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SACE 2017: Meet the top performing South Australian Year 12 students - The Advertiser

Fri, 2018/01/05 - 4:19am

The Advertiser

SACE 2017: Meet the top performing South Australian Year 12 students
The Advertiser
The Medindie resident received two SACE Governor of South Australia Commendations including the Aboriginal Student Excellence award. A prefect, Laura had roles on a range of school committees ranging from library and careers groups to school events and ...

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Indigenous leader Jacinta Price couldn't care less about changing the date - 4BC

Fri, 2018/01/05 - 3:34am

4BC

Indigenous leader Jacinta Price couldn't care less about changing the date
4BC
Following the launch of Mark Latham's new campaign save to Australia Day, Jacinta Price says it's a choice to feel offended and Australia Day shouldn't be moved. Chris Kenny speaks with the indigenous leader from Alice Springs as she weighs in on the ...
Mark Latham launches New Australia Day date campaignDaily Telegraph
'There was no invasion': Mark Latham mounts campaign to 'save the date' and enlists Aborigines who want to celebrate ...Daily Mail
Mark Latham encourages Aussies to save Australia Day with new campaignStarts at 60

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Mark Latham launches New Australia Day date campaign - Courier Mail

Fri, 2018/01/05 - 2:23am

Courier Mail

Mark Latham launches New Australia Day date campaign
Courier Mail
Part of Mark Latham's new Australia Day TV ad, which shows a handmade Australia Day card being put in a paper shredder. Picture: Supplied. Ms Price appears and then says: “Australia Day is under serious threat. How sad is that? Save Australia Day. It ...

Mark Latham launches New Australia Day date campaign - Daily Telegraph

Fri, 2018/01/05 - 2:22am

Daily Telegraph

Mark Latham launches New Australia Day date campaign
Daily Telegraph
Ms Price appears and then says: “Australia Day is under serious threat. How sad is that? Save Australia Day. It will be a sad day if we lose it.” Mr Latham is also asking for donations to help fund the campaign. Mr Latham's new push for January 26 ...
Australia Day under threat | Latham says 'there was no invasion'4BC
'There was no invasion': Mark Latham mounts campaign to 'save the date' and enlists Aborigines who want to celebrate ...Daily Mail
Mark Latham encourages Aussies to save Australia Day with new campaignStarts at 60

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Just who do everyday Australians think they are? - Daily Telegraph

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 11:22pm

Daily Telegraph

Just who do everyday Australians think they are?
Daily Telegraph
This shame doesn't, as you might expect, actually translate into extending assistance to indigenous Australians — it's just an expression of the values of the global elite whose ties to a national identity have weakened. This elite accepts that ...

Australia Day under threat | Latham says 'there was no invasion' - 4BC

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 10:35pm

4BC

Australia Day under threat | Latham says 'there was no invasion'
4BC
With Christmas and New Year out of the way, the next big celebration is Australia Day, but the public holiday is coming under threat. Mark Latham has launched an ad campaign with Alice Springs Indigenous Counsellor Jacinta Price, which aims to 'save ...

Transforming the Parramatta Female Factory institutional precinct into a site of conscience - The Conversation AU

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 8:32pm

The Conversation AU

Transforming the Parramatta Female Factory institutional precinct into a site of conscience
The Conversation AU
The adjacent Roman Catholic orphanage site, founded in 1844, became Parramatta Girls Industrial School in 1887, and operated as Norma Parker Women's Detention Centre until 2010. An estimated 30,000 women and children passed through the portals of the ...

Sport bringing Australian and African communities together in challenging times - ABC Online

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 7:09pm

ABC Online

Sport bringing Australian and African communities together in challenging times
ABC Online
You reflexively gag at the thought of another themed round where a major sports organisation extols the virtues of Indigenous or women's rights in order to justify lavish government funding or sponsorship. You cringe at the sight of a young footballer ...

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Politician's outback adventure - The Australian

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 1:00pm

Politician's outback adventure
The Australian
Mr Laming said he travelled with his family to Kununurra for NAIDOC Week, when they met indigenous leaders and visited an arts centre and school. The accommodation costs claimed by Mr Laming are yet to be declared publicly. It is admirable that Mr ...

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Patty Mills wearing Under Armour Mabo Day kicks to educate people - ESPN

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 2:05am

ESPN

Patty Mills wearing Under Armour Mabo Day kicks to educate people
ESPN
Ever since he entered the NBA in 2009, Patty Mills has used the platform that professional basketball has afforded him to spread the culture and traditions of Indigenous Australians. From teammates, to members of the Spurs organization, to even the ...

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Snapshot of Australian wellbeing - Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)

Thu, 2018/01/04 - 1:33am

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)

Snapshot of Australian wellbeing
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
5. The proportion of Indigenous people aged 20–24 who had attained Year 12 or an equivalent level of education rose significantly from 45% in 2008 to 62% in 2014–15. 6. In 2017, an estimated 3.8 million Australians (15% of the population) are aged 65 ...

Why there is no 'New Year': The seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia - SBS

Wed, 2018/01/03 - 10:49pm

SBS

Why there is no 'New Year': The seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia
SBS
The key to understanding this temporal reality is the shape of the stone calendar. It is round, not a continuum. There is no beginning or end, and as such, there is no “New Year”. Seasons do not serve as a basis for linear metaphors of new life in ...

How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers - Brisbane Times

Wed, 2018/01/03 - 10:00pm

Brisbane Times

How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers
Brisbane Times
Four white promoters pooled their resources, assembled an Aboriginal team and decided to take them to England. It was a business speculation, just like the first white Australian cricket tour of England 10 years later. The difference was that the 1878 ...

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Taxpayer picks up Liberal Andrew Laming's $13000 travel bill - The Australian

Wed, 2018/01/03 - 1:00pm

The Australian

Taxpayer picks up Liberal Andrew Laming's $13000 travel bill
The Australian
Mr Laming said he tried to spend a week in an indigenous community each year — with visits to Cape York and Ramingining over the last three years — and his family usually accompanied him. Since July 2014 Mr Laming has claimed $48,884.78 for family ...

The battle of ideas is being lost in our classrooms - The Australian

Wed, 2018/01/03 - 1:00pm

The battle of ideas is being lost in our classrooms
The Australian
At Year 10 the results of the survey are similar, with 94 per cent supporting the “cultural traditions and languages of indigenous Australians”, 88 per cent that “Australia has a responsibility to improve the quality of life of indigenous Australians ...

John Batman descendant given honorary name Kuboroo by Aboriginal elder in spirit of reconciliation - Herald Sun

Wed, 2018/01/03 - 6:43am

Herald Sun

John Batman descendant given honorary name Kuboroo by Aboriginal elder in spirit of reconciliation
Herald Sun
Murrundindi, who is the sanctuary's indigenous cultural adviser, is upset with the move by Darebin Council to rename Northcote's Batman Park after his late mother Gumbri. “Me and my brothers were not consulted about this — politics, power and money ...

Sydney Festival exhibitions at UNSW Galleries highlights plight of displaced people - UNSW Newsroom

Tue, 2018/01/02 - 11:37pm

UNSW Newsroom

Sydney Festival exhibitions at UNSW Galleries highlights plight of displaced people
UNSW Newsroom
His work has little details of western life that allows us to recognise aspects of our own existence within an alien existence," Fenner said. Closer to home, local artist Raphaela Rosella documents social stories, such as the lives of young mothers in ...

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Ice sneaks under indigenous radar - Riverine Herald

Tue, 2018/01/02 - 11:19pm

Riverine Herald

Ice sneaks under indigenous radar
Riverine Herald
Mr Calleja was responding to Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council chief executive Scott Wilson's comments that the ice problem is significantly bigger than the community realises and is tearing many indigenous communities apart. Mr Wilson also said in ...

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Ice sneaks under indigenous radar - Riverine Herald

Tue, 2018/01/02 - 11:19pm

Riverine Herald

Ice sneaks under indigenous radar
Riverine Herald
Mr Calleja was responding to Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council chief executive Scott Wilson's comments that the ice problem is significantly bigger than the community realises and is tearing many indigenous communities apart. Mr Wilson also said in ...

Living and loving life on a cattle station in northern Australia - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/01/02 - 9:49pm

ABC Online

Living and loving life on a cattle station in northern Australia
ABC Online
The young cattlewoman juggles station life with motherhood and her other passion — working as an Indigenous alcohol and drug worker for Kimberley Mental Health. Ms Gordon said she wanted Lamboo to become a place of hope for young people in Halls Creek ...

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