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Brisbane Times
Sharing a country with Aborigines a privilege
Brisbane Times
When will non-indigenous Australia wake up to and celebrate the enormous privilege of sharing a country with the world's oldest continuing culture? This is the question I found myself pondering in the wake of the Prime Minister's distressing statement ...

The Diplomat
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous Australians
The Diplomat
With his throwaway “lifestyle choice” comment about those who live in remote communities Tony Abbott has angered indigenous Australia. The prime minister's recent track record on gaffes may well be laughable, but in this case things are a little more ...
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Australia's remote indigenous communities fear closureNewsfirst
Independent Australia -The Age -The Stringer
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The Diplomat
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous Australians
The Diplomat
With his throwaway “lifestyle choice” comment about those who live in remote communities Tony Abbott has angered indigenous Australia. The prime minister's recent track record on gaffes may well be laughable, but in this case things are a little more ...
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind themHerald Sun
Aboriginal 'recognition'—a cover for assimilationThe Stringer
The New Daily -Independent Australia -Newsfirst
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Herald Sun
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind them
Herald Sun
And Abbott does say he's “prepared to sweat blood” to get the Constitution changed. He even gave $5 million to Recognise. No one can doubt his commitment to Aboriginal Australia. He has worked for months as a volunteer aide in Aboriginal communities, ...
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Bishop backs PM after Aboriginal commentsPerth Now
Independent Australia -Newsfirst
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“A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous ...
The Stringer
The Aboriginal community has shown itself to be mindful of the migrant experiences of different communities. It is imperative that the migrant communities display the same regard for the experiences of the Indigenous communities. The Australian ...

“A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous ...
The Stringer
The Aboriginal community has shown itself to be mindful of the migrant experiences of different communities. It is imperative that the migrant communities display the same regard for the experiences of the Indigenous communities. The Australian ...

The New Daily
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?
The New Daily
Tony Abbott came to power claiming he would be the Prime Minister for Indigenous people, but 18 months after winning government his work in the area has been criticised as shallow, misjudged and “hopeless”. Search for “Abbott in remote Australia” and ...
Australia's remote indigenous communities fear closureNewsfirst
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Tony the troglodyteIndependent Australia
Perth Now -Herald Sun
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The Guardian
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' comments
The Guardian
The Australian prime minister has suffered near universal criticism from Aboriginal leaders over his “lifestyle choice” comments last week when he was defending the closure of Indigenous communities in Western Australia. He has refused to apologise for ...
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind themHerald Sun
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
The New Daily -Echonetdaily
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ABC Online
Governments accused of 'walking away' from Indigenous housing commitment ...
ABC Online
Northern Territory community leaders have accused the Federal and Northern Territory governments of "walking away" from a commitment to Indigenous housing. Megan Raymond lives in Binjari, a community 15 kilometres south-west of Katherine with a ...
'Unfair and arbitrary. Is the only thing new in the Indigenous Advancement ...Crikey (blog)

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Newsfirst
Australia's remote indigenous communities fear closure
Newsfirst
Derby Aboriginal elder Lorna Hudson was a child when government authorities in the 1960s moved her people from tiny Sunday Island off the remote north-west coast of Western Australia to the mainland. For a time most of the Sunday Island “saltwater” ...
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Tony the troglodyteIndependent Australia
Bishop backs PM after Aboriginal commentsPerth Now

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Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson's heartfelt plea to Tony Abbott: Change course on indigenous ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson, one of the country's most respected indigenous leaders, has issued an urgent plea to Tony Abbott to change track, warning that the fate of the referendum on recognition of the first Australians hangs in the balance. Mr Dodson issued his ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson's heartfelt plea to Tony Abbott: Change course on indigenous ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson, one of the country's most respected indigenous leaders, has issued an urgent plea to Tony Abbott to change track, warning that the fate of the referendum on recognition of the first Australians hangs in the balance. Mr Dodson issued his ...
Abbott trashes Australia's reputation abroad — againIndependent Australia
Abbott promises Islamist crackdownThe Australian
Police evacuate aboriginal protest camp in PerthNews24
MetroNews Canada
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Green Left Weekly
Tony Abbott shuts down Aboriginal legal services
Green Left Weekly
On March 9, the ABC reported that the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, based in Darwin, will soon have to stop taking new clients amid uncertainty over its funding next financial year. On March 9, the Lawyers Weekly quoted Australian Bar ...
Nigel Scullion under fires for cuts under new Indigenous Advancement StrategyHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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Green Left Weekly
Tony Abbott shuts down Aboriginal legal services
Green Left Weekly
On March 9, the ABC reported that the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, based in Darwin, will soon have to stop taking new clients amid uncertainty over its funding next financial year. On March 9, the Lawyers Weekly quoted Australian Bar ...
Nigel Scullion under fires for cuts under new Indigenous Advancement StrategyHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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Independent Australia
Abbott trashes Australia's reputation abroad — again
Independent Australia
'Australia's increasingly controversial Prime Minister Tony Abbott has blundered into yet another self-inflicted disaster with a deeply insensitive and racist comment about Australia's Aboriginals when he defended his government's decision to remove ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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Independent Australia
Abbott trashes Australia's reputation abroad — again
Independent Australia
In Malaysia and Indonesia, articles pillorying the hapless Australian PM and equally inept Foreign Minister have become almost daily fare. Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily headed its report 'Fury as Australia PM calls Aboriginal communities a “lifestyle ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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The Australian
Abbott loses Aboriginal friends as disappointed expectations pile up
The Australian
WHEN the Prime Minister for indigenous affairs leaned into the microphone of a Kalgoorlie radio station last Tuesday and expressed his view that existence on remote West Australian outstations was a “lifestyle choice”, he may not quite have foreseen ...
Tony Abbott's lifestyle comments highlight the lack of policy in Aboriginal ...The Age
Tony Abbott: Taxpayers can't fund indigenous Australians 'lifestyle choices'NEWS.com.au
Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystemsThe Conversation AU
Sydney Morning Herald -The Guardian -Crikey
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The Age
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...
The Age
More than a thousand protesters shut down traffic in Melbourne's CBD to rally against the planned closure of remote Indigenous communities in West Australia. The group had hoped to confront Tony Abbott at the National Gallery, where he had been ...
Tony Abbott shuts down Aboriginal legal servicesGreen Left Weekly

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The Age
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...
The Age
More than a thousand protesters shut down traffic in Melbourne's CBD to rally against the planned closure of remote Indigenous communities in West Australia. The group had hoped to confront Tony Abbott at the National Gallery, where he had been ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun

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The Age
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...
Bendigo Advertiser
Mr Abbott has come under fire since he said it was a "lifestyle choice" to live in remote Indigenous communities. He made the comments on Tuesday while backing the West Australian government's plan to close up to 150 of the communities. After giving up ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun

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