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Aboriginal elders who signed anti-marriage equality petition don't speak on my ...
The Guardian
Late last week, a group of 30 Indigenous Australians, backed by evangelical Christian groups, presented an “Uluru bark petition” opposing marriage equality to the federal government via Senator Eric Abetz. The petition reads, in part: “Although ...
Aboriginal community members say Uluru Bark Petition doesn't represent their ...Gay News Network

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Photograph: National Gallery Of Australia/PR IMAGE. Second, the 30 ... I do not speak on the behalf of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

“The Boomerang precinct at Bluesfest is all about cherishing culture and ending the disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia,” ...

The credentials of the Uluru Bark petition, a petition purporting to be signed on behalf of Aboriginal Australia and presented to Senator Eric Abetz in ...

... working with initiatives that empower communities all across Australia. ... kids” said Auntie Madeline McGrady, an Aboriginal Elder of the community.

"The Boomerang precinct at Bluesfest is all about cherishing culture and ending the disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia.

The Guardian
Mick Gooda to head Queensland taskforce to pay stolen Aboriginal wages
The Guardian
Australia's social justice commissioner, Mick Gooda, will lead a Queensland government taskforce responsible for paying $21m in damages to Indigenous people who had their wages systematically stolen by the state last century. Gooda and the taskforce ...
Mick Gooda to head Stolen Wages TaskforceBrisbane Times

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The Guardian
Mick Gooda to head Queensland taskforce to pay stolen Aboriginal wages
The Guardian
The Queensland treasurer and minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Curtis Pitt, said Gooda was “one of Australia's most respected Indigenous leaders and we're lucky to have him performing this important role”. “Mick ...
Mick Gooda to head Stolen Wages TaskforceBrisbane Times
Mick Gooda to head up Stolen Wages TaskforceMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Queensland treasurer and minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Curtis Pitt, said Gooda was “one of Australia's most ...

Qantas Corporate Communication adviser Courtney Treak told Daily Mail Australia staff members were following standard 'dangerous goods' ...

The two-term Hervey Bay-Fraser Coast councillor and former Senate candidate was among supporters of Sovereign Aboriginal Australia activist, ...

The program consisted of dance workshops taught by Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, which helps ...

The Flinders Ranges are one of the best areas in Australia to see Aboriginal rock art. You'll find indigenous guides at Parachilna, Chambers Gorge ...

This is what happened to Deanne Kenyon's grandfather and countless other Aboriginals in Australia from 1906 up until the 1970s — all because of the ...

Aboriginal LGBTQIs voice their views on Aboriginal petition against same-sex ...
SBS
"Which is less than 0.05 percent of the Aboriginal population of Australia", said Indigilez leadership and support group's Tanya Quakawoot. "So a very small percentage of Aboriginal people oppose gay marriage without any consultation with Indigenous ...

Aboriginal LGBTQIs voice their views on Aboriginal petition against same-sex ...
SBS
"Which is less than 0.05 percent of the Aboriginal population of Australia", said Indigilez leadership and support group's Tanya Quakawoot. "So a very small percentage of Aboriginal people oppose gay marriage without any consultation with Indigenous ...

Brisbane Times
Qantas stops Aboriginal actor Alec Doomadgee from carrying boomerangs on plane
Brisbane Times
"I don't see anyone pulling up the Pope when he walks on with his thing of beads because he might choke someone on the plane." Mr Doomadgee said the incident was what racism in Australia looked like, not the "in your face KKK sh-t" but "snide, smartass ...

Mr Doomadgee said the incident was what racism in Australia looked like, not the "in your face KKK sh-t" but "snide, smartass remarks". "That's all it ...

PS News
DFAT launches Indigenous strategy
PS News
He said a young Indigenous Policy Officer in the Department, Sara-Kate Goltz-Wharton last month joined Australian Indigenous Leaders at the Human Rights Council in Geneva for the annual session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous ...

MARK COLVIN: The Law Society of South Australia says it fears that more Aboriginal people could end up in jail because of cuts to legal aid services.