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Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians - Katherine Times

Sun, 2017/01/01 - 11:16pm

Katherine Times

Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians
Katherine Times
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use May's 50th anniversary of the referendum recognising Australian Aborigines to finally deliver the promises that have been broken by governments since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Cabinet papers 1992-93: Aboriginal deaths in custody inquiry prompted $400m packageThe Australian

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Cabinet papers 1992-93: Aboriginal deaths in custody inquiry prompted $400m package - The Australian

Sun, 2017/01/01 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Aboriginal deaths in custody inquiry prompted $400m package
The Australian
... Deaths in Custody, delivered in 1991 after four years of work, was described in a March 1992 cabinet briefing as “the most searching analysis of Aboriginal society ever undertaken and one of the most significant social documents of contemporary ...
Paul Keating's response to talkback caller over Mabo a reminder of ...The Guardian
Cabinet papers 1992-93: The Mabo debate made 'Trump's campaign look like the free-flowing milk of human kindness'The Sydney Morning Herald
Mabo passed in '93 after bitter debate9news.com.au

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Warren Mundine: a life of dedicated drive - The Australian

Sun, 2017/01/01 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Warren Mundine: a life of dedicated drive
The Australian
One of the nation's top indigenous political advisers, Nyunggai Warren Mundine, has dedicated his life to representing indigenous Australians in public office and highlighting horrific levels of family and sexual violence prevalent in Aboriginal ...

Cabinet papers 1992-93: endemic problems with subs offer timely lessons - The Australian

Sun, 2017/01/01 - 3:06am

The Australian

Cabinet papers 1992-93: endemic problems with subs offer timely lessons
The Australian
Endemic problems with Collins class submarines, the comparatively successful construction of Anzac frigates, a dud deal on “cheap” ex-US Navy ships and a doomed joint patrol boat acquisition with Malaysia offer salutary lessons at a time when Australia ...
Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple frontsThe Conversation AU
How Keating won the unwinnable 1993 electionSky News Australia
Cabinet papers 1992-93: victory for 'True Believers' kicks off lasting debatesThe Guardian

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Robert Tickner calls on PM to take control of relationship with indigenous people - The Australian

Sun, 2017/01/01 - 1:39am

The Australian

Robert Tickner calls on PM to take control of relationship with indigenous people
The Australian
control of a moribund relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, describing the state of indigenous disadvantage as “truly a national embarrassment of successive governments”. Robert Tickner ... Picture: National Archives of Australia. 1 ...
Cabinet papers 1992-93: The Mabo debate made 'Trump's campaign look like the free-flowing milk of human kindness'The Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Keating's response to talkback caller over Mabo a reminder of ...The Guardian
Mabo passed in '93 after bitter debate9news.com.au

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Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 9:54pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use May's 50th anniversary of the referendum recognising Australian Aborigines to finally deliver the promises that have been broken by governments since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple fronts - The Conversation AU

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 9:02pm

Brisbane Times

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Keating government fights for Indigenous rights on multiple fronts
The Conversation AU
He sought to pursue his vision of reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, negotiated passage of the Native Title Act and acknowledged the injustices and cruelties of Australia's colonial history in his famous Redfern Speech.
Cabinet papers 1992-93: The Mabo debate made 'Trump's campaign look like the free-flowing milk of human kindness'Brisbane Times

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Cabinet papers 1992-93: The Mabo debate made 'Trump's campaign look like the free-flowing milk of human kindness' - Brisbane Times

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 6:53pm

Brisbane Times

Cabinet papers 1992-93: The Mabo debate made 'Trump's campaign look like the free-flowing milk of human kindness'
Brisbane Times
In March the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Robert Tickner requested $540 million over five years to advance a broad agenda of services to end the marginalism identified by the Royal Commission into deaths in custody. ... Tickner told a National ...

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Cabinet papers look back on the Keating era - Sky News Australia

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 6:31pm

Satellite PR News (press release)

Cabinet papers look back on the Keating era
Sky News Australia
As complex as our contemporary identity was, it could not be separated from Aboriginal Australia, he said. 'We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our ...
Cabinet papers 1992-93: victory for 'True Believers' kicks off lasting debatesThe Guardian
Keating's worst fear revealed — sinking back into recessiondailytelegraph.com.au
Keating era documents offer glimpse into 1992 AustraliaSatellite PR News (press release)

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Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians - Bombala Times

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 2:17pm

Bombala Times

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians
Bombala Times
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use May's 50th anniversary of the referendum recognising Australian Aborigines to finally deliver the promises that have been broken by governments since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians - Illawarra Mercury

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 2:13pm

Illawarra Mercury

Cabinet papers 1992-93: Malcolm Turnbull must right the wrongs for Aboriginal Australians
Illawarra Mercury
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use May's 50th anniversary of the referendum recognising Australian Aborigines to finally deliver the promises that have been broken by governments since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

How Keating won Libs' unlosable election - 9news.com.au

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 1:09pm

Satellite PR News (press release)

How Keating won Libs' unlosable election
9news.com.au
As complex as our contemporary identity was, it could not be separated from Aboriginal Australia, he said. "We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our ...
Cabinet papers 1992-93: victory for 'True Believers' kicks off lasting debatesThe Guardian
Keating's worst fear revealed — sinking back into recessiondailytelegraph.com.au
Keating era documents offer glimpse into 1992 AustraliaSatellite PR News (press release)

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Immunisation rates for some of Canberra's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children fall to lowest in the country - The Canberra Times

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 1:06pm

The Canberra Times

Immunisation rates for some of Canberra's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children fall to lowest in the country
The Canberra Times
Immunisation rates for some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the ACT have fallen to be the lowest in the country, while rates for the overall population stayed relatively in line with national averages. Statistics from the Australian ...
Warren Mundine looks back: 'Tony Abbott was a whirlwind'The Guardian

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Paul Keating's response to talkback caller over Mabo a reminder of ... - The Guardian

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 1:03pm

The Guardian

Paul Keating's response to talkback caller over Mabo a reminder of ...
The Guardian
Indigenous representatives, ministers and Paul Keating meet in April 1993 to discuss the Mabo native title decision. The painting is by W Rubuntja, who was ...
Mabo passed in '93 after bitter debate - 9news.com.au9news.com.au

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SA's ticks of approval - The Advertiser

Sat, 2016/12/31 - 9:50am

The Advertiser

SA's ticks of approval
The Advertiser
More generally, I love that South Australians are increasingly embracing our indigenous heritage and culture – a crucial awakening that's been aided by the superb Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery at the South Australian Museum, the Our Mob ...

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Warren Mundine looks back: 'Tony Abbott was a whirlwind' - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/12/30 - 11:10pm

The Guardian

Warren Mundine looks back: 'Tony Abbott was a whirlwind'
The Guardian
It's a curious quirk of Australian politics that, despite there being more than 200 distinct languages spoken by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, the government usually listens to just one person. For the past three years, that person ...

Indigenous treaty talks have a long, rich history - The Australian

Fri, 2016/12/30 - 1:02pm

Indigenous treaty talks have a long, rich history
The Australian
Almost every Australian interested in Aboriginal and Islander people can mentally conjure up the Tindale map of the Aboriginal tribes of Australia. Australia is a brightly coloured jigsaw of the tribal groups with their distinctive languages and ...

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Sydney Festival puts William Dawes and Aboriginal language on the stage - The Australian

Fri, 2016/12/30 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Sydney Festival puts William Dawes and Aboriginal language on the stage
The Australian
Anthropologist Norman Tindale's Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia, published in 1974, was hugely influential in demonstrating the ways in which the doctrine of terra nullius at the time of European arrival was a fiction, though it was to be ...

Uncovering the secret Thatcher files: What Britain thought about Australia - SBS

Fri, 2016/12/30 - 1:06am

SBS

Uncovering the secret Thatcher files: What Britain thought about Australia
SBS
Australian governments and others put a great deal of energy and resources into trying to solve the problems of the 230,000 Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia; but there are plenty of Australians who believe this effort to be excessive and ...

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Early Indigenous folk songs collated, promoted by Mission Songs project - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/12/30 - 12:31am

ABC Online

Early Indigenous folk songs collated, promoted by Mission Songs project
ABC Online
From songs about Aboriginal men in Darwin on the lookout for Japanese ships during World War II to heartfelt songs of isolation, the Mission Songs project is providing a living historical archive, which Lloyd hopes will become cemented in Australia's ...

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