition through the House of Representatives, Australia took the first cautious step towards achieving long overdue recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. Abbott took a bolder step ...
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Gillard's poll support collapsesWA Business News

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Abbott puts aside pugilism to set a new moral course
Sydney Morning Herald
Last week, with the passage of the Act of Recognition through the House of Representatives, Australia took the first cautious step towards achieving long overdue recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. Abbott took a bolder step ...
Gillard's poll support collapsesWA Business News

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FMG vs Yindjibarndi group - court ruling favours the mob (mp3)

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Ballina man to be Australia's first Indigenous shooter
Northern Star
BALLINA rifleman Damien Webb has been earmarked to become the first Indigenous shooter to represent Australia. The prediction comes from five-time national champion John Radford, who competes at a number of events around Australia with Webb.

Australian law relating to communal indigenous intellectual property
Lexology (registration)
Despite the breadth of Australia's laws protecting intellectual property, there is a major fall short in affording substantial intellectual property rights to cultural groups, communities, traditional/indigenous owners, or manifestations of ...

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Federal Government ready to “Recognise” Indigenous languages (but it's kinda ...
Crikey (blog)
The Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians reported that “the recognition and protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and languages was raised at almost all consultations”. It's an issue that goes ...
'Small steps' to full Indigenous recognitionABC Message Stick

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