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Election 2016: Turnbull pressed on Fremantle candidate's Indigenous views – politics live - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/05/16 - 12:01am

The Guardian

Election 2016: Turnbull pressed on Fremantle candidate's Indigenous views – politics live
The Guardian
Given the Liberal party's exploding candidate in Fremantle has been something of a feature this Monday, and we've learned via the West Australian that he's a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of WA – anyone have the skinny on what the Sherlock ...
LiveBlogLast Updated 2.30pm AEDTFederal election 2016: Shorten's auto industry push; Turnbull heads to WAThe Australian
Election 2016 Live: Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten talk jobsThe Australian Financial Review

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Glowing review of Indigenous protected areas leaves sector proud but perplexed - The Guardian

Sat, 2016/05/14 - 12:39am

The Guardian

Glowing review of Indigenous protected areas leaves sector proud but perplexed
The Guardian
Report says IPAs and ranger programs are 'effectively overcoming barriers to addressing Indigenous disadvantage and engaging Indigenous Australians on country in meaningful employment'. Photograph: Kerry Trapnell/Country Needs People.

Magnolia Maymuru - Papermag

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 7:43pm

Papermag

Magnolia Maymuru
Papermag
A young Yolngu woman hailing from the remote town of Yirrkala, Maymuru's main impetus to enter the pageant was to give visibility to other young indigenous women, and help them see themselves represented in mass media. "I want to do this for all the ...

WA candidates seek to increase Indigenous parliamentary representation - SBS

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 11:05am

SBS

WA candidates seek to increase Indigenous parliamentary representation
SBS
"Australia Day is such an offensive and insensitive day for Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people have been protesting against it since the 1880s. And every year it brings up enormous emotions for Aboriginal people and it's divisive for the whole ...
Black Screen: Free night at the moviesWhyalla News

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Increasing the number of Indigenous educators - Teacher Magazine

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 2:59am

Teacher Magazine

Increasing the number of Indigenous educators
Teacher Magazine
An initiative to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) teachers in Australian schools should have its funding extended for another four years so that a more targeted approach can be developed in the future, according to an ...

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Indigenous Round starts important conversations - dailytelegraph.com.au

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 2:51am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Indigenous Round starts important conversations
dailytelegraph.com.au
There was even an article that questioned the partnership with Recognise — an organisation whose goal it to have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders officially recognised in Australia's constitution and to combat racial discrimination — and said ...
NRL Indigenous round a 'celebratory' moment of cultural prideThe Guardian
Inglis: The special touch that honours meFox Sports

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Indigenous Teen To Represent NT In Miss World Australia - Huffington Post Australia

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 2:50am

Huffington Post Australia

Indigenous Teen To Represent NT In Miss World Australia
Huffington Post Australia
Magnolia Maymuru will make history when she becomes the first Indigenous woman to represent the Northern Territory at the Miss World Australia National Titles this July -- just don't expect her to be wearing a bikini, or clutching at any crown. The 19 ...
Indigenous Australian To Represent NT In Miss World Australia FinalMarie Claire Australia
Yirrkala model to represent NT in Miss World AustraliaSBS
Mainydjama Magnolia Maymuru is first Indigenous model in Miss World Australia finalsDaily Mail
Australia Network News
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Indigenous Austrlian To Represent NT In Miss World Australia Final - Marie Claire Australia

Fri, 2016/05/13 - 12:56am

Marie Claire Australia

Indigenous Austrlian To Represent NT In Miss World Australia Final
Marie Claire Australia
But in a local first, an Indigenous Australian is set to represent the Northern Territory in the upcoming Miss World Australia national final. 19-year-old Magnolia Maymuru, from the community of Yirrkala in North Eastern Arnhem Land, will go head-to ...
Mainydjama Magnolia Maymuru is first Indigenous model in Miss World Australia finalsDaily Mail

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Andrew Bolt's claim to indigeneity, petulant at heart, obscures facts - The Australian

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 2:05pm

The Australian

Andrew Bolt's claim to indigeneity, petulant at heart, obscures facts
The Australian
In the past few years, Andrew Bolt has adopted a strategy of repeatedly claiming he is indigenous Australian in order to undermine arguments for indigenous constitutional recognition. He did so again on Wednesday night when I was on his show.

WA budget 2016: millions waiting to be spent on indigenous reform - The Australian

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 2:01pm

WA budget 2016: millions waiting to be spent on indigenous reform
The Australian
Opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman Ben Wyatt said the lack of action prolonged uncertainty and frustration for Aboriginal people. “The government is still trying to dig its way out of Mr Barnett's decision to close 150 communities. And clearly ...

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NT teen makes Miss World history - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 10:55am

NEWS.com.au

NT teen makes Miss World history
NEWS.com.au
“It's the first time I'll be representing my state in such a well-known event and I know a lot of people will be watching me. My family at home, all of Arnhem Land … and all over Australia.” Magnolia, who was first discovered in a Darwin shopping ...
Magnolia Maymuru: From Yirrkala to the catwalkABC Online
NT Makes History With 1st Indigenous Contender For Miss World Oz CrownPedestrian TV

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Magnolia Maymuru: From Yirrkala to the catwalk - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 4:36am

ABC Online

Magnolia Maymuru: From Yirrkala to the catwalk
ABC Online
Ms Maymuru also hoped her participation in the pageant — something traditionally associated with bikinis, crowns and proclamations of world peace — would continue to boost her career prospects and show Australia a different side to young Indigenous ...
NT Makes History With 1st Indigenous Contender For Miss World Oz CrownPedestrian TV

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Ken Wyatt's battle in Hasluck: can the first federal Indigenous frontbencher hold his seat? - The Guardian

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 4:22am

The Guardian

Ken Wyatt's battle in Hasluck: can the first federal Indigenous frontbencher hold his seat?
The Guardian
It's week one of an eight-week election campaign and, in Wyatt's electorate office in Forrestfield shopping centre, 23km east of Perth, Western Australia, the details are still being mapped out. It will be a fight. Hasluck, the outer metropolitan seat ...

Source: FOX SPORTS - Fox Sports

Thu, 2016/05/12 - 1:19am

Fox Sports

Source: FOX SPORTS
Fox Sports
To have the opportunity to represent my heritage and Australia's indigenous people while doing what I love is something I'm grateful for. While I go out there to give 100 per cent every week for Penrith, there's always that little extra excitement ...
Indigenous stars front and centreNRL.COM

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We must embrace Indigenous issues in the 2016 federal election - The Age

Wed, 2016/05/11 - 2:23pm

The Age

We must embrace Indigenous issues in the 2016 federal election
The Age
Indigenous disadvantage is a reality that must be confronted and owned by the entire nation. But we perceive a real danger in this election campaign that the many issues affecting Indigenous people will be swept aside or tritely agglomerated into a ...
#IHMayDay16 – a cry for help on Indigenous mental healthThe Guardian
Pop star invoked to protect Torres Strait intellectual propertyThe Cairns Post

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Ancient Australia: world's first nation of innovators - The Conversation AU

Wed, 2016/05/11 - 6:19am

The Conversation AU

Ancient Australia: world's first nation of innovators
The Conversation AU
For the first couple of centuries of European occupation of Australia the history of its Indigenous people, as written by white fellas, drew heavily on adjectives like 'primitive'. As both a white fella and an anthropologist devoting much of my time to ...

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#IHMayDay16 – a cry for help on Indigenous mental health - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/05/11 - 5:47am

The Guardian

#IHMayDay16 – a cry for help on Indigenous mental health
The Guardian
We are co-hosting @IndigenousX this week to highlight how much is going on around suicide prevention, families and communities in Indigenous Australia. On 5-6 May, the Inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference took ...
Pop star invoked to protect Torres Strait intellectual propertyThe Cairns Post

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Gary Foley and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy: 'We were all young, crazy, but we believed in justice' - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/05/11 - 3:57am

The Guardian

Gary Foley and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy: 'We were all young, crazy, but we believed in justice'
The Guardian
... behind the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The embassy, which was first assembled by activists on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra in 1972, still exists today, representing Indigenous Australia's ongoing struggle for land rights and self ...

Archaeologists find proof that indigenous Australians made 'first' axe - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Wed, 2016/05/11 - 2:56am

Sydney Morning Herald

Archaeologists find proof that indigenous Australians made 'first' axe
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
But in most countries in the world they arrive with agriculture (about) 10,000 years ago," Professor O'Connor, from the Australian National University School of Culture, History and Language, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Wednesday.
Cutting edge Stone Age technology was born in AustraliaSydney Morning Herald
Oldest axe ever found was invented by Aboriginal ancestorsSBS
Axe fragment found in Australia 'world's oldest'Yahoo7 News

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Declaration Gives New Rights to Indigenous People of Canada - Language Magazine

Tue, 2016/05/10 - 10:54pm

Language Magazine

Declaration Gives New Rights to Indigenous People of Canada
Language Magazine
Canada's Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett has announced Canada's decision to drop its permanent objector status to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The declaration was first ...
Canada changes course on indigenous rights 3:33CBC.ca
Canada drops opposition to UN indigenous rights declarationThe Globe and Mail
Canada Finally Adopts UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples But Some Are SkepticalVICE News
Globalnews.ca -Daily Miner and News -National Post
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