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Paddy Gibson looks at the renewed push to close remote Aboriginal communities ... drive serves an important function for the ruling class in Australia.

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 ...

Mackay Daily Mercury
Recognise historical truth
The Australian (blog)
The Weekend Australian supports the principle of recognising our Aboriginal citizens as the descendants of our first people. Yet a referendum could fail as supporters battle between different models for constitutional change and opponents criticise the ...
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'Mackay Daily Mercury
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?Crikey (blog)

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Lowatt has been doing traditional dance since she was a toddler and graduated from Brisbane's Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts. She's ...

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".

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, ...

Business Insider Australia
Most Australians want Indigenous recognition in the Constitution
Business Insider Australia
A Newspoll has found an overwhelming support for Indigenous Australia with two in three people voting in favour of constitutional recognition. The poll showed that 63% backed the change with support the strongest amongst Greens and Labor voters as well ...
Two out of three back indigenous recognitionThe Australian
Poll: 63% of voters favour recognising ​Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian

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The report is highly critical of Australia's detention of Aboriginal children for minor offences. The Amnesty report, A brighter tomorrow: Keeping ...

The Guardian
Poll: 63% of voters favour recognising ​Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
Nearly two out of three voters would vote in favour of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution, a new opinion poll shows. A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted last weekend shows 63% support constitutional recognition, while 19% oppose it ...
Most Australians want Indigenous recognition in the ConstitutionBusiness Insider Australia
Two out of three back indigenous recognitionThe Australian

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The Guardian
Poll: 63% of voters favour recognising ​Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
Nearly two out of three voters would vote in favour of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution, a new opinion poll shows. A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted last weekend shows 63% support constitutional recognition, while 19% oppose it ...
Two out of three back indigenous recognitionThe Australian

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A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted shows 63% per cent support constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Photograph: Robert Wallace/ ...

QUEENSLAND Aboriginal and Islander Health Council's Sandy Gillies says ... "Like the rest of Australia, our communities are feeling the sting of ...

If the CNS is shut down, many fear more Aboriginal people will die in police ... Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia have reached new levels.

The Weekend Australian supports the principle of recognising our Aboriginal citizens as the descendants of our first people. Yet a referendum could ...

The Australian
Two out of three back indigenous recognition
The Australian
Mr Pearson told the national native title conference in Port Douglas that Mr Abbott had lost political capital with his “captain's pick” to give a knighthood to Prince Philip on Australia Day. “The first hurdle is Tony Abbott; he has to lift his ...

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As the complex and emotionally charged issues of Aboriginal identity, ... the story of the establishment of the British penal colony in Australia in 1788.

A Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Weekend Australian, reveals 63 per cent support constitutional recognition, with 19 per cent opposed and ...

The Weekend Australian has confirmed that legislation to remove ... Former federal Aboriginal affairs minister Ian Viner QC, the lawyer for Burrup ...

ABC TV miniseries The Secret River has received widespread acclaim for its powerful portrayal of the conflict between Europeans and Aboriginal ...

The motion was raised at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (AIATSIS) National Native Title Conference in Port Douglas.