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Stars, Aboriginal elders to watch over tiny farming community - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 10:13pm

ABC Online

Stars, Aboriginal elders to watch over tiny farming community
ABC Online
Internationally renowned street artist Adnate, famous for this work with Aboriginal communities across Australia, is the man behind the artwork. "I grew up right in the city of Melbourne, and skateboarding and graffiti and all that was my childhood and ...

Natalie Imbruglia returns to Australian television for First Contact - dailytelegraph.com.au

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 12:44pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Natalie Imbruglia returns to Australian television for First Contact
dailytelegraph.com.au
The 41-year-old, along with ex-One Nation politician David Oldfield, TV judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson, comedian Tom Ballard, former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and actor Nicki Wendt visit remote Aboriginal communities decimated by drug and alcohol ...

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Natalie Imbruglia's new TV role - Courier Mail

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 11:04am

Courier Mail

Natalie Imbruglia's new TV role
Courier Mail
The 41-year-old, along with ex-One Nation politician David Oldfield, TV judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson, comedian Tom Ballard, former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris and actor Nicki Wendt visit remote Aboriginal communities decimated by drug and alcohol ...

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'It's Shit Being A Black Man In Australia' -- AB Original Talk Racism, Reclaim Australia And Rap - Huffington Post Australia

Sat, 2016/11/26 - 4:27am

Huffington Post Australia

'It's Shit Being A Black Man In Australia' -- AB Original Talk Racism, Reclaim Australia And Rap
Huffington Post Australia
The Indigenous rapper, after toiling away for years in the music underground, has stamped himself on both the airwaves and the internet in recent times as a fierce voice for Aboriginal people. You can often find him at the centre of the seemingly ...

Google News

National debate about racism gets more interesting - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The West Australian

National debate about racism gets more interesting
The Australian
He has devoted his life to the survival of a Aboriginal Australia, no mean feat. Pearson also has lived all his life battling racism, especially in large bureaucracies. He knows what it looks like. Jackson, on the other hand, is a white girl working in ...
'The ABC is letting Australia down': Paul Keating slams the national broadcasterThe Sydney Morning Herald
Trump protectionism won't pay: KeatingThe West Australian

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ABC is letting Australia down, says Paul Keating - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

ABC is letting Australia down, says Paul Keating
The Australian
ABC boss Michelle Guthrie has defended the broadcaster's record in Aboriginal affairs, pointing to the corporation's record of engagement in indigenous communities and its hiring of Stan Grant as the first indigenous anchor of an ABC prime-time current ...
'The ABC is letting Australia down': Paul Keating slams the national broadcasterThe Sydney Morning Herald
Trump protectionism won't pay: KeatingThe West Australian

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First Contact: SBS stars confront ignorance of Aboriginal Australia - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

First Contact: SBS stars confront ignorance of Aboriginal Australia
The Australian
Hosted by the redoubtable Ray Martin, six non-indigenous Australians with strong opinions about indigenous people were immersed in Aboriginal culture for the first time. Beginning at Uluru, the heart of Aboriginal Australia, they were divided several ...

Australia's Aborigines not served by reckless claims of racism - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

Australia's Aborigines not served by reckless claims of racism
The Australian
And how have we arrived at this problematic point? To clarify matters let's start with a proposition pertinent to the debate around the Leak cartoon that all genuine anti-racists can surely agree on: An Aboriginal child has every bit as much right to a ...

Indigenous art's journey traced in three pivotal books - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Indigenous art's journey traced in three pivotal books
The Australian
The history of art is an ever-changing story, and so it is proving with the brief, tumultuous saga of the Aboriginal art movement, a sunburst of creative energy that has already done much to change the way Australia sees itself and the world sees ...

Fremantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

Fremantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
Mr Pettitt said the council said it had heard "loud and clear" from local Aboriginal elders that it wasn't a day to celebrate. But former West Australian of the Year Robert Isaacs said he hadn't heard of any complaints from his Aboriginal community ...
Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'The Australian
City of Fremantle council moves Australia Day celebrations to January 28Daily Mail

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Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
"For many Aboriginal Australians it is indeed a day of sadness and dispossession. "This does not just refer to indigenous involvement but the involvement of many other Australians who feel increasingly uncomfortable with the date and what it represents ...
Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'The Australian

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Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
Mr Pettitt said the council said it had heard "loud and clear" from local Aboriginal elders that it wasn't a day to celebrate. But former West Australian of the Year Robert Isaacs said he hadn't heard of any complaints from his Aboriginal community ...

Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

Freemantle sparks other states to consider changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
"For many Aboriginal Australians it is indeed a day of sadness and dispossession. "This does not just refer to indigenous involvement but the involvement of many other Australians who feel increasingly uncomfortable with the date and what it represents ...

WA Aboriginal elders vital in changing the date of Australia Day - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 4:12am

SBS

WA Aboriginal elders vital in changing the date of Australia Day
SBS
Mr Pettitt said the council said it had heard "loud and clear" from local Aboriginal elders that it wasn't a day to celebrate. But former West Australian of the Year Robert Isaacs said he hadn't heard of any complaints from his Aboriginal community ...
Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'The Australian
Fremantle axes Australia Day celebrations for 'culturally-inclusive alternative'ABC Online
Australia Day in Fremantle is now January 28 - The West AustralianThe West Australian
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Bullying, controversy dog Broome Aboriginal heritage case - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/25 - 3:16am

The Australian

Bullying, controversy dog Broome Aboriginal heritage case
The Australian
The government agency responsible for delivering services to indigenous people across Western Australia is in turmoil, and even Aboriginal Affairs minister Peter Collier has stepped in and criticised his own department for a lack of procedural fairness ...

Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence - The Conversation AU

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 11:26pm

The Conversation AU

Why we need to educate journalists about Aboriginal women's experience of family violence
The Conversation AU
... you are 35 times more likely than non-Indigenous women to experience family violence. These statistics vary depending on where you live and your access to resources including support. But one thing is for sure: Aboriginal women in Australia ...

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Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive' - The Australian

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 10:15pm

The Australian

Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'
The Australian
For many Aboriginal people it is a day of sadness, a day which marks when their dispossession began with British settlement almost 220 years ago.” Last night, former West Australian of the Year and former head of the Australia Day Council WA, Robert ...

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages - On Line opinion

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 9:14pm

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages
On Line opinion
Last week the NSW Government announced new measures to protect Aboriginal languages. In the context of seeking to preserve part of Australia's threatened native culture, the measures superficially come across as a potentially great idea. According to ...

Fremantle has a new date for Australia Day - The West Australian

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 8:51pm

The West Australian

Fremantle has a new date for Australia Day
The West Australian
Dr Pettitt said the council had heard “loud and clear” from Aboriginal elders in the area that Australia Day was not simply a day of celebration. “For us as a city, we thought it was time to acknowledge it wasn't a day of celebration for everybody and ...
WA council moves Australia Day to Jan 28The Australian
Fremantle moves Australia Day events to 28 JanuaryThe Guardian

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Freo's new Australia Day - The West Australian

Thu, 2016/11/24 - 4:58pm

The West Australian

Freo's new Australia Day
The West Australian
Dr Pettitt said the council had heard “loud and clear” from Aboriginal elders in the area that Australia Day was not simply a day of celebration. “For us as a city, we thought it was time to acknowledge it wasn't a day of celebration for everybody and ...

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