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Yarra Council scraps Australia Day celebrations, won't hold citizenship ceremonies - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 9:02pm

NEWS.com.au

Yarra Council scraps Australia Day celebrations, won't hold citizenship ceremonies
NEWS.com.au
TODAY Show's Karl Stefanovic strongly supported a Melbourne council's move 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 ...
Melbourne Council Scraps Australia DayHit 107
Yarra council votes to change Aust Day dateSky News Australia
Australia Day ban: Melbourne council shifts national celebrationYahoo7 News
Herald Sun (blog) -9news.com.au -Daily Mail
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Same-sex marriage postal vote a 'waste' in Indigenous communities, Sistagirls say - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 8:50pm

ABC Online

Same-sex marriage postal vote a 'waste' in Indigenous communities, Sistagirls say
ABC Online
"Most of our people don't speak English, it's our second language and that goes for all Aboriginal people in Australia." The Sistagirls are a group of transgender women from the Tiwi Islands. An estimated $122 million will be spent on a statistical ...

Australia Day ban: Melbourne council shifts national celebration - Yahoo7 News

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 8:31pm

Yahoo7 News

Australia Day ban: Melbourne council shifts national celebration
Yahoo7 News
Yarra City councillors voted on Tuesday night voted to stop referring to January 26 as Australia Day and to cease holding any citizenship ceremonies on that day from 2018. Despite pressure from the federal government against such a move, all ...
One Nation strikes media reform dealThe New Daily

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Darwin Festival: The power and politics of Indigenous anti-mine art - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 8:16pm

ABC Online

Darwin Festival: The power and politics of Indigenous anti-mine art
ABC Online
They also hope the exhibition will act as a rallying cry to other Indigenous communities across Australia who feel they have lost power over mining and other developments on their land. Garawa Indigenous leader Jack Green was photographed with the ...

One Nation strikes media reform deal - The New Daily

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 7:54pm

One Nation strikes media reform deal
The New Daily
A Melbourne council has made history by becoming 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 night voted to ...

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Greens should shut up and listen to indigenous people - The Australian

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 2:50pm

The Australian

Greens should shut up and listen to indigenous people
The Australian
The video, supported by West Australian mining businessman Andrew Forrest, proves the desperate need for the cashless debit card system that quarantines 80 per cent of welfare recipients' payments to limit access to alcohol, drugs and gambling.

Yarra council votes to cancel citizenship ceremony, ban references to Australia Day - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 11:39am

ABC Online

Yarra council votes to cancel citizenship ceremony, ban references to Australia Day
ABC Online
Among a raft of measures, the City of Yarra council, which is made up of four Greens party members, voted to stop referring to January 26 as Australia Day, to stop celebrating an annual citizenship ceremony on the day and to hold an Indigenous-themed ...
Trendy council to dump Australia DayThe Australian
Council votes to stop Aust Day citizenshipNEWS.com.au
Don't attack Australia Day, government tells local councilsSBS
Broadsheet -Sky News Australia -Herald Sun
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Aboriginal suicide inquest: Perfect storm of missed chances preceded death of 12yo - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 6:49am

ABC Online

Aboriginal suicide inquest: Perfect storm of missed chances preceded death of 12yo
ABC Online
... have described a perfect storm of cancelled visits, missed phone calls, short-staffing and uncooperative parents — against a backdrop of intergenerational trauma — that preceded the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in a park in northern Western ...

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Scars of Bathurst's declaration of martial law laid bare at commemoration 193 years on - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 6:02am

ABC Online

Scars of Bathurst's declaration of martial law laid bare at commemoration 193 years on
ABC Online
A bloody part of Australian history has been examined at Bathurst in central NSW on the 193rd anniversary of its declaration of martial law. Martial law was declared across the Bathurst region on August 14, 1824, leading to a sharp rise in conflict ...

34th NATSIAA sends powerful message - ArtsHub (subscription)

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 4:16am

ABC Online

34th NATSIAA sends powerful message
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Telstra National Aboriginal and & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) are Australia's most prestigious and longest running Indigenous art prize. Run by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) since 1984, the awards are ...
Award-winning art spearheads cultural revival in the APY LandsABC Online

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Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 3:53am

Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down
NEWS.com.au
... Andrew Jackomos, will not seek reappointment when his current term ends in June 2018, the government announced on Tuesday. Mr Jackomos was appointed as the first state Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in 2013, in response ...

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Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down - The Australian

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 3:53am

Vic indigenous kids advocate steps down
The Australian
The Aussie unis in elite list · Two college graduates hugging one another in congratulations Bernard Lane. Australia continues to punch above its weight with six elite universities in a top 100 global league table of institutions.

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Kimberley youth suicide inquest witness attacks cashless welfare cards - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/08/15 - 3:16am

ABC Online

Kimberley youth suicide inquest witness attacks cashless welfare cards
ABC Online
But Dr Klein argued the program would add to the disempowerment felt by Aboriginal people in the region. "It has become a symbol of not having control over one's life and of state intervention over people's lives," she said. Questioned on her findings ...

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Trendy council to dump Australia Day - The Australian

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 11:32pm

The Australian

Trendy council to dump Australia Day
The Australian
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date, with up to 50,000 people joining a march in Melbourne to call for change. However Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ...
Australia Day: Yarra Council to vote on local name change, cancelling citizenship ceremony in inner-MelbourneABC Online
Council poised to drop Aust Day ceremoniesNEWS.com.au
Don't attack Australia Day, government tells local councilsSBS
Pedestrian TV -The Guardian -Bendigo Advertiser
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'Indigenous voices need to be heard': Melbourne council to vote on Australia Day changes - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 8:21pm

ABC Online

'Indigenous voices need to be heard': Melbourne council to vote on Australia Day changes
ABC Online
If passed, it could be the most extensive range of changes to Australia Day celebrations any council has undertaken. City of Yarra Mayor Amanda Stone, who is a Greens Party representative, said she consulted with several Indigenous leaders within her ...

Principal Education Advisor - Indigenous English And Language Dialect - EducationHQ Australia

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 2:29pm

EducationHQ Australia

Principal Education Advisor - Indigenous English And Language Dialect
EducationHQ Australia
Strengthen curriculum leaders, designated coaches and teachers' knowledge of the IEAL/D frameworks as they relate to the Australian Curriculum by focusing professional development on student learning, effective teaching strategies and how to ...

After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 4:53am

ABC Online

After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for
ABC Online
"The starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians," he said. "It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing." That act of recognition is the one ...

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Academic slams indigenous welfare policy - The Australian

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 4:31am

Academic slams indigenous welfare policy
The Australian
University of Melbourne development studies lecturer Dr Elise Klein is researching the policy and told the inquest the compulsory program was rolled out without proper community consultation, silencing many Aboriginal voices and causing tension and ...

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Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 1:36am

ABC Online

Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy
ABC Online
Tens of thousands of years ago, Indigenous Australians looked towards the sky at night to navigate their environment by reading the different constellations. These days — despite the light pollution near major cities after dark — Wiradjuri descendant ...

Greek currents in Australian waters - Neos Kosmos

Mon, 2017/08/14 - 1:31am

Neos Kosmos

Greek currents in Australian waters
Neos Kosmos
A portrait of an unidentified Indigenous woman with two children and a fish, c 1920 : Australia. Photo: Francis Birtles. "The name barramundi comes from an Aboriginal term for 'fish with big scales', Janiszewski tells Neos Kosmos. "It is an acquired ...

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