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Indigenous Aussies embrace round ball game
Fifa.com
Indigenous Australians have long made a strong contribution to the nation's rich sporting landscape, but until recently few had made a major impact in football. That is now changing with a host of male and female Aborigines featuring not only in the ...

'Mood of change' needed for referendum: PM
SBS
The federal government in September put on hold plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge Indigenous Australians until there was more community awareness and support. Ms Gillard says it would be devastating if the proposal didn't succeed.

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'Mood of change' needed for Indigenous referendum: PM
SBS
The federal government in September put on hold plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge Indigenous Australians until there was more community awareness and support. Ms Gillard says it would be devastating if the proposal didn't succeed.

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The West Australian
Dazzling windows into indigenous art - The West Australian
The West Australian
Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art by Pamela McClusky, Wally Caruana, Lisa Graziose Corrin and Stephen Gilchrist (Seattle Art Museum/Yale, $65) was published to accompany the exhibition of the same name and to celebrate the first collection of ...

Sydney Morning Herald
New TV channel has indigenous voice
Sydney Morning Herald
Yet today in the dusty red centre of Australia, and very close, appropriately, to the spectacular natural wonder that is Uluru, the switch was flicked on for Channel 34 – the National Indigenous Television network. NITV, as it is branded, has ...
The first storytellers: The history of NITVSBS

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Poor attendance data hindering remote Indigenous education
ABC Online
Remote Indigenous education is said to be suffering from a lack of consistent data on attendance rates in schools and preschools. The Federal Government's advisor for remote Indigenous communities wants regular figures published to better identify ...

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Indigenous TV channel launched
The Australian
Conroy said all Australians would now have the chance to share the stories of the culture of indigenous Australia. Macklin said today was "all about making sure we have a strong future for our children." NITV Channel Manager Tanya Denning said it had ...
New era for Australian indigenous television dawns todayMedia Spy
New TV channel has indigenous voiceThe Age
Indigenous channel goes live today on SBS4The Sunshine Coast Daily
Scoop.co.nz (press release) -The West Australian -SBS
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Liverpool-born Scott Gardiner first indigenous Australian on PGA tour
Herald Sun
LIVERPOOL-BORN golfer Scott Gardiner will be the first indigenous Australian to play on the prestigious and lucrative PGA tour. After battling away on the secondary tour for eight years, he will finally realise his goal of playing with the big guns ...

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Study finds jail more likely for Indigenous offenders
ABC Online
Indigenous offenders in New South Wales and South Australia are more likely than others to receive a prison sentence. A study done for the Australian Institute of Criminology compared the rates of imprisonment from magistrates courts over a 10-year ...

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Indigenous channel goes live today on SBS4 | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
"SBS is incredibly proud to be playing a role in delivering content about Indigenous Australians, produced by Indigenous Australians, to every Australian household," he said. "With NITV part of the SBS family, we will reflect Australia's diversity in a ...

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Gloomy forecast for Aboriginal super
Eureka Street
Dark-skinned hands holding pink piggy bank At a recent conference hosted by the National and Torres Strait Island Council (NATSIC), a gloomy conversation point emerged. The discussion was meant to be about Aboriginal superannuation. But Anthony ...

Develop indigenous economy, says Marcia Langton
The Australian Financial Review
The portrait depicts the economic, demographic and cultural shifts in Australia's north, where indigenous people own 82 per cent of the land, with economic interests closely aligned with non-indigenous Australians in mining, cattle, and tourism. The ...

Liverpool Leader
Liverpool-born Scott Gardiner first indigenous Australian on PGA tour
Liverpool Leader
LIVERPOOL-BORN golfer Scott Gardiner will be the first indigenous Australian to play on the prestigious and lucrative PGA tour. After battling away on the secondary tour for eight years, he will finally realise his goal of playing with the big guns ...

The Guardian
Review - The Sources of Aborigine Painting, Australia-Tjukurrtjanu
The Guardian
Despite fleeting appearances by Aboriginal Australians in films, art galleries or forums discussing indigenous peoples, the exhibition at the Quai Branly museum in Paris is the first major event in France to be devoted exclusively to their art. The ...

New era for Australian indigenous television dawns today
Media Spy
National Indigenous Television (NITV) will begin free-to-air transmission at midday today, broadcasting a special presentation live from Uluru in the Northern Territory. From the Heart of Our Nation will be hosted by Indigenous broadcasters Stan Grant ...
SBS to launch National Indigenous TVThe Australian
Maori Television Supports Indigenous Television in AustraliaScoop.co.nz (press release)
The first storytellers: The history of NITVSBS
Sydney Morning Herald
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SBS to launch National Indigenous TV
The Australian
SBS will today switch on Australia's newest free-to-air television channel, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander network National Indigenous TV, with preparations under way for a giant launch party in the desert. The digital channel will be officially ...
New era for Australian indigenous television dawns todayMedia Spy
Indigenous channel goes live today on SBS4The Sunshine Coast Daily
Maori Television Supports Indigenous Television in AustraliaScoop.co.nz (press release)
NEWS.com.au -SBS -Sydney Morning Herald
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Message received on indigenous start-ups
The Australian
AN increase of 30 per cent in Aborigines wanting to start their own businesses has prompted a peak indigenous body to make an unprecedented investment in a going concern to secure a revenue stream on which to raise further development funds.

Alcohol bans 'are not racially neutral'
The Australian
Peak indigenous body the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples along with the Australian Human Rights Commission were yesterday both granted leave to intervene in the case and present submissions. In a hearing before the full bench of the High ...
High Court hears landmark Palm Island caseNEWS.com.au

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High Court hears landmark Palm Island case
The Australian
The High Court accepted an application from the peak indigenous body, the National Congress of Australia's First People, to make submissions as a friend of the court. Congress spokeswoman Jody Broun said "special measures" were used across Australia ...

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Maori Television Supports Indigenous Television in Australia
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Maori Television is proud to support the free-to-air launch of National Indigenous Television (NITV) in Australia. NITV will begin broadcasting free-to-air from 12.00pm, 12 December 2012, delivering content about indigenous Australians to all ...
Dawn rises on new TV ventureSydney Morning Herald

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