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Australia Day: Port Phillip could become fourth Melbourne council to scrap celebrations - Herald Sun

Thu, 2017/09/28 - 6:34am

Herald Sun

Australia Day: Port Phillip could become fourth Melbourne council to scrap celebrations
Herald Sun
The motion, which councillors are due to vote on next Wednesday night, calls for a “formal and transparent consultation process” with local indigenous representatives about the issue. In the past two months Yarra, Darebin and Moreland councils have all ...

Council contract sets up Indigenous-owned NT business for staff expansion - Katherine Times

Thu, 2017/09/28 - 5:19am

Katherine Times

Council contract sets up Indigenous-owned NT business for staff expansion
Katherine Times
PRACTICAL APPROACH: Practical Safety Australia's Cindy Salinas and Lance Martin explain the embroidery process to Roper Gulf Regional Council Procurement Coordinator Jerry Amato on September 27 after the Indigenous-owned business won a tender ...

Indigenous photography - complex, contemporary, surprising and fresh - ArtsHub (subscription)

Thu, 2017/09/28 - 4:56am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Indigenous photography - complex, contemporary, surprising and fresh
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is currently staging the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) touring exhibition Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia. It celebrates some of the most significant work made by Indigenous photographers, video and ...

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Could karkalla become the next superfood? - InDaily

Thu, 2017/09/28 - 3:12am

InDaily

Could karkalla become the next superfood?
InDaily
Motlop told InDaily that the Indigenous-owned Something Wild Australia currently picks about 200kg a week along the Coorong, where it also harvests other native greens such as native rosemary, samphire and sea blight. It supplies the karkalla to around ...

Fay Moseley gets behind NSW Aboriginal Land Council's treaty campaign - The Border Mail

Thu, 2017/09/28 - 2:37am

The Border Mail

Fay Moseley gets behind NSW Aboriginal Land Council's treaty campaign
The Border Mail
A survivor of the infamous Cootamundra Girls' Home has welcomed fresh calls for a treaty with Australia's Indigenous people. Fay Moseley was just 10 years old when she was taken from her family and said while a treaty wouldn't heal all wounds, it would ...

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All Stars converge on Cairns - The Cairns Post

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 2:08pm

The Cairns Post

All Stars converge on Cairns
The Cairns Post
The Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars squad, which last month competed at the World Indigenous Basketball Challenge, will play the Maori national men's team in the annual trans-Tasman tournament in Cairns in December. The 2017 tournament ...

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Death rate in Greater Bendigo steady, drug deaths across Australia highest in 20 years - Bendigo Advertiser

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 11:30am

Bendigo Advertiser

Death rate in Greater Bendigo steady, drug deaths across Australia highest in 20 years
Bendigo Advertiser
The ABS also released data about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, showing it increased by 19 per cent - or 128,500 people - in the five years to June 2016. That's more than double the eight per cent increase for the non ...

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Australia's Indigenous population grows faster than non-Indigenous population: statistics - Xinhua

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 7:42am

Mirage News

Australia's Indigenous population grows faster than non-Indigenous population: statistics
Xinhua
CANBERRA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Indigenous population is growing twice as fast as the nation's non-Indigenous population, while Australia's first people now make up 3.3 percent of all Aussies, according to new figures released by the ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population up 19%Mirage News

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Biggest population surge since 2008 - The Australian Financial Review

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 6:47am

Illawarra Mercury

Biggest population surge since 2008
The Australian Financial Review
The figures also confirm the indigenous population is, on average, younger than the rest of the nation. In 2016, the proportion of indigenous Australians younger than 15 years was 34 per cent, compared with 18 per cent for the general population. The ...
Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deathsIllawarra Mercury
Suicide in regional and rural areas twice that in capital citiesDaily Liberal

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The Aboriginal communities smiling again (and saving millions) - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 6:45am

ABC Online

The Aboriginal communities smiling again (and saving millions)
ABC Online
He's part of a public health revolution that's costing less and delivering far more to Aboriginal dental patients. The van travels through rural towns — including Mr Talbot's hometown of Boggabilla — to fit patients with the dentures they desperately ...

Aboriginal remains exposed by floodwaters repatriated to higher ground - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 5:45am

ABC Online

Aboriginal remains exposed by floodwaters repatriated to higher ground
ABC Online
The discovery of a human skull has sparked one of Australia's largest repatriation efforts to save the remains of about 100 Aboriginal people in Western Australia's far north. The bones were found earlier this year outside Fitzroy Crossing's Pioneer ...

Australian-themed food chain Outback Steakhouse apologises following accusations it used an Aussie slur - NEWS.com.au

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 4:34am

NEWS.com.au

Australian-themed food chain Outback Steakhouse apologises following accusations it used an Aussie slur
NEWS.com.au
The use of the term “Ab-original” to describe something as trivial as fried vegetables led some social media users to accuse the chain of “making fun” of indigenous Australians. One person said it was “a bit racist”. Outback Steakhouse is owned by ...

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Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deaths - Illawarra Mercury

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 2:55am

Illawarra Mercury

Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deaths
Illawarra Mercury
The ABS also released data about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, showing it increased by 19 per cent - or 128,500 people - in the five years to June 2016. That's more than double the 8 per cent increase for the non ...

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Yes, councils can snub Australia Day, ban fizzy drinks and plastic bags - The Age

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 2:43am

The Age

Yes, councils can snub Australia Day, ban fizzy drinks and plastic bags
The Age
Lydia Thorne from the local Indigenous community at the Darebin public forum to discuss the decision by the council to stop Australia Day celebrations. Photo: Chris Hopkins. The preamble suggests councils are entitled to make decisions that would ...

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Leading causes of death in Australia revealed - SBS

Wed, 2017/09/27 - 1:35am

SBS

Leading causes of death in Australia revealed
SBS
Deaths among Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased by 19 per cent or 128,000 people over five years to 2016, according to ABS Demography Director Beidar Cho. The Indigenous population is at 798,400, or 3.3 per cent ...

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I'm part of the world's oldest living culture, but could I kill a zombie with a boomerang? - The Guardian

Tue, 2017/09/26 - 6:01pm

The Guardian

I'm part of the world's oldest living culture, but could I kill a zombie with a boomerang?
The Guardian
In bookstores I found Indigenous speculative fiction novels like the dystopian futurist works of Sam Watson and Alexis Wright, and the adolescent fiction of Palyku writer Ambelin Kwaymullina, creator of the Tribe trilogy – Australia's answer to the ...

Honouring Namatjira's legacy - The Australian

Tue, 2017/09/26 - 2:04pm

Honouring Namatjira's legacy
The Australian
For many Australians, the works of Albert Namatjira were their introduction not only to indigenous paintings but also to art in general. Almost 60 years after his death they remain firm favourites in many living rooms across this continent and around ...

Action plan to help Indigenous Australians with consumer issues:: - Invest in Australia

Tue, 2017/09/26 - 1:00pm

Action plan to help Indigenous Australians with consumer issues::
Invest in Australia
NICS members are the ACCC, ASIC, state consumer affairs agencies and the Indigenous Consumer Action Network (ICAN). We work together to ensure that issues affecting Indigenous Australians are given a priority within each of our agencies and ...

Desert Feet bringing the healing power of music to remote Indigenous communities - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/09/26 - 9:06am

ABC Online

Desert Feet bringing the healing power of music to remote Indigenous communities
ABC Online
The 71-year-old is concerned that current programs tackling mental health problems in remote Aboriginal communities aren't working. "There's been talkfests talking about mental health but what concerns me is the action isn't there," Ms Knight told 7.30.

Why Australian athletes won't #TakeTheKnee - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2017/09/26 - 1:33am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Why Australian athletes won't #TakeTheKnee
The Sydney Morning Herald
And then of course there is Australian Rules footballer, Adam Goodes. In his last season of competition, the Australian of the Year, Goodes was booed for an entire season for his views on Aboriginal issues. Many commentators and football fans claimed ...

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