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Malcolm Turnbull dissolves Indigenous Advisory Council, but 'commitment remains' - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/02/01 - 11:03am

ABC Online

Malcolm Turnbull dissolves Indigenous Advisory Council, but 'commitment remains'
ABC Online
The Aboriginal leader has had a rocky relationship with Mr Turnbull, previously slamming the setting up of an Aboriginal incarceration inquiry. Mr Mundine questioned which "dickhead" had thought up the Australian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into ...

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Standing up for unity in Australia - Central Western Daily

Wed, 2017/02/01 - 6:33am

Central Western Daily

Standing up for unity in Australia
Central Western Daily
Mr Mundine has called the anthem “racist” and a theme song for the White Australia Policy. The decision has attracted many different opinions from both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Orange Aboriginal Medical Service chief executive officer ...

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Remote Indigenous settlements – more than tiny dots on a map - Architecture AU

Wed, 2017/02/01 - 3:58am

Architecture AU

Remote Indigenous settlements – more than tiny dots on a map
Architecture AU
Australia has over one thousand discrete Indigenous settlements distributed over the continent and on its surrounding islands. Public debate over plans to cut government support to remote communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory ...

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Mark Coles Smith on what Indigenous film and television characters mean for Aboriginal Australia - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 11:01pm

ABC Online

Mark Coles Smith on what Indigenous film and television characters mean for Aboriginal Australia
ABC Online
There is now a higher proportion of Indigenous characters on Australian television than in the Australian population, and Aboriginal actor Mark Coles Smith can see the difference it is having on young people. Growing up in Broome in the far north-west ...

Indigenous elder turns 110 - Townsville Bulletin

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 7:51am

Townsville Bulletin

Indigenous elder turns 110
Townsville Bulletin
“His mum was an aboriginal woman named Minnie from the Kukatj tribe and his dad was a white book keeper at Magoura station where he was born. “The kind station manager would tell his dad when he knew the police were coming and Dad was allowed to ...

The markers of everyday racism in Australia - SBS

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 7:35am

SBS

The markers of everyday racism in Australia
SBS
Let's try to understand the experience of everyday racism by negotiating the material world of an Aboriginal person in northern Australia. You have come into Katherine, Northern Territory, from a remote community. It might be say, Barunga, 80 ...

Australia Day date debate: Sadness turns to hope in Grafton - Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 6:52am

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Australia Day date debate: Sadness turns to hope in Grafton
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
EXPERIENCE: Uncle Roger Duroux, Bianca Monaghan and Dean Loadsman will run a free workshop on contemporary Aboriginal issues and culture in response to opinions of Australia Day. facebook ...

Southern Stars name Ashleigh Gardner in squad, could become Australia's first Indigenous cricket player in 59 years - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/01/31 - 5:03am

ABC Online

Southern Stars name Ashleigh Gardner in squad, could become Australia's first Indigenous cricket player in 59 years
ABC Online
Gardner set the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) alight this season with a break-out performance, and her reward is being named the first Indigenous player in the Australian women's team in 59 years. The last Indigenous player in national women's ...
Sydney Sixers' Indigenous prodigy Ashleigh Gardner picked for Southern StarsThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Aboriginal boxer refuses to stand for Australian anthem - Newstalk 106-108 fm

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 3:21pm

Newstalk 106-108 fm

Aboriginal boxer refuses to stand for Australian anthem
Newstalk 106-108 fm
Anthony "The Man" Mundine has ignited racial tensions in Australia after announcing that he won't stand for he national anthem prior to his fight with Danny Green in Adelaide this weekend. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald ahead of the bout, he ...
Editorial: Boxer's low blow rouses racial divideThe Advertiser
Anthony Mundine says Australian national anthem is racistDaily Mail
'I'm trying to better Australia': Mundinedailytelegraph.com.au
NEWS.com.au -The Missouri Injury Blog (blog)
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Editorial: Boxer's low blow rouses racial divide - The Advertiser

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 11:44am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Editorial: Boxer's low blow rouses racial divide
The Advertiser
In 2007 he branded Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter and fellow Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman a “sellout” for being involved with corporate Australia. After the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on America, he said that country had “brought it ...
'I'm trying to better Australia': Mundinedailytelegraph.com.au
Anthony Mundine confirms he won't stand for national anthem ahead of Danny Green fightNEWS.com.au
Anthony Mundine says Australian national anthem is racistDaily Mail

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Why are we destroying 40000-year-old sites, ask Pilbara's Eastern Guruma OPINION - National Indigenous Times

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 9:56am

National Indigenous Times

Why are we destroying 40000-year-old sites, ask Pilbara's Eastern Guruma OPINION
National Indigenous Times
All of the sites were considered to meet the requirements of an Aboriginal site under the Western Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act (1972). Unfortunately, one of these very significant sites has already been destroyed and there are plans by one of the ...

Smoking Warning Labels Are Working (For Indigenous Australians, At Least) - Gizmodo Australia

Mon, 2017/01/30 - 4:02am

Gizmodo Australia

Smoking Warning Labels Are Working (For Indigenous Australians, At Least)
Gizmodo Australia
Pack warning labels are motivating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers to quit smoking, according to new research released by Menzies School of Health Research today. The study has shown that graphic warning labels not only motivate quit ...

An Australia Day reflection - On Line opinion

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:22pm

An Australia Day reflection
On Line opinion
The large number of non-Indigenous Australians who attended Invasion/Survival Day rallies around Australia suggests guilt is a common emotional response of non-Indigenous Australians when recalling Australia's colonial treatment of Aboriginal people.

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An Australia Day reflection - On Line opinion

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:22pm

Cherwell Online

An Australia Day reflection
On Line opinion
The large number of non-Indigenous Australians who attended Invasion/Survival Day rallies around Australia suggests guilt is a common emotional response of non-Indigenous Australians when recalling Australia's colonial treatment of Aboriginal people.
The profound need for an Australian republicCherwell Online

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Back Roads in Harrow: How Johnny Mullagh led Australia's first international and Indigenous team - ABC Online

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 8:02pm

ABC Online

Back Roads in Harrow: How Johnny Mullagh led Australia's first international and Indigenous team
ABC Online
While the Ashes series between Australia and England first XIs continues to this day, the history of Indigenous cricket and the Aboriginal team's tour is largely forgotten outside of western Victoria. Harrow is half-way between Melbourne and Adelaide ...

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ABC daydreams on date change - Courier Mail

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:09am

Courier Mail

ABC daydreams on date change
Courier Mail
Changing the date will be like the Sorry marches and apologies — a lazy substitute for the hard work of fixing the real problems facing Aboriginal Australians, including terrible domestic violence, unemployment and crime. It also falsely assumes that ...

Andrew Bolt: ABC claims push building for changing the date of ... - Herald Sun

Sun, 2017/01/29 - 10:01am

Herald Sun

Andrew Bolt: ABC claims push building for changing the date of ...
Herald Sun
THE ABC is now using its huge power to campaign to change the date of Australia Day.

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Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths - The Province

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 3:23pm

The Province

Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths
The Province
Combining the talents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists and musicians, the group took its name from a speech given by former Australian Prime Minister John Howard which referenced a “black armband view of history” being unproductive.

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Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths - Calgary Herald

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 3:23pm

Calgary Herald

Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths
Calgary Herald
In September 2016, DNA testing results reported from a University of Copenhagen study lead by evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev proved Aboriginal Australians are the oldest continuous civilization on Earth. Tests of modern populations in ...

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