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'Administrative chaos' risks sacred site - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 3:41am

National Indigenous Times

'Administrative chaos' risks sacred site
National Indigenous Times
An ancient valley in a region of Australia found to hold secrets of Aboriginal occupation dating back to the Ice Age is at risk of being destroyed by a rail line planned by billionaire Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group, according to traditional ...

Miss Fisher's new case is close to home - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 3:26am

National Indigenous Times

Miss Fisher's new case is close to home
National Indigenous Times
Actress Essie Davis, who plays Phryne Fisher in the ABC television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, is lending her voice to a campaign to protect a remote Tasmania wilderness that has the largest number of ancient Aboriginal hut depressions in ...

Emily's dreaming is now in plane sight - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 3:01am

National Indigenous Times

Emily's dreaming is now in plane sight
National Indigenous Times
Qantas has unveiled a special salute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians on its latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The plane features the work of the late Northern Territory artist and senior Anmatyerre woman, Emily Kame Kngwarreye. It is ...

Closing the Gap still a distant dream - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 2:53am

National Indigenous Times

Closing the Gap still a distant dream
National Indigenous Times
After a decade of government initiatives, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still struggling to find work, dying younger and their children are still falling behind when it comes to attending school. The annual Closing the Gap report ...

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Christians call to share land profits with Aboriginal people - Eternity News

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 12:42am

Eternity News

Christians call to share land profits with Aboriginal people
Eternity News
Accordingly, we simply took the land as if it were ours to take,” a committee member wrote. “The church benefited directly from this injustice in receiving from the colonial government what was essentially stolen land. Money derived from those lands ...

Narungga deal paves way for treaty - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 12:35am

National Indigenous Times

Narungga deal paves way for treaty
National Indigenous Times
The Narungga Nation has signed an agreement with the South Australian Government that is being hailed as a significant milestone towards Treaty. The official signing of the Buthera Agreement last week lays the foundations for Treaty and includes ...

Repeated warnings ignored, family of raped toddler say - The Australian

Wed, 2018/02/21 - 12:24am

ABC Online

Repeated warnings ignored, family of raped toddler say
The Australian
“By putting it in the paper, hopefully the whole of Australia can see what's happening in our little town.” Graeme Smith, CEO of Manungurra Aboriginal Corporation, said he and his wife had lived near the girl and her parents for several months soon ...
Toddler hospitalised after alleged sexual assault in Tennant CreekABC Online
Alleged horror sex attack on two-year-old Northern Territory girlNEWS.com.au

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Indigenous voice crucial - Shepparton News

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 9:34pm

Shepparton News

Indigenous voice crucial
Shepparton News
Mr Briggs said he believed mainstream Australian society did not push for necessary strategies around the repositioning and value of indigenous people, highlighted through its attitude towards constitutional change, Australian nationhood and the lack ...
Closing the Gap still a distant dreamNational Indigenous Times

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Morning mail: Turnbull accused over recognition - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 8:03pm

The Guardian

Morning mail: Turnbull accused over recognition
The Guardian
The Labor senator and Yawuru man Pat Dodson has accused Malcolm Turnbull of throwing out a bipartisan approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition by refusing to consider an Indigenous voice to parliament. Dodson was speaking in response to a poll ...

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Pat Dodson accuses Turnbull of ditching bipartisan constitutional recognition - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 5:00pm

The Guardian

Pat Dodson accuses Turnbull of ditching bipartisan constitutional recognition
The Guardian
Pat Dodson has accused the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, of deliberately throwing out a bipartisan approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition, after a new poll that found 57% of voters — including 38% who typically vote for the Coalition ...
Dodson lashes Turnbull's 'dog whistle politics'The Australian

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Gold Coast Games welcome to be a didgeridoozy - The Australian

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Gold Coast Games welcome to be a didgeridoozy
The Australian
The campaign to feature a didgeridoo orchestra at the opening ceremony was made public in 2014 and the groundswell of support from indigenous communities around the nation has been successful. “It's the world's oldest woodwind instrument and it says ...

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Dodson lashes Turnbull's 'dog whistle politics' - The Australian

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Dodson lashes Turnbull's 'dog whistle politics'
The Australian
“Which is not true, and the colonisation and settlement of Australia tells us that it's not true because it was taken by force, and there's been no agreement as to how the rights and interests of the First Nations peoples are to be accommodated.” The ...

Guilt over Aboriginals can lead to teaching children untruths. It's happening in Canada - National Post

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 11:31am

National Post

Guilt over Aboriginals can lead to teaching children untruths. It's happening in Canada
National Post
What do Australia and Canada have in common? Both are modern multicultural societies borne of British roots. Both are heavily reliant on resources and trade. Both have a passion for globally obscure professional sports. Both are largely empty in the ...

SA's only Aboriginal Boer War veteran William Westbury honoured in home town of Pinnaroo - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 4:45am

ABC Online

SA's only Aboriginal Boer War veteran William Westbury honoured in home town of Pinnaroo
ABC Online
William Westbury's service to his country began the same year his country became a nation: 1901. On January 1, the various colonies joined together in an Australian federation, and a few months later, William Westbury went off to fight in the Second ...

Toddler hospitalised after alleged sexual assault in Tennant Creek - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 3:35am

ABC Online

Toddler hospitalised after alleged sexual assault in Tennant Creek
ABC Online
A two-year-old girl has been flown to hospital in Adelaide after an alleged sexual assault in the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek. A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody on Tuesday after being charged with sexually assaulting the child. He ...
Repeated warnings ignored, family of raped toddler sayThe Australian

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First official agreement with Narungga Nation - The Flinders News

Tue, 2018/02/20 - 1:48am

First official agreement with Narungga Nation
The Flinders News
The South Australia Government has taken significant steps to strengthen the relationship between government and Aboriginal South Australians, with Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Kyam Maher saying that a Treaty in South Australia will be an ...

Q&A: Indigenous Australians are tired of being spoken for, says actress Shareena Clanton - Radio Australia

Mon, 2018/02/19 - 9:17pm

Q&A: Indigenous Australians are tired of being spoken for, says actress Shareena Clanton
Radio Australia
"It's about allocating and ascending Aboriginal Australia to where your [Mr Frydenberg's] own party is at." Melbourne University Press chief executive Louise Adler said the Uluru Statement appeared an opportunity for the Government to receive the ...

Third-world life in the heart of a first-world city - ABC Online

Mon, 2018/02/19 - 7:08pm

ABC Online

Third-world life in the heart of a first-world city
ABC Online
In the past couple of years she's lost both her son and her husband, Dave Timber, who spent many years vehemently fighting for this land to stay in Aboriginal hands. He was also the glue that held the place together. One Mile Dam has long been an open ...

More young Indigenous people studying and working - Katherine Times

Mon, 2018/02/19 - 4:13pm

Katherine Times

More young Indigenous people studying and working
Katherine Times
Census data is also an important input into measures such as the Council of Australian Governments' Closing the Gap targets. Since the 1971 census, there has been a clear upward trend in the counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in ...

Librarian - EducationHQ Australia

Mon, 2018/02/19 - 2:06pm

Mirage News

Librarian
EducationHQ Australia
coordinate projects and deliver services, using high level knowledge and experience of the Australian curriculum, as it relates to the cross curriculum priority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures; deliver professional ...
Latest Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander data released - Mirage NewsMirage News
Comm Games Gold Coast 2018: Festival 2018: ntertwining ...NEWS.com.au

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