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Aboriginal woman Bess Price Nungarrayi slammed for speaking the truth
Adelaide Now
ONE thing should save Bess Price Nungarrayi from the thought police who went after me - this brave activist from Yuendumu is Aboriginal. The enemies of free speech won't dare go after her - yet. In a debate on Aboriginal identity on SBS, Ms Price ...

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National Post
Facebook gives OK to racial abuse page
The Australian
The page, which has more than 4000 "likes", posts pictures of Australian indigenous people with captions that some Facebook users claim are offensive and, in some cases, constitute hate speech. "How do you kill 1000 flies at once? Slap me in the face," ...
Contents removed from racist Facebook pageBrisbane Times
'Aboriginal Memes' Facebook Page Deemed Racist In Australia; Social Network ...Huffington Post
Facebook racial hate page 'taken down'SBS
Crikey (blog) -CNET -NEWS.com.au
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SBS
Contents removed from racist Facebook page
The Age
The creators of a racist Aboriginal Memes Facebook page - described as a potential breach of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act - have removed all of the controversial images. All of the page's content was removed earlier today after repeated ...
Mundine condemns Facebook over racist pageBrisbane Times
Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting AboriginesNEWS.com.au
Facebook refuses to remove indigenous hate pageSBS

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Sydney Morning Herald
Contents removed from racist Facebook page
Sydney Morning Herald
The creators of a racist Aboriginal Memes Facebook page - described as a potential breach of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act - have removed all of the controversial images. All of the page's content was removed earlier today after repeated ...
Facebook should ban racist page: ConroyNinemsn
Facebook racist humour removedBrisbane Times
Outrage over Facebook racial hate pageSBS
NEWS.com.au
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The Age
Outcry as racist Facebook page labelled 'humour'
The Age
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is also investigating the page following a campaign condemning Facebook over its claims that the page is not considered hate speech. The racist "Aboriginal memes" page portrays Aboriginal ...
Mundine condemns Facebook over racist pageBrisbane Times
Hundreds urge Facebook to dump racial hate pageSBS
Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting AboriginesNEWS.com.au

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Racist page denigrating Aborigines disappears overnight
The Australian
The Facebook page contained comments stereotyping indigenous Australians as alcoholics and welfare cheats. It contained pictures of indigenous people with captions that offended some Facebook users and, in some cases, would be considered hate ...

SBS
To be fair.
UNICEF Australia (blog)
It has been said that 1 in 4 Indigenous Australians have non-Indigenous DNA as well. This is because of a number of reasons, but within my family it is because my Great-Great Grandmother was taken from her traditional home, family and culture, forced ...
Aboriginality: Who is and who isn't?SBS
Groups vie for Indigenous Governance AwardsABC Message Stick

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Indigenous training program faces funding cuts
ABC Online (blog)
... it ran 21 programs of 12 young people in each. Now, like so many groups around Australia, they face funding cuts, drastically threatening the possibilities for their work. Boyd Curran is the Chief Executive Officer; he talks about the cuts to ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Outcry as racist Facebook page labelled 'humour'
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is also investigating the page following a campaign condemning Facebook over its claims that the page is not considered hate speech. The racist page portrays Aboriginal people as inferior drunks who ...
Mundine condemns Facebook over racist pageBrisbane Times
Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting AboriginesCourier Mail

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SBS
ACMA investigates Indigenous hate page
SBS
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched an investigation into a Facebook page containing racially abusive memes about Indigenous people following a complaint by a member of the public. SBS reported yesterday on the ...
Racist Facebook page under investigationNEWS.com.au

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640000 Aussies trapped by disadvantage
SBS
Australian Social Inclusion board chair Lin Hatfield Dodds says women, indigenous Australians and young people are more likely to suffer entrenched disadvantage. (Getty). About 640000 Australians are trapped in a cycle of disadvantage and 14 per cent ...

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NEWS.com.au
Facebook refuses to remove Indigenous hate page
SBS
The page uses internet jokes or “memes” to racially vilify Indigenous Australians, with text referencing colonialism and substance abuse placed against photos of Indigenous people without their consent. SBS believes the site was created and is ...
Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting AboriginesNEWS.com.au
Facebook gives OK to racial abuse pageThe Australian
Facebook's racist blunderCNET Australia

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Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting Aborigines
Herald Sun
The page, which has more than 4000 "likes", posts pictures of indigenous people with captions that some Facebook users say are offensive and, in some cases, hate speech, The Australian reports. "How do you kill 1000 flies at once? Slap me in the face," ...

SBS
Facebook won't remove abuse page targeting Aborigines
NEWS.com.au
The page, which has more than 4000 "likes", posts pictures of indigenous people with captions that some Facebook users say are offensive and, in some cases, hate speech, The Australian reports. "How do you kill 1000 flies at once? Slap me in the face," ...
Facebook gives OK to racial abuse pageThe Australian
Social hate page targets IndigenousSBS

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Bleacher Report
Team USA vs. Australia: Everything You Need to Know about Guard Patty Mills
Bleacher Report
As the Team USA basketball team embarks on its first match of medal round play in the 2012 London Olympics against Australia, there's no more vital player to the Australian upset bid than Patty Mills. The point guard comes into the matchup against the ...

NEWS.com.au
Brown told 'get real' on gas hub
The Australian
THE Jabirr Jabirr people have accused Bob Brown of ignoring cultural protocols by travelling to James Price Point without their permission to talk about saving whales, while showing no real concern for issues such as indigenous youth suicide in the ...
'WE ARE NOT MUSEUM PIECES': Elders blast Greens crusader Bob BrownHerald Sun
Gas hub politics includes whale spotting at BroomeABC Online
Butt out of Browse, Bob: traditional ownerAdelaide Now

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SBS
Social hate page targets Indigenous
SBS
The page uses internet jokes or “memes” to racially vilify Indigenous Australians, with text referencing colonialism and substance abuse placed against photos of Indigenous people without their consent. SBS believes the site was created and is ...

$7.5 Million for Three Indigenous Health Research Centres
Invest in Australia
“Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is a key Government priority, closing the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders health outcomes and those of the wider Australian population,” Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren ...

SBS (blog)
Social hate page targets Indigenous
SBS (blog)
The page uses internet jokes or “memes” to racially vilify Indigenous Australians, with textual references to colonialism and substance abuse placed against photos of Indigenous people without their consent. SBS believes the site was created and is ...

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Social hate page targets Indigenous
SBS
The page uses internet jokes or “memes” to racially vilify indigenous Australians, making jibes at colonialism and substance abuse over photos of indigenous peoples without their consent. SBS believes the site was created and is maintained by a 16-year ...

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