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Call to regain trust of indigenous people
Brisbane Times
Australia's race discrimination commissioner says action to overcome disadvantage in Aboriginal communities must be built on respect and trust, rather than imposed outcomes. During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Commissioner Helen ...
A progressive declineThe Australian
Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?Canada First Perspective
Australia: Labor loses office in the Northern TerritoryWorld Socialist Web Site
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Call to regain trust of indigenous people
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Australia's race discrimination commissioner says action to overcome disadvantage in Aboriginal communities must be built on respect and trust, rather than imposed outcomes. During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Commissioner Helen ...
UN concerned about NT interventionBrisbane Times
Julia Gillard 'must consult indigenous people', says Alison AndersonThe Australian
Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?Canada First Perspective
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Mal Brough accused of racism
Coolum News
MAL Brough has been slammed for his "redneck tendencies" and has been accused of racism following his comments about Australia's leading indigenous affairs newspaper. Some have called for the newly endorsed candidate for Fisher's resignation from ...

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Mal Brough accused of racism
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
MAL Brough has been slammed for his "redneck tendencies" and has been accused of racism following his comments about Australia's leading indigenous affairs newspaper. Some have called for the newly endorsed candidate for Fisher's resignation from ...

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$1.5m to help open Many Rivers office
ABC Message Stick
Many Rivers helps Indigenous people to establish small businesses by providing micro-loans. Page Maxson from Australia Pacific LNG, which has donated the money, says it is a sustainable way to support Gladstone's Indigenous community. "We went to this ...
Business boost for operatorsGladstone Observer

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Native title win 'a hard process'
ABC Message Stick
An Indigenous elder from western Queensland says Australia's native title procedures need a significant overhaul. Thirteen years after a claim was lodged, the Federal Court yesterday recognised the Pitta Pitta people's native title over 66 parcels of ...

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Culturally appropriate screening tool for indigenous Australians opens
Science Network Western Australia
Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Latest News: Culturally appropriate screening tool for indigenous Australians opens · Leschenault estuary future hinged on survey data · New team to turn WA into state of innovation · Thin film photovoltaics farm rises in ...

AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
NEWS.com.au
The 2012 Sounds of Australia are: Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back ...

Sounds of then: This is Australia
ABC Online
MICHAEL EDWARDS: Luise Hercus' collection of more than a thousand hours of Indigenous languages from across the Australia recorded over four decades has also been selected. Her friend Grace Koch works at the Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 'priceless' to Far Northern tourism
The Cairns Post
MORE than 16,000 people filed through the galleries of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, proving the event's cultural and commercial worth to the Far North. Organisers estimate almost $600,000 worth of art was sold during the three-day exhibition series ...

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Brough accused of racism
The Sunshine Coast Daily
MAL Brough has been slammed for his "redneck tendencies" and has been accused of racism following his comments about Australia's leading indigenous affairs newspaper. Some have called for the newly endorsed candidate for Fisher's resignation from ...

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AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
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Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back by Barry Humphries and Dick ...
Sounds of then: This is AustraliaABC Online
Classics From AC/DC, Nick Cave Preserved For Future Generations In National ...Tone Deaf
AC/DC classic added to national song registerYahoo!7 News

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AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
Herald Sun
The 2012 Sounds of Australia are: Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back ...
AC/DC classic added to national song registerABC Online
AC/DC rock 'n' rolls way onto National Film and Sound Archives listCourier Mail

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Yarrabah and Opera Australia puts history on stage
The Cairns Post
YARRABAH has had its first taste of a landmark collaboration with Opera Australia which documents the indigenous township's history through music. A performance of Yarrabah! The Musical was held in the community for residents last night, and local star ...
Painful past inspires musical presenceThe Australian

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Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

Incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children ...
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

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He served in two world wars but only white soldiers got land: a son's $5m bill ...
The Australian
Lovett, who grew up at Lake Condah, had been a machine-gunner on the Western Front during World War I and served in Australia during World War II. He did not receive a reply, and the land was sold off to non-Aboriginal farmers. Sixty-seven years later, ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Under the skin of an enigmatic pioneer
Sydney Morning Herald
It is late April and a dozen of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists have gathered inside a former naval cottage at Georges Heights above Sydney Harbour for some brainstorming. Master of ceremonies is indigenous curator Djon Mundine, his signature ...

Cairns athlete uses New York Marathon experience to inspire others to run
The Cairns Post
A CAIRNS woman who was the first indigenous Australian female to cross the line in the world's most famous marathon is using the experience to inspire others. Nadine Hunt, 24, was a member of an 11-person squad that took part in the New York Marathon ...

Extracting the best for indigenous communities
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous Australians make up 2.5 per cent of the Australian population and have the highest comparative unemployment rate in the country. If we are going to label anything as the biggest challenge facing our people, it should be employment and ...