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Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned with a proposal by the Western Australian Government to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities. Mitch Torres from the group SOSBlakAustralia said a ...
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsThe Australian (blog)
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsQueensland Country Life

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The House of Representatives standing committee on Indigenous Affairs released recommendations to tackle the harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal ...

Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned ... to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities.

Traffic has returned to normal in Melbourne's CBD after a protest against the forced closure of remote Aboriginal communities closed two busy ...

In May, The Standard reported that individual Aboriginal communities in South Australia had received less than 10 per cent of the funding they need, ...

The Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance hosting the event say protests around the country will send a message to the government that they have a ...

AMC is Australia's national standards and accreditation body for the ... Torres Strait Islander community health needs and the training of Aboriginal ...

Protesters are draped in Aboriginal flags and waving banners labelling Australia a "racist disgrace" and demanding their communities not be closed.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors are providing a vital and extremely valuable service in rural and remote Australia, particularly in settings ...

SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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"This is not about singling out Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people or affording them extra rights above all other Australians. This is about ...

Many Indigenous Australians gave evidence at public consultations about their frequent experiences of racism. The committee notes the Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Protestors stage more rallies over plans to close remote Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
For the fifth time since the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, announced that many of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities would be closed, protesters will shut down major cities during peak hour on Friday. Barnett has not provided ...
CBD rally to stop closure of remote Aboriginal communitiesThe Age
Protests to bring the Melbourne's CBD to a standstill3AW

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“It was the first time I've seen both the Australian flag and Aboriginal flag hung up for us in a stadium,” Williams said. “We didn't realize the impact we ...

In a protest on 1 May against the closure of remote communities in Western Australia, demonstrators stage a sit-down in the centre of Melbourne.

Protesters concerned that the proposed 'developing the north' policies will detrimentally affect Aboriginal people have marched on NT Parliament ...

... in it," said Thomas Mayor, NT secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia. ... He said Aboriginal people in the NT had been disillusioned by both the ...

NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

and more »