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'Slow, expensive, complicated' legal system must be improved - The Conversation

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 4:38am

'Slow, expensive, complicated' legal system must be improved
The Conversation
Australia has four “pillars” of government-funded legal assistance: legal aid commissions, community legal centres, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services, and Aboriginal family violence prevention legal assistance services. The legal ...

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Aboriginal language dictionary for Badimaya people launched at Mount Magnet - ABC Online

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 2:35am

Aboriginal language dictionary for Badimaya people launched at Mount Magnet
ABC Online
A dictionary designed to preserve one of Western Australia's Aboriginal languages is due to be launched after two decades of research. Work on the Badimaya dictionary started in the early 1990s, with knowledge collected from some of the last known ...

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A hot new model at the Australian Indigenous Fashion Week - The Conversation

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 2:27am

A hot new model at the Australian Indigenous Fashion Week
The Conversation
It's not difficult to find reference to Indigenous ethnographic designs in contemporary Australia. Motifs from Adelaide's Balarinji Design Studios coat Qantas' Boeing fleet and elders wore Victorian possum…

Australian Composer Finds Her Marbles - Wall Street Journal

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 1:02am

Australian Composer Finds Her Marbles
Wall Street Journal
Born in Australia to Chinese parents, she played the piano and violin and began composing at age 11. When she lived in Brisbane, a relationship with Aboriginal neighbors helped draw her to Aboriginal art and music, including, she said, "the idea of the ...

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Buffalo duffers could 'shut down' Vietnam live export trade - The West Australian

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 12:40am

The West Australian

Buffalo duffers could 'shut down' Vietnam live export trade
The West Australian
Buffalo industry experts warn poachers could threaten Australia's emerging live export trade with Vietnam, and reduce income opportunities for Traditional Owners. Most of the Northern Territory's wild buffalo populations inhabit Aboriginal lands, where ...

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Closing the Gap - The Transcontinental

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 12:18am

Closing the Gap
The Transcontinental
Country North South Australia Medicare Local (CNSAML) advocacy and health development manager John Buckskin said that is the average for Aboriginal people, speaking recently at the National Close the Gap Day. “We are working with Aboriginal ...

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Closing the Gap - Roxby Downs Sun

Thu, 2014/04/10 - 12:12am

Closing the Gap
Roxby Downs Sun
Country North South Australia Medicare Local (CNSAML) advocacy and health development manager John Buckskin said that is the average for Aboriginal people, speaking recently at the National Close the Gap Day. "We are working with Aboriginal ...

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Buffalo duffers could 'shut down' Vietnam live export trade - ABC Online

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 11:48pm

Buffalo duffers could 'shut down' Vietnam live export trade
ABC Online
Buffalo industry experts warn poachers could threaten Australia's emerging live export trade with Vietnam, and reduce income opportunities for Traditional Owners. Most of the Northern Territory's wild buffalo populations inhabit Aboriginal lands, where ...

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Adelaide Crows and Andrew McLeod join forces to acknowledge Aboriginal and ... - The Daily Telegraph

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 10:30pm

Adelaide Crows and Andrew McLeod join forces to acknowledge Aboriginal and ...
The Daily Telegraph
The last time any significant referendum was held was back in 1967 when it allowed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be recognised as citizens.'' His comments follow those of Swans champion and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes, who ...

Adelaide Crows and Andrew McLeod join forces to acknowledge Aboriginal and ... - The Daily Telegraph

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 2:42pm

Adelaide Crows and Andrew McLeod join forces to acknowledge Aboriginal and ...
The Daily Telegraph
Almost 180,000 Australians are now part of the movement to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution. People can show their support by signing up at website www.recognise.org.au. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email · Share.

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Yuendumu Doors explained in new book by Philip Jones - The Australian

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 2:21pm

Yuendumu Doors explained in new book by Philip Jones
The Australian
The Yuendumu Doors are on permanent display in the Aboriginal Cultures Gallery of the Museum of South Australia. Behind the Doors: An Art History from Yuendumu, by Philip Jones with Warlukurlangu Artists, was published last month by South Australian ...

Dawn Casey to lose position at indigenous body - The Australian

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 2:01pm

Dawn Casey to lose position at indigenous body
The Australian
DAWN Casey, the chairwoman of two indigenous economic statutory bodies, will not have her contract as head of Indigenous Business Australia renewed when it expires in June, as the Abbott government is deeply unhappy with the way she has led both ...

Mundine: Good, bad and the ugly - NEWS.com.au (blog)

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 8:01am

Mundine: Good, bad and the ugly
NEWS.com.au (blog)
'I thought they wiped all Aborigines from Tasmania out'. October, 2012. Mundine then took a shot another respected indigenous Australian, questioning rival Daniel Geale's Aboriginal heritage. “He's got a white woman, he's got white kids. I keep it real ...

Anthony Mundine: the good, the bad and the ugly - The Australian

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 7:51am

Anthony Mundine: the good, the bad and the ugly
The Australian
'I thought they wiped all Aborigines from Tasmania out'. October, 2012. Mundine then took a shot another respected indigenous Australian, questioning rival Daniel Geale's Aboriginal heritage. “He's got a white woman, he's got white kids. I keep it real ...

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Indigenous model Samantha Harris defends Cassi van den Dungen after ... - The Daily Telegraph

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 6:47am

Indigenous model Samantha Harris defends Cassi van den Dungen after ...
The Daily Telegraph
Indigenous model Samantha Harris has defended fellow model Cassi van den Dungen who stole the spotlight for the wrong reasons at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia. Van den Dungen's gaunt face and skeletal legs drew gasps on the catwalk this ...

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Senior Clinician - Circle Therapeutic Foster Care - Pro Bono Australia

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 5:47am

Senior Clinician - Circle Therapeutic Foster Care
Pro Bono Australia
... tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work or a related discipline such as Family Therapy/Child Psychotherapy, and a demonstrated ability to work with a culturally informed and respectful approach with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Golf is experiencing an Australian invasion - Philly.com

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 5:21am

Golf is experiencing an Australian invasion
Philly.com
For instance, Bowditch was greeted by a trio of countrymen who waited an hour to watch him win: Senden; Scott Gardiner, the first PGA player of Australian aboriginal descent; and Aaron Baddeley, who has played in 29 majors. Baddeley and Gardiner did ...

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Local slams changes to Racial Discrimination Act - The Transcontinental

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 4:46am

Local slams changes to Racial Discrimination Act
The Transcontinental
The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia and a local ACEG officer have slammed the Liberal government's proposal to make changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. AHCSA chief executive officer Mary Buckskin suggested the changes would have a ...

Crows join RECOGNISE movement - Adelaide Crows

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 4:08am

Adelaide Crows

Crows join RECOGNISE movement
Adelaide Crows
The Club's stance on Recognise coincides with the Adelaide Football Club/McLeod Indigenous programs' first camp for the year. Thirty young, talented footballers from across South Australia were present for the significant moment on Wednesday, and ...

Northern development needs Indigenous involvement - ABC Online

Wed, 2014/04/09 - 3:19am

Northern development needs Indigenous involvement
ABC Online
"If we don't factor that in as a major part of the consideration of the component of what happens for development in northern Australia, then something will be drastically missing - the participation of Indigenous people in the economy, the issue of ...

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