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Denise Champion becomes first <b>Aboriginal</b> woman ordained in South <b>Australia</b>

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 10:30am
Deacon Champion, a Adnyamathanha (Flinders Ranges) woman, was also the first Aboriginal woman to minister a mainstream congregation in South ...

Assimilation and the push to close communities

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 2:37am
Paddy Gibson looks at the renewed push to close remote Aboriginal communities ... drive serves an important function for the ruling class in Australia.

When the right people lead then lives will be saved

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 2:15am
Western Australia has the highest rate of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander suicide in the nation, and especially so since 2005. The Kimberley's ...

Yolanda Lowatta: I wish people knew how much beauty is in the Torres Straits

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 12:45am
Lowatt has been doing traditional dance since she was a toddler and graduated from Brisbane's Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts. She's ...

Cheryl Redway, 64, found alive after more than two days missing in Northern Territory outback

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 12:29am
A search team and two helicopters took part in the search, with Aboriginal trackers also ... Her husband said he was "the happiest man in Australia".

<b>Aboriginal</b> trackers join search for woman missing near Kings Canyon in Northern Territory outback

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 12:22am
Aboriginal trackers have joined the search for a 64-year-old woman who ... concerns for the woman, believed to be from Millicent in South Australia, ...

Amnesty report exposes <b>Aboriginal</b> child detention

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 12:08am
The report is highly critical of Australia's detention of Aboriginal children for minor offences. The Amnesty report, A brighter tomorrow: Keeping ...

Poll: 63% of voters favour recognising ​Indigenous <b>Australians</b> in constitution

Sat, 2015/06/20 - 12:00am
A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted shows 63% per cent support constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Photograph: Robert Wallace/ ...

Ice crisis looms for indigenous Qld: QAIHC

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 11:34pm
QUEENSLAND Aboriginal and Islander Health Council's Sandy Gillies says ... "Like the rest of Australia, our communities are feeling the sting of ...

Cutting the <b>Aboriginal</b> custody helpline

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 3:56pm
If the CNS is shut down, many fear more Aboriginal people will die in police ... Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia have reached new levels.

Recognise historical truth

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 2:10pm
The Weekend Australian supports the principle of recognising our Aboriginal citizens as the descendants of our first people. Yet a referendum could ...

BBC&#39;s whitewash banishes those here way before Phillip

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 2:03pm
As the complex and emotionally charged issues of Aboriginal identity, ... the story of the establishment of the British penal colony in Australia in 1788.

Two out of three back indigenous recognition

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 2:03pm
A Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Weekend Australian, reveals 63 per cent support constitutional recognition, with 19 per cent opposed and ...

WA <b>Aboriginal</b> Affairs Minister Peter Collier in his office. Picture: Marie Nirme Source: News Corp <b>...</b>

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 10:52am
The Weekend Australian has confirmed that legislation to remove ... Former federal Aboriginal affairs minister Ian Viner QC, the lawyer for Burrup ...

Historical drama explores the massacres <b>Australia</b> would rather ignore

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 9:33am
ABC TV miniseries The Secret River has received widespread acclaim for its powerful portrayal of the conflict between Europeans and Aboriginal ...

Indigenous representatives call for constitutional convention ahead of final model for recognising <b>...</b>

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 7:41am
The motion was raised at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (AIATSIS) National Native Title Conference in Port Douglas.

Rachel Dolezal or Dylann Roof: who is bigger news, and why?

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 7:41am
Aboriginal Australia has had the occasional imposter – that's inevitable. But it's also ... The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is small.

Northern <b>Australia</b> white paper: native title proposals met with distrust

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 7:18am
Noel Pearson at the Cape York Australian Aboriginal Academy. He warned the white paper must not be a 'trojan horse' to undermine land rights.

HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR FOLLOWING YOUR DREAM.. how much better can it get!

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 6:55am
“Of course we couldn't do it without the numerous and highly talented artists from some of Australia's most remote communities, and our clients, whose ...

87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You&#39;d know if you listened

Fri, 2015/06/19 - 5:37am
Constitutional recognition is a hotly debated issue in Indigenous Australia. ... Do you think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be better off if we are 'recognised' in ... Produced with assistance of Guardian Australia staff.

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