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How to fix the flaw at the heart of Australian politics - The Sydney Morning Herald

Wed, 2018/08/22 - 12:46am

The Sydney Morning Herald

How to fix the flaw at the heart of Australian politics
The Sydney Morning Herald
In 1967 we amended the constitution to grant full and proper rights and recognition to Australia's Indigenous population. Racked as our current system is by instability, to the detriment of good government, we should be prepared today to make similarly ...

How to fix the flaw at the heart of Australian politics - The Canberra Times

Wed, 2018/08/22 - 12:45am

The Canberra Times

How to fix the flaw at the heart of Australian politics
The Canberra Times
In 1967 we amended the constitution to grant full and proper rights and recognition to Australia's Indigenous population. Racked as our current system is by instability, to the detriment of good government, we should be prepared today to make similarly ...

New evidence shows Aboriginal Australians brewed alcohol before European settlement - InDaily

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 11:51pm

InDaily

New evidence shows Aboriginal Australians brewed alcohol before European settlement
InDaily
For example, social anthropologist Maggie Brady's 2008 and 2014 work pulls together early European accounts of some Aboriginal practices. They involved the collection and production of sugar-rich solutions and extracts followed by an “incubation” to ...

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Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 6:00pm

The Guardian

Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform
The Guardian
... and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioners have announced a plan for constitutional reform within five years, saying it's time to stop “endlessly discussing” and commit to “action that would allow Indigenous ...
MPs told to get the job done on indigenous recognitionThe Australian
Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental HealthQNews
My Health Record, Indigenous people encouraged to opt inKatherine Times

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Mind your own business, Aboriginal lands chief tells Ombusman - The Australian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 2:05pm

The Australian

Mind your own business, Aboriginal lands chief tells Ombusman
The Australian
In an unprecedented legal case with implications for indigenous land councils across the country, the general manager of South Australia's remote Aboriginal region is embroiled in a Supreme Court challenge over the authority of the state's Ombudsman.

Gap disability data available 'on a plate' - The Australian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 2:04pm

The Australian

Gap disability data available 'on a plate'
The Australian
The report, titled Culture is Inclusion, documented what he called “intersectional discrimination”, with disabled indigenous Australians facing inequality not just in the provision of disability services but also in areas such as health, education ...

MPs told to get the job done on indigenous recognition - The Australian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 2:03pm

The Australian

MPs told to get the job done on indigenous recognition
The Australian
There should also be indigenous citizen participation in Senate estimates processes to achieve greater accountability of government for services to indigenous Australians, a written submission to a parliamentary committee considering the matter suggests.
Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental HealthQNews
My Health Record, Indigenous people encouraged to opt inKatherine Times

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Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 7:00am
Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform  The Guardian

Five commissioners say it's time to stop 'endlessly discussing' the status of First Peoples in modern Australia.

Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 7:00am
Indigenous commissioners past and present push urgent constitutional reform  The Guardian

Five commissioners say it's time to stop 'endlessly discussing' the status of First Peoples in modern Australia.

Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia - Travel Weekly

Tue, 2018/08/21 - 2:41am

Travel Weekly

Two Indigenous Landmarks Considered For Seven Wonders Of Australia
Travel Weekly
Ikara (Wilpena Pound) and Kati Thanda Lake Eyre – two of Australia's iconic indigenous locations – are under consideration for selection in the Seven Wonders of the World campaign currently being run by online travel company – Experience Oz. Six South ...

Mount Druitt's 'Home and Away': new soap opera showcases the 'real' Australia - ABC News

Mon, 2018/08/20 - 8:27pm

ABC News

Mount Druitt's 'Home and Away': new soap opera showcases the 'real' Australia
ABC News
The pilot episode of a new soap opera produced by an Indigenous artist and performed by a western Sydney Liberian comedy group, aims to show audiences that there is more to Australia than Summer Bay. Where is Home? premiered at the live event Druitt ...

The dental divide – and the decay of public dental services - ABC News

Mon, 2018/08/20 - 7:01pm

ABC News

The dental divide – and the decay of public dental services
ABC News
About one in five Australians do not get the recommended level of oral health care. The picture is worse for Indigenous Australians, especially in remote communities where sugar-laden processed foods are ubiquitous but dental services are scarce.

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Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health - QNews

Mon, 2018/08/20 - 9:15am

QNews

Major Grant To Fund Research Into Indigenous LGBTIQ Mental Health
QNews
In July, research published in the Medical Journal of Australia showed a 33 per cent rise in rates of new HIV transmissions among Indigenous Australians, which experts said could jeopardise Australia's goal of ending HIV by 2020 if left unaddressed.

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2018/08/20 - 6:36am

The Conversation AU

Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history
The Conversation AU
There is no doubt that Europeans brought a culture of brewing and consuming alcohol during their early migration and colonisation of Australia. But there is also evidence that Aboriginal people were already aware of fermentation processes to make ...

Where to for an Australian republic? - The Mandarin

Mon, 2018/08/20 - 2:51am

The Mandarin

Where to for an Australian republic?
The Mandarin
No republic in the 1990s and, still today, no proper recognition of Indigenous Australia in the Constitution. It's not as if reforms haven't been made courtesy of some of our legislatures and the High Court; they have, but their incorporation into the ...
Labor plans a constitutional renovation: republic and recognitionThe Australian Financial Review

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New Zealand Maori side to face Indigenous All Stars in 2019 - NRL.COM

Sun, 2018/08/19 - 7:04pm

NRL.COM

New Zealand Maori side to face Indigenous All Stars in 2019
NRL.COM
An All-Star New Zealand Maori team will square off against the Australian Indigenous All Stars in a mens and womens double-header in Melbourne next February to open the 2019 NRL season. The NRL has revamped the All Stars concept after a one-year ...
Māori teams to face Australian Indigenous rivals in new NRL season curtainraiserIndependent Community Newspaper
Stars may align for NRL All Stars conceptSports News
Māori All Stars side to face their Indigenous counterparts to kick off 2019 NRL seasonTVNZ
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Remains of more than 60 Aboriginal people reburied after Kimberley floods - The Guardian

Sun, 2018/08/19 - 6:00pm

The Guardian

Remains of more than 60 Aboriginal people reburied after Kimberley floods
The Guardian
The remains of more than 60 Aboriginal people have finally been reburied, after floods in 2017 destroyed the Fitzroy Crossing cemetery in Western Australia's Kimberley region, leaving human bones and body bags exposed. The remains of many European ...

'I saw the shark's head behind Cooper': How two boys saved their mate - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2018/08/19 - 2:05pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

'I saw the shark's head behind Cooper': How two boys saved their mate
The Sydney Morning Herald
They are among 62 presentations in the Australian Bravery Awards announced today by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove. .... The gold lettered inscription states 'In memory of Yarri, hero of Gundagai' an Aboriginal man who rescued 49 people'.

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