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Indigenous media is crucial to the Australian landscape and it needs to be self-sufficient - The Guardian

Thu, 2016/09/01 - 7:49am

The Guardian

Indigenous media is crucial to the Australian landscape and it needs to be self-sufficient
The Guardian
Started by the luminary Gavin Jones 20 years earlier, by that time, Vibe had grown in to an important media/health/education centre-point for Indigenous Australia. There was nothing else like Vibe. If you were looking for a well-run event to deliver ...
Racist laws must not return: Dodson9news.com.au

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Australian Indigenous MP Linda Burney: I have journeyed to a powerful place - Telegraph.co.uk

Thu, 2016/09/01 - 12:46am

Telegraph.co.uk

Australian Indigenous MP Linda Burney: I have journeyed to a powerful place
Telegraph.co.uk
The first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives has told her fellow MPs that she was deeply moved to have journeyed to a "powerful place" in her maiden speech. Linda Burney slammed calls for the watering down of the Racial ...
Linda Burney, Australia's first federal female Aboriginal MP, just ...Business Insider Australia
Linda Burney gives maiden speech as first female Indigenous lower house MPThe Guardian
Australian Aboriginal MP Linda Burney vows to fight for changeBBC News
CBC.ca -NEWS.com.au
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Aboriginal MP Linda Burney's speech 0:59 - NEWS.com.au

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 9:33pm

NEWS.com.au

Aboriginal MP Linda Burney's speech 0:59
NEWS.com.au
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians was the next step for the parliament and country in the reconciliation journey, she said. She invited the chamber to imagine what it was like for a 13-year-old girl who was told at school her ...
Linda Burney, Australia's first federal female Aboriginal MP, just delivered her moving maiden speechBusiness Insider Australia
Australian Indigenous MP Linda Burney: I have journeyed to a powerful placeTelegraph.co.uk
Linda Burney gives maiden speech as first female Indigenous lower house MPThe Guardian
SBS -CBC.ca
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This Man Is Walking Across Australia To Get The Prime Minister To Acknowledge Aboriginal Rights - Co.Exist

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 8:09pm

Co.Exist

This Man Is Walking Across Australia To Get The Prime Minister To Acknowledge Aboriginal Rights
Co.Exist
Australia's indigenous people, including Pryor and the Noongar, are not currently recognized by the country's constitution. This is despite Aborigines having roots on the continent that date back 50,000 years; white European settlers first arrived in ...

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Australia: Reforms to justice system essential to protect the rights of Indigenous youth - Amnesty International

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 11:29am

Amnesty International

Australia: Reforms to justice system essential to protect the rights of Indigenous youth
Amnesty International
Major reforms must be undertaken by the authorities in the Australian state of Queensland to protect the rights of Indigenous children from a youth justice system that criminalizes them out of all proportion to the general population, a new Amnesty ...
Indigenous Australians in Queensland Said to Face Higher Juvenile Detention RatesNew York Times
Indigenous youth over-represented in detention: Amnesty InternationalBrisbane Times
Queensland breaching international standards on youth detention: AmnestySBS
The Guardian
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Linda Burney, Australia's first federal female Aboriginal MP, just delivered her moving maiden speech - Business Insider Australia

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 7:22am

Business Insider Australia

Linda Burney, Australia's first federal female Aboriginal MP, just delivered her moving maiden speech
Business Insider Australia
Last month Linda Burney made political history once again, becoming the first Aboriginal women elected to the Australian parliament. The MP for Barton is now Labor's shadow minister for human services. Some 13 years ago, Burney became the first ...
'I will not be stereotyped': Aboriginal MPSBS
Linda Burney Says She Won't Be Stereotyped Or Pigeon-Holed In Maiden SpeechHuffington Post Australia
Australia's 45th Parliament: Meet the record breakersABC Online

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Indigenous prisoner Jayden Bennell showed suicide risk, inquest told - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 6:58am

The Guardian

Indigenous prisoner Jayden Bennell showed suicide risk, inquest told
The Guardian
A psychiatrist who treated Jayden Bennell for two years said he would have been “alarmed” and “greatly concerned” by the 20-year-old Indigenous man's behaviour in the months before his death, telling an inquest it showed a heightened risk of suicide.

Presenters reject Indigenous arts - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2016/08/31 - 6:33am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Presenters reject Indigenous arts
ArtsHub (subscription)
Two thirds of Australian presenters did not program any Indigenous arts last year, a new Australia Council study reveals. Presenters reject Indigenous arts. Bangarra, lore. The Australia Council study reveals Indigenous artists continue to face ...

Labor asks Senate to consider whether NBN raids could constitute ... - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 11:47pm

The Guardian

Labor asks Senate to consider whether NBN raids could constitute ...
The Guardian
Labor opens a new front in the controversy over the leaked NBN Co documents and the subsequent police raids. As it happened.

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Waking our sleeping Indigenous languages: 'we're in the midst of a resurgence' - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 8:01pm

The Guardian

Waking our sleeping Indigenous languages: 'we're in the midst of a resurgence'
The Guardian
Indeed in the past couple of decades non-Indigenous Australia have cottoned on to the importance of preserving and rescuing the languages of first nations people, and we are in the midst of a resurgence in appreciation, he says. “There's a whole range ...

Indigenous Australians in Queensland Said to Face Higher Juvenile Detention Rates - New York Times

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 2:02pm

New York Times

Indigenous Australians in Queensland Said to Face Higher Juvenile Detention Rates
New York Times
SYDNEY, AustraliaIndigenous children in the Australian state of Queensland are much likelier than others there to be held in juvenile detention, and Australia's judicial system has held children as young as 10 criminally responsible for their ...
Detained children stats show our shameCourier Mail

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Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface' - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 4:36am

Telegraph.co.uk

Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'
Telegraph.co.uk
"If this little boy and his mum had been mocking Indigenous culture then I can totally see how this is offensive," she said. "Unfortunately now this little boy who has been shown by the dark skinned community that his admiration for a black man is ...
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photosBBC News

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Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos - BBC News

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 3:01am

BBC News

Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos - BBC News

Tue, 2016/08/30 - 2:29am

BBC News

Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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Sacred Indigenous Site Uluru Captured In World-First Drone Clip - Huffington Post Australia

Mon, 2016/08/29 - 10:42pm

Huffington Post Australia

Sacred Indigenous Site Uluru Captured In World-First Drone Clip
Huffington Post Australia
The breathtaking curves of Australian Indigenous site Uluru are revealed in a world-first drone video taken with permission of traditional owners. As the drone cruises over the monolith, sparse desert shrubs give way to giant boulders and then the ...
Uluru like you've never seen itdailytelegraph.com.au
First-ever drone footage of UluruAustralian Geographic
View of Uluru tourists don't get to seeNEWS.com.au

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Congress of Australia's First Peoples declares end to 'Mexican ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2016/08/29 - 10:06am

ABC Online

Congress of Australia's First Peoples declares end to 'Mexican ...
ABC Online
Frosty relations between Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and the Congress of Australia's First Peoples appear to have thawed, just ahead of a planned ...

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Indigenous youth meet Indigenous MPs on recognition | SBS News - SBS

Mon, 2016/08/29 - 8:05am

SBS

Indigenous youth meet Indigenous MPs on recognition | SBS News
SBS
Just ahead of the 45th Australian parliament starting up, a group of young Indigenous Australians has pushed MPs to have constitutional recognition for ...
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition ...The Guardian

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Uluru like you've never seen it - dailytelegraph.com.au

Mon, 2016/08/29 - 2:50am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Uluru like you've never seen it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia The massive monolith rises out of the desert. Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. The footage glides over the surrounding landscape before showing a close-up view of the giant 3km long rock ...

Team up to build up: helping Indigenous communities - The Mandarin (registration)

Mon, 2016/08/29 - 2:06am

Team up to build up: helping Indigenous communities
The Mandarin (registration)
For its chief executive, Karyn Baylis, this success was just the latest from a conveyor belt of projects large and small, all of which have been designed to deliver much-needed and sustainable improvements for Australia's Indigenous people. “Ours is a ...

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