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Referendum to recognise Aborigines shelved
The Australian
THE federal government has decided to shelve for two or three years a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge indigenous Australians. "We have to do it when we get the support," Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin told ABC Television on ...
PM plan for indigenous recognitionSydney Morning Herald
Referendum on Indigenous recognition postponedABC Local
Govt Moves on Indigenous Constitutional RecognitionPro Bono Australia
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Indigenous recognition given more time
SBS
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said a referendum could only be held when it had met the expectations of indigenous peoples and had the best chance of success. "This proposal appears to be one way to keep this issue on any future ...

Abbott's warning to Coalition team
The Australian
On ice: The referendum to acknowledge indigenous Australians has been shelved for at least three years amid fears the failure to build community support before the deadline of the next election would see it defeated. The government instead will embrace ...

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PM plan for indigenous recognition
Sydney Morning Herald
THE Gillard government has embraced a new strategy to recognise the ''unique and special place'' of indigenous Australians after conceding that a referendum proposing constitutional change could fail if it is put at or before next year's election. It ...
Govt shelves indigenous referendumBrisbane Times
Indigenous recognition poll 'on hold'SBS

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Julia Gillard switch on first peoples
The Australian
Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Australian. THE referendum to acknowledge indigenous Australians has been shelved for at least three years amid fears the failure to build community support before the deadline of the next election would see it defeated.
PM plan for indigenous recognitionWA today
Gov to put constitution referendum on holdSydney Morning Herald

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Crows to mentor APY students
Herald Sun
"We've committed to work towards closing the gap to make positive changes to the lives of our indigenous Australians and programs like this help to get real educational and social outcomes that can carry on throughout an individual's lifetime ...

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Bilingual education for Indigenous Australians
ABC Online (blog)
The 'Our Land, Our Languages' report was released this week, it looked at the role of Indigenous languages in Australia and how they could help strengthen the Aboriginal identify and culture. Dr Felicity Meakins, a Research Fellow in Linguistics at the ...

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Gov to put constitution referendum on hold
Sydney Morning Herald
Labor made a promise to the Greens and Independent MP Rob Oakeshott to hold a national referendum on the constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians on or before the next federal election, due in 2013. In January, an expert panel of 19 ...

Aboriginal men's health the topic no one wants to discuss
Crikey (blog)
It's not easy being an Aboriginal man in Australia — nor if you're an organisation attempting to get funding to help them. Life expectancy for Aboriginal males is 11.5 years less than other Australian men. Two thirds of that gap is because of chronic ...

Historian likens Israel to Aboriginal dispossesion
Sydney Morning Herald
If the creation of the state of Israel was akin to the ethnic cleansing of the resident Palestinians, does the establishment of colonial Australia amount to the same thing for the indigenous population? This is the hypothesis put to Professor Ilan ...

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Golf Australia
Luke Elvy blog: Scott his chance at the big time
Golf Australia
While that will be a great occasion for his family, it will be even more significant for his people. Gardiner is an Indigenous Australian and is believed to be the first Aboriginal to play on the PGA Tour. “All Mum's family are Aboriginal and I know ...

Parlez vous Yolngu?
ABC Message Stick
We must extinguish the idea of Australia as a monolingual place and there's no better place to start than in the classroom. ABC 105.7 Drive presenter Vicki Kerrigan on why all Australians should learn Aboriginal languages. Darwin sounds different. When ...

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Death in custody damns our indifference
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's indigenous community, in so many ways, demands urgent and respectful attention. Yes, Mr Briscoe drank himself into insensibility. But what then happened to him reveals problems on a scale that have overwhelmed police. More widely, the ...
Coroner delivers scathing report on death in custodyABC Online

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Indigenous chefs in training for the top tables
The Australian
Mr Battersby, from Armidale in NSW, is one of the first recruits to the National Indigenous Culinary Institute, which began training apprentice chefs this week. The institute was established by former Woolworths executive Bill Wavish, Sydney provodore ...

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Dan Sultan says Australia is 'racist'
Ninemsn
While the Labor government has committed to a referendum to formally include indigenous people in the constitution, Sultan believes change is moving too slow. "Australia is a fundamentally racist county and that's something that can be difficult for ...

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A Northern Town
WA today
A Northern Town is history viewed through the prism of a radical indigenous owned and operated aged care facility in Australia's most racist town. The residents of the nursing home are half white and half Aboriginal. A powerful film about parallel ...

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The Guardian (Australia)
UN expert told of mining impacts
The Guardian (Australia)
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was a high-level attendee at a two-day “extractive industries” roundtable hosted by the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples in Melbourne on August 20-21. Professor Anaya largely ...
UN urges more indigenous consultationSBS

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The Guardian (Australia)
Statement, Indigenous Social Justice Association and Sydney Support Assange ...
The Guardian (Australia)
Julian is but another example. The Ceremony is being held at the behest of many migrant, refugee and non-Aboriginal Australians who wish to fully recognise the Traditional Owners of the many Aboriginal Nations of Australia that still exist to this very ...
Assange gets an Aboriginal passportSydney Morning Herald
Assange gets Aboriginal passportSBS
Assange to get Aboriginal passportNEWS.com.au
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A Northern Town
The Age
A Northern Town is history viewed through the prism of a radical indigenous owned and operated aged care facility in Australia's most racist town. The residents of the nursing home are half white and half Aboriginal. A powerful film about parallel ...

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