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The 147 dead: terrible toll of Indigenous deaths in custody spurs calls for reform - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 7:31pm

The Guardian

The 147 dead: terrible toll of Indigenous deaths in custody spurs calls for reform
The Guardian
Aboriginal leaders have called for an immediate review of the “absolutely unacceptable” numbers of Indigenous deaths in custody and are demanding Australia develop an independent system for monitoring them as a priority. The social justice commissioner ...

Australia 'is sadly sleepwalking' towards a US-style drug crisis - The Australian

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 2:09pm

The Australian

Australia 'is sadly sleepwalking' towards a US-style drug crisis
The Australian
Australia's Annual Overdose Report 2018 pinpoints a disproportionate drug use among indigenous Australians. The report also notes drug use has climbed in rural areas compared with metropolitan Australia. It says 7088 people died of benzodiazapine ...

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Adelaide Fringe goes round the river bend with indigenous nature and cultural hub - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 10:04am

NEWS.com.au

Adelaide Fringe goes round the river bend with indigenous nature and cultural hub
NEWS.com.au
Yabarra: Gathering of Light will illuminate the river's reeds, surrounding grasslands and paths at the Karrawirra Parri river bend to bring to life native animals and share traditional stories of the Kaurna people. The free walking adventure will run ...

Indigenous prisoner restrained by 14 officers before death in custody, footage shows - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 9:40am

The Guardian

Indigenous prisoner restrained by 14 officers before death in custody, footage shows
The Guardian
Shocking footage has been played to a coronial inquest of the lead-up to the death of an Indigenous man who died after being restrained while on remand in a South Australian jail. Wayne Fella Morrison, 29, died at Royal Adelaide hospital on 26 ...

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PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia - SBS

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 7:38am

SBS

PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia
SBS
After last week's historic double spill and leadership coup, Scott Morrison is setting up office as Australia's 30th prime minister. In selecting his cabinet, the former Treasurer has chosen to keep Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion in his ...
Tony Abbott 'not retiring' and calls Peter Dutton a 'reluctant challenger'The Guardian
Tony Abbott holds out on Scott Morrison's special envoy offerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescendingThe Australian
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PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia - SBS

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 7:00am
PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous Australia  SBS

Newly sworn in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's first move on Indigenous affairs has been to offer a new special envoy role to Tony Abbott.

Radio host Alan Jones admits he called MPs before spill: 'There had to be change' - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 5:01am

NEWS.com.au

Radio host Alan Jones admits he called MPs before spill: 'There had to be change'
NEWS.com.au
It is important that change was made for Australia's sake. The writing was on the wall. It is Australia that matters here. When people can't afford electricity, for goodness sake. When people can't afford a house or job because of immigration levels ...

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Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescending - The Australian

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 4:24am

The Australian

Patrick Dodson says Tony Abbott job offer of indigenous envoy is condescending
The Australian
Mr Dodson said as prime minister Mr Abbott cut more than $500 million from the indigenous portfolio in the divisive 2014-15 budget and made “profoundly offensive comments” in 2015 when he suggested indigenous Australians were making “lifestyle ...

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Bid to improve justice for indigenous - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 3:50am

NEWS.com.au

Bid to improve justice for indigenous
NEWS.com.au
"This is the biggest investment in the agreement's history and sets out a framework for reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in Victoria's justice system," Attorney General Martin Pakula said. The investment is part of a five-year ...

Tony Abbott 'not retiring' but questions Morrison's Indigenous envoy role - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/08/27 - 1:28am

The Guardian

Tony Abbott 'not retiring' but questions Morrison's Indigenous envoy role
The Guardian
Abbott told 2GB on Monday he would “love to do a fair dinkum job” but wants to see “what this new role entails” because he did not want to “trip over the toes” of the Indigenous affairs minister. “I've been going to Indigenous Australia for years and ...
Tony Abbott holds out on Scott Morrison's special envoy offerThe Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott offered Indigenous envoy roleSBS
PoliticsNow: Dodson blasts Abbott job offer and 'offensive track record'The Australian
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Career Spotlight: Aboriginal Art Centre Manager - ArtsHub

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 11:52pm

ArtsHub

Career Spotlight: Aboriginal Art Centre Manager
ArtsHub
More recently, ArtsHub spoke with the art centre managers of Ernabella Arts – also in the APY Lands, and Australia's oldest continuously running Indigenous Art Centre – and Bula'bula Arts at Raminginging in remote Arnhem Land (NT), to find out what it ...

Tony Abbott offered Indigenous envoy role - SBS

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 8:49pm

SBS

Tony Abbott offered Indigenous envoy role
SBS
Scott Morrison has offered Tony Abbott a role as special envoy for indigenous affairs, but the former prime minister is yet to accept the appointment. The new prime minister has been in discussions with Mr Abbott after leaving him out of his new-look ...
PoliticsNow: Tony Abbott confirms he will stay in parliamentThe Australian
Dutton stays but no job for Abbott in Morrison's 'new generation' ministryThe Guardian
New Prime Minister Scott Morrison offers Tony Abbott envoy on indigenous affairs roleDaily Telegraph
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Busby Marou reach out to indigenous Far North Qld communities - The Cairns Post

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 7:02pm

The Cairns Post

Busby Marou reach out to indigenous Far North Qld communities
The Cairns Post
“We get to come to a few indigenous communities in Australia and we love it. “But what we really want is to be invited out by the locals and the elders to take us out to country because we've heard big and awesome stories.” Originally from the Torres ...

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Aussie historian says Sydney's history is far more brutal than previously thought - NEWS.com.au

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 2:39pm

NEWS.com.au

Aussie historian says Sydney's history is far more brutal than previously thought
NEWS.com.au
And, it was this tactic which resulted in the massacres of so many indigenous Australians during the early colony. “The only way to come close to Aboriginal warriors was to invent the dawn raid, which means opening fire as soon as you see them and it ...

Cabinet reshuffle: Scott Morrison's full list - The Guardian

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 8:26am

The Guardian

Cabinet reshuffle: Scott Morrison's full list
The Guardian
Karen Andrews – industry, science and technology. Paul Fletcher – families and social services. Angus Taylor – energy. Ken Wyatt – senior Australians and aged care; Indigenous health. Alan Tudge – cities, urban infrastructure and population ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals new cabinet - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 7:43am

The West Australian

Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals new cabinet
The Sydney Morning Herald
West Australian MP Melissa Price will take on Environment, as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's former role as Energy and Environment Minister is split, leaving prominent Dutton-backer Angus Taylor with the challenging Energy portfolio. Liberal senator ...
Dutton stays but no job for Abbott in Morrison's 'new generation' ministryThe Guardian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces his new ministryThe West Australian
PM Scott Morrison announces his new ministrySBS
Los Angeles Times
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Dutton stays but no job for Abbott in Morrison's 'new generation' ministry - The Guardian

Sun, 2018/08/26 - 7:25am

The West Australian

Dutton stays but no job for Abbott in Morrison's 'new generation' ministry
The Guardian
The new environment minister will be Western Australian MP Melissa Price, a former general counsel for CBH group and Crosslands Resources, owner of the Jack Hills iron ore project in WA. Morrison has welcomed Peter Dutton back into the fold, handing ...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals new cabinetThe Sydney Morning Herald
Peter Dutton loses Immigration in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's 'new generation' ministryBusiness Insider Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces his new ministryThe West Australian
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Unknown by name, but regaling in their stories, Indigenous police trackers' remarkable contribution - ABC News

Sat, 2018/08/25 - 7:15pm

ABC News

Unknown by name, but regaling in their stories, Indigenous police trackers' remarkable contribution
ABC News
In one well-known case, a tracker called Neighbour, also known as Ayaiga, was being escorted across a flooded river crossing in 1911 when Constable William Johns, an officer who later became the South Australian police commissioner, came off his horse ...

Pretty for an Aboriginal: Set it Alight - ArtsHub

Sat, 2018/08/25 - 12:31pm

ArtsHub

Pretty for an Aboriginal: Set it Alight
ArtsHub
Part podcast, part polemic, part stand-up, this conversation with Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell and very special guest Ta-Nehisi Coates burns down the structures, strictures and power brokers that have governed the entertainment industry for too long.

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Review: Speed north to Darwin to see the latest, most dynamic Indigenous art - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2018/08/24 - 1:45pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Review: Speed north to Darwin to see the latest, most dynamic Indigenous art
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aside from the NATSIAA, the museum is also playing host to Midawarr/Harvest, a collaborative exhibition between John Wolseley and Yolngu bark painter, Mulkun Wirrapanda, previously shown at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

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