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Local Far North trio in hot New Zealand form - The Cairns Post

Sun, 2018/09/30 - 5:22am

The Cairns Post

Local Far North trio in hot New Zealand form
The Cairns Post
EMERGING Cairns talent Jakobe Hunter, Joel Matysek and Marshall Ware only had limited roles for the Australian indigenous basketball team but coach Joel Khalu says they completed them perfectly. The Australian squad wrapped up their fourth straight ...

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Scott Morrison defends indigenous day proposal - The Australian

Sun, 2018/09/30 - 4:02am

The Australian

Scott Morrison defends indigenous day proposal
The Australian
“I'm not saying we need another opportunity because indigenous Australians can't participate in Australia Day. Quite the contrary.” Mr Morrison said that in his own Sutherland Shire electorate of Cook, south of Sydney, a “meeting of two cultures ...
PM Morrison shifts gears on indigenous daySBS

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PM Morrison shifts gears on indigenous day - SBS

Sun, 2018/09/30 - 12:50am

SBS

PM Morrison shifts gears on indigenous day
SBS
Scott Morrison has stressed the need to reconcile the arrival of the First Fleet with the contributions of indigenous people, after reopening debate about the date of Australia Day. The prime minister ripped open a can of worms last week after ...

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Why everyday Australians should be mortified by the 'Uluru twerking' clip - NEWS.com.au

Sun, 2018/09/30 - 12:24am

NEWS.com.au

Why everyday Australians should be mortified by the 'Uluru twerking' clip
NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal people are still over-represented in our jails and under-represented in positions of power, and calls to change the date of Australia Day to a less offensive spot on the calendar are routinely howled down by calls for Aboriginal people to ...

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Min Min lights: Is there a scientific explanation for the mysterious phenomenon? - ABC Local

Sat, 2018/09/29 - 9:57pm

ABC Local

Min Min lights: Is there a scientific explanation for the mysterious phenomenon?
ABC Local
Min Min lights are a mysterious phenomenon that have spooked many people in the outback of Australia. But is there any scientific proof that Min Min lights exist? Or is it simply an Aboriginal folktale that has been passed down for generations? The ...

Remote Aboriginal community sells art, crowdfunds to have uranium-free water supply - ABC Message Stick

Sat, 2018/09/29 - 9:45pm

ABC Message Stick

Remote Aboriginal community sells art, crowdfunds to have uranium-free water supply
ABC Message Stick
A remote community in Western Australia's outback is crowdfunding and selling art to raise money to fix its water supply, which has uranium levels more than twice the national health standards. Buttah Windee is 760 kilometres north-east of Perth on the ...

Laine Anderson: We need to talk about shifting Australia Day - The Advertiser

Sat, 2018/09/29 - 9:00am

The Advertiser

Laine Anderson: We need to talk about shifting Australia Day
The Advertiser
If the majority of indigenous Australians support a national day of celebration – perhaps during NAIDOC week as suggested by Coalition frontbencher Ken Wyatt, an Aboriginal man from Western Australia – perhaps it's something we should explore. But then ...
'We want white people to stop celebrating the day they invaded us'SF Bay Area Indymedia

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Family demands police to re-examine mysterious death of Indigenous boy left on NSW train tracks - ABC Local

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 11:05pm

ABC Local

Family demands police to re-examine mysterious death of Indigenous boy left on NSW train tracks
ABC Local
Professor Anthony has called on police to change their policies to ensure all mysterious deaths involving Indigenous Australians are thoroughly investigated. "I think the police need to have a proper disciplinary system where there are ramifications ...

Telstra debts in the hundreds of thousands accrued by just 74 remote users - ABC Local

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 10:18pm

ABC Local

Telstra debts in the hundreds of thousands accrued by just 74 remote users
ABC Local
Indigenous Australians in some of the nation's most remote communities are being handed exorbitant Telstra phone bills, with data suggesting more than $360,000 of debt has been accrued across just 74 cases in three states. Tiwi Islands woman Anne Marie ...

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Goodbye, Milne: let's get on with it, ABC - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 2:05pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Goodbye, Milne: let's get on with it, ABC
The Sydney Morning Herald
Instead of celebrating the Indigenous culture of our own country we fear it and shut it down, but when others show pride in their indigenous culture we applaud them. One fine day we will be as proud of Indigenous Australia as New Zealanders are of ...

Transport for Canberra brings more congestion and pollution - The Canberra Times

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 2:00pm

The Canberra Times

Transport for Canberra brings more congestion and pollution
The Canberra Times
I applaud the suggestion that Australia should have a public holiday to celebrate Indigenous Australia (''Warning to PM any new national holiday will carry $3b price tag'', September 26, p3) and have a solution for those warning about the cost of the ...

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Collingwood AFL finals star Mason Cox from Texas tells of love of Aussie outback and Aboriginal kids - Herald Sun

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 12:00pm

Herald Sun

Collingwood AFL finals star Mason Cox from Texas tells of love of Aussie outback and Aboriginal kids
Herald Sun
As an American in Australia, he had not expected to see the substandard living conditions of many Aboriginal people, or to learn of the existence of child neglect and abuse in Tennant Creek, Cox said. It was shocking to hear, just days after the ...

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'Australia Day is always going to be important' Warren Mundine says - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 11:23am

The Sydney Morning Herald

'Australia Day is always going to be important' Warren Mundine says
The Sydney Morning Herald
There are more pressing issues for Aboriginal people than changing the date of Australia Day, Indigenous leader Warren Mundine says. Mr Mundine, who has previously voiced his support for changing the date from January 26 but also called for a stop to ...

Banking royal commission key findings from Kenneth Hayne's interim report - ABC News

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 10:32am

ABC News

Banking royal commission key findings from Kenneth Hayne's interim report
ABC News
The royal commission travelled to Darwin to hear of the hurdles some Indigenous Australians are forced to jump when dealing with financial services. In the report, Commissioner Hayne said Indigenous customers in remote communities face problems with ...
LIVE Banking and finance royal commission findingsBrisbane Times
A Dummies Guide To The Banking Royal Commissionten daily
Banks inquiry to release interim reportSBS
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PM's suggestion for new day of Indigenous recognition lacks local support - Wollondilly Advertiser

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 6:39am

Wollondilly Advertiser

PM's suggestion for new day of Indigenous recognition lacks local support
Wollondilly Advertiser
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's suggestion of a new national day to recognise and celebrate Indigenous Australians has been met with a tepid response from locals. Mr Morrison raised the idea of a new Indigenous day last week, as a better alternative to ...

PM's suggestion for new day of Indigenous recognition lacks local support - Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 6:38am

Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser

PM's suggestion for new day of Indigenous recognition lacks local support
Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's suggestion of a new national day to recognise and celebrate Indigenous Australians has been met with a tepid response from locals. Mr Morrison raised the idea of a new Indigenous day last week, as a better alternative to ...

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Banking royal commission interim report released; blames greed for misconduct - ABC News

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 5:47am

Washington Post

Banking royal commission interim report released; blames greed for misconduct
ABC News
Responding to Commissioner Hayne's damning assessment of the nation's financial institutions, the Australian Banking Association's (ABA) chief executive Anna Bligh said "there is no place for greed in the Australian banking system". "Make no mistake ...
Banks inquiry to release interim reportSBS
How Misbehaving Australian Banks Are Causing Global PainWashington Post
Banking royal commission: What to expect from the Hayne interim reportThe Australian Financial Review

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CDC fails to deliver in remote Australia - Australian Ageing Agenda

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 1:46am

Australian Ageing Agenda

CDC fails to deliver in remote Australia
Australian Ageing Agenda
Consumer directed care has failed in remote regions of Australia but flexible arrangements available for indigenous communities offer a model which a researcher believes should be extended to all remote areas. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Banking royal commission: The financial sector's descent to the fourth circle of hell - ABC News

Fri, 2018/09/28 - 1:14am

ABC News

Banking royal commission: The financial sector's descent to the fourth circle of hell
ABC News
Forget purgatory, Australia's financial sector is currently rooted in the fourth circle of hell — the spot reserved for those being punished for greed and indifference to the plight of others. Australia's big banks, superannuation funds, wealth ...
LIVE Banking and finance royal commission findingsBrisbane Times

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American Mason Cox, inspired by an Irishman, rising high in Australia's indigenous game - ESPN

Thu, 2018/09/27 - 10:22pm

ESPN

American Mason Cox, inspired by an Irishman, rising high in Australia's indigenous game
ESPN
MELBOURNE - An American, inspired by an Irishman, dominating Australia's indigenous game. It sounds like the beginning - or perhaps punchline - of a longwinded joke. But Mason Cox's transformation from Australian rules football novelty act to arguably ...

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