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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
Herald Sun
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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Brisbane Times
Mental health services 'appalling'
The North West Star
The report said that Indigenous Australians had twice the number of suicides than other Australians and that they used psychiatric disability services at double the rate of non-Indigenous Australians. North West Hospital and Health Service executive ...
Double access to mental health services, reduce forced treatmentThe Conversation
Mental health care scores F for failure in first report cardSydney Morning Herald

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UQ News
Sport provides swell times for Indigenous youth
UQ News
The report, a joint venture between the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, The University of Queensland's School of Human Movement Studies, and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), is titled The Impact of Indigenous Community Sports Programs: ...

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Radio Australia
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
Radio Australia
Federal Minister and former lead singer of Midnight Oil Peter Garrett says Yothu Yindi has forged an important legacy in Australian music, Indigenous culture and politics. The band was formed in 1986 and its original members came from Yolngu homelands ...

SBS unveils NITV promo campaign ahead of free-to-air launch
B&T Marketing & Media
In the lead up to the free-to-air launch of Australian Indigenous TV channel, National Indigenous Television (NITV), SBS and NITV have launched a new campaign called 'Stories from the world's greatest storytellers'. NITV will begin broadcasting free-to ...

Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
ABC Online
Federal Minister and former lead singer of Midnight Oil Peter Garrett says Yothu Yindi has forged an important legacy in Australian music, Indigenous culture and politics. The band was formed in 1986 and its original members came from Yolngu homelands ...

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Robbie Thorpe - 1st Brisbane Sovereignty & Land Rights Conference 2012 (mp3)

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Wayne Coco Wharton - 1st Brisbane Sovereignty & Land Rights Conference 2012 (mp3)

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Mark Mc Murtrie - 1st Brisbane Sovereignty & Land Rights Conference - 2012 (mp3)

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Sarawak Indigenous People Win Australian Greens to Anti-Dam Cause
Environment News Service
Sarawak indigenous leaders and Australian Greens senators announce campaign urging Hydro Tasmania to withdraw from Sarawak. From left: James Nyurang, Peter Kalang, Senator Christine Milne, Senator Lee Rhiannon, November 27, 2012 (Image from ...
Aussie campaign against Hydro Tasmania in S'wakFree Malaysia Today

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Are soft public-sector jobs just another form of welfare?
The Australian
However, there are other civilian parts of Australia where more than 60 per cent of the workforce is engaged by the public sector. In the indigenous community of Kowanyama, on the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 79 per cent of a 300-strong ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Adelaide Now
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Herald Sun
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
NEWS.com.au
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Aboriginal group Chairman admits FMG ties and frustration
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: A long-running Native Title dispute involving one of Australia's richest miners took a dramatic turn today. After years of silence, the highest ranking officer of an Indigenous group has conceded the group was created and funded ...
Woodley: Room for peaceNational Indigenous Times

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Are you Indigenous? You will have to prove it's true, Australia Council tells ...
National Indigenous Times
He was involved in setting up Australia's first Indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at the Pram Factory in Melbourne... More of this story can be read in the Print Edition, or subscribe online now. Receive full access to this article and also a years ...

Better health prospects for Indigenous children
ABC Online
A report into the health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory shows improvements have been made but there is still a long way to go. The Australian Institute of Health report is the final review of services funded under the Emergency ...

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Indigenous recognition bill introduced
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin on Wednesday introduced to parliament legislation for an act of recognition, initiating a bipartisan step towards recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. "We do not underestimate the challenge ...

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Indigenous recognition bill introduced
Herald Sun
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin on Wednesday introduced to parliament legislation for an act of recognition, initiating a bipartisan step towards recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. "We do not underestimate the challenge ...

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Dreams can happen
The North West Star
Recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show 60 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were renting their home, with 11 per cent owning their home outright and 25 per cent owning their home with a mortgage. Indigenous ...