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Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls - NEWS.com.au

Sun, 2017/10/08 - 12:04pm

NEWS.com.au

Indigenous star Samantha Harris lashes out at trolls
NEWS.com.au
Australia is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that?” she remarked. Harris married her long-term partner, Luke Hunt, in a secret intimate ceremony in March 2014. Harris and Hunt opted to keep the ceremony secret out of respect ...
'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trollsNorthern Star
Indigenous Model Samantha Harris Calls Out Racist Insta “Keyboard Warriors”Pedestrian TV

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'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trolls - Northern Star

Sun, 2017/10/08 - 8:03am

Northern Star

'Hurtful and racist': Aussie top model targets Instagram trolls
Northern Star
"I would love to see more diversity on the catwalks and in campaigns because Australia itself is such a multicultural country, why don't we celebrate that," Harris told AAP. "Indigenous Fashion Week happened last year,' she said in an interview with ...

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Warwick Thornton thrilled as outback western Sweet Country given standing ovation - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2017/10/08 - 7:19am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Warwick Thornton thrilled as outback western Sweet Country given standing ovation
The Sydney Morning Herald
Warm reviews called it "majestic" (Variety), "a drama of imposing breadth and emotional depth" (The Hollywood Reporter) and "a milestone for Australian Indigenous cinema" (Screen Daily). Then came more acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival ...

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Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2017/10/08 - 6:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas
The Sydney Morning Herald
At present the Territory gets five times the GST distribution that it would on the basis of population, in part because of its large Indigenous population. Western Australia gets less less than one third of what it would on the basis of population, in ...

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Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas - The Age

Sun, 2017/10/08 - 6:00am

The Age

Productivity Commission GST review tipped to move against states that won't mine gas
The Age
At present the Territory gets five times the GST distribution that it would on the basis of population, in part because of its large Indigenous population. Western Australia gets less less than one third of what it would on the basis of population, in ...

'Burrmalala': Indigenous cyclone knowledge shared in Arnhem Land film - ABC Online

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 11:08pm

ABC Online

'Burrmalala': Indigenous cyclone knowledge shared in Arnhem Land film
ABC Online
A film about Yolngu knowledge of cyclones, or Burrmalala, has been launched in Arnhem Land in preparation for the coming cyclone season. In Wata Burrmalala — Cyclone Culture, residents from Ramingining and Milingimbi communities talk about how ...

Indigenous language: One of the last songmen of Kowanyama is without an apprentice - ABC Online

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 11:06pm

ABC Online

Indigenous language: One of the last songmen of Kowanyama is without an apprentice
ABC Online
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation's Professor Tom Calma said the situation in Kowanyama was happening in many Indigenous communities. "Language is vital to be able to pass on the songlines and stories to our future generations," he said ...

NT Indigenous leaders tell Prime Minister to back off over fracking - ABC Online

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 8:52pm

ABC Online

NT Indigenous leaders tell Prime Minister to back off over fracking
ABC Online
At a rally in Elliot's main street, Indigenous residents from Elliot, Tennant Creek, Yuendumu, Katherine and Borroloola called on the Territory Government to ban fracking permanently. "Do we want to drink contaminated water? No! This will affect us ...

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Breeding ground for success - The Queensland Times

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 7:13pm

The Queensland Times

Breeding ground for success
The Queensland Times
Ron Richards was an indigenous Australian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the Queensland State (Australia) heavyweight title, Australian middleweight title, Australian heavyweight title, Australian light ...

Kathleen Noonan: Why Australia needs the taxpayer-funded ABC more than ever - Courier Mail

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 11:01am

Courier Mail

Kathleen Noonan: Why Australia needs the taxpayer-funded ABC more than ever
Courier Mail
Since when are climate change and indigenous issues fashionable causes? He wrote in The Australian back in April that “the stark reality is that today's case for taxpayer-funded media is thin and getting thinner”. I disagree. The stark reality is that ...

Indigenous anti-nuclear activist tells of her personal work with Nobel Prize-winning ICAN - ABC Online

Sat, 2017/10/07 - 7:58am

ABC Online

Indigenous anti-nuclear activist tells of her personal work with Nobel Prize-winning ICAN
ABC Online
He was 75 and had spent a lifetime raising awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons, having been blinded during British weapons testing in Maralinga in South Australia in the 1950s. "I think he'd be really pleased and very proud to know but also ...

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Westfield Matildas star joins City for W-League season - Matildas (press release)

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 10:16pm

Westfield Matildas star joins City for W-League season
Matildas (press release)
Melbourne City have pulled off a massive coup ahead of the Westfield W-League 2017/18 Season after signing Westfield Matildas forward Kyah Simon. The 26-year-old joins City on a one-year-deal and arrived in Melbourne this week to commence ...

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Series will show indigenous stars are not just footballers - The Queensland Times

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 7:11pm

The Queensland Times

Series will show indigenous stars are not just footballers
The Queensland Times
KYLE Anderson is hoping Queensland's International Pro Darts Showdown Series will show that indigenous sports stars are not just footballers or basketballers. Anderson, the first Aboriginal to hit a nine-dart finish at the PDC World Darts Championships ...

Fracking in the NT: Indigenous community 'pushed' to consider benefits because industry 'not going away' - ABC Online

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 7:09pm

ABC Online

Fracking in the NT: Indigenous community 'pushed' to consider benefits because industry 'not going away'
ABC Online
Consultants working for the Northern Territory's independent fracking inquiry have been accused of suggesting Indigenous communities exploit the opportunity and ask for benefits, because a gas-extraction industry is inevitable.

Andrew Forrest's good intentions - The Saturday Paper

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 2:56pm

The Saturday Paper

Andrew Forrest's good intentions
The Saturday Paper
If the Minderoo Foundation's website is to be believed, the billionaire is on the way to ending “the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians”, world slavery and cancer. He resembles his fellow Australian mining magnates less than he ...

Social justice trailblazer laid to rest - Townsville Bulletin

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 2:04pm

Townsville Bulletin

Social justice trailblazer laid to rest
Townsville Bulletin
Following her death, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said Dr Scott contributed immeasurably to reconciliation in Australia. Dr Scott is the first indigenous woman to receive a Queensland state funeral. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk paid ...

Concerned indigenous groups have raised the possibility of lodging an injunction against plans to flare gas at Leigh ... - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 1:30pm

NEWS.com.au

Concerned indigenous groups have raised the possibility of lodging an injunction against plans to flare gas at Leigh ...
NEWS.com.au
“It is banned overseas and across Australia, so why should it be introduced near Copley, as if Copley doesn't matter?'' she said. “UCG is not negotiable, no matter what amount of money is involved. It needs to be left alone. “The dirty filthy business ...

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Journey to the heart - The Australian

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 1:04pm

The Australian

Journey to the heart
The Australian
Of Afghan, Irish, English and Aboriginal heritage, Cumpston is a widely collected landscape photographer and curator, yet she first worked professionally with images in an undeniably unglamorous setting: the South Australian policedepartment. There ...

Remembering Beersheba's heroes, the Aborigines willing to die for their country - The Australian

Fri, 2017/10/06 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Remembering Beersheba's heroes, the Aborigines willing to die for their country
The Australian
It's difficult to believe that the AIF did not know that Stacey was indigenous and the enlisting officer would certainly have known that Aboriginal Australians were not, as a rule, permitted to serve their country. Did Jack lie about his parentage, or ...

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