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Subsequently, I toured around the rest of the Aboriginal art industry's “ecosystem, ... must diminish the purity of the unique art product of tribal Australia.

The Guardian
Paperless arrests endanger Indigenous lives, Northern Territory coroner says
The Guardian
About 95% of people being held in NT cells for liquor offences are Aboriginal, and so there is an increased chance of their dying in police custody, the inquest heard. “Unless the paperless arrest laws are struck from the statute books, more and more ...
NT coroner says paperless arrest system 'manifestly unfair' at inquest into ...ABC Online
NT coroner recommends repeal of new police powers after Indigenous death in ...ABC Message Stick

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The Guardian
Paperless arrests endanger Indigenous lives, Northern Territory coroner says
The Guardian
About 95% of people being held in NT cells for liquor offences are Aboriginal, and so there is an increased chance of their dying in police custody, the inquest heard. “Unless the paperless arrest laws are struck from the statute books, more and more ...
NT coroner says paperless arrest system 'manifestly unfair' at inquest into ...ABC Online
NT coroner recommends repeal of new police powers after Indigenous death in ...ABC Message Stick

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Now the coroner said that he looked back at the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; he said that recommended that detention be a ...

Australian Associated Press ... “Kumanjayi Langdon, a sick middle-aged Aboriginal man, was treated like a criminal and incarcerated like a criminal; ...

... be repealed, as part of his findings into the death in custody of an Aboriginal man. Kumanjayi Langdon, 59, from Yuendumu in Central Australia died ...

Huffington Post
The Firsthand Racism I Experienced in Australia
Huffington Post
Adam Goodes, an indigenous Australian football player, doing an indigenous dance and throwing an imaginary spear (it was actually choreographed as a boomerang) towards the crowd to celebrate a goal during Indigenous Week has opened a can of ...
Why do Australian elites think racism lurks in every suburb?The Australian Financial Review
Australian PM calls for end to Goodes booingBulletin Leader

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A bark petition signed by a delegation of indigenous Australians opposing ... people, but claimed to represent the Aboriginal people of Australia.

The Australian
Mutitjulu unaware of 'Uluru bark petition' on sanctity
The Australian
The so-called Uluru bark petition was signed by about 30 indigenous people, but claimed to represent the Aboriginal people of Australia. “This is a cultural initiative, it is not a Christian initiative,'' Pastor Walker said. “But you can align the two ...

The Australian
Mutitjulu unaware of 'Uluru bark petition' on sanctity
The Australian
The so-called Uluru bark petition was signed by about 30 indigenous people, but claimed to represent the Aboriginal people of Australia. “This is a cultural initiative, it is not a Christian initiative,'' Pastor Walker said. “But you can align the two ...

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Independent Australia
Tony Abbott and White Australia: Let's be serious about change
Independent Australia
The innate conservatism of Tony Abbott and much of white Australia is steering the discussion of genuine Indigenous rights towards a minimalist and almost meaningless constitutional conclusion, says Jeff McMullen. When most of the world recognises the ...

Independent Australia
Tony Abbott and White Australia: Let's be serious about change
Independent Australia
The innate conservatism of Tony Abbott and much of white Australia is steering the discussion of genuine Indigenous rights towards a minimalist and almost meaningless constitutional conclusion, says Jeff McMullen. When most of the world recognises the ...

... a team from the University of Western Australia's Law School suggested a ... She said Aboriginal people and legal professionals in Broome, Fitzroy ...

PS News
DFAT launches Indigenous strategy
PS News
Australia's first ever strategy for advancing the interests of the world's Indigenous peoples has been released by the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Peter Varghese (pictured). As part of the DFAT Indigenous Peoples ...

A proposed new West Australian heritage bill highlights a "disturbing racial differentiation" between the level of protection offered between ...

The world's longest historic stock route is coming alive at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) through the paintings of the Aboriginal people ...

The innate conservatism of Tony Abbott and much of white Australia is steering ... Understanding the accomplishments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Independent Australia
How sharing stories with Aboriginal communities is healing the racial divide
Independent Australia
That is particularly apparent in the racial tensions that still exist in Australia, in our politics, our policies and the way of life for our two communities — Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. Our past is an emotional storm of two peoples in traumatic ...

Using a project in central Australian Aboriginal communities as an example, Pamela Nathan shows that sharing stories and acknowledging the ...

Western Australia is often in the headlines for policies that are harmful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, most recently for hurtful ...