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Australia opens up new vistas to the strongholds of aboriginal culture - Economic Times

Thu, 2017/04/13 - 3:11am

Economic Times

Australia opens up new vistas to the strongholds of aboriginal culture
Economic Times
In Central Australia, Alice Springs is the focal point for some of Australia's quintessential outback experiences. Deep in the heart of the Western Desert, Uluru (Ayres Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) are considered the spiritual heartland for many ...

Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, historian says - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 9:22pm

ABC Online

Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, historian says
ABC Online
Monash University historian Professor Jenny Hocking found transcripts placing Indigenous football, commonly known today as Marngrook, firmly in the Western district of Victoria where Australian rules founder Tom Wills grew up. Tom was the son of ...

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Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, anthropologist says - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 9:22pm

ABC Online

Indigenous influence on AFL creation confirmed by historical transcripts, anthropologist says
ABC Online
Monash University historian Professor Jenny Hocking found transcripts placing Indigenous football, commonly known today as Marngrook, firmly in the Western district of Victoria where Australian rules founder Tom Wills grew up. Tom was the son of ...

Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs - Daily Advertiser

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 6:02pm

Daily Advertiser

Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs
Daily Advertiser
Mike Reed, Chairman of the NT branch of Regional Development Australia, Northern Territory, says the indigenous programs and services being pursued by the federal government are failing, and that PM&C might have better luck if if put more people closer ...

Aboriginal man's killing conviction dumped - The Australian

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 2:38am

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Aboriginal man's killing conviction dumped
The Australian
'Greatest threat to world stability' · 'Greatest threat to world stability' Rachel Baxendale. North Korea and Kim Jong-un pose the biggest threat to Australia and the region, Christopher Pyne has warned.
Gene Gibson freed as conviction for Broome manslaughter of Josh Warneke quashedABC Online
Freed after four years: Illiterate Aboriginal man wins appeal against manslaughter convictionYahoo7 News
Gene Gibson's manslaughter conviction for Josh Warneke killing thrown outNEWS.com.au

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Gene Gibson's conviction for Broome manslaughter of Josh Warneke overturned - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/04/12 - 2:11am

ABC Online

Gene Gibson's conviction for Broome manslaughter of Josh Warneke overturned
ABC Online
"The very agency tasked with protecting and supporting Gene, failed, and failed dismally and has taken the process of justice back 50 years for Aboriginal Australians. "There must be consequences for this as Gene and his family have borne the full ...
Aboriginal man's killing conviction dumpedThe Australian
Manslaughter charge sensationally droppedNEWS.com.au

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Indigenous policy a failure for decades - The Australian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 10:34pm

The Guardian

Indigenous policy a failure for decades
The Australian
"Half a century on from the historic 1967 referendum, far too many indigenous Australians live in circumstances akin to those in developing countries," Oxfam Australia chief executive Dr Helen Szoke said. In May 1967, more than 90 per cent of ...
Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says ...The Guardian
Clark part of Indigenous Executive Leaders program - richmondfc ...Richmond
Stark Indigenous inequality calls for governments to reset agenda: new reportMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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'Entrenched disadvantage': Indigenous policy a failure for decades, Oxfam says - SBS

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:13pm

SBS

'Entrenched disadvantage': Indigenous policy a failure for decades, Oxfam says
SBS
Decades of failed Indigenous government policy has condemned Aboriginal Australians to stark inequality and entrenched disadvantage. That's the verdict of Oxfam Australia's latest report, which shows one in five Indigenous households fall in the ...

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Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam - The Guardian

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 2:01pm

The Guardian

Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam
The Guardian
Successive Australian governments have failed to achieve meaningful change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, according to a report by Oxfam that calls for a drastic overhaul of all areas of Indigenous policy and interaction with ...
Indigenous policy a failure for decadesYahoo7 News

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Why footy bigotry hurts all indigenous Australians - The Advertiser

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 1:33pm

The Advertiser

Why footy bigotry hurts all indigenous Australians
The Advertiser
For many indigenous Australians, myself included, it didn't just feel like they were booing Adam Goodes. It felt like they were booing the rest of us too, and you just pray that if you go to a game, no one starts doing it in front of you. Professional ...
Indigenous players demand end to racist abuseSBS
Racist AFL fans learn nothing from Goodes experienceThe Australian
AFL: Aboriginal football players call for end to racial abuseCNN International
Sports News -ABC Online
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Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs - Southern Cross

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 11:18am

Southern Cross

Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs
Southern Cross
Mike Reed, Chairman of the NT branch of Regional Development Australia, Northern Territory, says the indigenous programs and services being pursued by the federal government are failing, and that PM&C might have better luck if if put more people closer ...

Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:40am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman
The Sydney Morning Herald
The census snapshot was able to give a far more detailed profiled of a non-Indigenous 'typical' Australian. She was a 38-year-old woman who has two kids and is married, with a three-bedroom home and two cars. She finished year 12. Both her parents were ...
Census 2016: Meet 'Claire', mother of two and 'the typical Australian'The New Daily
ABS census describes 'typical' Australian. So, are you above average?The Australian Financial Review
Census reveals the typical AustralianSky News Australia
The Conversation AU
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Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman - Barossa & Light Herald

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 8:39am

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Australian Census: 'Typical' Indigenous profile a 23-year-old woman
Barossa & Light Herald
The census snapshot was able to give a far more detailed profiled of a non-Indigenous 'typical' Australian. She was a 38-year-old woman who has two kids and is married, with a three-bedroom home and two cars. She finished year 12. Both her parents were ...
Meet the typical Aussie; mortgaged up mum with two kids and two carsYahoo7 News
Census data casts light on the 'typical' AustralianABC Online
Census reveals how 'average Aussie' looksThe Australian
The Sydney Morning Herald -9news.com.au -Sky News Australia
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The typical Aussie a mortgaged up mum with two cars and two kids - Yahoo7 News

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 3:23am

Yahoo7 News

The typical Aussie a mortgaged up mum with two cars and two kids
Yahoo7 News
However, the typical New South Welshman, Victorian and West Australian is the child of at least one migrant. Previous surveys showed Australians were likely to home their homes outright. That has changed. Photo: AAP. The typical Aboriginal Australian ...
Census Australia 2016: data shows what typical Aussie looks likeThe Australian
Census reveals the 'typical Australian'9news.com.au
Census says 'typical' Australian is 38-year-old married woman with two childrenThe Guardian
Yahoo7 News
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Indigenous community celebrates record harvest from Kakadu plum plantation in WA's Kimberley - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 2:10am

ABC Online

Indigenous community celebrates record harvest from Kakadu plum plantation in WA's Kimberley
ABC Online
An Indigenous community in Western Australia is celebrating a record harvest from the state's only commercial plantation of gubinge, picking nearly double last year's crop of the native bush fruit. The Bidyadanga community in the remote Kimberley ...

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Ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common - Mashable

Tue, 2017/04/11 - 1:13am

Ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common
Mashable
Look up on any clear night and you can see myriad stars, planets, and the Milky Way stretching across the sky. The chances are that you know some of the constellations. The International Astronomical Union recognises 88 constellations, ranging from the ...

Meet the new full-time GP at Goolburri Aboriginal Health - Toowoomba Chronicle

Mon, 2017/04/10 - 7:16pm

Toowoomba Chronicle

Meet the new full-time GP at Goolburri Aboriginal Health
Toowoomba Chronicle
"The poorer health of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when compared to the non-indigenous is no secret,” he said. "I like working in this field because when you consider their medical problems, it's almost similar to what I ...

NAB program aims to get Indigenous leaders into the C-suite - The Australian Financial Review

Mon, 2017/04/10 - 1:06pm

The Australian Financial Review

NAB program aims to get Indigenous leaders into the C-suite
The Australian Financial Review
Australian Rules football gave Aaron Clarke, who grew up on an Aboriginal mission in south-west Victoria, the chance to travel and become a community leader. Clarke, who is the director of Korin Gamadji Institute at Richmond Football Club, has joined a ...
Online course teaching Sydney's Indigenous history and culture to anyone, anywhereABC Online
Indigenous Australians know removing race from constitution is pretend changeThe Guardian
Why are our Indigenous youths committing suicide?dailytelegraph.com.au
The Australian
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Online course teaching Sydney's Indigenous history and culture to anyone, anywhere - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/04/10 - 8:55am

ABC Online

Online course teaching Sydney's Indigenous history and culture to anyone, anywhere
ABC Online
"I have pursued learning about the Indigenous culture of Australia by my own means, but as a result of the education system in Australia my knowledge was limited," he said. "I think it's important as a young white Australian to firstly acknowledge the ...
Indigenous Australians know removing race from constitution is pretend changeThe Guardian
Why are our Indigenous youths committing suicide?dailytelegraph.com.au
Minimal constitutional reform won't wash with First PeoplesThe Australian

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Kindred skies: ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2017/04/10 - 12:04am

The Conversation AU

Kindred skies: ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common
The Conversation AU
Orion (right) fights Taurus the bull (middle) while pursuing the seven sisters of the Pleiades (left), as seen from Australia. Stellarium. In Wiradjuri Aboriginal traditions of central New South Wales, Baiame is the creation ancestor, seen in the sky ...

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