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Labor promises 'justice reinvestment' to reduce number of Indigenous prisoners - The Guardian

Wed, 2015/11/18 - 7:45am

The Guardian

Labor promises 'justice reinvestment' to reduce number of Indigenous prisoners
The Guardian
The Labor leader used a speech to the Melbourne University law faculty to repeat the party's 2013 promise that if elected it will use his first meeting with state premiers to set national targets to reduce Indigenous incarceration, saying that goal is ...

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Indigenous protesters peacefully demonstrate against court's power - The Canberra Times

Wed, 2015/11/18 - 5:58am

The Canberra Times

Indigenous protesters peacefully demonstrate against court's power
The Canberra Times
Activists peacefully demonstrated against the jurisdiction of the ACT courts over Indigenous Australians in support of an Aboriginal woman challenging its power to hear minor traffic charges against her. The group of protesters sang and moved through ...

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Indigenous defence service in Australia - Sky News Australia

Wed, 2015/11/18 - 2:02am

Sky News Australia

Indigenous defence service in Australia
Sky News Australia
Indigenous men have served in Australia's armed forces in peace and in every post-federation conflict with evidence of a few in uniform even before 1901, a new study says. Historian Chris Clark said this was remarkable considering the expansion of ...

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Indigenous defence service in Aust: study - The Australian (blog)

Wed, 2015/11/18 - 1:42am

Indigenous defence service in Aust: study
The Australian (blog)
HISTORIAN Chris Clark said this was remarkable considering the expansion of white settlement and the brutal, often violent, dispossession of indigenous people from their traditional lands. "What prompted indigenous Australians to contemplate voluntary ...

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Future looking bright for Indigenous carbon farming project - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/11/17 - 8:44pm

ABC Online

Future looking bright for Indigenous carbon farming project
ABC Online
A trail-blazer in the field, Fish River was the first Indigenous savanna burning project in Australia to sell Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) on the open carbon trading market. According to the Federal Government fires across northern Australia ...

Remote school makes progress with Indigenous literacy and numeracy - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/11/17 - 4:24am

ABC Online

Remote school makes progress with Indigenous literacy and numeracy
ABC Online
The principal of one of Western Australia's remotest schools says making the basics of education relevant to local Aboriginal students is allowing them to make significant progress. Servicing some of the most isolated communities in the state ...

Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2015/11/16 - 11:12pm

The Conversation AU

Whether you're listening or not, Australia is a nation of white privilege
The Conversation AU
But if Australia's Indigenous population were to be ranked separately, it would come 100th out of nearly 200 nations. In other words, Australia is one of the richest Western countries in the world built on an industry of mining from the lands of ...

Sacrifice the theme of 2015 FFA Hall of Fame inductions as women's and ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2015/11/16 - 6:34am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Sacrifice the theme of 2015 FFA Hall of Fame inductions as women's and ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Two of the most ignored bases of Australian football were recognised by Football Federation of Australia after indigenous footballer John Moriarty and former Matildas star Lisa Casagrande were inducted into the Australian football hall of fame, along ...
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First Indigenous Kakadu plum plantation ready for commercial harvest as ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/11/16 - 1:48am

ABC Online

First Indigenous Kakadu plum plantation ready for commercial harvest as ...
ABC Online
One of Australia's first commercial crops of plantation-grown Kakadu plums is about to be harvested by an Indigenous community south of Broome in Western Australia. The ABC understands there has been just one other commercial Kakadu plum harvest ...

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First Indigenous Kakadu plum plantation ready for commercial harvest - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/11/16 - 1:31am

ABC Online

First Indigenous Kakadu plum plantation ready for commercial harvest
ABC Online
One of Australia's first commercial crops of plantation-grown Kakadu plums is about to be harvested by an Indigenous community south of Broome in Western Australia. The ABC understands there has been just one other commercial Kakadu plum harvest ...

Funding for indigenous ranger programs must be doubled, report says - Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2015/11/15 - 3:22am

Sydney Morning Herald

Funding for indigenous ranger programs must be doubled, report says
Sydney Morning Herald
Funding for Indigenous ranger programs and protected areas must double over the next five years if they are to continue providing social and economic benefits through land and sea management, a report by an Australian non-profit says. At a time when ...

The little-known story about the Indigenous man at the heart of the Menzies ... - The Guardian (blog)

Sat, 2015/11/14 - 2:52am

The Guardian (blog)

The little-known story about the Indigenous man at the heart of the Menzies ...
The Guardian (blog)
The story of Stafford's life, little known to those outside his proud family, has come to light through a collection of documents, photographs and ephemera that his granddaughter, Michelle Flynn, last year donated to the Australian Institute of ...

PM meets top Australian indigenous leader - Solomon Star

Fri, 2015/11/13 - 6:59pm

Solomon Star

PM meets top Australian indigenous leader
Solomon Star
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Australian indigenous leader and prominent businessman Warren Mundine met yesterday to discuss opportunities for economic growth in Solomon Islands. Mr Mundine, who is currently Chair of the Australian ...

We should work with Indigenous businesses, not against them - ABC Local

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 8:28pm

ABC Local

We should work with Indigenous businesses, not against them
ABC Local
Nationally, there has been a threefold increase in the number of Indigenous businesses in Australia in the last 20 years - from 4,600 in 1991 to 12,500 in 2011. This is a promising sign and something you would imagine governments would be keen to ...

Armenia Media, Inc. Wins at Australian Multicultural and Indigenous Media Awards - Asbarez Armenian News

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 8:09pm

Armenia Media, Inc. Wins at Australian Multicultural and Indigenous Media Awards
Asbarez Armenian News
SYDNEY (Public Radio of Armenia)—Armenia Media, Inc., the parent company of Public Radio of Armenia, won the award for “Best Online News Coverage 2015″ at the New South Wales Multicultural and Indigenous Media Awards (MIMA), held at the New ...

Indigenous Australians Still Dying Earlier Than Non-Indigenous People - Huffington Post Australia

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 7:03pm

Huffington Post Australia

Indigenous Australians Still Dying Earlier Than Non-Indigenous People
Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australians are living longer than ever, but still die 25 years earlier than the non-indigenous population. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its Deaths report for the 2014 year on Wednesday, revealing life expectancies at birth ...

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Adani coalmine's indigenous opponents drop racism claim - The Australian

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 1:16pm

Adani coalmine's indigenous opponents drop racism claim
The Australian
And last night Adani moved to play down reports about the involvement of its Australian chief executive, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, in an African coppermine accused of polluting a major river in Zambia. Mr Janakaraj was chief executive of Konkola Copper ...

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Answer to republic is clear: head of state must be Aboriginal - The Australian

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 1:04pm

The Australian

Answer to republic is clear: head of state must be Aboriginal
The Australian
We all know that by far the most painful and divisive element of Australia's long colonial and post-colonial success story is the historical and current price paid by our indigenous citizens. Those wrongs can never be righted and there is no easy fix ...

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The Hall State School students explore indigenous history - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 10:13am

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

The Hall State School students explore indigenous history
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
AS the world's oldest continuous living cultures, Indigenous Australians are renowned for their historic and enduring high-level science inquiry skills. The Hall State School is participating in a program that brings Indigenous and western science ...

Indigenous push for treaty gathers momentum - Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2015/11/12 - 9:37am

Sydney Morning Herald

Indigenous push for treaty gathers momentum
Sydney Morning Herald
"Before people get spooked by the ideas of a treaty, you have to understand the essence of what a treaty is. It's a negotiated document between Indigenous Australia and non-Indigenous Australia and neither side signs up until they are satisfied that it ...

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