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Indigenous alcohol abuse hits 'crisis point'
ABC Online
A forum has been told that alcohol abuse among Indigenous Territorians has hit a crisis point. Stakeholders have met to discuss alcohol policy and its impact on Aboriginal communities. The Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory group ...

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China Daily
China meets Australia through images
China Daily
They are among a total of 107 photos and videos exhibited at the National Art Museum of China as a testimony to the growing confidence of Australian artists, particularly indigenous artists, as well as their concerns about native cultures. The ...

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New social media site for Indigenous people
SBS
A new social media website for Indigenous people has been launched by the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. The social network has similar functions to Facebook, including friending, walls, photos, events and chatting, but with an Indigenous ...

Unique program opens employment doors for Aboriginal trainees on Gorgon ...
PACE Today
A group of Aboriginal students at Challenger Institute of Technology have become the first to complete a unique training initiative that has resulted in employment opportunities on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project. Western Australia's large training ...

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Hills Shire Times
Indigenous students swap Halls Creek for the Hills
Hills Shire Times
The remote West Australian town of Halls Creek is a long way from the Hills in more ways than one. The heat is stifling, severe disadvantage is commonplace and school attendance is irregular at best. But 10 Aboriginal children have made the challenging ...

Charles Darwin University
Australian indigenous artists learn Japanese mokuhanga printmaking techniques
The Japan Daily Press
Australian indigenous artists learn Japanese mokuhanga printmaking techniques. By Radhika Seth / November 15, 2012 / No Comments · Australian indigenous artists learn Japanese mokuhanga printmaking techniques. The printmaking team at Charles ...
Indigenous artists learn Japanese printmaking techniquesCharles Darwin University

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A confected culture war
The Australian
These activists seemingly prefer to tweet from Sydney and Melbourne rather than help address the injustices faced by indigenous Australians across the continent. Mr Abbott was not sparking a debate about Aboriginality; he was acknowledging the gulf ...
Aboriginal identity forum with a twist on TwitterSBS
Abbott's comments unhelpful - WyattSky News Australia
Abbott's culture language clunky, Lib MPSydney Morning Herald
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Off the long run: Greg Ritchie insults more than just the Muslim community
Herald Sun
Cricket Australia has made giant strides in recent decades with the expansion of the Imparja Cup, the annual indigenous cricket carnival in Alice Springs, which now has five divisions and includes men and women. There are also specifically targeted ...

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WA today
Aboriginal identity forum takes to Twitter with a twist
SBS
On Tuesday, Mr Abbott suggested that Indigenous Australians from Central Australia were more authentic than their urban counterparts - comments which have resulted in an influx of reaction on Twitter. "I think it would be terrific if, as well as having ...
Abbott's comments unhelpful - WyattSky News Australia
Voices of authenticityThe Australian
Abbott in trouble again after 'urban Aboriginal' remarkWA today
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Indigenous struggles resurface as homesickness beats Zeph Skinner
Perth Now
The high-flying forward is expected to return home to Nookanbah in remote Western Australia, after playing eight games at the Kennel. It is understood Skinner was positive about continuing his career when he left for his end-of-season break but changed ...

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Support for Act of Recognition Bill Promising - NFP
Pro Bono Australia
Oxfam Australia's Indigenous rights policy adviser Andrew Meehan said signs of the strengthening of multi-party support were promising. “This seems to be an issue the parties are working on together in good faith,” he said. Meehan said further moves to ...

The Age
A storm of authenticity blows hard
The Age
He said of Mr Wyatt and her: ''I think it would be terrific if, as well as having an urban Aboriginal in our Parliament, we had an Aboriginal person from central Australia, an authentic representative of the ancient cultures of Australia in the ...

Mother Nature Network
Smartphone app could help save Australian Aboriginal language from extinction
Mother Nature Network
Around the world nearly 3,000 languages are facing extinction. At least 100 of those endangered languages are in Australia, where one, Iwaidja, now has fewer than 200 fluent speakers. The language is only used on Croker Island, a 130-square-mile island ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott's comments unhelpful - Wyatt
Sky News Australia
West Australian MP Ken Wyatt says comments by Tony Abbott describing him as an 'urban Aboriginal' are unhelpful. Mr Abbott on Tuesday said it would be terrific to have an 'authentic' indigenous representative of central Australia in Canberra, in ...
Voices of authenticityThe Australian
Abbott in trouble again after 'urban Aboriginal' remarkSydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal MP rebukes boss AbbottBrisbane Times
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Indigenous Giles stands by Abbott
NTNews.com.au
Mr Abbott said Alison Anderson was an "authentic representative" of ancient Central Australian culture but mixed-race MP Ken Wyatt was "not a man of culture". Mr Giles also refused to criticise the Coalition leader for not including him in a list of ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott in trouble again after 'urban Aboriginal' remark
Sydney Morning Herald
''I think it would be terrific if, as well as having an urban Aboriginal in our Parliament, we had an Aboriginal person from central Australia, an authentic representative of the ancient cultures of central Australia in the Parliament,'' he said. The ...

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Rock art oversight not up to scratch
The Australian
THE work of some consultants assessing Aboriginal heritage sites in Western Australia is poor and demands better training and professionalism, says a rock art specialist. Archeologist Peter Veth said better standards were urgently needed as Western ...
Move to treat rock art as 'estates'The West Australian

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Aborigine backlash for Tony Abbott
The Australian
Just paint them!" and "#itriedtobeauthenticbut I've thrown more parties than boomerangs!". Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton hit out at Mr Abbott's comments and the Twitter movement, saying both highlighted "the burden of racism in Australian society".

Abbott on authenticity
The Australian
As the transcript of my press conference clearly demonstrates, I said that Northern Territory Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson would make an authentic representative of the ancient cultures of central Australia. It is completely wrong to ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Voices of authenticity
The Australian
WHEN Tony Abbott told an audience including many party faithful at a dinner in Alice Springs on Saturday that Australia's first federal indigenous MP, Ken Wyatt, a Liberal, was "not a man of culture", he did not intend to cause offence. He meant ...
Abbott in trouble again after 'urban Aboriginal' remarkSydney Morning Herald
Abbott's comments unhelpful, says WyattBrisbane Times
Abbott's culture language clunky, Lib MPThe Age

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