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VDL investors warned over Cameron - The Mercury

Sun, 2016/01/17 - 12:22pm

The Mercury

VDL investors warned over Cameron
The Mercury
Circular Head Progress Group president John McNab said Ms Cameron's potential investment in Australia's largest dairy farm in the far North- West of the state would not be welcomed. Mr McNab said community sentiment was running high over Ms Cameron's ...

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Bowie's 'political tune still resonates' - SBS

Sun, 2016/01/17 - 5:04am

SBS

Bowie's 'political tune still resonates'
SBS
In a 1983 interview with Australian music show, Countdown, David Bowie explained his inclusion of Ms King and Mr Roberts, was a political statement. My idea was to present an Indigenous people in a capitalist, white, mainly white society and the ...

Senator slams racist mobile phone game - Sky News Australia

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 10:46am

Sky News Australia

Senator slams racist mobile phone game
Sky News Australia
A mobile phone game which promoted the killing of Aboriginal people has been removed from app stores. In the 'Survivor Island 3 - Australia Story 3D' app, set in a cliched digital rendition of Australia, players complete a range of tasks to stay alive ...

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Celebrating genocide and conquest - Green Left Weekly

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 6:30am

Green Left Weekly

Celebrating genocide and conquest
Green Left Weekly
Since at least the centenary of conquest, 1888, Aboriginal people have protested on January 26, marking it as Invasion Day or Survival Day. The establishment response is to feature “Aboriginal inclusion” at official Australia Day events and express ...

Recognising the CON in Constitutional Recognition - Green Left Weekly

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 6:03am

Green Left Weekly

Recognising the CON in Constitutional Recognition
Green Left Weekly
When nations enter into treaties they share economic power. The federal government is proposing to hold a referendum to formally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution. Sounds like a good progressive idea?

Game removed from app stores after backlash and online petition - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 5:37am

ABC Online

Game removed from app stores after backlash and online petition
ABC Online
The petition was started by Gadigal woman Georgia Mantle who raised concerns that it required players to survive in the Australian outback and rewarded them with weapons and food for killing Aboriginal people. "What this is doing is making ...
Home / News / USyd Student's Petition Has Racist Game RemovedHoni Soit

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Racist, violent video game shut down thanks to petition - The Reporter

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 4:18am

The Reporter

Racist, violent video game shut down thanks to petition
The Reporter
A RACIST game calling on players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death has been removed from sale after a petition attracted 40,000 signatures. 'Survival Island 3: Australian Story 3D' was available on both the iTunes and Android app stores until ...

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Minister orders investigation into game promoting killing of Aboriginal ... - SBS

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 2:51am

SBS

Minister orders investigation into game promoting killing of Aboriginal ...
SBS
Communications minister Mitch Fifield has asked his department to investigate the circumstances under which a game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death was offered for sale on major online sites. This morning the game ...
Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death ...Sydney Morning Herald
Game Requiring Users To Kill Aboriginal Australians Removed From App StoresHuffington Post Australia
Survival Island 3 encouraging death of Aboriginal Australians pulled from app ...The Marshalltown
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Apple and Google pull down 'racist' game that promotes killing of Aboriginal ... - SBS

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 2:51am

SBS

Apple and Google pull down 'racist' game that promotes killing of Aboriginal ...
SBS
A game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death has been removed from sale on the Apple Store and Google Play after thousands demanded it's removal and labelled the game racist. In 'Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D' ...
Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death ...Sydney Morning Herald
Survival Island 3: Game that purportedly calls for players to kill Aboriginal ...ABC Online
Game Requiring Users To Kill Aboriginal Australians Removed From App StoresHuffington Post Australia
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Apple Cans 'Australia Survival' Game Where Players Beat To Death A 'Virtual ... - New Matilda

Sat, 2016/01/16 - 12:20am

New Matilda

Apple Cans 'Australia Survival' Game Where Players Beat To Death A 'Virtual ...
New Matilda
A Youtube account holder calling himself 'R2Darksaber' noted he was “searching for the natives” before beating to death an Aboriginal man to death with stone axe. He then asked “OK, what do we get?” when a screen pops up to reveal the loot he wins as a ...

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Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon ... - Brisbane Times

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 10:00pm

Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon ...
Brisbane Times
According to a screenshot on the Killing Indigenous Australians is not a game! change.org petition launched on Friday evening, white men armed with bows and arrows are told to "beware of Aborigines" and must shoot or beat Indigenous people to death to ...

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Thousands call for Survival Island Australia app where you kill Aboriginals to ... - Daily Mail

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 6:03pm

Daily Mail

Thousands call for Survival Island Australia app where you kill Aboriginals to ...
Daily Mail
A game that allows players to kill Indigenous Australian characters has sparked outrage, with thousands of people calling for it to be banned. Survival Island 3: Australia has come under fire after screenshots showing players pointing a bow and arrow ...
This iPhone Game Encourages Children to Bludgeon Indigenous People to DeathMic

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The Top End most tourists don't see - dailytelegraph.com.au

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 1:05pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

The Top End most tourists don't see
dailytelegraph.com.au
Marrathiel Aboriginal woman and former Uluru park ranger Tess Atie, who spent her early years moving around the country that is now Litchfield National Park, has established Northern Territory Indigenous Tours with her husband, Greg Balding, who was ...

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Colonial Australia recalled in Garde's What Became of the White Savage - The Australian

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Colonial Australia recalled in Garde's What Became of the White Savage
The Australian
It's an adventure romp: entertaining, buoyant and the pace doesn't falter. However, for an Australian audience it pushes the boundaries of suspension of disbelief in a way it probably doesn't for the average French reader. Garde's Aborigines click ...

Bludgeon To Death An 'Aborigine': The Virtual Apple iPhone Game The Whole ... - New Matilda

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 10:20am

New Matilda

Bludgeon To Death An 'Aborigine': The Virtual Apple iPhone Game The Whole ...
New Matilda
... years and up – allows players to beat to death an 'Aborigine' during their quest to survive on the Australian continent. And a WARNING TO READERS: This story contains virtual imagery which may be extremely upsetting, in particular to Aboriginal people.

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Bowie Down Under: star hooked on Sydney - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 9:12am

Sydney Morning Herald

Bowie Down Under: star hooked on Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
But he also called Elizabeth Bay home for nearly a decade, marvelled at the Top End, watched gigs at the Bondi Lifesaver and put Aboriginal Australians on the international rock map. From his first visit in 1978 to his fourth and final tour of ...

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Australia's Intervention (Against What, Exactly?) - CounterPunch

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 8:52am

Australia's Intervention (Against What, Exactly?)
CounterPunch
Official Australia perpetuates the coming between meaning of the word by celebrating “Australia Day” on 26 January to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales in 1788. The Aboriginal ...

Apology from Parliament House to man who was asked to turn Aboriginal flag ... - SBS

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 5:29am

SBS

Apology from Parliament House to man who was asked to turn Aboriginal flag ...
SBS
Pictures posted on Reddit show a man wearing a singlet with the Aboriginal flag and the words 'White Australia has a black history' emblazoned across the front standing on Parliament's forecourt. Another picture shows the same man in the public gallery ...

11 Alan Rickman movies you may not know about - SBS

Fri, 2016/01/15 - 4:09am

SBS

11 Alan Rickman movies you may not know about
SBS
Did you know that Rickman once played a sinister Aboriginal-murdering Australian landowner in a Western epic set down under? Quigley (or Quigley Down Under) featured the mustachioed 80s icon Tom Selleck in the eponymous lead role as a sharp ...

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