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Aboriginal music brought to the stage by Clinton Walker's Buried Country - The Australian

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 2:05pm

The Australian

Aboriginal music brought to the stage by Clinton Walker's Buried Country
The Australian
Aboriginal country music has its roots in church, in the missions around Aboriginal communities and in the touring white country music pioneers such as Slim Dusty, who enjoyed great success playing to indigenous audiences in remote parts of Australia.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull responds to Anthony Mundine protest - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 1:58pm

Daily Mail

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull responds to Anthony Mundine protest
NEWS.com.au
“The anthem was written in late 1700s where blackfullas (sic) were considered fauna (animals) advance Australia fair as in white not fair as in fair go ... “All players aboriginal & non aboriginal should boycott the anthem & start changing Australia's ...
Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZISDaily Mail
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'ABC Online
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
The Australian -Huffington Post Australia -Wide World of Sports
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Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals - BBC News

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 10:05am

BBC News

Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals
BBC News
"All players Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal should boycott the anthem and start changing Australia's ignorant mentality," he wrote. Australian sport, in particular Aussie Rules football, has been marred by racism against indigenous players. Adam Goodes ...

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Illicit Love by Ann McGrath and Skin Deep by Liz Conor: behind black and white cliches - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 10:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Illicit Love by Ann McGrath and Skin Deep by Liz Conor: behind black and white cliches
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australians might be surprised to learn that missionaries and men held in great respect also entered into illicit liaisons with Aboriginal women. In a spectacular fall from grace, Rev. Ernest Gribble from Yarrabah Mission in Queensland had a long-term ...

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Rome scholarship set up in memory of Indigenous boy lost 163 years ago - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 8:14am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rome scholarship set up in memory of Indigenous boy lost 163 years ago
The Sydney Morning Herald
"While this scholarship will be of great benefit to Indigenous students studying here in Rome, its very existence will do more for the Aboriginal people back in Australia than we will ever know," he said. "I'm sure of one thing though – it is another ...

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Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid' - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 7:20am

ABC Online

Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'
ABC Online
Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin has labelled boxer Anthony Mundine's call for a boycott of the national anthem at the AFL grand final as "pretty stupid". Mundine wants players to kneel during the playing of Advance Australia Fair at the MCG on ...
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Lance Franklin, Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian
Change starts with flag and anthem: MundineSky News Australia
Wide World of Sports -Huffington Post Australia
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The Australian suicide toll will increase each year for many years to come - The Stringer

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 6:25am

The Stringer

The Australian suicide toll will increase each year for many years to come
The Stringer
There is no authentic response to the suicides crises – it is long overdue that a Royal Commission into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides is established. Similarly, a central body should be established to authenticate the ways forward, an ...

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Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem again - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 6:21am

BBC News

Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem again
The Guardian
Anthony Mundine has said he will never stand for the national anthem again, in protest at discrimination against Indigenous Australians. The champion boxer and former rugby league player called for NRL and AFL players to take a knee during Advance ...
Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Lance Franklin, Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian
Mundine and Franklin at odds over national anthem protestThe New Daily
Anthony Mundine national anthem boycott: Wendell Sailor responds ...Fox Sports
BBC News
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Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZIS - Daily Mail

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 5:42am

Daily Mail

Aboriginal activist says life for Indigenous people in Australia like living under NAZIS
Daily Mail
An Aboriginal activist has claimed Australia is a 'crime scene' and compared the condition Indigenous people are forced to live in as similar to France under the rule of the Nazis in World War Two. Activist Wayne Wharton made the controversial comments ...
Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's anthem boycott call at AFL grand final 'pretty stupid'ABC Online
Anthony Mundine says he will never stand for the national anthem againThe Guardian
Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Malcolm TurnbullThe Australian
Sky News Australia -Wide World of Sports
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Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid' - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/09/30 - 3:41am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'
The Sydney Morning Herald
... Lance Franklin has slammed Anthony Mundine's idea for players to boycott the national anthem at this weekend's AFL and NRL grand finals as "stupid". Mundine made the call on Thursday to raise the awareness of the treatment of indigenous Australians ...

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Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Malcolm Turnbull - The Australian

Thu, 2016/09/29 - 11:34pm

The Australian

Anthony Mundine's anthem call blasted by Malcolm Turnbull
The Australian
“The anthem was written in late 1700s where blackfullas were considered fauna (animals) Advance Australia Fair as in white not fair as in fair go ... All players aboriginal & non aboriginal should boycott the anthem & start changing Australia's ...
Change starts with flag and anthem: MundineSky News Australia
Sydney Swans' Lance Franklin labels Anthony Mundine's grand final boycott idea 'stupid'The Sydney Morning Herald
Mundine's calls for GF slammed as 'ridiculous'Wide World of Sports
The Age
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Australian gallery owner remembered in US - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/29 - 4:18am

Australian gallery owner remembered in US
NEWS.com.au
About 100 people, including his American wife Kari and some of Mr Reid's family members who flew from Australia, crowded into his Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday for a memorial. The Savannah Chatham Metropolitan ...

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Leading consumer rights advocate to highlight issues facing Aboriginal people with disability - Australian Ageing Agenda

Thu, 2016/09/29 - 1:12am

Australian Ageing Agenda

Leading consumer rights advocate to highlight issues facing Aboriginal people with disability
Australian Ageing Agenda
... contributor to support other social issues, such as employment in Aboriginal communities is the catalyst of a social change movement that we at FPDN have advocated for to improve the capacity of individuals and communities across Aboriginal ...

Australia leading world in hepatitis C treatment; but disease more prevalent in Aboriginal people - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/28 - 11:43pm

ABC Online

Australia leading world in hepatitis C treatment; but disease more prevalent in Aboriginal people
ABC Online
More people are on track to be cured of hepatitis C in Australia this year than over the past two decades combined, new research has shown. A University of New South Wales Kirby Institute report shows about 230,000 people were living with hepatitis C ...

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Residents worried Cowra police shooting could spark racial tensions - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/28 - 10:20pm

ABC Online

Residents worried Cowra police shooting could spark racial tensions
ABC Online
"There's been tension between the police and the Aboriginal community in this town for years," he said. "There's been steps to break down those walls and those barriers but when things like this happen it's not doing nothing for the reconciliation in ...
'We're not in America': anger over Cowra police shootingThe Australian
Cowra NSW man shot by police in bum after he was found with a gunDaily Mail

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Troubled public service agency Aboriginal Hostels calls in federal police - The Canberra Times

Wed, 2016/09/28 - 2:00pm

The Canberra Times

Troubled public service agency Aboriginal Hostels calls in federal police
The Canberra Times
Aboriginal Hostels Limited provides accommodation at 47 sites nationwide for Indigenous Australians from rural and remote communities. Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has been aware since February that "allegations of criminal behaviour, bad ...

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Scientists Name Aboriginal Australians Oldest Civilization on Earth - Sputnik International

Wed, 2016/09/28 - 2:43am

Sputnik International

Scientists Name Aboriginal Australians Oldest Civilization on Earth
Sputnik International
The study involved DNA sampling of 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 Highland Papuans from Papua New Guinea. Research revealed that the ancestors of modern Aboriginal Australians departed from the African continent some 75,000 years ago, when ...
Why old theories on Indigenous...Australian Geographic

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Blacks in the back, c***s in the front — how white Australia 'remembers' Aboriginal Australia - Daily Review

Wed, 2016/09/28 - 1:49am

Daily Review

Blacks in the back, c***s in the front — how white Australia 'remembers' Aboriginal Australia
Daily Review
This is the show-opening speech by Northern Territory artist Therese Ritchie for her recent show of new work Blacks in the back, cunts in the front held at the Outstation Gallery in Darwin last month. She writes that the show's title is “a perfect ...
Scientists Name Aboriginal Australians Oldest Civilization on EarthSputnik International
Why old theories on Indigenous...Australian Geographic

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Plan to tackle crisis for Aboriginal kids - The Australian

Tue, 2016/09/27 - 2:04pm

Plan to tackle crisis for Aboriginal kids
The Australian
Child Protection Minister Andrea Mitchell said the over-representation of Aboriginal children in care in Western Australia was unacceptable. Of 4658 children living in out-of-home care in June, 53 per cent were Aboriginal children, yet they make up ...

Aboriginal scholarship launched at Vatican Museums - Vatican Radio

Tue, 2016/09/27 - 1:57pm

Vatican Radio

Aboriginal scholarship launched at Vatican Museums
Vatican Radio
Francis Xavier Conaci was encouraged by a local Spanish Benedictine abbot, Rosendo Salvado, to become a trailblazer for Christianity in Indigenous Australia. Fr Salvado spent over 50 years working alongside Aboriginal communities in Western Australia ...

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