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Indigenous Australian Duo AB Original Announce Debut Album 'Reclaim Australia - The Source

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 8:43pm

The Source

Indigenous Australian Duo AB Original Announce Debut Album 'Reclaim Australia
The Source
The release date for the highly anticipated debut album Reclaim Australia from Australian Hip Hop duo A. B. Original (consisting of Trials and Briggs) is set for September / October through Golden Era Records and Australia's first Indigenous Hip Hop ...

Indigenous suicide: Thousands call for royal commission, prevention measures - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 7:19pm

ABC Online

Indigenous suicide: Thousands call for royal commission, prevention measures
ABC Online
Over 21,000 Australians have signed the petition since Sunday. Among those calling for a royal commission are this year's National Indigenous Human Rights Awards recipients and several past NAIDOC winners, including Australian of the Year awards ...
These Women Are The Face Of A Heartbreaking EpidemicBuzzFeed News
Organisations push for post-election summitThe Guardian (Australia)

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West Australian plan favours large indigenous communities - The Australian

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 2:13pm

West Australian plan favours large indigenous communities
The Australian
The West Australian government will entice Aboriginal families away from the smallest of the state's 274 remote communities by upgrading services and facilities at large centres that may become gazetted towns, under a proposal to transform where and ...

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Indigenous mums in Australia face high murder rate - BBC News

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 7:10am

BBC News

Indigenous mums in Australia face high murder rate
BBC News
Indigenous Australian women who have children are 17.5 times more likely to be murdered than other mothers, new research says. Researchers said that the high homicide rates appeared to be a long-standing phenomenon. Domestic violence, poverty and ...
High homicide rates for WA Aboriginal mumsWAtoday

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Fears for Indigenous HIV epidemic as north Queensland's diagnosis rates rise - ABC Message Stick

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 5:55am

ABC Message Stick

Fears for Indigenous HIV epidemic as north Queensland's diagnosis rates rise
ABC Message Stick
Public health authorities are warning that Australia could be on its way to an HIV epidemic in Indigenous communities. Cathy Van Extel reports on the latest figures from far north Queensland. In the same week that Australia declared AIDS was no longer ...

Lisa Bellear captures decades of Indigenous Australian protests – in pictures - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 5:28am

The Guardian

Lisa Bellear captures decades of Indigenous Australian protests – in pictures
The Guardian
By the time she died at the age of 45 in 2006, Lisa Bellear had collected more than 30,000 images documenting the Indigenous Australian community, largely in Melbourne, where she was based. They capture protests, marches, graffiti, community ...

Call for more Indigenous people to help manage homelands - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/07/13 - 2:08am

ABC Online

Call for more Indigenous people to help manage homelands
ABC Online
Scientists are urging the Federal Government to help more Indigenous people move back into their homelands, to help improve the management of some of Australia's most pristine landscapes and biodiversity hotspots. On the Northern Territory-Queensland ...

Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies - ArtsHub (subscription)

Tue, 2016/07/12 - 5:33am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies
ArtsHub (subscription)
Australia's current Indigenous peak bodies include; Indigenous dance, BlakDance, and Indigenous visual arts peak bodies; Desart, UMI Arts and Arnhem Northern and Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation (ANKA), have been operational for over a decade ...

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Australians Want A Royal Commission Into Indigenous Suicide Rates - Huffington Post Australia

Tue, 2016/07/12 - 5:00am

Huffington Post Australia

Australians Want A Royal Commission Into Indigenous Suicide Rates
Huffington Post Australia
Petition creator and suicide prevention researcher Gerry Georgatos told The Huffington Post Australia statistics of Indigenous suicide was underestimated including the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2010 finding that five percent of all suicides were ...
Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodiesArtsHub (subscription)

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Australians Want A Royal Commission Into Indigenous Suicide Rates - Huffington Post Australia

Tue, 2016/07/12 - 4:59am

Australians Want A Royal Commission Into Indigenous Suicide Rates
Huffington Post Australia
Petition creator and suicide prevention researcher Gerry Georgatos told The Huffington Post Australia statistics of Indigenous suicide was underestimated including the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2010 finding that five percent of all suicides were ...

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First Wind Tower Ever To Feature Australian Indigenous Art – Hornsdale Wind Farm Switches On - CSO Australia

Mon, 2016/07/11 - 11:59pm

First Wind Tower Ever To Feature Australian Indigenous Art – Hornsdale Wind Farm Switches On
CSO Australia
South Australia's newest wind farm, the Neoen and Siemens developed Hornsdale project, was switched on to the grid in a special 'energisation ceremony' which included the announcement that local indigenous Australian art will feature on one of the wind ...

Indigenous Australia's flag first flown - Australian Geographic (blog)

Mon, 2016/07/11 - 7:12pm

Australian Geographic (blog)

Indigenous Australia's flag first flown
Australian Geographic (blog)
ON 12 JULY, 1971, a new flag flew proudly over Australia as the red, yellow and black Aboriginal flag was hoisted in Adelaide's Victoria Square for NAIDOC day (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee day). Designed earlier that year, ...

Australian identity and indigenous recognition - ABC Online

Mon, 2016/07/11 - 5:34am

ABC Online

Australian identity and indigenous recognition
ABC Online
To mark Australian Constitution Day, speakers give their thoughts on indigenous constitutional recognition and Australian identity. Years have passed since it was proposed that indigenous Australians be formally recognised in the constitution. Many ...

Aboriginal Employment Reaches Significant Milestone in NT - Pro Bono Australia

Sun, 2016/07/10 - 11:33pm

Pro Bono Australia

Aboriginal Employment Reaches Significant Milestone in NT
Pro Bono Australia
Diversity Council Australia CEO, Lisa Annese, said it was a “huge step forward”. “The idea is that under the principle of self determination that individual Indigenous Australians take control of their own lives and create policy and outcomes that are ...

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Indigenous rangers on the frontline of coral bleaching in remote Australia - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/07/10 - 9:06pm

ABC Online

Indigenous rangers on the frontline of coral bleaching in remote Australia
ABC Online
In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land. Leonard Bowaynu, who has fished the same reef since he was teenager, had seen small scattered patches of ...

Federal election 2016: 'Be brave' on indigenous treaty - The Australian

Sun, 2016/07/10 - 2:02pm

The Guardian

Federal election 2016: 'Be brave' on indigenous treaty
The Australian
Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra has laid down a blunt challenge to Malcolm Turnbull on treaty talks, telling a packed awards ball that indigenous Australia is ready to begin discussions if the Prime Minister and other leaders have the “courage” for it ...
We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we knowThe Guardian

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We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know - The Guardian

Sun, 2016/07/10 - 2:30am

The Guardian

We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know
The Guardian
This honour in some way belongs to Indigenous parents and communities, across Australia, who are working with schools to deliver on the life-giving promise of a stronger smarter future. It also belongs to more than 2,000 school and community leaders in ...

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Australia struggling to improve placement of Indigenous children in care - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/07/08 - 11:44pm

ABC Online

Australia struggling to improve placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
A third of Indigenous children in out-of-home care are currently placed in non-Indigenous care, despite legislation and policy deeming it the last resort, a Productivity Commission report has shown.

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NAIDOC Week: First Indigenous nurse graduate among winners at 2016 awards - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/07/08 - 9:30pm

ABC Online

NAIDOC Week: First Indigenous nurse graduate among winners at 2016 awards
ABC Online
The first Indigenous person to graduate as a nurse and the man who turned a small Aboriginal dance company into an internationally-recognised organisation are among the Indigenous Australians honoured at this year's NAIDOC Awards in Darwin.

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Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/07/08 - 10:35am

ABC Online

Australia struggling to improve the placement of Indigenous children in care
ABC Online
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (the Principle) asks Indigenous children to be placed with relatives first, then within their community, and failing that, in other Indigenous care. However, according to the ...
Australia, it's time. Open your eyes to reasondailytelegraph.com.au
A treaty with first Australians is divisive and dangerousThe Australian
Young Victorians show Aboriginal support9news.com.au
ABC Local -Community Newspaper Group -Mirage News
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