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The Guardian
Indigenous recognition: parties told compromise key on referendum question
The Guardian
The group spearheading the campaign to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution wants a referendum question to be finalised by the end of the year, but has warned that all parties will need to compromise on it. Tanya Hosch, a joint ...

Hosch labelled the summit – which features Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community leaders and senior politicians such as Abbott and the ...

The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation confirmed it has had "some ... Energy Resources of Australia announced it would not go ahead with plans to ...

SBS
Damning findings on Indigenous incarceration in WA
SBS
Well sadly because Western Australia locks up Indigenous children at the highest rate in the country. The overrepresentation of children in detention is shameful. It's shameful right across Australia, but it's staggeringly shameful here in WA where it ...

VICTOR HARBOR: South Australia Police (SAPOL) has denied a Victor ... A local aboriginal group is hoping the federal government will this month ...

... will just put more barriers in place for Aboriginal people to access essential health programs and services particularly in rural and remote Australia.

"It was a bit of a risk to put a sale of Aboriginal art outside Australia," Sotheby's senior Australian Art consultant Tim Klingender told ABC Australia.

Aborigines called him Tjilpi, “Uncle”, Bob, and looked to him to help them. ... In 2008 Australia's then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised to the ...

Those looking to visit the area have the opportunity to take part in a variety of tours including canyon hikes, experiencing Aboriginal artwork and ...

ABC Online
Indigenous bark shield to return
The Australian
“This is something not currently represented in our collection … this is a chance to bring it back and work with indigenous communities and try to learn more about its history,” she said. It is not known when the wooden piece was taken from Australia ...
Aboriginal art collection sells for more than $2 million in historic Sotheby's ...ABC Online
Aboriginal art sold for $2 million at Sotheby's auctionABC Message Stick

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The National Museum of Australia was the first buyer at Sotheby's London's inaugural Aboriginal Art Auction this week, buying a 200-year-old broad ...

The “No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting” exhibit, June 20 through Aug. 20, hosted by the Portland Institute of ...

COURTESY: PICA - The No Boundaries exhibit of Australian Aboriginal art, opening June 13 At one time, the media for painters wasn't canvas — for ...

Antony Hegarty wants you to know that she is appearing at Dark Mofo in Hobart next week – in two Australian exclusive performances – for a very ...

... in Western Australia after a scathing report found that the state's Indigenous youth were 53 times more likely to be jailed than their non-Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal art collection sells for more than $2 million in historic Sotheby's ...
ABC Online
Sotheby's senior consultant from Australia, Tim Klingender, the specialist in charge of the sale, said he was thrilled with the results. "It was a bit of a risk to put a sale of Aboriginal art outside Australia and I always wondered whether Australian ...

"It was a bit of a risk to put a sale of Aboriginal art outside Australia and I always wondered whether Australian bidders would participate in the sale," ...

ABC Online
WA Aboriginal children 53 times more likely to be jailed than peers, Amnesty ...
ABC Online
Western Australia's Chief Justice Wayne Martin says the justice system must accept some of the blame for what he describes as "appalling" Aboriginal incarceration rates. A report released today by Amnesty International shows Aboriginal children in WA ...
Aboriginal children in WA face harsher treatment in justice system – AmnestyThe Guardian
Detention: WA worst state for jailing indigenous youthThe Australian
WA justice system must accept blame for state's 'appalling' Aboriginal ...ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian
Aboriginal children in WA face harsher treatment in justice system – Amnesty
The Guardian
Aboriginal children who break the law in Western Australia are less likely to get off with just a caution than non-Aboriginal children, less likely to receive bail, and proportionally less likely to be referred to diversionary programs, according to a ...
Indigenous youth 52 times more likely to end up in jail, report findsSBS
Indigenous stockmen and women honoured in outback QueenslandABC Online
WA worst for Aboriginal youth behind barsNEWS.com.au

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The Guardian
Aboriginal children in WA face harsher treatment in justice system – Amnesty
The Guardian
Aboriginal children who break the law in Western Australia are less likely to get off with just a caution than non-Aboriginal children, less likely to receive bail, and proportionally less likely to be referred to diversionary programs, according to a ...
Detention: WA worst state for jailing indigenous youthThe Australian
Indigenous youth 53 times more likely to end up in jail, report findsSBS
WA justice system must accept blame for state's 'appalling' Aboriginal ...ABC Message Stick
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