Asserting Australia's First Nations Sovereignty into Governance
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NT Election Candidate Banned From Selling In First Nations Communities
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An independent candidate for the seat of Nhulunbuy in this weekend’s Northern Territory election has recently been banned by the Federal Court from selling products and services to Aboriginal communities after a complaint of misleading deceptive conduct by Australia’s consumer watchdog, a NIRS investigation has revealed.
Why are so many First Nations kids in detention in the NT in the first place?
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Thalia Anthony, Associate Professor in Law, University of Technology Sydney
Across Australia, Indigenous children constitute at least 54% of children in juvenile detention centres. The proportion of Indigenous children in penal detention centres in the NT is higher than in any other state or territory: 97% of children in NT juvenile detention centres are Indigenous.
It’s a fallacy that all 'Australians' have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
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Clean water can help to break the link between poor hygiene and eye diseases such as trachoma.
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Nina Lansbury Hall, Cindy Shannon, Paul Jagals 11 July 2016
A search for ancestors leads to the most infamous leader of Aboriginal Massacres
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PS: The McMillan electorate was renamed in 2016
Angus McMillan, a Scottish Highlander was credited with founding Gippsland in Victoria by leading hunting parties to track down and massacre groups of First Nations people. He became a hero in Vic and NSW, and is still seen as a heroic explorer. Here is a sample of plaques, monuments and statues made in his honour.
Four ways Western Australia can improve Aboriginal heritage management
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Aboriginal heritage sites in WA are managed through different channels to non-Indigenous cultural sites, to their detriment. While non-Indigenous heritage is managed by a network of professionals across all levels of government, Aboriginal heritage is managed by a section in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.
The second dispossession of First Nations peoples in Australia
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There must be thousands of reasons why many First Nations people haven't been able to live as comfortably in a 'white mans world' or establish themselves financially as well as their non-Indigenous counterparts, here is just one of those reasons.
From invasion to resistance in Australia
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Capitalism could not flourish without crushing the resistance of people who wanted to live differently ... wage labour and the drive to accumulate capital were incompatible with Aboriginal society. That incompatibility was the basis of the genocide. Across a vast stretch of northern Australia, extending at least from Borroloola to the Kimberley, Aborigines tell the tale of a murderous white man. He stands for whites in general, and is seen as an invader. As quoted in a paper by anthropologist Deborah Bird Rose; "shooting all the people [and] getting ready for the country, trying to take it away".
First Nations rock art is at risk
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Uranium discovery threatens ancient indigenous cave art guardian.co.uk
Please note: The following is 2013 data.