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Aboriginality today: it's not all black and white - National Indigenous Times

Fri, 2017/08/18 - 12:04am

National Indigenous Times

Aboriginality today: it's not all black and white
National Indigenous Times
Douglas D'Antoine is changing the stereotype of what it means to be an Aboriginal person in Australia. He is many things: a father, a man thriving in his workplace and possessing a body that reflects a very healthy 45 years. He is governed by an ...

Indigenous art book 'Our Mob, God's Story' wins Australian Christian book of the year - Eternity News

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 2:21pm

Eternity News

Indigenous art book 'Our Mob, God's Story' wins Australian Christian book of the year
Eternity News
Our Mob, God's Story has taken out the prize for the 37th Annual Australian Christian book of the Year at a ceremony in Melbourne. The judges called the book “beautiful, confident and irresistible.” Advertisement. “Sixty-six Aboriginal and Torres ...

Childcare push to scrap Australia Day - The Australian

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 2:10pm

The Australian

Childcare push to scrap Australia Day
The Australian
A push is on to sideline Australia Day celebrations in preschools and childcare settings because of sensitivity about the event among indigenous Australians, with a group of activist educators throwing its support behind a Melbourne council's ban.

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Art Gallery of South Australia's new Namatjiras change the story of Aboriginal dot painting - The Advertiser

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 12:38pm

The Advertiser

Art Gallery of South Australia's new Namatjiras change the story of Aboriginal dot painting
The Advertiser
“As far as we know, he was the first,” AGSA's curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Nici Cumpston said. The paintings reveal Namatjira had an intimate knowledge of his traditional culture, something “we previously didn't know”. “They ...

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Tom Elliott: Reality a rare visitor to Yarra council - Herald Sun

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 11:00am

ABC Online

Tom Elliott: Reality a rare visitor to Yarra council
Herald Sun
But before the likes of Yarra council rewrite the past too much, consider what history really has to teach us about European colonisation of Australia. For a start, this continent was never going to remain undiscovered. The idea that Aborigines could ...
Australia Day: Greens' Adam Bandt offers to hold Yarra citizenship ceremonies to help out councilABC Online

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Crazy Hanson moments you forgot about - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 7:35am

NEWS.com.au

Crazy Hanson moments you forgot about
NEWS.com.au
She first came to prominence after she was disendorsed as a Liberal candidate in 1996 for making racist comments about Aboriginal Australians but secured a victory in the Queensland lower house seat of Oxley anyway because she still appeared on the ...

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Same-sex marriage survey: Fears residents in Aboriginal town camps, rural areas won't be able to vote - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 6:23am

ABC Online

Same-sex marriage survey: Fears residents in Aboriginal town camps, rural areas won't be able to vote
ABC Online
People in remote communities and Indigenous town camps fear they may be locked out of voting in the same-sex marriage postal poll, due to difficulties getting them papers in the mail. A spokesperson for the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed the ...
Aboriginal Council Calls On "Discriminatory" Same-Sex Postal Survey To Be AbandonedBuzzFeed News

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Program to boost knowledge of law for Aboriginal women - The West Australian

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 3:44am

The West Australian

Program to boost knowledge of law for Aboriginal women
The West Australian
Their persistence paid off when a joint venture between Oxfam Australia and Aarnja made the event possible. Aarnja chief executive Janine Dureau said she was determined to seek a partnership with Oxfam to bring the eight-year-old program to the ...

This year will be the last Family and Community public holiday - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 3:27am

The Sydney Morning Herald

This year will be the last Family and Community public holiday
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's like a garden, to be continually worked and to bring together an idea of an Australia which is strengthened by this Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage to be the country we want it to be." Greens crossbencher Caroline Le Couteur welcomed the ...

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Dumped Aboriginal corporation boss Steve Mavrigiannakis to fight $350k 'rip-off' claim - The West Australian

Thu, 2017/08/17 - 12:03am

The West Australian

Dumped Aboriginal corporation boss Steve Mavrigiannakis to fight $350k 'rip-off' claim
The West Australian
The former chief executive of one of Australia's biggest Aboriginal corporations, who is accused of a $350,000 rip-off from his former employers, has signalled he intends to use the lack of action against him by the Federal regulator as a defence in a ...

HOW COUNCIL BULLIES BANNED AUSTRALIA DAY: FAKE HISTORY AND FAKE POLLS - Herald Sun (blog)

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 10:55pm

Herald Sun (blog)

HOW COUNCIL BULLIES BANNED AUSTRALIA DAY: FAKE HISTORY AND FAKE POLLS
Herald Sun (blog)
Even a McNair poll commissioned by the Left-leaning Guardian Australia last January found only 15 per cent of Australians wanted Australia Day shifted from January 26, the date the First Fleet arrived in 1788. Even 46 per cent per cent of Aboriginal ...
'It must change': Karl Stefanovic's Australia Day change of heartThe Sydney Morning Herald
Television personality Karl Stefanovic supports changing date of Australia DayCourier Mail
Karl Stefanovic: Australia Day 'must change' out of respectFraser Coast Chronicle
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Swan: Noongar elder presented Lifetime Achievement Award at National Naidoc Awards - Community Newspaper Group

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 5:02pm

Community Newspaper Group

Swan: Noongar elder presented Lifetime Achievement Award at National Naidoc Awards
Community Newspaper Group
Ms Ryder, who worked for 21 years in the Australian Army, was recognised for her role as president of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans Association of WA, as a community outreach worker and for her commitment to the Swan Alliance's ...

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Inquest hears teen insight into indigenous deaths - The Australian

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 2:18pm

Inquest hears teen insight into indigenous deaths
The Australian
The young woman, whose identity is suppressed by the West Australian coroner, was rocked by a spate of deaths in her family and exposure to domestic violence. She dropped out of high school, went on welfare and developed depression, the inquest was ...

Warren Mundine: Govt must expand cashless cards to more communities - dailytelegraph.com.au

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 1:03pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Warren Mundine: Govt must expand cashless cards to more communities
dailytelegraph.com.au
THERE'S a video on social media everyone should watch. It features CCTV footage of the raw violence and drug- and alcohol-fuelled dysfunction gripping many Aboriginal communities in regional Western Australia. The most disturbing scene is footage of a ...

Yarra council's cycle of high wages and waste - Herald Sun

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 12:09pm

Herald Sun

Yarra council's cycle of high wages and waste
Herald Sun
Fellow Greens councillor Misha Coleman said: “I'm a seventh generation Australian, and I want to celebrate being Australian, but not on a date which is a day of mourning and sorrow for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.” Another Green, Cr ...

Andrew Bolt: Warped Australia Day ban will promote hatred - Herald Sun

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 11:01am

Herald Sun

Andrew Bolt: Warped Australia Day ban will promote hatred
Herald Sun
Even a McNair poll commissioned by the Left-leaning Guardian Australia last January found only 15 per cent of Australians wanted Australia Day shifted from January 26, the date the First Fleet arrived in 1788. Even 46 per cent per cent of Aboriginal ...

Warren Mundine: Greens are ignoring indigenous despair - Herald Sun

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 11:01am

Herald Sun

Warren Mundine: Greens are ignoring indigenous despair
Herald Sun
THERE'S a video on social media everyone should watch. It features CCTV footage of the raw violence and drug- and alcohol-fuelled dysfunction gripping many Aboriginal communities in regional Western Australia. The most disturbing scene is footage of a ...

Aboriginal jail rates worry WA's top cop - The Australian

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 6:08am

Aboriginal jail rates worry WA's top cop
The Australian
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a Home Affairs portfolio briefing with ministers and heads Rachel Baxendale, Greg Brown. PoliticsNow: Malcolm Turnbull uses Parliament to condemn a Melbourne council's ban on Australia Day.

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Miserable activists trash our national day - Herald Sun

Wed, 2017/08/16 - 4:14am

Herald Sun

Miserable activists trash our national day
Herald Sun
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Television personality Karl Stefanovic supports changing date of Australia Day - Courier Mail

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 10:23pm

Courier Mail

Television personality Karl Stefanovic supports changing date of Australia Day
Courier Mail
Stefanovic's stand comes as a Melbourne Council moves to become the first in the nation to stop holding citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day out of respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Yarra City councillors voted on Tuesday ...
'It must change': Karl Stefanovic's Australia Day change of heartThe Sydney Morning Herald
Today show co-host Karl Stefanovic backs calls for Australia Day date to be changed9news.com.au
Karl Stefanovic Wants To Change The Date Of Australia DayHit 107
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