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Australia's proposed constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people is a “heavily contested space”, which risks being challenged in courts over its ...

After playing a key role in setting up the first Aboriginal Legal Service in the Pilbara, Mr Toohey's long and distinguished career culminated in his ...

ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson says a recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution will inevitably be constrained by the lawyers.

He was also a president of the Western Australian Bar Association; the inaugural Aboriginal Land Commissioner for the Northern Territory; the ...

“We get them up to participate in Aboriginal dances, native Australian dances, the bush dances of Australia. So by the time we leave in the afternoon ...

A number of rallies have been organised across New Zealand over the coming weeks to show support for the Indigenous communities of Australia ...

Mabo, and Justice Toohey's long involvement in protecting Aboriginal rights, earned ... “He was one of the great Australian jurists,” Mr Pearson said.

Greens Aboriginal affairs spokeswoman Rachel Siewert urged Senator Scullion to reinstate essential services funding in Western Australia, and called ...

Daily Life
Where are all the Aboriginal models on the runway?
Daily Life
In 2000, Naomi Campbell commented on the absence of Indigenous models on Australian catwalks, noting that not even designers who showcased Aboriginal-inspired designs seemed to use Aboriginal models. Fifteen years later, things haven't progressed ...
Aboriginal protest continues as Australian PM plans visit to New ZealandMāori Television
State of imprisonment: South Australia's prisoner numbers soar, with just 10 ...The Conversation AU
SA remote Indigenous communities thrown lifeline by funding dealThe Guardian
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Another senior administrator in South Australia's Aboriginal lands has lost his job, less than five months after making a formal complaint about bullying ...

A damaging split has emerged among indigenous leaders over constitutional recognition for Aboriginal Australians, raising fears the divide could ...

The Australian
Split opens in indigenous recognition push
The Australian
“His ideas will be carefully considered in the context of taking this important issue forward,” the Prime Minister said. “The importance of bipartisan support, and working with indigenous Australians, is fundamental. Unless we are together on this we ...
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous AustraliansSBS
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun

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Dargin, 26, is the founder of Aboriginal Model Management, Australia's first agency dedicated to representing Indigenous models. I spoke to her about ...

SBS
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
SBS
One of the architects of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution is making a dramatic new proposal. Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's founding document and a new "Statement of Recognition" written by ...
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansBrisbane Times

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SBS
Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
SBS
One of the architects of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution is making a dramatic new proposal. Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's founding document and a new "Statement of Recognition" written by ...
Noel Pearson calls for a national competition to recognise Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous recognition 'moral & spiritual'Herald Sun

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Noel Pearson is asking for less controversial changes to Australia's ... on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, ...

But other Indigenous rights advocates say the only way truly to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is with a statement in the ...

ABC Message Stick
Noel Pearson urges re-think on constitutional recognition for Indigenous ...
ABC Message Stick
MARK COLVIN: The prominent Indigenous lawyer Noel Pearson is urging Australians to re-think the debate about Indigenous recognition in the constitution. Mr Pearson has backed a plan for a Declaration of Recognition - a symbolic statement that isn't ...

ABC Online
Veronica Cubillo fraud case: Trial of former head of Aboriginal legal group ...
ABC Online
A woman accused of wrongly taking thousands of dollars from the Aboriginal legal organisation she headed to pay for an overseas trip and other things has appeared in a Darwin court. Former chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Family ...

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Former chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Services (NAAFVLS) Veronica Cubillo faced the first day of her fraud ...