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Aboriginal rights activist, Faith Bandler, dies at 96
Sydney Morning Herald
Her fight for Aboriginal rights started in 1956 when she co-founded the Aboriginal Australian Fellowship. In 1957, she and fellow activist Jessie Street launched a petition in support of the referendum culminating in the 1967 victory. After the ...
Aboriginal rights activist Faith Bandler dies aged 96The Guardian
Activist for Aboriginal rights Faith Bandler has died aged 96SBS
Bandler's faith in people drove changeThe Australian
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The Australian
Bandler's faith in people drove change
The Australian
THE 1967 referendum, the representation of “blackbirded” South Sea Islanders and the differentiation of indigenous Australians from flora and fauna in the Constitution are all fights in which Faith Bandler threw many punches, if not some of the first.

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The Australian
jail creating more 'stolen' children
The Australian
“Australia is now facing an indigenous incarceration epidemic,” Mr Rudd told an anniversary breakfast in Sydney. “We are seeing the emergence of this new crisis in indigenous Australia beyond anything seen before; it is the subject of escalating ...

The Australian
Bandler's faith in people drove change
The Australian
THE 1967 referendum, the representation of “blackbirded” South Sea Islanders and the differentiation of indigenous Australians from flora and fauna in the Constitution are all fights in which Faith Bandler threw many punches, if not some of the first.

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Faith Bandler: Activist, author and inspiration
The Australian
Stirred by that episode, she would devote much of her life to improving life for Aborigines — a commitment that was instrumental in the successful 1967 referendum to give equal rights to native Australians. “To really understand what the situation is ...

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister keeps mum on Stolen Generations compo
The Australian
“All issues in Aboriginal affairs are important, and I intend to consult widely throughout South Australia's Aboriginal communities to listen to their views on a range of issues,” Mr Maher said yesterday. A Liberal bill for a compensation scheme last ...
Stolen Generations compensation bid stalled in SA ParliamentABC Online

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The Guardian
Scullion flags income control
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told The Weekend Australian the government was fine-tuning a policy response to the mining magnate's Creating Parity review that called for “seismic change” to end disparity between black and white Australia.
Stolen generations: children still being removed, say Indigenous protestersThe Guardian
Rudd urging action on indigenous jail ratesSky News Australia
Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry DayABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal stories of sea level rise preserved for thousands of years
Sydney Morning Herald
Long before Botany Bay became Sydney's main cargo seaport, and long before Captain Cook directed the HMS Endeavour to sail through its shallow waters, the iconic cove was a wetland used by the first Australians. Around this time, about 20,000 years ago ...

The Guardian
Stolen generations: children still being removed, say Indigenous protesters
The Guardian
He said more work needed to be done on closing the gap, and that the government must commit to implementing a new goal on stemming the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the country's jails. “Australia is now facing an Indigenous ...
Rudd urging action on indigenous jail ratesSky News Australia
Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry DayABC Online
Aust facing indigenous jail epidemic: RuddYahoo!7 News
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The Guardian
Indigenous Australians in NT who need surgery die 12 years younger – report
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory who require surgery die an average of 12 years younger than the general population, an audit has found, because they suffer from higher rates of illnesses which make surgical procedures riskier or ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Australians in NT who need surgery die 12 years younger – report
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory who require surgery die an average of 12 years younger than the general population, an audit has found, because they suffer from higher rates of illnesses which make surgical procedures riskier or ...

WA today
We won't close the gap, we'll smash it
WA today
Ten years ago, as 19-year-old university student, I got frustrated with the complaining, the negativity, the hopelessness that washed through our discourse when it came to Indigenous Australia. I entered a small school in Redfern to start working with ...

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Brisbane Times
We won't close the gap, we'll smash it
Brisbane Times
Ten years ago, as 19-year-old university student, I got frustrated with the complaining, the negativity, the hopelessness that washed through our discourse when it came to Indigenous Australia. I entered a small school in Redfern to start working with ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
We shouldn't forget the sacrifice of our Aboriginal warriors
Sydney Morning Herald
When Kevin Rudd apologised to Indigenous Australians on behalf of the nation seven years ago on Friday, he talked of righting the wrongs of the past. But in this centenary year of Gallipoli and the creation of the Anzac legend, an important wrong ...

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Sky News Australia
Rudd urging action on indigenous jail rates
Sky News Australia
Kevin Rudd says Australia is experiencing an indigenous incarceration epidemic and is urging politicians to do more to revive the spirit of reconciliation. He made the comments at an event marking the seventh anniversary of his apology to the Stolen ...
Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry DayABC Online
Indigenous reflect on healing and apologySBS
Aust facing indigenous jail epidemic: RuddYahoo!7 News
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Indigenous counsellor reflects on Sorry Day
ABC Online
The local Relationships Australia counsellor says Sorry Day is part of a healing process which is still needed to address past wrongs. Mr O'Neill, who is also a dot artist, says his art has always given him great joy and it has also been a healer as ...
Indigenous reflect on healing and apologySBS

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Indigenous reflect on healing and apology
SBS
It sounds like a centuries-old practice but in Australia that was the reality for many indigenous children just decades ago. "Some of them talk about not knowing how to love," Healing Foundation CEO Richard Weston told AAP. "They grew up disconnected ...

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The Australian
Push for National Indigenous Times
The Australian
But in a battle that highlights the ideological divide in indigenous Australia, the syndicate is facing off against a rival group of “grassroots” indigenous activists believed to have links to the current management of the failed newspaper. The ...

The Australian
Push for National Indigenous Times
The Australian
The NIT has enraged some Aboriginal leaders with its hardline approach to covering indigenous affairs, with some claiming this does not reflect the views of indigenous Australia. Professor Langton, a leading Aboriginal scholar who has also had business ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Chern'ee Sutton's Indigenous All Stars painting honours brothers playing side ...
Sydney Morning Herald
And at the centre of it all, a sun, blazing bright and a flag that unites all of Australia's nations. "It is the future we are all working towards," Sutton said. But we are not there yet. "Much more work is indeed needed because this seventh Closing ...
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Bennett gives blessing to changeNRL.COM
Wayne Bennett tells NRL to look at big picture so All Stars match can help ...Brisbane Times
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