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Sorry, but we're a divided nation - The Advertiser

Sun, 2017/04/02 - 11:30am

The Advertiser

Sorry, but we're a divided nation
The Advertiser
The ultimate symbol of this tribalisation — plans by both Labor and the Liberals to change our Constitution to give Australians with Aboriginal ancestors extra legal rights. E XAMPLE TWO: a report that Melbourne's Monash council spent just $4000 on ...

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Andrew Bolt: Sorry, but we're a divided nation - Herald Sun

Sun, 2017/04/02 - 10:00am

Herald Sun

Andrew Bolt: Sorry, but we're a divided nation
Herald Sun
The ultimate symbol of this tribalisation — plans by both Labor and the Liberals to change our Constitution to give Australians with Aboriginal ancestors extra legal rights. E XAMPLE TWO: a report that Melbourne's Monash council spent just $4000 on ...

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Sean Mitchell is one of Australia's largest Aboriginal souvenirs wholesalers - dailytelegraph.com.au

Sat, 2017/04/01 - 12:02pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Sean Mitchell is one of Australia's largest Aboriginal souvenirs wholesalers
dailytelegraph.com.au
“I used to be a sales agent for one of Australia's biggest hat companies and we sold to the duty frees and souvenir stores,” Mr Mitchell said. On sale at Dreamtime Native Arts N Crafts. Sean Mitchell with an Aboriginal artefact. “My neighbour, who ...

In the war on racism, the migrant-born are forever left behind - The Stringer

Sat, 2017/04/01 - 9:52am

In the war on racism, the migrant-born are forever left behind
The Stringer
There will continue third-world-akin poverty for a significant proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, long after our generation's bones are dusted into the earth. In the war on racism, migrant Australians have respected the onus for ...

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Australia's 'most significant site' kept off UNESCO's World Heritage list - Daily Advertiser

Sat, 2017/04/01 - 6:19am

Australia's 'most significant site' kept off UNESCO's World Heritage list
Daily Advertiser
The Burrup has the world's largest collection of Indigenous art and includes the oldest known representation of a human face on Earth. It is the only Australian site to have been listed on the World Monuments Fund's most endangered sites. In 2007 the ...

Hidden Australia: BBC's 'misleading' documentary on alcohol addiction in Aboriginal community 'seriously breached ... - Belfast Telegraph

Fri, 2017/03/31 - 2:35pm

Belfast Telegraph

Hidden Australia: BBC's 'misleading' documentary on alcohol addiction in Aboriginal community 'seriously breached ...
Belfast Telegraph
The BBC said in a statement: "We note that the Trust has found that the sequence in (the episode) Reggie Yates - Hidden Australia: Black In The Outback was a serious breach of the BBC's editorial guidelines. "We take any suggestion that the BBC's high ...
Reggie Yates film about Aboriginal drinking 'misled viewers'BBC News

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Borobi objections are misguided - Gold Coast Bulletin

Fri, 2017/03/31 - 2:07pm

Gold Coast Bulletin

Borobi objections are misguided
Gold Coast Bulletin
As part of the referendum process the federal government has established a Referendum Council — which is tasked with holding a series of meetings across Australia to determine Aboriginal attitudes to constitutional recognition. A number of meetings ...

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Graham Hryce: Objections to Borobi on cultural grounds are misguided - Herald Sun

Fri, 2017/03/31 - 2:03pm

Herald Sun

Graham Hryce: Objections to Borobi on cultural grounds are misguided
Herald Sun
As part of the referendum process the federal government has established a Referendum Council — which is tasked with holding a series of meetings across Australia to determine Aboriginal attitudes to constitutional recognition. A number of meetings ...

Gay marriage campaigners bullying Australians who are against it, Anglican Archbishop says - ABC Online

Fri, 2017/03/31 - 8:27am

ABC Online

Gay marriage campaigners bullying Australians who are against it, Anglican Archbishop says
ABC Online
"Even in Aboriginal culture marriage is valued as between a man and a woman." The Archbishop said he believed a national vote would reveal most Australians were against gay marriage. "A plebiscite would identify there isn't strong support for same-sex ...

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Stolen Generations: South Australia's compensation scheme attracts more applications than expected - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/03/30 - 8:05pm

ABC Online

Stolen Generations: South Australia's compensation scheme attracts more applications than expected
ABC Online
Mr Braun said his adoptive parents were wonderful people. "It's really the circumstances to do with our forced removal and being forcibly adopted ... that's the key element to the [reparations]," he said. The scheme is open to Aboriginal South ...

Closing the Gap: Indigenous Health Minister meets medical colleges to boost Aboriginal health care - ABC Local

Thu, 2017/03/30 - 7:43pm

ABC Local

Closing the Gap: Indigenous Health Minister meets medical colleges to boost Aboriginal health care
ABC Local
Senior representatives from Australia's medical colleges are converging on Canberra today for a roundtable aimed at improving treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt will host the 12 colleges at ...
Turnbull urged to tackle Indigenous 'over-incarceration' amid NT royal commission reportABC Online
Indigenous youth incarceration rate is a national crisis and needs action, PM toldThe Guardian
Early childhood the key to improving Indigenous healthMedical Xpress

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Redfern address behind heritage plan - dailytelegraph.com.au

Thu, 2017/03/30 - 12:01pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Redfern address behind heritage plan
dailytelegraph.com.au
Now 25 years after the then prime minister addressed the challenges faced by indigenous Australians in front of a crowd gathered at the park, the historic speech is now the basis for a nomination by the Heritage Council. Redfern Park and the adjoining ...

Indigenous serviceman Private Miller Mack's remains "repatriated" for burial on country - SBS

Thu, 2017/03/30 - 9:11am

SBS

Indigenous serviceman Private Miller Mack's remains "repatriated" for burial on country
SBS
Private Miller Mack's image is iconic - frequently used as a symbol of Indigenous Australians' important contribution to the ANZAC war effort. Yet for nearly a century, the soldier himself has lain forgotten, in an unmarked pauper's grave. Now, says ...

Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood - Armidale Express

Thu, 2017/03/30 - 2:03am

Armidale Express

Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
Armidale Express
But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning film Boyhood, the documentary Zach's Ceremony, tackles a very different story from that Texan drama. It centres on Zach Doomadgee, an Aboriginal city kid whose sometimes troubled life takes on new meaning ...

Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to ... - The Sydney Morning Herald

Wed, 2017/03/29 - 1:01pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was shot over 10 years as a boy grows up – facing all the dramas of the teenage years – from the age of six to 16. But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning ...
New Australian Documentary Twelve Years in the MakingBroadsheet
Zach's Ceremony at News Aboriginal Art Directory. View information ...Aboriginal Art Directory News

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Deadly Funny: the Aboriginal stand-up comedians cracking up Australia - ABC Local

Wed, 2017/03/29 - 2:16am

ABC Local

Deadly Funny: the Aboriginal stand-up comedians cracking up Australia
ABC Local
In 2006, Yorta Yorta producer Jason Tamiru recognised the need for greater Aboriginal presence within Melbourne's comedy festival. Tamiru envisaged a series of Australian-wide comedy heats that would progress towards a live finale. The idea behind the ...

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Matildas star proud of football's connection with Indigenous Australia - SBS - The World Game

Wed, 2017/03/29 - 12:16am

SBS - The World Game

Matildas star proud of football's connection with Indigenous Australia
SBS - The World Game
They were holding both the Australian national flag and that of the Aboriginal people. It was a moment the Indigenous goalkeeper will never forget. “I think that was a pretty powerful image and one I hadn't seen since Cathy Freeman ran with both flags ...

Culturally appropriate resource helps Indigenous Australians discuss end of life - Talking Aged Care

Wed, 2017/03/29 - 12:08am

Talking Aged Care

Culturally appropriate resource helps Indigenous Australians discuss end of life
Talking Aged Care
“Those focus groups informed the design and content of the Discussion Starter and the Dying to Talk Cards to ensure they were culturally safe and useful,” she says. “I also thank the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association and Indigenous Allied ...

New Australian Documentary Twelve Years in the Making - Broadsheet

Tue, 2017/03/28 - 11:17pm

Broadsheet

New Australian Documentary Twelve Years in the Making
Broadsheet
I've since come across many Aboriginal kids that have the same questions. Who am I? Where do I come from? What is my culture? Is my culture dead and gone? I believe this is a very important film for the education of not just mainstream Australia but ...

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Deadly Funny – a new brand of Australian comedy - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2017/03/28 - 7:05pm

The Conversation AU

Deadly Funny – a new brand of Australian comedy
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal stand-up is a small, but increasingly recognisable, element of Australia's comedy scene. Melbourne's International Comedy Festival first held its Deadly Funny competition in 2007 and The Deadly Funnies have helped to sustain the genre.

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