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Gumala Aboriginal Corporation lashes Rio Tinto for manufacturing economic crisis - The Australian Financial Review

Thu, 2015/04/16 - 2:18pm

The Australian Financial Review

Gumala Aboriginal Corporation lashes Rio Tinto for manufacturing economic crisis
The Australian Financial Review
"We have a perfect storm and it's our view that what this is creating is a destructive outcome for the sector, collateral damage for Aboriginal contractors, lower benefits to traditional owners and Western Australian potentially going to recession in ...

dark side of the Anzac legend - The Australian

Thu, 2015/04/16 - 2:08pm

The Australian

dark side of the Anzac legend
The Australian
Aboriginal Australia literally believes that the stories of creation hold the continent together. Without the stories the sun will not rise, the rivers will not run and the land will not support life. Stories hold us to this continent more than gravity ...

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Sisonke Msimang claims Australia's treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than ... - Daily Mail

Thu, 2015/04/16 - 9:45am

Daily Mail

Sisonke Msimang claims Australia's treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than ...
Daily Mail
While protests about Islam infiltrating Australia have dominated the media, Ms Msimang said she started to recognise a systematic approach to 'assimilate' and 'eradicate' Australia's Indigenous heritage, simply by denying that Aboriginal Australian's ...
Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward StepThe Epoch Times

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Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step - The Epoch Times

Thu, 2015/04/16 - 8:08am

The Epoch Times

Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step
The Epoch Times
Protesters march through the streets on April 10, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. The gathering is part of ongoing protests against government plans to close down remote indigenous communities in Western Australia. (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images) ...
'The first thing that strikes about Australia is how racist this place is ...Daily Mail

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Sydney unites for Indigenous rights - Sydney City News

Wed, 2015/04/15 - 2:07pm

Sydney unites for Indigenous rights
Sydney City News
Protesters in Sydney's march walked from Belmore Park near Central to the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Marchers not only condemned the forced closure of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia but also used the movement to stand against the ...

Indigenous record is stuck - The Australian

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 2:06pm

ArtLyst

Indigenous record is stuck
The Australian
We are now 13 times likelier to be imprisoned that non-indigenous people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people account for 28 per cent of all Australian prisoners, and things are even worse for our young people, who account for about half of ...
Indigenous Australia Explored In New British Museum ExhibitionArtLyst

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South Australia's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop to focus on reconciliation - Anglicannews

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 2:04pm

Anglicannews

South Australia's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop to focus on reconciliation
Anglicannews
[ABC News] South Australia's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop says he plans to use his new role to focus on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The Revd Christopher McLeod, who is of Gurindji descent and whose mother was a ...
Australian Anglicans appoint Aboriginal bishop as step to reconciliationChristianToday

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Adani working with Australian aboriginal group to resolve land issue - Economic Times

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 10:40am

Adani working with Australian aboriginal group to resolve land issue
Economic Times
MELBOURNE: Indian conglomerate Adani Group today said it is in talks with an aboriginal group, which is attempting to stop its 16.5 billion dollar mine project being established on its ancestral land in Australia's Queensland state, to provide them ...

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Australian Anglicans appoint Aboriginal bishop as step to reconciliation - ChristianToday

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 9:55am

ChristianToday

Australian Anglicans appoint Aboriginal bishop as step to reconciliation
ChristianToday
The Anglican Church of Australia has ordained an Aboriginal bishop in a ceremony that combined elements of Aboriginal and Anglican cultures and is being hailed as a step towards reconciliation. Bishop Christopher McLeod was consecrated as an assistant ...
Racial diversity takes centre stage on Australian Fashion Week catwalksABC Online

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Push to get more Aboriginal models on the catwalk - ABC Message Stick

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 9:45am

ABC Message Stick

Push to get more Aboriginal models on the catwalk
ABC Message Stick
BRIDGET BRENNAN: Aboriginal woman Samantha Harris is one of Australia's top models and she says she's only just beginning to see a more diverse range of models hired by designers. SAMANTHA HARRIS: I know a lot of the models that are walking in ...
Racial diversity takes centre stage on Australian Fashion Week catwalksABC Online

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Noel Pearson's proposal could deliver real authority for Indigenous Australia - The Guardian

Tue, 2015/04/14 - 7:39am

The Guardian

Noel Pearson's proposal could deliver real authority for Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
On Monday Noel Pearson backed proposals for a declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians. He referenced the US Declaration of Independence and conjured up an image of Australian children reciting the declaration at school assemblies and ...
Indigenous recognition: enough support for referendum, says Warren MundineThe Guardian
Australia's Gettysburg for Indigenous recognitionThe New Daily
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
ABC Message Stick -Sydney Morning Herald
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Where are all the Aboriginal models on the runway? - Daily Life

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:04pm

Daily Life

Where are all the Aboriginal models on the runway?
Daily Life
In 2000, Naomi Campbell commented on the absence of Indigenous models on Australian catwalks, noting that not even designers who showcased Aboriginal-inspired designs seemed to use Aboriginal models. Fifteen years later, things haven't progressed ...
Aboriginal protest continues as Australian PM plans visit to New ZealandMāori Television
State of imprisonment: South Australia's prisoner numbers soar, with just 10 ...The Conversation AU
SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding dealThe Guardian
ABC Message Stick -Crikey -InDaily
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Split opens in indigenous recognition push - The Australian

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:03pm

The Australian

Split opens in indigenous recognition push
The Australian
“His ideas will be carefully considered in the context of taking this important issue forward,” the Prime Minister said. “The importance of bipartisan support, and working with indigenous Australians, is fundamental. Unless we are together on this we ...
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun

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Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians - SBS

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 11:09am

SBS

Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
SBS
One of the architects of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution is making a dramatic new proposal. Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's founding document and a new "Statement of Recognition" written by ...
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansBrisbane Times

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Veronica Cubillo fraud case: Trial of former head of Aboriginal legal group ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 9:53am

ABC Online

Veronica Cubillo fraud case: Trial of former head of Aboriginal legal group ...
ABC Online
A woman accused of wrongly taking thousands of dollars from the Aboriginal legal organisation she headed to pay for an overseas trip and other things has appeared in a Darwin court. Former chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Family ...

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Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous Australians - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 9:29am

Sydney Morning Herald

Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
The day the declaration was adopted - potentially in 2017 - could then become a public holiday and an annual commemoration and celebration of Australia's Indigenous peoples, but the declaration would sit outside the Constitution and have no legal force.
Noel Pearson's proposal could deliver real authority for Indigenous AustraliaThe Guardian
Australia's Gettysburg for Indigenous recognitionThe New Daily
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
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SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding deal - The Guardian

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 8:55am

The Guardian

SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding deal
The Guardian
South Australian Indigenous communities in danger of being closed have been thrown a lifeline after the state and federal governments reached an agreement on funding. The SA government has agreed to take over municipal and essential services in ...
Deal secures future of SA remote Indigenous communitiesSBS

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Future of remote Aboriginal communities secured by deal between SA and ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 3:32am

ABC Online

Future of remote Aboriginal communities secured by deal between SA and ...
ABC Online
The State Government has agreed to accept $15 million to look after all other remote Aboriginal communities, which have a combined population of about 1,500. Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said South Australia would eventually pay ...
“Remote” communities: Art is the answerInDaily

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Video featuring Aboriginal women painted in ochre for ceremony pulled by ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/04/13 - 2:30am

ABC Online

Video featuring Aboriginal women painted in ochre for ceremony pulled by ...
ABC Online
A television show trailer featuring Aboriginal women painted in ochre for a traditional ceremony has been pulled from Facebook due to the social media platform's nudity guidelines. The show's co-creator Trisha Morton-Thomas described the decision as ...

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Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty - Green Left Weekly

Sat, 2015/04/11 - 6:02am

Green Left Weekly

Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty
Green Left Weekly
Natalie Cromb, a Gamileraay woman, said that a treaty “would help the Australian government keep its word to the Aboriginal people”. She noted the ongoing debates between treaty and constitutional recognition and argued that the British colonisers ...

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