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The Australian
Remote communities offered hope by Colin Barnett's road map
The Australian
Many indigenous leaders in Western Australia share Barnett's conviction that reform is imperative for these communities. Leaders such as June Oscar at Fitzroy Crossing, who has led the campaign for alcohol restrictions and attention to fetal alcohol ...
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
Aboriginal people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA GovernmentABC Online
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
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Senator Peris, who was Australia's first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist, as part of the 1996 Hockeyroos team in Atlanta, said the AOC's move would ...

The Australian
Olympic steps to recognise indigenous in constitution
The Australian
Senator Peris, who was Australia's first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist, as part of the 1996 Hockeyroos team in Atlanta, said the AOC's move would provide an example to follow in the lead-up to the national referendum. “This simple act includes my ...

The Australian
Olympic steps to recognise indigenous in constitution
The Australian
Senator Peris, who was Australia's first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist, as part of the 1996 Hockeyroos team in Atlanta, said the AOC's move would provide an example to follow in the lead-up to the national referendum. “This simple act includes my ...

In July 2008, a landmark decision in the High Court of Australia gave the ... homelands are not being used, it is that all the Aboriginal men are in jail.

Felicity Meakins, a senior researcher says awareness about Australian Indigenous languages is very low, and that most Australians have little idea about the extent of linguistic diversity across the country. Felicity is a research fellow at the University of Queensland - More about this story here: https://theconversation.com/some-australian-indigenous-languages-you-should-know-40155 From Radio National - 'Afternoons' Presented by Michael Mackenzie

ABC Online
Call to end protests over WA Aboriginal community closures
ABC Online
Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister has called for an end to national protests over the potential closure of some of WA's 274 remote Indigenous communities. Large rallies were staged across the country protesting against Premier Colin ...
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
NEWS.com.au
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ABC Online
Call to end protests over WA Aboriginal community closures
ABC Online
Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister has called for an end to national protests over the potential closure of some of WA's 274 remote Indigenous communities. Large rallies were staged across the country protesting against Premier Colin ...
Aboriginal voices resist closuresGreen Left Weekly
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
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Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister has called for an end to national protests over the potential closure of some of WA's 274 remote ...

Come and join one of Australia's most well respected and fastest growing ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

An exciting opportunity exists to join one of Australia's most well respected ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

"We've got 274 Aboriginal communities in Western Australia at the moment. Personally, I think that's too many. I think a number of those communities ...

A national celebration of Indigenous knowledge and science should be held the day before Australia Day, a group of Aboriginal elders has said, ...

His work has taken him all around the globe from Israel, London, Australia, ... It's called Promised Land to the lucky country: Aboriginal and Jewish ...

The report on child protection in Australia by the Australian Institute of ... in the year to June 2014 were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, ...

Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal voices resist closures
Green Left Weekly
Resistance, particularly Aboriginal resistance, to the planned community closures is indicative of more than just a community responding to a policy that violates basic human rights. It also brings to the surface a resistance that has existed in ...
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communitiesABC Message Stick
WA Indigenous groups frustrated at lack of detail in remote communities planThe Guardian
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
Radio Australia
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Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett government is slowly backing away from his controversial announcement that up to 150 remote Aboriginal ...

See Guardian Australia's report on initial reactions, where Aboriginal leaders welcomed the announced review of the services to communities but said ...

KIM LANDERS: A group of Aboriginal elders is concerned that moves to shut some remote communities in Western Australia will set a precedent for ...

... Canberra to protest the planned closures of remote Aboriginal communities, ... closure of remote area Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.