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A record $340 million lost to fraud in Australia, says latest ACCC report - The Conversation AU

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 5:40am

The Conversation AU

A record $340 million lost to fraud in Australia, says latest ACCC report
The Conversation AU
The report also details that A$1.6 million was lost by Indigenous Australians, representing a 12% increase from 2016. It is important to note that not all victims are individuals. Businesses were also targeted in scams, with A$22.1 million losses ...

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Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award - PerthNow

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 5:21am

PerthNow

Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
PerthNow
Goolagong Cawley was part of three of Australia's Fed Cup-winning teams in '71, '73 and '74. After retiring in 1983 with 92 singles titles, Goolagong Cawley began to learn more about her Aboriginal heritage and, having spent time living in Florida ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeMackay Daily Mercury

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Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award - Herald Sun

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 5:16am

Herald Sun

Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
Herald Sun
The program gives more indigenous children access to tennis through its 'come and try' days which run throughout Australia and provide a route for the best to attend state development camps. ITF President David Haggerty said: “The ITF is delighted to ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeSunshine Coast Daily

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Academies unveiled in Bundaberg - News Mail

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 4:14am

News Mail

Academies unveiled in Bundaberg
News Mail
STATE Member for Bundaberg David Batt will be unveiling the plaques at all three Girls Academy launches in Bundaberg this week. The Girls Academy program, an initiative of Role Models and Leaders Australia, is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Nakkiah Lui unleashes vigilante Aboriginal superhero 'Blackie Blackie Brown' in her new comedy - ABC Online

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 2:18am

ABC Online

Nakkiah Lui unleashes vigilante Aboriginal superhero 'Blackie Blackie Brown' in her new comedy
ABC Online
Lui's comedy is the origin story of Blackie (played by Megan Wilding), an Aboriginal Australian superhero with a mission: to kill all the living descendants of the four white men who massacred her great-great grandmother's people. This synopsis alone ...

The People & Culture Podcast: in conversation with Peter McIntyre, CEO Engineers Australia - The Mandarin

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 1:35am

The Mandarin

The People & Culture Podcast: in conversation with Peter McIntyre, CEO Engineers Australia
The Mandarin
We also discuss Indigenous Australian participation in the profession and some of the oldest engineering in the world – complex fish and eel traps in Victoria. Peter also explains how the profession has had to adapt and move much closer to the ...

15 years of Vice in Australia - AdNews

Wed, 2018/05/23 - 1:23am

AdNews

15 years of Vice in Australia
AdNews
The first local documentary for Vice Australia, which Slonim said put Vice on the map over here, was its film on underground kingpin Mark Chopper Read in 2007. Since then, Vice has set itself apart from the pack with documentaries on indigenous ...

Royal wedding: Meghan Markle's race is not a question worth debating - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/05/22 - 3:05am

ABC Online

Royal wedding: Meghan Markle's race is not a question worth debating
ABC Online
The Australian Law Reform Commission lists historically more than 60 different definitions of who was considered as Indigenous. Today, I am asked to tick a box on the census form identifying whether I am Aboriginal. It is an entirely invented category ...

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WA Is Finally Taking Steps To Help Prevent Indigenous Deaths In Custody - Junkee

Tue, 2018/05/22 - 2:21am

Junkee

WA Is Finally Taking Steps To Help Prevent Indigenous Deaths In Custody
Junkee
After years of pressure and campaigning, Western Australia is finally getting a custody notification service to help prevent Indigenous deaths in police custody. Under the new system, which will be up and running before the end of the year, WA police ...

Puma Celebrates Indigenous Culture With New Range - Men's Health

Tue, 2018/05/22 - 2:04am

Men's Health

Puma Celebrates Indigenous Culture With New Range
Men's Health
“The history and importance of the Indigenous culture is something that we at PUMA are honoured to be able to recognise and celebrate with this collection,” says PUMA Oceania General Manger, Pancho Gutstein. “Being able to support such a talented ...

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Do Indigenous cultural landscapes matter? - Architecture AU

Tue, 2018/05/22 - 12:37am

Architecture AU

Do Indigenous cultural landscapes matter?
Architecture AU
Australians and visitors are exposed to Indigenous place attachments through Indigenous settlements, everyday encounters and highly stylized cultural presentations in tourism and community facilities. The Gold Coast conurbation forms a part of what was ...

How Australia celebrated the bicentenary in 1988 - Herald Sun

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 9:30pm

Herald Sun

How Australia celebrated the bicentenary in 1988
Herald Sun
At the same time, an estimated 40,000 people marched through the streets of Sydney, with protests in other cities, demanding land rights for Aboriginal people. The Uniting Church urged Australians to boycott bicentennial events unless indigenous rights ...

Queensland Government launches lawsuit against Kingvale Station owners over Cape York land clearing - ABC Online

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 8:51pm

ABC Online

Queensland Government launches lawsuit against Kingvale Station owners over Cape York land clearing
ABC Online
The Queensland Government has launched legal action against the owner of a Cape York cattle station at the centre of a land-clearing controversy for allegedly breaching an obligation to care for Indigenous heritage. The owner of Kingvale Station on the ...

Indigenous Greens MP Lidia Thorpe says she may oppose treaty legislation - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 6:00pm

The Guardian

Indigenous Greens MP Lidia Thorpe says she may oppose treaty legislation
The Guardian
she told Guardian Australia. “We are a patient people, it's taken us 200 years to get this far.” The legislation, titled the Advancing the treaty process with Aboriginal Victorians bill 2018, sets out the process for establishing an Aboriginal ...

Research reveals boat journey of the first Australians - The Australian

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 2:17pm

Research reveals boat journey of the first Australians
The Australian
Scientists from the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA in South Australia contributed genetic modelling from mitochondrial DNA from living indigenous Australian lineages to show that the original gene pool came from a founding population of up to 200 ...

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Cheesemaker ups the anty and US says yes - The Australian

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 2:12pm

The Australian

Cheesemaker ups the anty and US says yes
The Australian
Weaver ants — a traditional indigenous foodstuff in far north Australia — may not be the next sheep's back for our nation but, for Lloyd and her company Woodside Cheesewrights, they have proven the catalyst for a whole new business exporting cheese ...

Indigenous guernsey unveiled - Carlton Football Club

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 9:50am

Carlton Football Club

Indigenous guernsey unveiled
Carlton Football Club
“The canoe tree is an important symbol for Aboriginal groups. It was used for transport, hunting and trade and provided many resources for Indigenous Australians, including the boomerang, which also features in the monogram,” Young said. “Each winding ...

Clay Stories brings Indigenous arts communities vividly to life - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 4:01am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Clay Stories brings Indigenous arts communities vividly to life
The Sydney Morning Herald
Clay Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Ceramics from Remote Australia. Various artists. Strathnairn Arts. Until July 1. We are indeed privileged in Canberra at the present time to be able to enjoy two exhibitions by Indigenous artists. At Craft ACT ...

Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull's bid to reboot Indigenous policy - Gippsland Times

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 3:20am

Gippsland Times

Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull's bid to reboot Indigenous policy
Gippsland Times
The Turnbull Government has moved to transform its relationship with Indigenous Australia by announcing a new advisory group that includes Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra. In a bid to rebuild trust, the Prime Minister has opted for a two-stage process ...

Aboriginal astronomy can teach us about the link between sky and land - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/05/21 - 3:03am

The Guardian

Aboriginal astronomy can teach us about the link between sky and land
The Guardian
If you've had any form of state education in Australia, I'm sure you must have heard an Indigenous dreamtime story at least once in your life. Maybe it was Tiddalick the Frog, or maybe even the Rainbow Serpent. These stories you may have heard as a ...
Crime rates drop but Indigenous people being jailed more than everRed Flag

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