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Reshaping the public space: Lessons for Australian refugee, Aboriginal and ... - Eureka Street (satire) (registration)

Fri, 2015/09/18 - 12:40am

ABC Online

Reshaping the public space: Lessons for Australian refugee, Aboriginal and ...
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
We come as Australians always do, as people of diverse backgrounds, respectful of each other's heritages, confident that with our differences we can constitute a more whole polity and a more attentive public square than when we simply meet with our own ...
ANU medical school training doctors to close the gap in Indigenous healthABC Online
Comment: Apartheid meets Kafka in the Indigenous funding mazeSBS
4th National Indigenous Theatre ForumArtsHub (subscription)

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South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi discovers he may be part Aboriginal - Courier Mail

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 8:46pm

Courier Mail

South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi discovers he may be part Aboriginal
Courier Mail
Does that mean she was Aboriginal or had Aboriginal ancestry herself?” Queensland Senator Jo Lindgren, the great-niece of Australia's first indigenous member of federal parliament, Neville Bonner, told him that it does. Despite this, he says he's still ...

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If Stories Are Science, Then Aborigines Remember Australia's Coastline From ... - Science 2.0

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 4:08pm

Science 2.0

If Stories Are Science, Then Aborigines Remember Australia's Coastline From ...
Science 2.0
Patrick Nunn, a professor of geography at University of the Sunshine Coast, and collaborator Nick Reid, a University of New England linguist, believe aborigines in Australia have records of Australia's coastline going back 7,000 years - obviously ...

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South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi discovers he may be part Aboriginal - The Australian

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 12:29pm

The Stringer

South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi discovers he may be part Aboriginal
The Australian
Does that mean she was Aboriginal or had Aboriginal ancestry herself?” Queensland Senator Jo Lindgren, the great-niece of Australia's first indigenous member of federal parliament, Neville Bonner, told him that it does. Despite this, he says he's still ...
When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia's deplorable pace of ...The Stringer

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Japanese gas giant INPEX under fire over Aboriginal employment deal for $34b ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 9:53am

ABC Online

Japanese gas giant INPEX under fire over Aboriginal employment deal for $34b ...
ABC Online
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is running a campaign with some Larrakia people, the traditional owners of lands around Darwin, as part of efforts to force INPEX to commit to a legally binding agreement on local jobs when the gas plant begins ...
Protesters fear Inpex abandoning 'promises'NT News

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Indigenous leaders urge Malcolm Turnbull to show 'real leadership' - The Guardian

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 9:17am

The Guardian

Indigenous leaders urge Malcolm Turnbull to show 'real leadership'
The Guardian
The Abbott government was on a path to failure in its quest to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians but the new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has the opportunity to turn that around, the national representative body for Australia's first ...
After Abbott, What Does Malcolm Turnbull Mean For Indigenous Australia?BuzzFeed News
Indigenous leaders seek Turnbull talksThe Australian
Indigenous leaders call on Malcolm Turnbull to reverse 'disaster' portfolio shiftABC Online

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After Abbott, What Does Malcolm Turnbull Mean For Indigenous Australia? - BuzzFeed News

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 8:23am

BuzzFeed News

After Abbott, What Does Malcolm Turnbull Mean For Indigenous Australia?
BuzzFeed News
Abbott was also instrumental in stripping individual funding grants from thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations. Instead creating the controversial Indigenous Advancement Scheme (IAS), which meant organisations would have to ...
Indigenous leaders urge Malcolm Turnbull to show 'real leadership'The Guardian
Indigenous leaders seek Turnbull talksThe Australian
Indigenous leaders call on Malcolm Turnbull to reverse 'disaster' portfolio shiftABC Online

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Turnbull must make Indigenous recognition a priority - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 6:13am

ABC Online

Turnbull must make Indigenous recognition a priority
ABC Online
After having a "rumble" - as it was described by Cape York leader Noel Pearson - with Indigenous leaders over funding a separate process for Indigenous conferences, Mr Abbott had finally got on board with the wishes of black Australia for an autonomous ...
Media atmosphere was Abbott's own doingThe Australian Financial Review

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When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia's deplorable pace of ... - The Stringer

Thu, 2015/09/17 - 3:43am

The Stringer

When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia's deplorable pace of ...
The Stringer
If there had been a stout CNS advocate for Ms Dhu, well she may well be here with us today instead of the deplorable and tragic death she suffered at Western Australia's South Hedland Police Station – August 4, 2015. Federal Minister for Indigenous ...

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In Western Australia, Aboriginal Communities Face Dim Future - Wall Street Journal

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 11:23pm

Wall Street Journal

In Western Australia, Aboriginal Communities Face Dim Future
Wall Street Journal
The state of Western Australia has proposed withdrawing funding for as many as half of the Aboriginal communities scattered across its territory, a vast swath roughly the size of Alaska and Texas combined. The proposal comes as sharp declines in the ...
Tears Over Cutbacks in Aboriginal AreasPress Release Rocket

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Fortescue Metals inks deal with Australian Aboriginal Mining - International Business Times AU

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 8:40am

Mining Journal (subscription)

Fortescue Metals inks deal with Australian Aboriginal Mining
International Business Times AU
Fortescue Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nev Power holds a piece of iron ore in front of a remote-controlled truck at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Sheila Valley, around 400 km (249 miles) south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region ...
Fortescue lays ground for Aboriginal-owned mineMining Journal (subscription)

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Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change 'negative' view on country's Aboriginal ... - International Business Times AU

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 5:37am

NEWS.com.au

Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change 'negative' view on country's Aboriginal ...
International Business Times AU
The actor got candid during an interview with Australia's SBS2 anchor Marc Fennel for his current affairs program “The Feed.” Jackman said his experience interacting with the Aboriginal people does not connect with what the country is negatively ...
'We're verging on defeatism': Hugh Jackman wants Australia to changeNEWS.com.au
Hugh Jackman calls for renewed fight to stop Indigenous community closuresSBS

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Revealed: how Indigenous Australian storytelling accurately records sea level ... - The Guardian

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 4:33am

The Guardian

Revealed: how Indigenous Australian storytelling accurately records sea level ...
The Guardian
Indigenous rock art in Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. Researchers say stories about sea level rises in Australia date back though more than 7,000 years of continuous oral tradition. Photograph: Helen Davidson for the Guardian.

Aboriginal art becoming darling of US collections - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 3:44am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Aboriginal art becoming darling of US collections
ArtsHub (subscription)
On 17 September the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will open, No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, an exhibition of more than 75 paintings from the Western Desert area collected by Debra and Dennis Scholl, a Trustee of ...

Concepts of numbers in Indigenous Australian languages changed over time - ABC Online

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 1:03am

ABC Online

Concepts of numbers in Indigenous Australian languages changed over time
ABC Online
While English speakers may talk of infinite possibilities, ancient Australian Aboriginal languages very rarely stretched past number five. However, a study published today shows that far from being simple, Aboriginal numeral systems "lost and gained ...

Funding boost for program to reduce dementia risk among Aboriginal elders - Australian Ageing Agenda

Wed, 2015/09/16 - 12:40am

Australian Ageing Agenda

Funding boost for program to reduce dementia risk among Aboriginal elders
Australian Ageing Agenda
A $12,500 grant provided by the IRT Foundation will enable Alzheimer's Australia NSW, in partnership with Katungul Aboriginal Medical Service, to hold five 'Aboriginal Dementia Yarn Up' events in the Bega and Eurobodalla shires, where the Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal iron ore project a step closer - The Australian

Tue, 2015/09/15 - 12:19pm

Aboriginal iron ore project a step closer
The Australian
Private company Australian Aboriginal Mining Corp has signed a deal that would allow it to deliver up to 2 million tonnes of iron ore from its Extension and Breakaway iron ore deposits into Fortescue's Pilbara rail and port infrastructure over five years.

Australian mining minister told to 'frack off' by protesting Aborigines and ... - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 2015/09/15 - 11:18am

Telegraph.co.uk

Australian mining minister told to 'frack off' by protesting Aborigines and ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The protest included an unusual mix of Aboriginal representatives, environmentalists and pastoralists (sheep or cattle farmers) – groups which have at times been at odds over land rights but united to warn against the spread of fracking in northern ...
NT govt told to 'frack off' by farmers9news.com.au
Northern Territory fracking protesters shout down mining ministerThe Guardian

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'We're verging on defeatism': Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2015/09/15 - 11:09am

NEWS.com.au

'We're verging on defeatism': Hugh Jackman wants Australia to change
NEWS.com.au
But unlike most lovelorn teenagers, he did that by taking a job building houses in the indigenous community of Areyonga in Central Australia, population 300. It was a “life-changing moment” for the sheltered Sydney youngster, and Hugh wanted to stay ...

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Malcolm Turnbull's track record on Indigenous issues - SBS

Tue, 2015/09/15 - 8:19am

SBS

Malcolm Turnbull's track record on Indigenous issues
SBS
"Of course there's much that I had still wanted to do – constitutional recognition of Indigenous people; getting the kids to school, the adults to work, and communities safe." "I was the first prime minister to spend a week a year in remote, Indigenous ...

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