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NAIDOC Week: American basketballer aims to inspire Indigenous youth - ABC Local

Wed, 2016/07/06 - 5:52am

ABC Local

NAIDOC Week: American basketballer aims to inspire Indigenous youth
ABC Local
Livingston, who played in the USA's National Basketball Association for more than 10 years, has lived in Australia with his partner and son for the past four years. The self-described "NBA journeyman" was first drafted to the Houston Rockets in 1996 ...

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ASIC wants to stop Indigenous Aussies being “ripped off” - finder.com.au

Tue, 2016/07/05 - 11:48pm

finder.com.au

ASIC wants to stop Indigenous Aussies being “ripped off”
finder.com.au
In support of Indigenous Australians and the furtherance of NAIDOC Week, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a set of instructional videos about financial decision-making. The advisory videos are part of ASIC's "Take ...

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Corey Theatre Keeps Traditional Language Alive - Broadsheet

Tue, 2016/07/05 - 11:28pm

Broadsheet

Corey Theatre Keeps Traditional Language Alive
Broadsheet
Words are important to Corey Theatre. So too is the preservation of Indigenous Australian languages. Theatre is on a mission to preserve them the best way he knows how. Through music. “That's what Aboriginal people used to do,” he says. “Store our ...

Election 2016: Indigenous MP Linda Burney labels One Nation founder Pauline Hanson 'ignorant' - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/07/05 - 12:49pm

ABC Online

Election 2016: Indigenous MP Linda Burney labels One Nation founder Pauline Hanson 'ignorant'
ABC Online
The first Indigenous woman elected into the House of Representatives has labelled Pauline Hanson ignorant, after the One Nation founder's comments about Australia being "swamped by Asians". Linda Burney, the Labor MP for the southern Sydney seat of ...
Leading us into a new dawn of stupidityCourier Mail
What we can expect from Pauline HansonThe New Daily
Pauline Hanson's colourful career as she prepares to return to parliamentDaily Mail

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8 Indigenous Australian films and TV series everyone should watch right now - Mashable

Tue, 2016/07/05 - 7:02am

Mashable

8 Indigenous Australian films and TV series everyone should watch right now
Mashable
The cultural histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are some of the oldest in the world, so it only makes sense their stories light up the screen. Indigenous Australian directors and actors are leading the charge when it comes to ...

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Buddy spreading the Goodes word - dailytelegraph.com.au

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 11:54am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Buddy spreading the Goodes word
dailytelegraph.com.au
Franklin and teammate Dane Rampe will be the player representatives on the RAP committee, which promotes equality and justice for indigenous Australians. “It was a tough period what he (Goodes) went through last year,” Franklin said as the Swans ...

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FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence? - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 7:44am

The Conversation AU

FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
The Conversation AU
It is difficult to measure the full extent of domestic and family violence against women as most incidents go unreported, but we know that Indigenous women are much more likely to experience domestic and family violence than non-Indigenous Australian ...

Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and time - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 1:54am

The Guardian

Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and time
The Guardian
Given this country's pervasive general ignorance regarding Indigenous Australia, you'd have to bet not too many – despite the fact that songlines criss-cross not only the remotest parts of the continent as well as our seas, but also the cities and suburbs.

One in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth certificate: study - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/07/04 - 1:09am

The Guardian

One in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth certificate: study
The Guardian
Nearly one in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia has no birth documents, with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, new research has found. A study published in the ...
Many Indigenous children have no birth recordSky News Australia
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth recordDaily Mail
Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registeredThe Conversation AU

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Eumundi's first all-Indigenous markets open for business - ABC Local

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:39pm

ABC Local

Eumundi's first all-Indigenous markets open for business
ABC Local
Called the Eumundi Cultural and Creative Market, it is one of several social enterprise projects of Indigenous community development organisation SevGen. The market operates on the last Friday of the month at the Pavillion market site in the small town ...

Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages - ABC Local

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:38pm

ABC Local

Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages
ABC Local
According to Languages Australia, hundreds of Australian Indigenous languages have died out in the past 200 years. One of the languages that almost died, but has been revived, is Gumbaynggirr, based on the mid north coast of New South Wales.

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Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 9:36pm

ABC Online

Berndt Museum curator calls for space to display collection of Aboriginal art
ABC Online
The Berndt Museum at the University of Western Australia (UWA) has one of the most culturally significant collections of Aboriginal art and objects in the world. But right now those objects are packed away in storage boxes and containers in rooms at ...

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record - Thomson Reuters Foundation

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 2:59pm

Thomson Reuters Foundation

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record - Daily Mail

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 2:01pm

One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Daily Mail
LONDON, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one in five aboriginal children born in Western Australia has no birth documents with most unregistered children born to teenage mothers and facing further social disadvantage later in life, research ...

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Growth in aged Indigenous populations 'unprecedented' - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/07/03 - 3:52am

ABC Online

Growth in aged Indigenous populations 'unprecedented'
ABC Online
Improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy is expected to deliver a surge in Indigenous seniors over the next decade. There are currently 51,303 Indigenous Australians aged over 60, and by 2026, that figure is expected to ...

Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian - The West Australian

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 7:37pm

The West Australian

Australia's first Aboriginal ballerina - The West Australian
The West Australian
There were about 10 cottages with about 10 or 11 Aboriginal children in them from all over WA,” she said. “We had care of a house mother and it was very institutional. We were under assimilation, that was the idea of Sister Kate's originally — that we ...

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history - SBS

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 10:22am

SBS

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
SBS
Ms Burney told NITV she strongly supported constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, saying it did not preclude a treaty later being formed. “I know that there are diverse views in our community about this issue but it is unrealistic to ...
Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MPBusiness Insider Australia
Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower houseThe Guardian
Linda Burney Just Became The First Indigenous Woman In The House Of RepresentativesHuffington Post Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald -NEWS.com.au -National Indigenous Times
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Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history - SBS

Sat, 2016/07/02 - 10:22am

SBS

Linda Burney to become first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
SBS
Ms Burney told NITV she strongly supported constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, saying it did not preclude a treaty later being formed. “I know that there are diverse views in our community about this issue but it is unrealistic to ...
Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's lower houseThe Guardian
Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MPBusiness Insider Australia
Linda Burney Just Became The First Indigenous Woman In The House Of RepresentativesHuffington Post Australia
NEWS.com.au -The Sydney Morning Herald -National Indigenous Times
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Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people - The Ecologist

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 11:00am

The Ecologist

Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people
The Ecologist
From 1998-2004, the Australian federal government tried - but failed - to impose a national nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land in South Australia. Then the government tried to impose a dump on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory, but that also ...

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Sydney woman Lorna Munroe makes an indigenous Australian version of Barbie and Bratz dolls - Daily Mail

Fri, 2016/07/01 - 8:36am

Daily Mail

Sydney woman Lorna Munroe makes an indigenous Australian version of Barbie and Bratz dolls
Daily Mail
Lorna Munro, from Redfern, is re-styling Barbie and Bratz dolls into gorgeous, indigenous creations. She calls her range 'Lorna's Tribe', explaining on her public Facebook page that: 'Lorna's Tribe celebrates the many shades of being black because we ...

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