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Amateur historian challengesblack armband story
The Australian
HISTORICAL evidence shows a “black armband” version of Australian history is deeply flawed and that Aborigines were not “herded” on to missions, driven from their lands or had countless children stolen from their families, researcher Joe Lane says.

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Indigenous Governance awards for women's group and theatre troupe
The Guardian
A central Australian women's group and a regional Victorian theatre troupe have won the prestigious Indigenous Governance awards and $20,000, it was announced in Melbourne on Thursday night. The awards, run by Reconciliation Australia in partnership ...
Call for greater recognition of Indigenous successSBS
'Reconciliation can occur with goodwill'Sky News Australia
Tony Abbott admits challenge of Indigenous reconciliationDaily Mail

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Indigenous Governance awards for women's group and theatre troupe
The Guardian
A central Australian women's group and a regional Victorian theatre troupe have won the prestigious Indigenous Governance awards and $20,000, it was announced in Melbourne on Thursday night. The awards, run by Reconciliation Australia in partnership ...
'Reconciliation can occur with goodwill'Sky News Australia
Call for greater recognition of Indigenous successSBS
Tony Abbott admits challenge of Indigenous reconciliationDaily Mail

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Aboriginal deaths in custody bring focus to disturbing rate of imprisonment
ABC Message Stick
Two Aboriginal deaths in custody in three months have focussed attention on the disturbing rates of Indigenous incarceration, particularly in Western Australia where one in every 13 adult males are in prison.

Archives: National Indigenous Radio - "Now people are just going back into the corrugated irons that they came out of in the '50s and '60s. Concerning their policies, we're going backwards." Pastor Stokes from the Kalgoorlie region in Western Australia, is also calling for unity amongst Indigenous people to improve their standing in Australian society. He has lashed out at Australian governments for ignoring Aboriginal people and culture when formulating crucial policies in housing and land rights. Pastor Stokes says Indigenous Australians who are often portrayed as 'leaders' by the media have vested political and economic interests and don't represent the majority of their people. He says Indigenous people have been the victims of 'divide and conquer' policies by governments. "The biggest weapon we have is us and unity and if we haven't got unity amongst ourselves, well the Government can do whatever they want. "Our people were able to live for thousands of years in such harsh conditions because of family, their culture and their way of life and we can still do that today only if we live in peace with one another."

Professor John Maynard's new book, 'True Light and Shade' is filled with beautiful images by convict artist Joseph Lycett that powerfully capture in intimate detail Aboriginal life, a rare record of Aboriginal people within the vicinity of Newcastle and how they adapted to European settlement before cultural destruction impacted on these groups.

The Conversation AU
Empowering Indigenous communities to prevent child abuse and neglect
The Conversation AU
In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased ...
Scheme to avoid 'second stolen generation' criticised for paternalismThe Guardian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Six White Aussies See Aboriginal Australia For The First Time In SBS ...
Junkee
As host Ray Martin points out, six out of ten non-indigenous Australians have had little to no contact with Aboriginal people, and as the contestants themselves make pretty clear, that leads to some pretty misleading ideas about Aboriginal Australia ...

Six White Aussies See Aboriginal Australia For The First Time In SBS ...
Junkee
As host Ray Martin points out, six out of ten non-indigenous Australians have had little to no contact with Aboriginal people, and as the contestants themselves make pretty clear, that leads to some pretty misleading ideas about Aboriginal Australia ...

MUA intervenes in indigenous labour agreement
The Australian
Aboriginal Maritime's original EBA had been endorsed by its employees and ratified by the FWC. The company said the EBA would allow it to expand its business and start competing for big contracts in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

MUA intervenes in indigenous labour agreement
The Australian
Aboriginal Maritime's original EBA had been endorsed by its employees and ratified by the FWC. The company said the EBA would allow it to expand its business and start competing for big contracts in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
"I've always thought comedy is an area we could excel in, an area I feel we're built for, because the Aboriginal sense of humour is one people respond to," she says. The show's life began in 2012 when, Riley says, the network put a callout for ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal groups cool on remote dole shake-up
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion did not confirm the plan on Wednesday, with his spokeswoman saying only that the government was "considering measures to make sure that jobseekers in remote Australia are work-ready and able to secure jobs.".
Warren Mundine backs new work-for-the-dole schemeThe Australian
Coalition may not meet 25-hour pledge for Indigenous work for the doleThe Guardian

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Indigenous runners overcome personal and physical challenges on their way to ...
ABC Online
Tomorrow Ms Braun flies to the United States with nine other Indigenous runners to compete in the famous New York Marathon on November 2. Most come from communities in remote or regional parts of Australia, including Alice Springs, Broome, Cairns and ...
'I was throwing my life away and she was begging for hers': Meet the mother-of ...Daily Mail

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Corroboree honours Indigenous Australia
Jindabyne Summit Sun
MORE than 100 people came together at the Jindabyne Community Stage on Saturday to honour and celebrate Indigenous Australia, including the Traditional Custodians of the High Country, the Ngarigo People. Four Ngarigo elders and their families made ...

While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve
UQ News
The most widespread of these new languages is a creole language, also called Kriol (confusingly), now spoken by at least 20,000 Indigenous people across northern Australia, from Cape York to Broome. Astonishingly most non-Indigenous Australians have ...

Huge leap in fine-defaulters doing jail time
The Australian
According to WA government data seen by The Australian, the number of fine-defaulters sent to prison has increased from 194 in 2008 to 1358 last year. In the same period, the number of Aboriginal people held for unpaid fines jumped by 484 per cent ...