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LGBTI Indigenous people offered a rainbow to follow - The Guardian

Wed, 2015/02/18 - 9:11am

The Guardian

LGBTI Indigenous people offered a rainbow to follow
The Guardian
Nearly 30 years later, much of the health information aimed at gay Indigenous Australians is still centred around HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, Bonson, a suicide prevention worker in the Kimberley, says. It is what prompted him to found Black ...

Indigenous Australians should get more from native title: Human Rights ... - The Conversation AU

Wed, 2015/02/18 - 5:06am

The Conversation AU

Indigenous Australians should get more from native title: Human Rights ...
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal Australians are being denied the freedom to exercise their property rights under native title, Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson has said. Wilson said that, in meeting Indigenous leaders from Broome to Cairns, he had found “an appetite ...
Native title reforms to escape dependency9news.com.au

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Fiftieth anniversary re-enactment of freedom ride goes north to fight ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Wed, 2015/02/18 - 2:13am

ABC Online

Fiftieth anniversary re-enactment of freedom ride goes north to fight ...
Sydney Morning Herald
What the students uncovered across rural NSW was a shock to them and to many Australians. "We did not know before we got there that a number of local government councils had formal resolutions on the books prohibiting Indigenous Australians from ...
University students recreate 1965 Freedom Ride across NSWABC Online
Freedom Ride sets off 50 years after original civil rights protestThe Australian
Freedom Ride's 50th anniversary marked at Sydney UniversitySBS
The Guardian -ABC Message Stick
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Royalists recognise need for indigenous constitution change - The Australian

Tue, 2015/02/17 - 1:03pm

Royalists recognise need for indigenous constitution change
The Australian
ACM, which worked with Tony Abbott to defeat the republic referendum in 1999 and has opposed changes to the Constitution, has now submitted a constructive proposal to the parliamentary committee looking at the recognition of indigenous Australians, ...

Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2015/02/17 - 7:05am

Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
The Conversation AU
The College seeks an Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer to develop, enhance and provide leadership in research, learning and teaching in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA). The CAIA program is designed to prepare students, as indigenous ...

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Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2015/02/17 - 7:05am

Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
The Conversation AU
The College seeks an Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer to develop, enhance and provide leadership in research, learning and teaching in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA). The CAIA program is designed to prepare students, as indigenous ...

Indigenous housing and financial advice - ABC Online (blog)

Mon, 2015/02/16 - 4:19am

Indigenous housing and financial advice
ABC Online (blog)
For sale We hear more and more often about difficulties in achieving that 'great Australian dream' of owning your own home. Even in regional Australia where prices tend to stay lower, people are struggling to break into the market. This week, help and ...

Local government workforce: older, more indigenous workers - The Mandarin (press release) (subscription)

Mon, 2015/02/16 - 3:54am

The Mandarin (press release) (subscription)

Local government workforce: older, more indigenous workers
The Mandarin (press release) (subscription)
Among the key findings, more than 4.5% of the local government workforce across Australia are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background — well ahead of state and territory governments (2%), the Commonwealth (1.5%) and the private sector ...

Indigenous health organisations unite to improve remote dialysis treatment - ABC Online

Sun, 2015/02/15 - 11:20pm

ABC Online

Indigenous health organisations unite to improve remote dialysis treatment
ABC Online
Western Desert Dialysis, formally known as Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation, was born from a community fundraising effort. The organisation has been providing remote dialysis services in the Central Australia ...

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Indigenous Employment Going Backwards - Pro Bono Australia

Sun, 2015/02/15 - 11:15pm

Echonetdaily

Indigenous Employment Going Backwards
Pro Bono Australia
“In addition to the fall in Indigenous employment, the proportion of non-Indigenous Australians who are employed rose from 75.0 per cent to 75.6 per cent. Consequently, between 2008 and 2012-13 there has been an increase of 6.9 percentage points in the ...
Tweed-born indigenous advocate Faith Bandler diesEchonetdaily
Kirstie Parker, Mick Gooda say enough of 'fine words' – Close the Gap, a big ...The Stringer
The Health Wrap: On Closing the Gap; persistent policy pickles; lessons for Oz ...Crikey (blog)

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Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler dies aged 96 - The Guardian

Sat, 2015/02/14 - 1:13am

The Guardian

Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler dies aged 96
The Guardian
Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler has died. She was 96. Bandler was instrumental in campaigning for the 1967 referendum to give Indigenous Australians rights under the constitution. A state funeral has been offered to her family. “Our country ...
Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96Daily Life
Bandler's faith in people drove changeThe Australian
Political activist and writer Faith Bandler AC dies aged 96ABC Online
9news.com.au
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'It taunts us spiritually': the fight for Indigenous relics spirited off to the UK - The Guardian (blog)

Sat, 2015/02/14 - 12:21am

The Guardian (blog)

'It taunts us spiritually': the fight for Indigenous relics spirited off to the UK
The Guardian (blog)
Bark art is usually synonymous with Indigenous people from northern Australia and the three Dja Dja Wurrung pieces from the comparative far south are believed to be the only ones of their period in existence. They may be precious to the British Museum ...

Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96 - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 11:20pm

Sydney Morning Herald

Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96
Sydney Morning Herald
"Ms Bandler was a tireless social activist, best known for leading the political campaign which resulted in the landmark 1967 referendum that ensured Indigenous Australians were counted as full citizens and gave the Federal Government responsibility ...
Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler dies aged 96The Guardian
Bandler's faith in people drove changeThe Australian
Political activist and writer Faith Bandler AC dies aged 96ABC Online
9news.com.au
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Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96 - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 11:20pm

Sydney Morning Herald

Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96
Sydney Morning Herald
Former Fairfax Media journalist, Tony Stephens who interviewed Ms Bandler, called her a "great Australian" for promoting the rights and interests of Indigenous Australians. Ms Bandler was offered a MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for ...
Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler dies aged 96The Guardian
Bandler's faith in people drove changeThe Australian
Political activist and writer Faith Bandler AC dies aged 96ABC Online
The West Australian -SBS
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Bandler's faith in people drove change - The Australian

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 1:21pm

The Australian

Bandler's faith in people drove change
The Australian
THE 1967 referendum, the representation of “blackbirded” South Sea Islanders and the differentiation of indigenous Australians from flora and fauna in the Constitution are all fights in which Faith Bandler threw many punches, if not some of the first.

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jail creating more 'stolen' children - The Australian

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 1:21pm

The Australian

jail creating more 'stolen' children
The Australian
“Australia is now facing an indigenous incarceration epidemic,” Mr Rudd told an anniversary breakfast in Sydney. “We are seeing the emergence of this new crisis in indigenous Australia beyond anything seen before; it is the subject of escalating ...

Scullion flags income control - The Australian

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 1:02pm

The Guardian

Scullion flags income control
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told The Weekend Australian the government was fine-tuning a policy response to the mining magnate's Creating Parity review that called for “seismic change” to end disparity between black and white Australia.
Stolen generations: children still being removed, say Indigenous protestersThe Guardian
Rudd urging action on indigenous jail ratesSky News Australia
Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry DayABC Online
SBS -Brisbane Times
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Stolen generations: children still being removed, say Indigenous protesters - The Guardian

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 7:03am

The Guardian

Stolen generations: children still being removed, say Indigenous protesters
The Guardian
He said more work needed to be done on closing the gap, and that the government must commit to implementing a new goal on stemming the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the country's jails. “Australia is now facing an Indigenous ...
Rudd urging action on indigenous jail ratesSky News Australia
Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry DayABC Online
Aust facing indigenous jail epidemic: RuddYahoo!7 News
Sydney Morning Herald -NEWS.com.au -ABC Local
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Indigenous Australians in NT who need surgery die 12 years younger – report - The Guardian

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 5:20am

The Guardian

Indigenous Australians in NT who need surgery die 12 years younger – report
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory who require surgery die an average of 12 years younger than the general population, an audit has found, because they suffer from higher rates of illnesses which make surgical procedures riskier or ...

We won't close the gap, we'll smash it - WA today

Fri, 2015/02/13 - 1:27am

WA today

We won't close the gap, we'll smash it
WA today
Ten years ago, as 19-year-old university student, I got frustrated with the complaining, the negativity, the hopelessness that washed through our discourse when it came to Indigenous Australia. I entered a small school in Redfern to start working with ...

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