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Coalition backs Pauline Hanson's 'It's OK to be white' motion - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 10:31am

The Guardian

Coalition backs Pauline Hanson's 'It's OK to be white' motion
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Hanson, best known for her views against various minority groups over time including indigenous Australians, Asians and most recently Muslims, put forward the motion to the Senate on Monday. The motion proposed that the Senate acknowledge “the ...
'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism'The Guardian
Australian senate narrowly votes down motion declaring 'It's OK to be white'The Hill
Australian ministers under fire for backing 'okay to be white' voteThe Daily Star

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'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism' - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 7:31am

The Guardian

'OK to be white': Australian government senators condemn 'anti-white racism'
The Guardian
Di Natale argued that the “privileged white Anglo community” occupies positions of power – including in the Senate – while Aboriginal Australians are “more likely to die younger, to be locked up” and African people are “more likely to experience racism”.

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Royal Tour of Australia: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's full itinerary - Techly

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 7:01am

Techly

Royal Tour of Australia: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's full itinerary
Techly
This is the couple's last day in Australia (for this leg of the trip) before they fly off to the South Pacific. They will spend the day on Fraser Island, off the coast of Queensland, meeting with and learning from local Indigenous elders about the ...
Everything you need to know about Meghan and Harry's 2018 Australian tripNEWS.com.au
Why Meghan and Harry's Australia visit is causing controversyAsian Correspondent
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce She's PregnantNew York Times
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Australia is still dealing with the legacy of the UK's nuclear bomb tests, 65 years on - 9news.com.au

Mon, 2018/10/15 - 4:53am

9news.com.au

Australia is still dealing with the legacy of the UK's nuclear bomb tests, 65 years on
9news.com.au
A tiny speck in the vast South Australian outback, the area around Walatinna was regarded as "depressingly inhospitable to Europeans" by early colonizers, few of whom settled there. But Indigenous people had a long history in the region, including ...

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Deadly Queens - ABC News

Sun, 2018/10/14 - 7:30pm

ABC News

Deadly Queens
ABC News
Seven performers have arrived in the city to compete in Miss First Nation, a week-long pageant described by one contestant as Miss Universe for Indigenous drag queens. Most have crowdfunded their way there. They will pose, model, lip sync and vogue.

'Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2018/10/14 - 1:00pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

'Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV
The Sydney Morning Herald
In the 1980s, she co-founded two organisations that helped launch Indigenous film and television in this country, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and Imparja Television. Launched to distribute audio cassettes of Indigenous ...

After the Apology is must-see TV – and an urgent jolt to consciousness - The Guardian

Sat, 2018/10/13 - 7:00pm

The Guardian

After the Apology is must-see TV – and an urgent jolt to consciousness
The Guardian
On 13 February 2008, Australia's prime minister Kevin Rudd issued a national apology to the stolen generations of Indigenous Australians who suffered forced removals from their families, as part of racist commonwealth, state and territory laws and ...

How remote education is coping after a decade of political instability - ABC Local

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 9:50pm

ABC Local

How remote education is coping after a decade of political instability
ABC Local
As the head of the school for Indigenous Australian studies at Charles Sturt University, Jay Phillips has seen policies come and go with governments of the day. She said political instability had seen successive governments caught in a bureaucratic ...

Morrison government to push ahead with changes to indigenous remote work for the dole scheme - The Australian

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 11:35am

The Australian

Morrison government to push ahead with changes to indigenous remote work for the dole scheme
The Australian
... Government will push ahead with controversial changes to the indigenous remote work for the dole scheme despite extensive evidence given to a senate committee that they are punitive and unfairly target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Remote work-for-the-dole changes to go ahead despite strong oppositionThe Guardian

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Discrimination and depression among major concerns for young First Nations people - ABC Local

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 8:19am

ABC Local

Discrimination and depression among major concerns for young First Nations people
ABC Local
The organisation compared the experiences of 1,265 First Nations young people with more than 20,000 young people in the survey of their experiences and aspirations. "It takes non-Indigenous Australia to read a report to sit up and have a look at the ...

Remote work-for-the-dole changes to go ahead despite strong opposition - The Guardian

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 8:00am

The Guardian

Remote work-for-the-dole changes to go ahead despite strong opposition
The Guardian
There are about 35,000 CDP participants in Australia, and 83% are Indigenous. As a condition of income support, remote area participants must engage in up to 25 hours of work for the dole, five days a week. Submissions to the inquiry claimed the system ...

Indigenous ranger attacked and taken by crocodile in Northern Territory - The Guardian

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 6:54am

The Guardian

Indigenous ranger attacked and taken by crocodile in Northern Territory
The Guardian
A woman has been attacked and taken by a saltwater crocodile in remote Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The Indigenous ranger was taken by the crocodile about 206km south west of Yirrkala about 10am on Friday. Police were on their way to the ...
Police recover body of Aboriginal ranger taken by crocodile in Arnhem Land communityABC News
Female Aboriginal Ranger's body recovered after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in East Arnhem LandNT News
Wildlife ranger taken by crocodile in northern AustraliaABC News
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Indigenous business is a vital part of Australia's economy – so how can you help? - The Guardian

Fri, 2018/10/12 - 4:13am

The Guardian

Indigenous business is a vital part of Australia's economy – so how can you help?
The Guardian
In Queensland there is also the Townsville Region Indigenous Business Network (TRIBN) and Cairns Indigenous Region Network. These organisations are membership bodies open to Indigenous people in business. The First Australian Chamber of ...

Millennial Aboriginal Australians Have Developed Their Own Language - Atlas Obscura

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 10:43pm

Atlas Obscura

Millennial Aboriginal Australians Have Developed Their Own Language
Atlas Obscura
Down under, in the remote village of Lajamanu located in Australia's Northern Territory, recent generations of Indigenous Australian Warlpiri people have created a language much less ubiquitous. Light Warlpiri, a mixed language no more than 40 years ...

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Work for the dole an 'intergenerational time bomb' for Indigenous communities - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 7:00pm

The Guardian

Work for the dole an 'intergenerational time bomb' for Indigenous communities
The Guardian
Researchers have warned of an “intergenerational time bomb” in remote Indigenous communities, after finding that almost 6,000 mostly young people have disappeared from the remote work-for-the-dole scheme, and may be receiving no income support at ...

30 years on the Aboriginal Memorial as powerful as ever - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 1:00pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

30 years on the Aboriginal Memorial as powerful as ever
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Aboriginal Memorial is a collection of 200 hollow log coffins, each representing both a year of settlement, and the indigenous people who have died fighting for their country, in a dedicated gallery off the foyer of the National Gallery of Australia.

Kiwis or Poms: Wallabies hint at Indigenous jersey outing - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 9:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kiwis or Poms: Wallabies hint at Indigenous jersey outing
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wallabies fans will have been disappointed not to see the team in the Indigenous jersey in a Test on home soil this year, but Michael Cheika has dropped the biggest hint yet of where the hugely popular strip will pop up next. The Australian coach was ...

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Indigenous Community Coordinator (Identified) - Murgon State High School - EducationHQ Australia

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 5:11am

Indigenous Community Coordinator (Identified) - Murgon State High School
EducationHQ Australia
As the Indigenous Community Coordinator you will work with the Principal to liaise with students, families and the community to develop and introduce strategies in the context of school based management, to achieve and promote Aboriginal and Torres ...

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'What does truth look like in this country?': Truth-telling takes shape - SBS

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 4:37am

SBS

'What does truth look like in this country?': Truth-telling takes shape
SBS
Speakers at the event included former social justice commissioner Tom Calma; Indigenous mental health expert Helen Milroy; and Marie Wilson, the head of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Karen Mundine, the CEO of Reconciliation Australia ...

Cultural awareness and reflection through food - Marketing magazine Australia

Thu, 2018/10/11 - 3:02am

Marketing magazine Australia

Cultural awareness and reflection through food
Marketing magazine Australia
Adam Joseph explores Aboriginal food tourism, and how it exemplifies the opportunities for Indigenous Australians in the tourism industry to provide authentic, rewarding experience for tourists, while fostering cultural awareness and upholding ...

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