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UN human rights review slams Australia's asylum seeker policies - The Australian

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 10:50pm

The Australian

UN human rights review slams Australia's asylum seeker policies
The Australian
Many delegates also expressed concerns about Australia's treatment of its indigenous peoples, including high incarceration rates for young Aboriginal men. The Irish, Dutch and Icelandic delegates encouraged Australia to legalise same-sex marriage, ...
Australia grilled on refugees by UN9news.com.au
UN countries line up to criticise Australia's human rights recordThe Guardian
Australia gets UN grilling on refugeesSky News Australia

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Indigenous constitutional recognition: public awareness has risen, poll shows - The Guardian

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 8:46pm

The Guardian

Indigenous constitutional recognition: public awareness has risen, poll shows
The Guardian
The polling, commissioned by Recognise from Polity Research, showed awareness of Aboriginal constitutional recognition had climbed from 37% in March to 63%, and from 52% to 73% among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Majority of Australians support Indigenous constitutional recognition: surveySBS

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Australia grilled on refugees by UN - 9news.com.au

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 8:04pm

9news.com.au

Australia grilled on refugees by UN
9news.com.au
Many delegates on Monday also expressed concerns about Australia's treatment of its indigenous peoples, including high incarceration rates for young Aboriginal men. Mr Reid said gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in key life ...
Australia gets UN grilling on refugeesSky News Australia
UN human rights review: Countries line up to criticise Australia for its ...Sydney Morning Herald

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Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PM - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 1:08pm

NEWS.com.au

Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PM
NEWS.com.au
The latest polling released by the organisation urging recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution shows a majority of voters now would back it in a referendum. And the body, Recognise, puts the big jump in support down to a meeting with ...

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Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PM - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 1:08pm

NEWS.com.au

Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PM
NEWS.com.au
The latest polling released by the organisation urging recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution shows a majority of voters now would back it in a referendum. And the body, Recognise, puts the big jump in support down to a meeting with ...

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Australia strikes indigenous aquaculture deal - Undercurrent News

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 10:07am

Australia strikes indigenous aquaculture deal
Undercurrent News
Indigenous Australian groups involved in ambitious plans for a Kimberley aquaculture hub have united behind a proposal earmarked for the precinct, delivering a coup for the fledgling sector, reports Yahoo. A year after the Barnett government created ...

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Indigenous rugby union team to tour US with far north Queensland player on board - ABC Local

Mon, 2015/11/09 - 2:28am

Indigenous rugby union team to tour US with far north Queensland player on board
ABC Local
Having been selected to tour America as part of the Indigenous Australian Invitational Rugby Team (IAIRT), far north Queenslander Kai Lowah is about to leave Australian shores for the first time. "I've always wanted to go to [America] but I didn't ...

ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment rates - Lawyers Weekly

Sun, 2015/11/08 - 6:03pm

Lawyers Weekly

ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment rates
Lawyers Weekly
The Indigenous Australians with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System (IAMHDCD) Project at UNSW also found that Indigenous people were 2.4 times more likely to be in juvenile custody than non-Indigenous ...

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Profit and procurement will push indigenous development - The Australian Financial Review

Sun, 2015/11/08 - 1:17pm

The Australian Financial Review

Profit and procurement will push indigenous development
The Australian Financial Review
So why hasn't Australia been able to generate economic development for a few hundred thousand people during that same period? It's not about a shortage of money or assets. Indigenous Australians have valuable assets, including land and other rights ...

Rio Tinto's win-win model for northern and indigenous prosperity - The Australian

Sun, 2015/11/08 - 1:04pm

Rio Tinto's win-win model for northern and indigenous prosperity
The Australian
Large areas of Northern Australia are held under some form of indigenous title. Indigenous Australians are also an important pool of potential employees — and Rio Tinto is proud to be one of the biggest employers of indigenous men and woman in ...

RAP to help assist Aboriginal netballers - The West Australian

Sat, 2015/11/07 - 1:25am

RAP to help assist Aboriginal netballers
The West Australian
Marcia Ella-Duncan, the first Aboriginal netballer to represent Australia at senior level, is hugely disappointed that almost 30 years later only one more indigenous player has worn the Diamonds uniform. Ella-Duncan, who was to be inducted into the ...

JLL moves to build Indigenous business - Domain News

Fri, 2015/11/06 - 1:30pm

Domain News

JLL moves to build Indigenous business
Domain News
Founded by cousins Shane Jacobs and Troy Rugless, descendants of the Wiradjuri​ Nation and members of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council, PSGH is one of Australia's leading Indigenous-owned companies. It employs 58 staff nationally and ...

Indigenous mining services: Koodaideri Contracting waits for big miners - The Australian

Fri, 2015/11/06 - 1:09pm

The Australian

Indigenous mining services: Koodaideri Contracting waits for big miners
The Australian
Koodaideri's story is just one from a mining industry that has worked hard to improve relations with indigenous Australians, but which now is fighting to balance those efforts with the push to squeeze out costs as the iron ore price hits its lowest ...

Call to put local Indigenous education in the spotlight - ABC Message Stick

Fri, 2015/11/06 - 1:09am

ABC Message Stick

Call to put local Indigenous education in the spotlight
ABC Message Stick
"We've had citizenship for just over 40 years and we've been Australians for 40 years... so we've still got generations in our Aboriginal community that have got the baggage and the history of the downtrodden community and the dismissed. "Non ...

Indigenous students 'closing education gap' - The Educator

Fri, 2015/11/06 - 12:23am

The Educator

Indigenous students 'closing education gap'
The Educator
"I think the department is negligent in its duty of care towards its principals," says one principal. In the past, Indigenous Australians have been less likely than non-Indigenous Australians to make it to the end of secondary school; however, that is ...

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Rio Tinto iron ore chief Andrew Harding challenged over indigenous credentials - The Australian

Thu, 2015/11/05 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Rio Tinto iron ore chief Andrew Harding challenged over indigenous credentials
The Australian
Rio Tinto has long touted its credentials on indigenous issues, describing itself as one of the largest private sector employers of indigenous Australians, earlier this year joining the Recognise campaign for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal ...
Morning HeadlinesBusiness News
BHP and Banjima lock in 100-year dealMiningNews.net (subscription)
BHP Billiton: New agreement signed with Banjima peopleYour Mining News (press release)

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Warumpi Band's Sammy Butcher: from Indigenous rock's young gun to its elder ... - The Guardian

Thu, 2015/11/05 - 5:35am

The Guardian

Warumpi Band's Sammy Butcher: from Indigenous rock's young gun to its elder ...
The Guardian
Warumpi Band's unique offering of Indigenous country rock meets American R&B, with songs sung in Luritja, Gumatj and English, earned them fans throughout Indigenous Australia and then more broadly across the country. A friendship with Midnight Oil ...

Indigenous Australian media collective wins €25000 Visible Award - Art Newspaper

Thu, 2015/11/05 - 4:37am

Indigenous Australian media collective wins €25000 Visible Award
Art Newspaper
The Karrabing Film Collective, whose members mostly live in a rural indigenous community in Australia's vast Northern Territory, was awarded the €25,000 prize. Their winning five-part work, Salt, consists of multi-layered collages of footage shot by ...

Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary Indigenous and Vernacular Art of India - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2015/11/04 - 11:51pm

ArtsHub (subscription)

Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary Indigenous and Vernacular Art of India
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (QAGOMA) is known for its outstanding collection of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. For The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) 'it was important to broaden those ...

Indigenous Australian media collective wins €25000 Visible Award - Art Newspaper

Wed, 2015/11/04 - 9:30pm

Indigenous Australian media collective wins €25000 Visible Award
Art Newspaper
The Karrabing Film Collective, whose members mostly live in a rural indigenous community in Australia's vast Northern Territory, was awarded the €25,000 prize. Their winning five-part work, Salt, consists of multi-layered collages of footage shot by ...

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