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Cultural healing: Indigenous art as therapy - SBS

Tue, 2016/11/08 - 4:17am

SBS

Cultural healing: Indigenous art as therapy
SBS
From sound healing with didgeridoo to art therapy for disabled people, Aboriginal art is proving a powerful tool for helping Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians heal from disease and trauma. Here are four incredible ways Aboriginal art is being ...

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49000-year-old Aboriginal settlement discovered in Southern Australia - MINA

Tue, 2016/11/08 - 12:49am

MINA

49000-year-old Aboriginal settlement discovered in Southern Australia
MINA
Archaeologists working with traditional Aboriginal owners in the northern Flinders Ranges have discovered astounding evidence of the earliest human habitation of inland, arid Australia. The find has pushed back the date of such occupation by 10,000 ...
Man looking for a place to pee stumbles upon one of Australia's oldest prehistoric sitesWashington Post
Toilet break leads to discovery of 49000-year-old Aboriginal siteEagle Radio

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In Conversation With the Experts – Genevieve Timmons - Pro Bono Australia

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 11:43pm

Pro Bono Australia

In Conversation With the Experts – Genevieve Timmons
Pro Bono Australia
Cultural respect for Aboriginal Australia, engagement of women and gender issues, more efficient and effective processes based on trust and mutual commitment are all needed if we are to optimise the value of every philanthropic dollar and reduce the ...

Unlike most Australians, I'm finding it hard to care about the US election - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 10:26pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Unlike most Australians, I'm finding it hard to care about the US election
The Sydney Morning Herald
Yet similar battles have been raging in Australia on Aboriginal lands for a long time now and it barely generates a whisper. How many people, for example, are aware of the protests against fracking proposals in Aboriginal communities all across the NT?

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Finding the best creative partnerships - ArtsHub (subscription)

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 1:26pm

Finding the best creative partnerships
ArtsHub (subscription)
Private support for the arts has almost doubled in the past decade, increasing 98% to $221m in Australia. This support accounts for approximately 10% of all arts funding in Australia. The Creative Partnerships Awards are a key way to celebrate what is ...

Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights - The Australian

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights
The Australian
When two staff members from Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service arrived in Fitzroy Crossing last month to gather complaints about Bill Leak's cartoon for the Australian Human Rights Commission, they had to drive past what many consider the ...

Our oldest Aboriginal settlement - The Flinders News

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 4:50am

The Flinders News

Our oldest Aboriginal settlement
The Flinders News
THE Flinders Ranges has been proven as the oldest site of Aboriginal Australian settlement, according to research by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Advanced nuclear techniques and technology used by scientists ...

Mining payments paying for lunch program at remote NT community school, 'self-determination in action' - ABC Online

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 2:37am

ABC Online

Mining payments paying for lunch program at remote NT community school, 'self-determination in action'
ABC Online
"I think it's time the rest of government had a look at what DFAT actually does elsewhere in the world and tries to apply that to Aboriginal people throughout Australia," Mr Ross said. "I think we might go a hell of a long way towards getting some ...

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The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior - The Conversation AU

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 1:22am

The Conversation AU

The evidence of early human life in Australia's arid interior
The Conversation AU
The human use of the site is dated to between 49,000 and 45,000 years ago, which shows that Aboriginal Australians settled the arid interior of the country some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought. We found evidence of the earliest bone tool ...

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Karina Lester addresses an anti-nuclear protest outside Parliament House in Adelaide. Photo: AAP/Michael Ramsey - InDaily

Mon, 2016/11/07 - 12:59am

InDaily

Karina Lester addresses an anti-nuclear protest outside Parliament House in Adelaide. Photo: AAP/Michael Ramsey
InDaily
“There is a lack of aboriginal consent,” the report says. “We believe that the government should accept that the Elders have said NO and stop ignoring their opinions. The aboriginal people of South Australia (and Australia) continue to be neglected and ...

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Aboriginal Legal Service 18C anti-Leak move disturbs academic - The Australian

Sun, 2016/11/06 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Aboriginal Legal Service 18C anti-Leak move disturbs academic
The Australian
Dr Joseph Fernandez, head of Journalism Studies at Curtin University, says he was disconcerted to see how easily the Aboriginal Legal Service in Western Australia had co-opted individuals to make a complaint against a Bill Leak cartoon under 18C of the ...
Abolishing Section 18C: AKA free speech for the fewIndependent Australia
Ministers set to look at 18C inquiryThe Conversation AU

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Bill Leak cartoon complaint made after pub gripe - The Australian

Sun, 2016/11/06 - 1:01pm

Herald Sun (blog)

Bill Leak cartoon complaint made after pub gripe
The Australian
So the 49-year-old called on Western Australia's taxpayer-funded Aboriginal Legal Service to help sort it out. The problem with the pub remains unresolved. But after the lawyers left, Mr Till and Kevin Gunn, who lives with him, found themselves ...
How activists use Aborigines to censor debateHerald Sun (blog)
Human Rights Commission on wrong wavelengthThe Australian Financial Review

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Kalgoorlie's CEO concerned for city's reputation after riots that followed Aboriginal teenager's death - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/11/05 - 6:57pm

ABC Online

Kalgoorlie's CEO concerned for city's reputation after riots that followed Aboriginal teenager's death
ABC Online
He admitted racism and juvenile crime were ongoing problems in the community, but argued that was the case across much of Australia. "Is Kalgoorlie worse than others? We don't believe it is. But clearly some of the events recently which triggered what ...
Crisis talks in Kalgoorlie: Goverment taskforce to tackle racial ...Perth Now

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Crochet for a pope and a president: Aboriginal elder Mary Lee farewelled at Darwin funeral - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/11/05 - 12:41am

ABC Online

Crochet for a pope and a president: Aboriginal elder Mary Lee farewelled at Darwin funeral
ABC Online
Born in Darwin in the 1930s, Ms Lee endured some of Australia's greatest tragedies and controversial policy decisions, such as being taken from her family, and surviving the bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy. She was in her 60s when she completed her ...

'White lawyers' behind complaint - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/04 - 1:02pm

The Australian

'White lawyers' behind complaint
The Australian
A complaint on behalf of Mr Gunn and Mr Till was lodged by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, triggering another taxpayer-funded probe into Leak's art and The Australian. They are relying on the Racial Discrimination Act's section 18C ...

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It's wrong to put the onus on Bill Leak to justify himself - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/04 - 1:01pm

It's wrong to put the onus on Bill Leak to justify himself
The Australian
As a result of the application of section 18C, state-enforced dogma challenges all public discussion of questions about Aboriginal Australia which is at risk of being permanently dumped down the memory hole. That Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel ...

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WA cave dig uncovers evidence of human activity dating back 25000 years - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/11/04 - 8:51am

ABC Online

WA cave dig uncovers evidence of human activity dating back 25000 years
ABC Online
Archaeologists say evidence of human activity found in a cave in Western Australia proves Aboriginal people lived in the area thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Radiocarbon tests carried out on samples collected during an excavation at ...

Could this be the place for a treaty to 'end the war' on Indigenous Australia - The Age

Fri, 2016/11/04 - 6:00am

The Age

Could this be the place for a treaty to 'end the war' on Indigenous Australia
The Age
On Friday, 181 years after white settlers gave the Wurundjeri people blankets, tomahawks and flour in exchange for the land, a group of Aboriginal elders returned to Merri Creek. They came from around Victoria to discuss treaty talks currently underway ...

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Saying g'day with emojis: Brisbane developer creates app to show off Australian culture - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/11/04 - 12:31am

ABC Online

Saying g'day with emojis: Brisbane developer creates app to show off Australian culture
ABC Online
Originally from Jamaica, Mr Reid migrated to Queensland eight years ago and became an Australian citizen in 2014. He said he wanted to create emojis that explained the quirks of Australian culture as well as encompassing Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Come our end: closing the gap with Indigenous culture - ArtsHub (subscription)

Thu, 2016/11/03 - 11:39pm

ArtsHub (subscription)

Come our end: closing the gap with Indigenous culture
ArtsHub (subscription)
It underscored a foundation that was set by Waradjuri man Mark McMillan, Associate Professor Melbourne Law School, who on the first day reframed the discussion between white and Aboriginal Australia as a discussion of how sovereignty can be shared in a ...

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