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Kirstie Parker, co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, believes there was a ... ongoing dialogue, supported by clear information, among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about constitutional change.

More than a century after Australia became an independent nation, Aboriginal people are to be recognised in the constitution – but not until 2017, ...

Adorable Samara Muir, from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia, was dressed as her Disney heroine when she queued up for an event in a shopping centre ...

In a joint statement after meeting indigenous leaders Monday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said “Our country has ...

... that would guarantee the issue came with the unequivocal imprimatur of Aboriginal Australia in the face of a small but vocal anti-recognition push.

Picture: Britta Campion Source: News Corp Australia ... this time, acknowledging in the nation's constitution that Aboriginal people were the ... “If the Constitution is the birth certificate of Australia, we're unregistered,” says Gail Mabo.

At least two Aboriginal leaders have suggested the need for treaties between Australia and Aboriginal nations. Given that two knowledgeable men ...

Tourism Australia wants more Charmaines. “We are very lucky in Aboriginal Australia to have the world's oldest continuing living culture. We believe ...

A clergyman, experienced in ministry to Aboriginal people in rural Australia, speaks to an assembled group of priests about the strains and stress often ...

A Referendum Council, “broadly reflective of the Australian people”, will be set ... relating to Aborigines coming before the Commonwealth parliament”.

We'd like to involve as many of the Australian community as possible ... And of course it has to be meaningful for Aboriginal Australia, but we also have ...

A meeting between Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten and 40 Aboriginal leaders from across the country delivered the clearest signal yet that recognising ...

Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution on Monday after talks with indigenous leaders, Tony Abbott, the prime ...

... Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten in the hope of gaining constitutional recognition for Australia's first people. Sean Gordon, CEO of Darkinjung Aboriginal ...

West Australian Aboriginal leader Patrick Dodson told reporters after the meeting that he was encouraged by the political commitment to recognition, ...

Forty years ago, Mervyn had captured the birth of the Aboriginal land rights ... The dancing included contemporary and traditional Aboriginal dances, ... Islander people as the first inhabitants of Australia, up 8 per cent from 2013.

Indigenous Australian performers hold a smoking ceremony to open NAIDOC Week, a national program that celebrates the National Aborigines and ...

"When you look at the results across remote Western Australia, on Closing the Gap, they're not promising," he said. "We are failing a generation of ...

Sydney (AFP) - Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution Monday after talks with indigenous leaders, Prime Minister ...

"I think it is tokenistic and I think the amount of billions of dollars that are going into it could actually service Aboriginal communities across Australia," ...