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Indigenous Language and Storytelling at Heart of New Connecting Up Partnership - Pro Bono Australia

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 10:04pm

Pro Bono Australia

Indigenous Language and Storytelling at Heart of New Connecting Up Partnership
Pro Bono Australia
ICTV makes an incredible and important contribution to Indigenous Australian communities by providing opportunities for sharing video stories made in remote communities across Australia, including to some of the most remote parts of Australia, such as ...

Federal minister wants to relax adoption rules for Indigenous children - SBS

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 8:50pm

SBS

Federal minister wants to relax adoption rules for Indigenous children
SBS
Federal children's minister David Gillespie says he has been shocked by the rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongst indigenous children. David Gillespie acknowledges there may be concerns about creating another Stolen Generation, but says he's ...
Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priorityCourier Mail
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of Aboriginal languages - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 7:03pm

The Conversation AU

The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of Aboriginal languages
The Conversation AU
The approximately 400 languages of Aboriginal Australia can be grouped into 27 different families. To put that diversity in context, Europe has just four language families, Indo-European, Basque, Finno-Ugric and Semitic, with Indo-European encompassing ...

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Fujitsu Australia plan aspires to an air of diversity - The Australian

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 1:01pm

Fujitsu Australia plan aspires to an air of diversity
The Australian
Among a raft of initiatives, Fujitsu is aiming for 12 of its suppliers to be indigenous enterprises by the end of 2018. Liam Ridgeway, the co-founder of Indigitek, a community of indigenous Australians interested in technology, says one of the biggest ...

No point in a one-size-fits-all fix for STIs in remote communities - The Australian

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 1:01pm

No point in a one-size-fits-all fix for STIs in remote communities
The Australian
If I were in a responsible position, I would ask the Office of Health Protection to co-operate with the Aboriginal medical services bodies, such as Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled ...

Try harder to fix the constitution: West Australian chief justice Wayne Martin - The Australian Financial Review

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 12:04pm

The Australian Financial Review

Try harder to fix the constitution: West Australian chief justice Wayne Martin
The Australian Financial Review
"I reiterate that it is no part of my purpose to suggest which of these competing arguments is to be preferred – there is clearly a respectable debate to be had," he said. Rather, his purpose was to point out the low likelihood Australians will ever ...

By Lily Waddell For Daily Mail Australia - Daily Mail

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 11:46am

Daily Mail

By Lily Waddell For Daily Mail Australia
Daily Mail
Perfect day out! Ed Sheeran takes a break from the stage as he enjoys hanging out with Aboriginal community in Australia. By Lily Waddell For Daily Mail Australia. Published: 07:36 EDT, 12 March 2018 | Updated: 07:42 EDT, 12 March 2018. e-mail. View ...

Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priority - Courier Mail

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 11:03am

Daily Mail

Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priority
Courier Mail
This deeply regrettable chapter in Australia's recent history has left a permanent scar. Two years after the report, the Queensland Parliament, through then premier Peter Beattie, apologised and pledged “total commitment to equal respect in the future ...
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis - Women's Agenda

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 5:59am

Women's Agenda

Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Women's Agenda
In 2011, it contributed to more burden of disease (the impact of illness, disability and premature death) than any other risk factor for women aged 25–44. In terms of the financial cost of violence against women and their children in Australia KPMG ...

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Brooke Boney, Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui, role models in the arts - Vogue Australia

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 5:23am

Vogue Australia

Brooke Boney, Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui, role models in the arts
Vogue Australia
Whether reading the news on Triple J or debating race, empowerment and beauty on a podcast, Brooke Boney, Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui are the modern faces of Indigenous Australian women, intelligent, outspoken and enormously entertaining, and ...

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Evangeline's story – A just future starts with culture - Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 5:07am

Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

Evangeline's story – A just future starts with culture
Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
Evangeline is employed as a Senior Artsworker by the Caritas Australia supported Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, based in Beswick (Wugularr), 100 kilometres east of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Today she is strengthening Aboriginal culture ...

Australia, we need to look to the past to look to our future - The Big Smoke Australia

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 1:40am

The Big Smoke Australia

Australia, we need to look to the past to look to our future
The Big Smoke Australia
An estimated 28,000 people died, mostly Indigenous. That is about the same number as died during WWII, but despite that, WWII has many, many memorials and a large place in our country's narrative and the nation's War Memorial in Canberra. That same ...

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New Hastings SC sensory garden a major cross-curricular success - EducationHQ Australia

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 1:14am

EducationHQ Australia

New Hastings SC sensory garden a major cross-curricular success
EducationHQ Australia
In Hellene Underwood-Nincsics' case, leading a group of Year 7s to design a sensory garden that comes infused with Indigenous culture and teachings has proven to be the ultimate cross-curricular operation. “We wanted to create a space where not just ...

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Australia, we need to look back in order to move on - The Big Smoke Australia

Mon, 2018/03/12 - 1:00am

Australia, we need to look back in order to move on
The Big Smoke Australia
An estimated 28,000 people died, mostly Indigenous. That is about the same number as died during WWII, but despite that, WWII has many, many memorials and a large place in our country's narrative and the nation's War Memorial in Canberra. That same ...

How Mikaela Jade built augmented reality startup Indigital from deep in Kakadu National Park - SmartCompany.com.au

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 10:32pm

SmartCompany.com.au

How Mikaela Jade built augmented reality startup Indigital from deep in Kakadu National Park
SmartCompany.com.au
If you were to pick a place to launch an augmented reality startup six years ago, there's a good chance the remote Australian town of Jabiru — 50 hours out of Darwin — would not have been your first choice. But that didn't deter Mikaela Jade from ...

Jessica Mauboy, actress and singer - Vogue Australia

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 10:18pm

Vogue Australia

Jessica Mauboy, actress and singer
Vogue Australia
Appearing on Australian Idol in 2006 was only the beginning for Indigenous Australian Jessica Mauboy, who has since gone on to become one of the country's most well-known actresses and singers. A regular on Australian TV screens, in film and on radio ...
Warren Mundine slams PC 'thought police' for ignoring real problemsStarts at 60

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Jade Torres, founder of Pwerle Gallery - Vogue Australia

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 10:04pm

Vogue Australia

Jade Torres, founder of Pwerle Gallery
Vogue Australia
... also include Barbara Weir and Emily Kame Kngwarreye) and continue the legacy of promoting indigenous art, Torres launched Pwerle Gallery in 2015. According to Torres, her vision with Pwerle was to build a space and a platform that would act as a ...

Voting in the remote APY Lands a unique challenge for the electoral commission - ABC Online

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 7:32pm

ABC Online

Voting in the remote APY Lands a unique challenge for the electoral commission
ABC Online
The region, in far north-west South Australia, stretches more than 103,000 square kilometres and is the traditional land of the Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra people. It was created in 1981, when the South Australian government gave ...

Geoff Gallop backs Barnett's debate over remote camps - The Australian

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Geoff Gallop backs Barnett's debate over remote camps
The Australian
Former Labor premier Geoff Gallop, who used the powers of the West Australian parliament to shut down a notorious Swan Valley camp after a toddler was raped in 2000, says Liberal successor Colin Barnett was right to raise the issue of the future of ...

Politics beats suffering for city Aboriginal leaders in denial about child sex abuse - The Australian

Sun, 2018/03/11 - 1:01pm

Voice of America

Politics beats suffering for city Aboriginal leaders in denial about child sex abuse
The Australian
Hayley Sorensen in the NT News on March 2 wrote: “Analysis of Territory Families figures reveals at least 8559 individual Aboriginal children had notifications relating to neglect, physical, emotional harm or sexual exploitation in 2016-17. Each had ...
Doctors Urge 5-Year Alcohol Ban to Stop Violence in Outback Australian TownVoice of America

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