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Indigenous artist, 105, honoured in first foreign exhibition - 9news.com.au

Wed, 2016/02/17 - 6:22am

9news.com.au

Indigenous artist, 105, honoured in first foreign exhibition
9news.com.au
An Indigenous artist from Western Australia has defied all expectations, going to feature in an exhibition in Washington, DC at the age of 105. Credited as the “oldest-living Nyikina speaker and one of Australia's oldest practising artists ...

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Native title in Canavan's sights - Queensland Country Life

Wed, 2016/02/17 - 2:30am

Queensland Country Life

Native title in Canavan's sights
Queensland Country Life
YOUNG Queensland LNP Senator Matthew Canavan says resolving backdated native title claims within a decade is a significant battleground to win for Northern Australia to reach its full economic potential, especially agricultural production. Senator ...

Native title in Canavan's sights - Queensland Country Life

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 5:37pm

Native title in Canavan's sights
Queensland Country Life
YOUNG Queensland LNP Senator Matthew Canavan says resolving backdated native title claims within a decade is a significant battleground to win for Northern Australia to reach its full economic potential, especially agricultural production. Senator ...

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Native title in Canavan's sights - Queensland Country Life

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 5:37pm

Native title in Canavan's sights
Queensland Country Life
YOUNG Queensland LNP Senator Matthew Canavan says resolving backdated native title claims within a decade is a significant battleground to win for Northern Australia to reach its full economic potential, especially agricultural production. Senator ...

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The 'Silent' Killer Behind Australia's Health Crisis - Care2.com

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 4:35pm

Care2.com

The 'Silent' Killer Behind Australia's Health Crisis
Care2.com
It's no secret that aboriginal Australians have survived many hardships. But a new “silent” killer is destroying aboriginal bodies and communities at an unprecedented rate in Australia's latest health crisis: indigenous Australians have kidney disease ...

New Harvard Art Museums Show Gives Voice To Indigenous Australian Artists - WBUR

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 11:23am

WBUR

New Harvard Art Museums Show Gives Voice To Indigenous Australian Artists
WBUR
Stephen Gilchrist, the Australian studies visiting curator at the Harvard Art Museums, in front of Vernon Ah Kee's text-based vinyl work "many lies" (2004), during preparation for the exhibition "Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from ...

Adam Goodes champions Indigenous businesses - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 7:12am

ABC Online

Adam Goodes champions Indigenous businesses
ABC Online
Since quitting after a turbulent final year in top-flight football, AFL star Adam Goodes has kept a low profile. Goodes was the target of booing by opposition fans and became the centre of a national debate about racism and Indigenous Australians. Some ...

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NT government declines to attend inquiry into Indigenous funding scheme - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 5:50am

The Guardian

NT government declines to attend inquiry into Indigenous funding scheme
The Guardian
The Australian reported in September that 25% of the total pool went to organisations which formed part of the NT government. It also raised accusations that targeted Indigenous federal funds had been siphoned off to other departments. The NT ...

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Country, culture and community: Understanding Indigenous agribusiness in southern Australia - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 3:46am

ABC Online

Country, culture and community: Understanding Indigenous agribusiness in southern Australia
ABC Online
Driven by a desire for self-determination, and often with extensive areas of land under their control, Indigenous people hold a unique place in Australian agriculture. On the surface, Aboriginal farmers grow crops and manage livestock within the same ...

Population snapshots: Australia at 24 million, 14 million and four million - SBS

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 2:46am

SBS

Population snapshots: Australia at 24 million, 14 million and four million
SBS
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act was enacted in 1976. It was the first attempt by an Australian government to legally recognise the Aboriginal system of land ownership and set up processes for Indigenous Australians to reclaim land.

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Could NRL's Indigenous All Stars' Dance Could Be 'Australia's Haka'? - Huffington Post Australia

Tue, 2016/02/16 - 1:08am

Huffington Post Australia

Could NRL's Indigenous All Stars' Dance Could Be 'Australia's Haka'?
Huffington Post Australia
“It's good fun, and obviously something that means a great deal to this Indigenous team.” So said respected rugby league commentator Peter Sterling after the incredibly stirring pre-game war dance at the weekend's Indigenous All Stars vs World All ...

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'Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art From Australia' Review - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 9:15pm

Wall Street Journal

'Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art From Australia' Review
Wall Street Journal
“Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia” at the Harvard Art Museums showcases about 60 works, including 10 by Pintupi painters from the 1970s. The works range from a 1971 pencil sketch by Uta Uta Tjangala (c. 1926-1990), an ...

Prevent bushfires the Aboriginal way - The Age

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 1:01pm

The Age

Prevent bushfires the Aboriginal way
The Age
Largely missing from the modern landscape is the fire that Captain Cook saw, fire introduced into the landscape by Indigenous Australians. Cook sailed the east coast well after the bushfire season. He was most likely seeing smoke from the smaller, cool ...

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Is the Gap Closing? - ABC Message Stick

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 10:16am

ABC Message Stick

Is the Gap Closing?
ABC Message Stick
The Government has released its latest report on Closing the Gap. That's the name of a plan that aims to help Indigenous Australians to live as long as non-Indigenous Australians. But the report shows that it's not going very well. So what's the issue?
White lies and Black lives: Turnbull just widened the credibility gapRed Flag
Address homelessness to Close the Gap: PHAAAustralian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

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Queen Emma's grave oversight - dailytelegraph.com.au

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 9:25am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Queen Emma's grave oversight
dailytelegraph.com.au
In life she provided a bridge between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia and her standing in the community was such that her death made headlines in the national press, including the Sunday Times that on December 3, 1916 dubbed Queen Emma as ...

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Indigenous Australia and an Australian Republic: Moving in the same direction - Independent Australia

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 6:59am

Independent Australia

Indigenous Australia and an Australian Republic: Moving in the same direction
Independent Australia
... to upper class Australian of privilege [cough: white] you probably would think that Australia is fine the way it is. I should start by getting my bias out in the open immediately: I am Aboriginal and an advocate for Aboriginal self-determination ...

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Indigenous Australia and an Australian Republic: Working together - Independent Australia

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 6:51am

Independent Australia

Indigenous Australia and an Australian Republic: Working together
Independent Australia
... thus, I advocate for Treaties to be enacted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations for not only self-governance and land rights, but the most critical part of my personal agenda is to have all Australians educated on the truthful ...

Alan Jones says Australia needs another stolen generation 'to protect children' - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 5:09am

The Guardian

Alan Jones says Australia needs another stolen generation 'to protect children'
The Guardian
Alan Jones says Australia needs another stolen generation to “protect” children in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families from the drug abuse problems of their parents. The talkback radio host made the comment while complaining about players in ...
Alan Jones calls for MORE Aboriginal children to be taken from their parentsDaily Mail
Alan Jones Just Said Australia 'Needs' Stolen GenerationsHuffington Post Australia
Alan Jones says Australia needs more 'Stolen Generations'9news.com.au
Sydney Morning Herald -dailytelegraph.com.au
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Address homelessness to Close the Gap: PHAA - Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

Mon, 2016/02/15 - 12:42am

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

Address homelessness to Close the Gap: PHAA
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
The ABC Without a Home Fact File, released in 2011, shows more than half of homeless Indigenous Australians are located in the NT and 70% in remote or very rural areas. The Fact File also shows homeless services only accommodated for 3.7% of all ...

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Scabies Research Breakthrough Will Help Remote Indigenous Australian Communities - Gizmodo Australia

Sun, 2016/02/14 - 8:30pm

Gizmodo Australia

Scabies Research Breakthrough Will Help Remote Indigenous Australian Communities
Gizmodo Australia
Australian researchers have used cutting-edge genome technologies to reveal the genetic makeup of a widespread skin parasite causing serious health problems in Aboriginal communities. The research team identified the genetic 'map' of the human ...

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