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Brisbane Times
Indigenous leaders want rules changed
Sydney Morning Herald
INDIGENOUS leaders say the Olympic rules that outlaw Aboriginal flags at the Games should change, and have called on the Australian Olympic Committee to lobby for the longstanding protocol to be overturned. Dual Olympian 110-metre hurdler Kyle ...
Australian boxer Damien Hooper warned not to wear Aboriginal flag t-shirtHerald Sun
Aboriginal flag fine for Freeman, why not Hooper?The Australian
Olympics overreact to Aboriginal T-shift: boxing officialsABC Online
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Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flags
The Age
INDIGENOUS leaders say the Olympic rules that outlaw Aboriginal flags at the Games should change, and have called on the Australian Olympic Committee to lobby for the longstanding protocol to be overturned. Dual Olympian Kyle Vander Kuyp, former ...

Brisbane Times
Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flags
Sydney Morning Herald
INDIGENOUS leaders say the Olympic rules that outlaw Aboriginal flags at the Games should change, and have called on the Australian Olympic Committee to lobby for the longstanding protocol to be overturned. Dual Olympian Kyle Vander Kuyp, former ...
Australian boxer Damien Hooper warned not to wear Aboriginal flag t-shirtHerald Sun
Aboriginal flag fine for Freeman, why not Hooper?The Australian
Olympics overreact to Aboriginal T-shift: boxing officialsABC Online

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Indigenous rise from boom
The Australian
During the past two years there has been a blossoming of Aboriginal enterprise in Western Australia, hastened by the signing of land-use agreements, indigenous joint ventures and direct contracting. Rio Tinto, the nation's largest private-sector ...
Indigenous worker numbers skyrocket in miningABC Online

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Damien Hooper apologises after Aboriginal flag reprimand
The Australian
INDIGENOUS boxer Damien Hooper was last night officially warned by Australian team boss Nick Green after wearing a T-shirt bearing the Aboriginal flag to his opening fight at the London Olympics yesterday. Hooper, an indigenous Australian from northern ...

Aboriginal flag fine for Freeman, why not Hooper?
The Australian
THE National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has defended the right of Australian boxer Damien Hooper to wear an Aboriginal flag on his shirt and urged the Australian Olympic Committee "to find a way through this bureaucratic insanity". The ...

Macklin faces legal alert on ILC ouster
The Australian
She is also under growing pressure to address claims she was involved in the removal of the chief executive of the independent statutory body, David Galvin, whose position has been terminated as of today. Mr Galvin warned the new chairwoman of the ILC, ...

This commission will help mentally ill or I'll quit
The Australian
Australia has a health system that is one of the best in the world. But it has at least two serious weaknesses - mental health and indigenous health (of which mental health problems are a major component). I say this even though Australia does a better ...

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Boxing: Hooper proud to show off Aboriginal roots
Yahoo! Sports
The exciting light-heavyweight, no stranger to controversy having been sent home from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a recent training camp for bad behavior, said he was proud to represent the indigenous Australian culture. "Well what do you reckon ...

Indigenous round is a chance for Jono Wright to break down barriers
The Daily Telegraph
There were no commemorative jerseys, mouthguards or pre-match performances. And there wasn't an entire round of football dedicated to indigenous health issues. There was only a $140 insult. That's the pittance the first all-Aboriginal touring team ...

Brisbane Times
Hooper escapes punishment for Aboriginal flag stunt
Brisbane Times
Australian boxer Damien Hooper will not be punished for wearing an Aboriginal flag T-shirt in the ring before his first Olympic fight on Monday. The T-shirt breached a clause in the Olympic charter that proscribes any form of political or religious ...

The Age
Hooper escapes punishment for Aboriginal flag stunt
The Age
Australian boxer Damien Hooper will not be punished for wearing an Aboriginal flag T-shirt in the ring before his first Olympic fight on Monday. The T-shirt breached a clause in the Olympic charter that proscribes any form of political or religious ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Hooper escapes punishment for Aboriginal flag stunt
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian boxer Damien Hooper will not be punished for wearing an Aboriginal flag T-shirt in the ring before his first Olympic fight on Monday. The T-shirt breached a clause in the Olympic charter that proscribes any form of political or religious ...

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Damien Hooper Promises Not To Wear Aboriginal Flag Entering Ring Again
TripleM Sydney (blog)
Damien Hooper wears a T-shirt bearing the Aboriginal flag (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev). He did it for his people, but Australian boxer Damien Hooper has promised not to repeat his entry to the ring with the Aboriginal flag proudly emblazoned across his ...

Sapphires sparkle in feel-good movie
The Age
Inspired by a true story, it's also a proudly Australian story and follows four young Aboriginal women, who in 1968 are flown to the war-zones of South Vietnam to perform for American troops. Directed by Wayne Blair, it's filled with an infectious ...

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Sapphires sparkle in feel-good movie
Sydney Morning Herald
Inspired by a true story, it's also a proudly Australian story and follows four young Aboriginal women, who in 1968 are flown to the war-zones of South Vietnam to perform for American troops. Directed by Wayne Blair, it's filled with an infectious ...

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Political Games
ABC Online
Indigenous Australian boxer, Damian Hooper was forced to apologise after wearing a t-shirt featuring the Aboriginal flag into his first round bout, in lieu of his official uniform. Richard Waterhouse is an Emeritus Professor in History and an Authority ...

Indigenous worker numbers skyrocket in mining
ABC Online
The number of Indigenous people working on major mining projects in Western Australia has skyrocketed over the past five years. In the resource-rich Pilbara region, big companies like Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Chevron and Fortescue Metals are keen to ...

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The Dartmouth
New Hood exhibit will display Australian Aboriginal art
The Dartmouth
“Crossing Cultures,” an Australian Aboriginal art exhibit featuring works from 15 Aboriginal communities, will open at the Hood Museum on Sept. 15. Jenny Che / The Dartmouth Staff. By Matthew Mc Nierney, The Dartmouth Staff. Published on Tuesday, July ...

Olympics overreact to Aboriginal T-shift: boxing officials
ABC Online
The Australian Olympic Committee had reported the apparent breach of Olympic protocol to the IOC, and the Indigenous boxer has agreed not to wear the shirt again. But boxing officials say it was an overreaction. Emily Bourke has the latest. EMILY ...