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Closing the gap - $24m for Indigenous schooling - The Northern Daily Leader

Sun, 2016/06/19 - 9:29am

The Northern Daily Leader

Closing the gap - $24m for Indigenous schooling
The Northern Daily Leader
Organisations to be supported through the funding package include The Clontarf Foundation, Role Models and Leaders Australia, Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, Cathy Freeman Foundation, AFL ...
Investing in the future of Indigenous YouthMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Indigenous treaty: Langton, Davis look to Canadian model - The Australian

Fri, 2016/06/17 - 2:08pm

Indigenous treaty: Langton, Davis look to Canadian model
The Australian
“The word 'recognition' proves problematic (in the Australian context),” they write in From Recognition to Reconciliation, “because of the non-specific nature of the commitment it implies, juxtaposed against the very specific and concrete ...

How a Dreamtime colouring book is bringing Australians closer together - SBS

Fri, 2016/06/17 - 11:03am

How a Dreamtime colouring book is bringing Australians closer together
SBS
'Colouring Country' creator Ros Moriarty told NITV News her art therapy book, which features Indigenous colouring-in templates, brings Indigenous and other Australians closer together because it provides a calming experience. Ms Moriarty says she ...

Australia needs bipartisanship on recognition - Policy Forum

Fri, 2016/06/17 - 5:18am

Policy Forum

Australia needs bipartisanship on recognition
Policy Forum
Comments by Bill Shorten this week in support of a treaty with Indigenous Australians brought back memories of the republican referendum of some years ago. At that time, the Chairman of The Australian Republican Movement, Malcolm Turnbull, was warned ...
Talk of a treaty on recognition is not going to disappear quietlyThe Australian
Shorten's treaty talk reflects impact of Indigenous activismEureka Street (registration)
Men of few deedsThe Saturday Paper (subscription)

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Farmers in WA banking on native vegetables becoming Australian staple - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/06/17 - 2:33am

ABC Online

Farmers in WA banking on native vegetables becoming Australian staple
ABC Online
While kangaroo and emu meat is becoming a more common feature on Australian dinner tables, a meal of meat and three vegetables is still reliant on traditional staples such as peas, potatoes and carrots.

Australian Native Foods: To Forage or Not To Forage? - Broadsheet

Fri, 2016/06/17 - 12:23am

Broadsheet

Australian Native Foods: To Forage or Not To Forage?
Broadsheet
It's a question many of us have wondered when dining at a top-flight Australian restaurant and presented with a carefully-created, incredibly delicious meal of native ingredients: How on earth do they forage so much in the wild? The answer is; they don't.

Federal election 2016: Labor to restore funds to indigenous affairs budget - The Australian

Thu, 2016/06/16 - 3:27am

The Australian

Federal election 2016: Labor to restore funds to indigenous affairs budget
The Australian
Labor would restore funding to the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, stripped in the 2014 budget, dismantle the Coalition's controversial indigenous Advancement Strategy funding arrangement and fund a range of programs focusing ...

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Federal election 2016: 'treaty talk doom indigenous referendum' - The Australian

Wed, 2016/06/15 - 2:11pm

The Australian

Federal election 2016: 'treaty talk doom indigenous referendum'
The Australian
The debate about symbolism, history, practical reconciliation and indigenous recognition has created a diversion in the election campaign, with Barnaby Joyce yesterday disagreeing with the Prime Minister's concession that the British landing in ...
Australia Can Have An Indigenous Treaty And Constitutional RecognitionHuffington Post Australia
Federal election 2016: Indigenous leaders push for treaty negotiations as Malcolm Turnbull agrees with 'invasion'The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous poll to fail without support9news.com.au
Business Insider Australia -Herald Sun
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Meet Briggs, The Groundbreaking Indigenous Rapper From Australia - The Source

Wed, 2016/06/15 - 1:58pm

The Source

Meet Briggs, The Groundbreaking Indigenous Rapper From Australia
The Source
Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor as well as a political and current affairs commentator who's been breaking new ground in Hip Hop and beyond Down Under through his uniquely conscious, comedic, ...

Federal election 2016: Reconciliation Australia backs Malcolm Turnbull over 'invasion' comments - The Canberra Times

Wed, 2016/06/15 - 8:29am

Federal election 2016: Reconciliation Australia backs Malcolm Turnbull over 'invasion' comments
The Canberra Times
The first major discussion of Indigenous issues in the federal election campaign came after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten signalled his support for a treaty with Indigenous Australians after the planned referendum on Indigenous recognition, which ...

Mundine, Roberts awarded Order of Australia - Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Wed, 2016/06/15 - 1:56am

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Mundine, Roberts awarded Order of Australia
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Warren Mundine and Rhoda Roberts were both made officers in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). Grafton-born Mr Mundine was recognised for distinguished service to the community as a leader in Indigenous affairs and advocate for ...

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Indigenous art exhibition of Canning Stock Route collection works launches Japanese tour in Osaka - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 9:35am

ABC Online

Indigenous art exhibition of Canning Stock Route collection works launches Japanese tour in Osaka
ABC Online
The collection of 35 paintings from the National Museum of Australia's Canning Stock Route collection will then travel to other galleries around Japan over the next 12 months. Dr Matthew Trinca, the director of the National Museum of Australia ...

Greens preference Christian Democrats candidate before gay Indigenous Liberal - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 8:23am

The Guardian

Greens preference Christian Democrats candidate before gay Indigenous Liberal
The Guardian
... putting a gay Indigenous candidate last on their how to vote cards. Liberal Geoffrey Winters, who is contesting the seat held by Labor's deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, told Guardian Australia the decision was “surprising and disappointing” and ...

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Bill Shorten backs prospect of Indigenous treaty to 'move beyond constitutional recognition' – video - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 7:00am

The Guardian

Bill Shorten backs prospect of Indigenous treaty to 'move beyond constitutional recognition' – video
The Guardian
Appearing on a special one-man panel edition of Q&A on Monday night, the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, responds to enquiries about whether he would support a treaty with Indigenous Australians with a firm 'yes', prompting surprise from the host and ...

Bill Shorten 'Up For' Treaty With Indigenous Australians - Huffington Post Australia

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 5:06am

Huffington Post Australia

Bill Shorten 'Up For' Treaty With Indigenous Australians
Huffington Post Australia
Bill Shorten has voiced support for investigating the possibility of a treaty with Australia's indigenous people, in addition to constitutional recognition of the country's first inhabitants, as the issue of Aboriginal affairs enters the election ...
Election 2016: Yes, Australia was invaded by ...The Sydney Morning Herald
Bill Shorten grilled on Q&A about our indigenous people, housing, the gender pay gap, pension and moreHerald Sun
Time to talk about Indigenous treaty: ShortenSky News Australia
Yahoo7 News -The Guardian
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Election 2016: Yes, Australia was invaded by British, says Malcolm Turnbull - The Canberra Times

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 5:05am

The Canberra Times

Election 2016: Yes, Australia was invaded by British, says Malcolm Turnbull
The Canberra Times
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has agreed that the colonisation of Australia by British settlers could be described as an "invasion", but has distanced himself from the idea of a treaty with Indigenous Australians in the near term.

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'It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 4:26am

The Guardian

'It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert
The Guardian
“It's so amazing, it's so beautiful, with this golden fur ... it's so different to any other kind of colour,” Kate Crossing, a land management program leader with the Central Desert Native Title Services, told Guardian Australia. Crossing was with the ...
Marsupial mole makes rare appearance in WAABC Online

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Become a Brisbane Times member today - Brisbane Times

Tue, 2016/06/14 - 3:54am

Brisbane Times

Become a Brisbane Times member today
Brisbane Times
Asked if Australia's colonisation by the British amounted to an invasion, Mr Shorten said Indigenous Australians had been "dispossessed." He agreed Indigenous citizens would consider it an invasion. "If I was Aboriginal, I wouldn't exactly call it a ...

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