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Australia has reached a decade-high rate of imprisonment. ... is the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our prisons.

Noel Pearson's shift on Recognise constitution campaign
The Australian
He will insist that his support for any declaration be conditional on it being accompanied by practical constitutional reforms to give indigenous Australians more say on how policies affect them. This could include new parliamentary rules and ...

Radio Australia
North Pole Marathon: Adrian Dodson-Shaw becomes first Indigenous Australian ...
Radio Australia
Broome marathon runner Adrian Dodson-Shaw has become the first Indigenous Australian to complete one of the world's most gruelling sporting challenges, the North Pole Marathon. Mr Dodson-Shaw finished the 42 kilometre race in eight hours and 23 ...
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A former registrar of heritage sites in Western Australia who resigned in ... offensive” and “fundamentally destructive of Aboriginal cultural heritage”.

Widespread anger and concern about the threatened closure of remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia have galvanised a national ...

“For every other self-respecting Aboriginal person, the forced closures ... Graham Merritt, a Nyoongar-Yamaji man from Western Australia, who has ...

Tamwoy also made a statement against the potential closure of remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. Bomba explained he felt strongly ...

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North Pole Marathon: Broome runner makes history as first Indigenous ...
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A marathon race is underway in the North Pole and one of the competitors, Adrian Dodson-Shaw, is first Indigenous Australian to compete in the race. The athletes were flown to the area to undertake five hours of intense physical activity. Snipers were ...
North Pole Marathon: Adrian Dodson-Shaw becomes first Indigenous Australian ...Radio Australia

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North Pole Marathon: Broome runner makes history as first Indigenous ...
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A marathon race is underway in the North Pole and one of the competitors, Adrian Dodson-Shaw, is first Indigenous Australian to compete in the race. The athletes were flown to the area to undertake five hours of intense physical activity. Snipers were ...
First Aborigine in race to North PoleRadio New Zealand

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For this reason, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians' construction of the land is often different, affecting their beliefs and values towards it.

The prince popped into Wuggubun, an Aboriginal township around 500 miles from Darwin, as he began his four week attachment with the Australian ...

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Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty
Green Left Weekly
Natalie Cromb, a Gamileraay woman, said that a treaty “would help the Australian government keep its word to the Aboriginal people”. She noted the ongoing debates between treaty and constitutional recognition and argued that the British colonisers ...

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Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty
Green Left Weekly
More than 150 people filled the Redfern Community Centre on March 20 to discuss a treaty for Australia's first people. Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS), the event was hosted by veteran journalist Jeff McMullen and televised ...

ABC Online
SA's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop, Christopher McLeod, to focus on ...
ABC Online
South Australia's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop says he plans to use his new role to focus on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Reverend Christopher McLeod, who is of Gurindji descent and whose mother was a member of the ...
Indigenous gather for ordination of Aboriginal Anglican bishopThe Australian

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The Herald Sun Has Dismissed 4000 Indigenous Rights Protesters As A “Selfish ...
Junkee
Yesterday, an estimated 800 people in Sydney and 4,000 in Melbourne took to the CBD to protest the closure of remote Indigenous communities. Unlike the controversial Reclaim Australia protest which turned violent last weekend, the larger crowd was ...
Australians Protest Forced Indigenous Community ClosuresteleSUR English
Indigenous remote communities protest blocks Melbourne streetsThe Guardian
Thousands rally in Melbourne in support of remote Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
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Junkee
The Herald Sun Has Dismissed 4000 Indigenous Rights Protesters As A “Selfish ...
Junkee
Yesterday, an estimated 800 people in Sydney and 4,000 in Melbourne took to the CBD to protest the closure of remote Indigenous communities. Unlike the controversial Reclaim Australia protest which turned violent last weekend, the larger crowd was ...
Thousands rally in Melbourne in support of remote Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
Australian media "ignore" Aboriginal plightRadio New Zealand
Good news: Victorian council opposes closures of Aboriginal communities (and ...Green Left Weekly
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5000 ppl against the closure of Aboriginal communities. ... largely led by groups like SOS Blak Australia and Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, but ...

ABC Online
North Pole Marathon: Broome runner makes history as first Indigenous ...
ABC Online
A marathon race is underway in the North Pole and one of the competitors, Adrian Dodson-Shaw, is first Indigenous Australian to compete in the race. The athletes were flown to the area to undertake five hours of intense physical activity. Snipers were ...

The Australian
Indigenous gather for ordination of Aboriginal Anglican bishop
The Australian
The South Australian has served as a priest among Aboriginal people for more than 20 years and said he would spend his first year as a bishop listening to “their stories, listening to their dreams, their struggles'', before deciding how he was going to ...
Anglican Church ordains SA's first Aboriginal bishopABC Message Stick

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SA's first Aboriginal Anglican Bishop, Christopher McLeod, to focus on ...
ABC Online
South Australia's first Aboriginal Anglican Bishop says he plans to use his new role to focus on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Reverend Christopher McLeod, who is of Gurindji descent and whose mother was a member of the ...
Consecration of Anglican Aboriginal Bishop for South AustraliaAnglicannews
Indigenous gather for ordination of Aboriginal Anglican bishopThe Australian

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