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"Just like Australia Day is important to every Australian, NAIDOC day is important to every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, but we are ...

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.

The Independent
Australia may finally recognise Aborigines in its constitution - but not until ...
The Independent
Now Mr Abbott has taken a step forward, co-hosting with the opposition leader Bill Shorten a summit of the nation's foremost Aboriginal leaders at which a road map was set out. Constitutional change requires not only most Australians, but a majority of ...

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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 ...

The Age
Without genuine consultation, Aboriginal communities stuck in cycle of negativity
The Age
A clergyman, experienced in ministry to Aboriginal people in rural Australia, speaks to an assembled group of priests about the strains and stress often encountered in such ministry and the hurt that often emerges when faced with the senseless ...

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

Sydney Morning Herald
Without genuine consultation, Aboriginal communities stuck in cycle of negativity
Sydney Morning Herald
A clergyman, experienced in ministry to Aboriginal people in rural Australia, speaks to an assembled group of priests about the strains and stress often encountered in such ministry and the hurt that often emerges when faced with the senseless ...
Treaty a spanner in the worksThe Australian

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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.

Treaty a spanner in the works
The Australian
At least two Aboriginal leaders have suggested the need for treaties between Australia and Aboriginal nations. Given that two knowledgeable men such as Noel Pearson and Warren Mundine, who I believe are dedicated to seeing Aboriginal people thrive, ...

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

The Australian (blog)
Indigenous tourism: Sand Dune Adventures and RT Tours add fun and adventure
The Australian (blog)
Tourism Australia wants more Charmaines. “We are very lucky in Aboriginal Australia to have the world's oldest continuing living culture. We believe that story deserves and should be told,” John O'Sullivan says. “For us it's been a matter of getting ...

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”.

The Australian (blog)
Confederate flag shirt: indigenous affairs bureaucrat's shock move
The Australian (blog)
Eyebrows were raised in some sections at the Central Australian Beef Breeders dinner when Mark Coffey, the Northern Territory manager in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, rocked up in the shirt, bearing a flag which is offensive to many ...

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'Most' of Government supports Indigenous recognition in constitution, says MP
ABC Message Stick
Most of the Liberal party supports the move to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and the challenge is to build broader consensus, says parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge.

'Most' of Government supports Indigenous recognition in constitution, says MP
ABC Message Stick
Most of the Liberal party supports the move to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and the challenge is to build broader consensus, says parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge.

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 ...