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No DNA test exists for Aboriginality: Scientists - SBS

Sat, 2019/03/16 - 12:45am
No DNA test exists for Aboriginality: Scientists  SBS

Scientists say there is no valid DNA test for Aboriginal ancestry after far-right One Nation announce controversial policy in campaign for upcoming elections.

Aboriginal supermodel unveiled as face of Aussie tourism campaign - Lonely Planet Travel News

Sat, 2019/03/16 - 12:12am
Aboriginal supermodel unveiled as face of Aussie tourism campaign  Lonely Planet Travel News

It's the first time an Australian tourism campaign has starred an Aboriginal person since Ernie Dingo featured in the See Australia campaign in 2001.

Dance Massive: Le Dernier Appel/The Last Cry - Witness

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 11:43pm
Dance Massive: Le Dernier Appel/The Last Cry  Witness

'This most recent work from Marrugeku cements its place as one of Australia's most exciting dance companies': Alison Croggon on Le Dernier Appel/The Last ...

Mark Latham got what he wanted out of his absurd proposal to DNA test Aboriginal people - The Guardian

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 11:32pm
Mark Latham got what he wanted out of his absurd proposal to DNA test Aboriginal people  The Guardian

It's difficult to discern the extent this week's policy proposal from Pauline Hanson's One Nation regarding DNA tests for Aboriginality is a genuinely held belief or ...

In Australia, Anti-Immigrant Racism Is Everywhere - Slate

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 11:25pm
In Australia, Anti-Immigrant Racism Is Everywhere  Slate

Words from a vile manifesto, written by an Australian, have been floating around the internet following the New Zealand terrorist attack that saw 49 people killed ...

In Australia, Anti-Immigrant Racism Is Everywhere - Slate Magazine

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 11:25pm
In Australia, Anti-Immigrant Racism Is Everywhere  Slate Magazine

Words from a vile manifesto, written by an Australian, have been floating around the internet following the New Zealand terrorist attack that saw 49 people killed ...

It’s time for Australia and New Zealand to confront their white nationalist histories - The Washington Post

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 11:08pm
It’s time for Australia and New Zealand to confront their white nationalist histories  The Washington Post

David C. Atkinson is an associate professor of history at Purdue University. On Friday, terrorist attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, left 49 ...

Why New Zealand mosque suspect represents 'social movement' - PBS NewsHour

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 10:50pm
Why New Zealand mosque suspect represents 'social movement'  PBS NewsHour

Deadly terror attacks in New Zealand Friday caused global shock, but the extreme anti-immigrant, white supremacist ideology of the suspected Australian ...

Indigenous social housing residents vow to fight as homes sold from under them - The Guardian

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 10:50pm
Indigenous social housing residents vow to fight as homes sold from under them  The Guardian

Up to 100 Aboriginal residents in Toowoomba could be left without adequate housing in the coming months after a private company recently defaulted on ...

NSW election roundup: voters 'sick to death of governments talking about themselves' - The Guardian

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 9:22pm
NSW election roundup: voters 'sick to death of governments talking about themselves'  The Guardian

With a week to go before the NSW state election, the Coalition promises $8.4bn on health infrastructure, while Labor pledges $7.4bn for school building works.

Pessimistic response to coroner's report on youth suicide - ABC News

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 9:07pm
Pessimistic response to coroner's report on youth suicide  ABC News

Just a month after the Western Australian coroner handed down a damning report into Indigenous suicides in the Kimberley, there's already concern it will simply ...

Autumn is here and that means European wasps are out and about - ABC News

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 8:00pm
Autumn is here and that means European wasps are out and about  ABC News

This pesky insect hitched a ride to Tasmania in the 1950s and unfortunately it's here to stay, going on the move at this time each year.

How a Cold War scientist escaped a gulag to pioneer reproductive technology using sheep semen - ABC News

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 7:09pm
How a Cold War scientist escaped a gulag to pioneer reproductive technology using sheep semen  ABC News

In the 1960s, Australia's economy rode on the sheep's back. One scientist possessed a special gift: the knowledge of artificial breeding of livestock.

Close the Gap indigenous health expo at Goondiwindi hospital - Goondiwindi Argus

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 7:00pm
Close the Gap indigenous health expo at Goondiwindi hospital  Goondiwindi Argus

Goondiwindi hospital will open its doors to host a Close the Gap Day indigenous health expo on Thursday. Director of nursing, Lorraine McMurtrie, said all ...

How smart technology is helping to save a Kimberley river from devastating rubber vine - ABC News

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 7:00pm
How smart technology is helping to save a Kimberley river from devastating rubber vine  ABC News

Rubber vine chokes Australia's outback landscapes, but smart technology is helping to fight it.

Close the Gap indigenous health expo at Goondiwindi hospital - Goondiwindi Argus

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 7:00pm
Close the Gap indigenous health expo at Goondiwindi hospital  Goondiwindi Argus

Goondiwindi hospital will open its doors to host a Close the Gap Day indigenous health expo on Thursday. Director of nursing, Lorraine McMurtrie, said all ...

How Climate Change Has Influenced Travel Writing - The Atlantic

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 4:19pm
How Climate Change Has Influenced Travel Writing  The Atlantic

A new book from Barry Lopez underscores how the genre has evolved as planetary conditions have worsened.

More overweight Australians are also malnourished - PerthNow

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 1:01pm
More overweight Australians are also malnourished  PerthNow

An alarming obesity paradox has been identified — even as our waistlines expand we're missing out on vitamins and minerals vital to our health because our ...

'Shame': Indigenous, women's and children's groups barred from budget - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 1:00pm
'Shame': Indigenous, women's and children's groups barred from budget  Sydney Morning Herald

Indigenous, women's and children's advocacy and peak bodies say they have lost access to democracy after being told they won't be able to attend the federal ...

Imprint: How printmaking made art accessible - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2019/03/15 - 1:00pm
Imprint: How printmaking made art accessible  Sydney Morning Herald

A retrospective of Australian printmaking includes some of the country's best known artists.

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