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Winners of esteemed Indigenous art prize announced
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's most prestigious national Indigenous art prize, offering the winning artist $50,000 in prize money and a spotlight into the Australian art world and beyond ...

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous-only constitutional conventions unrealistic
The Australian (blog)
However, there is significant disagreement as to who is and who isn't indigenous. There are hundreds of thousands of “indigenous Australians”. But they are individuals with greatly diverging lives when it comes to “being black”. Sometimes they identify ...
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicideThe Conversation AU
The voices behind IndigenousXABC Online

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The Conversation AU
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicide
The Conversation AU
Despite efforts to prevent suicide among Indigenous Australians, especially the young, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide rate is at least twice as high as – and in some instances, such as at Mowanjum near Derby, 100 times – the national ...

Herald Sun
Indigenous acts rally for a true blue cause
Perth Now
TRUE Blue country singer John Williamson will headline Adelaide's newest music event in October when he joins a line-up of some of Australia's best indigenous acts for the “Around The Campfire” concert at Alberton Oval. Williamson, who recently hit out ...
Indigenous acts rally Around the Campfire for a true blue causeHerald Sun

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Yahoo News
Australia warns against homebrew Vegemite alcohol drinks
Yahoo News
The sticky spread, made from yeast extract, is an Australian icon and similar to its British cousin Marmite. But in some remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory where liquor is banned to stem alcohol-related problems, minister Nigel ...
Vegemite being used to make homemade alcohol in dry communities: reportsSydney Morning Herald
Vegemite Blamed For Spread Of Social Ills In Rural AustraliaInternational Business Times
Australian Government Concerned Over Vegemite's Use In MoonshineNPR
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ABC Online
Bush burial knockbacks causing distress for Aboriginal families in outback WA
ABC Online
... Aboriginal people and there needed to be more transparency about why decisions were made. "I don't think it's very well understood by people up here," he said. "It's a very important issue for Aboriginal people, not just in the Kimberley but all ...

The Straits Times
Booing of Aboriginal player a test for Australia
The Straits Times
Aboriginal activist and Australian Rules football legend Adam Goodes (left) training with Sydney Swans teammates at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Goodes has been subject to relentless booing from rival Australian Rules crowds for months now.
Adam Goodes feels dagger of racism in painting entered in Indigenous art awardsThe Age
Adam Goodes, Andrew Bolt and an echo chamber of boosBrisbane Times
Adam Goodes saga a warning to the AFL of the perils of playing politicsThe Australian Financial Review
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The Australian
Aboriginal cash 'siphoned' off by Northern Territory
The Australian
The chairman of Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, Australian Indigenous Education Foundation head Andrew Penfold and conservative former minister for Aboriginal affairs Fred Chaney called for better audits and a more ...

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Perth Now
WA desert artist wins top art award
Perth Now
Jukuja Dolly Snell from Kurtal, WA, has won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for her painting 'Kurtal'. A WEST AUSTRALIAN artist from the Great Sandy Desert has won Australia's most prestigious indigenous art prize ...
WA desert artist wins national Aboriginal art prize for paintingThe Australian
WA painter Snell wins Aboriginal art prizeNEWS.com.au
Desert dreaming inspires prize-winning artThe West Australian
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The Australian
WA desert artist wins national Aboriginal art prize for painting
The Australian
Ms Snell began painting in the 1980s and is married to another celebrated indigenous artist, Nyilpirr Ngalyaku Spider Snell. Her paintings, known for their vibrant colours, hang in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of ...
WA painter Snell wins Aboriginal art prizeNEWS.com.au
Desert dreaming inspires prize-winning artThe West Australian
Jukuja Dolly Snell wins National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art ...ABC Online
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The Guardian
Inquest into Aboriginal woman's death in custody to be held 16 months after ...
The Guardian
The inquest into the death in custody of 22-year-old Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu will be held in late November, almost 16 months after she was pronounced dead at a hospital in Western Australia on 4 August last year. Protests were held on Tuesday to mark ...
Inquest set for WA death in custodySBS

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ABC Online
Jukuja Dolly Snell wins National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art ...
ABC Online
Her painting, Kurtal, which took out the overall National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), was inspired by her birthplace at a jila, or a permanent waterhole, in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. With her granddaughter ...
WA desert artist wins top art awardPerth Now
WA painter Snell wins Aboriginal art prizeNEWS.com.au
WA desert artist wins national Aboriginal art prize for paintingHerald Sun
The West Australian
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Sydney Morning Herald
Create and educate ... Daren Dunn's stunning contribution to Indigenous Round
Sydney Morning Herald
"Would you believe, it's from non-Aboriginal people and athletes," he said. "They inspire me. My Aboriginality has always been there, but it's the non-Aboriginal people who inspire me. Non-Aboriginal Australia embrace Aboriginal culture more than you ...

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The Conversation AU
White Australia needs to take responsibility for reconciliation too
The Conversation AU
There is a hypocrisy in Australia's demand that to receive any entitlements that come with the special status of “Aboriginal”, people must continue to live their culture – yet if an Aboriginal person displays their culture in a way that challenges ...
Indigenous Australia is the true foundation of our multicultural societyThe Guardian
From Arthur Beetson to the modern-day stars: Why the NRL's Indigenous Round is ...Sydney Morning Herald
All Stars crucial role in reconciliation pushThe Australian
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One in ten Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders have been to jail – racialised ...
The Stringer
There has been very little research on how many Australians and how many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been to prison. There is very little information collected on what happens to people post-prison. It has been my long-held view that in ...

NFPs Urged to Adopt New Strategies for Aboriginal Child Welfare
Pro Bono Australia
A landmark report into the lives and welfare of young Aboriginal children in Western Australia has urged community organisations to develop new and innovative approaches to help improve their future wellbeing. The report by the WA Commissioner for ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Australia is the true foundation of our multicultural society
The Guardian
Yolngu men painted in Sydney Swans AFL player Adam Goodes' jersey at Garma Festival near Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory, Friday July 31, 2015. A group of men and boys performed a traditional dance in support of Goodes and to reject racism.
Stolen Generation artist uses 'noble savage' to highlight racismThe Australian
Australian football jeers sound 'wake up' call on raceBBC News
It's time to recognise that shutting up, paying up and staying out won't workSydney Morning Herald
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ABC Online
Aboriginal elder says he will cull more problem seals if SA's Department of ...
ABC Online
An Aboriginal elder from the south-east of South Australia has taken matters into his own hands to try to manage the growing long-nosed fur seal population, saying he has already killed several of the animals. Ngarrindjeri elder Darrell Sumner, from ...

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The Age
Adam Goodes' fierce gesture of self-assertion should be celebrated
The Age
Adam Goodes is a proud Australian. He's also a proud Indigenous man and an inspiring figure for many Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal citizens alike. He has reconciled the contradictions inherent in that heritage, a courageous feat given Australia's history.
Australia Football League: Indigenous Star Adam Goodes Set to Play on After ...NDTVSports.com
When Racism Masquerades as “Equality”: The Adam Goodes FuroreThe Conversation AU
Heckled indigenous Australian footballer to returnYahoo! Maktoob News
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The Age
Why are Aborigines barred from being Australia's head of state?
The Age
One significant consequence of this constitutional arrangement is that Australian Aborigines are prohibited by law from being Australia's head of state. Windsor family, fine, Australian Aboriginal, no, says our rule book of the nation. Aborigines might ...

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