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Prime Minister Gillard on the call for Treaty: “THERE WILL BE NO BITS OF ... - Sydney Indymedia

Sun, 2012/10/21 - 8:20am

Prime Minister Gillard on the call for Treaty: “THERE WILL BE NO BITS OF ...
Sydney Indymedia
Ms Crocker said to The National Indigenous Times, “I called upon Julia Gillard to recognise the need for a Bill of Rights or Treaty with Aboriginal peoples however she rejected this, and said to me 'there will be no bits of paper'. That Australia does ...

Julia Gillard is no feminist hero - Green Left Weekly

Sun, 2012/10/21 - 4:11am

Green Left Weekly

Julia Gillard is no feminist hero
Green Left Weekly
I have just spent several months in Aboriginal Australia; and the views I have gathered from remarkable, despairing, eloquent Indigenous women of Gillard and her “feminism” are mostly unknown or ignored or dismissed in this country. Watching Gillard ...

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Boxer Anthony Mundine has finally apologised to Daniel Geale for mocking his ... - The Australian

Sun, 2012/10/21 - 1:49am

Brisbane Times

Boxer Anthony Mundine has finally apologised to Daniel Geale for mocking his ...
The Australian
The controversial boxer caused a storm earlier this week when he attacked Geale, a Tasmanian of indigenous heritage and the current IBF and WBA middleweight champion. "I thought they wiped all the Aborigines from Tasmania out. He's got a white woman, ...
Mundine attempts to unite Indigenous AustraliansABC Online
Mundine and Mansell agree that government benefits need tighteningHerald Sun
Anthony Mundine shuns Daniel Geale apology, instead calls for changes to ...NEWS.com.au
Tasmania Mercury -ABC Message Stick
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Australian Indigenous cricket team tours India - India Education Diary

Sat, 2012/10/20 - 4:49pm

India Education Diary

Australian Indigenous cricket team tours India
India Education Diary
New Delhi: Australia's High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, welcomed Cricket Australia's National Indigenous Development Squad on their first tour of India as part of Oz Fest, the biggest Australian cultural festival ever staged in India. Mr ...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, launched Oz Fest - Orissadiary.com

Sat, 2012/10/20 - 6:28am

Orissadiary.com

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, launched Oz Fest
Orissadiary.com
The opening night concert celebrated the meeting of Australia and India as two contemporary cultures grounded in ancient tradition. Iconic Aboriginal Australian singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Indian sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar, ...

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Mundine racism row takes new turn - The Australian

Sat, 2012/10/20 - 3:57am

Mundine racism row takes new turn
The Australian
THE war of words between outspoken boxer Anthony Mundine and Aboriginal leader Michael Mansell has taken another twist, with the pair now seeming to agree that government benefits for people claiming indigenous heritage should be tightened. Mr Mansell ...

Mundine apologises to Tasmanian Aborigines but no such deal for Geale - Devonport Times

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 8:53pm

Mundine apologises to Tasmanian Aborigines but no such deal for Geale
Devonport Times
... questioned the Aboriginality of Geale yesterday, then embarked on a political campaign, claiming Australia is a racist country and maintaining that the Australian flag and national anthem should be changed to be more representative of Aboriginal ...

Poisonous Australian Spider on the loose, antivenom expired - The Japan Daily Press

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 2:49pm

Poisonous Australian Spider on the loose, antivenom expired
The Japan Daily Press
A venomous spider indigenous to Australia is in Japan and its population is growing in large numbers, striking fear in the hearts of the residents of Fukuoka prefecture. There have been 68 reported sightings of the redback spider in September of this ...

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Elders snare quarry in land title handover - The Australian

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 1:14pm

Elders snare quarry in land title handover
The Australian
"Greenstone axes from Mount William were traditionally traded by Aboriginal people over a wide area of southeastern Australia before European settlers arrived in the area," Ms Macklin said. "The site contains the remains of hundreds of mining pits ...

No action on waste risks for water - The Australian

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 1:06pm

No action on waste risks for water
The Australian
WARNINGS that two community water sources in South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands may be contaminated have not been acted upon, despite a government report from more than a year ago advising "immediate" action to remedy the problem. The state ...

Government and employers closing the gap at local level - Invest in Australia

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 12:02pm

Government and employers closing the gap at local level
Invest in Australia
The Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Julie Collins, today met with staff at Rio Tinto Weipa as part of the Government's ongoing commitment to boosting local employment prospects for Indigenous Australians in remote areas.

Anthony Mundine claimed Australia was a racist country at a press conference ... - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 10:24am

NEWS.com.au

Anthony Mundine claimed Australia was a racist country at a press conference ...
NEWS.com.au
ANTHONY Mundine further infuriated boxing rival Daniel Geale by refusing to apologise for questioning his Aboriginal heritage and had more explosive words for a country he says is one of the most racist in the world. A press conference in Redfern today ...

NHMRC funds UQ research into kidney disease, cystic fibrosis and more - UQ News

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 9:52am

NHMRC funds UQ research into kidney disease, cystic fibrosis and more
UQ News
UQ Researchers awarded NHMRC Career Development Fellowships were Dr Kerry-Ann O'Grady, who will research acute respiratory illness in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children and the pathways to chronic lung disease. Dr Jason Roberts's ...

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Mundine attempts to unite indigenous Australians - ABC Online

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 6:49am

The Age

Mundine attempts to unite indigenous Australians
ABC Online
Outspoken indigenous boxer Anthony Mundine has used his controversial comments against Tasmanian Aborigines to address issues confronting the wider Australian Aboriginal community. Mundine outraged Tasmanian Aborigines on Thursday when he ...
Anthony Mundine shuns Daniel Geale apology, instead calls for changes to ...NEWS.com.au
Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world's most racist ...The Daily Telegraph
Hawthorn star Shaun Burgoyne has blasted Anthony Mundine for his racial ...The Australian
Sydney Morning Herald -Sportal.com.au -TripleM Sydney (blog)
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Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world's most racist ... - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 6:36am

Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world's most racist ...
NEWS.com.au
"There are people who get jobs and are claiming benefits who claim to be Aboriginal because they have a great, great, great, great grandmother or grandfather, and that's it. "The system needs to accommodate those Aboriginals that need it most instead ...

Aboriginal boxer accused of racism - Sport LIVE

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 6:09am

Sport LIVE

Aboriginal boxer accused of racism
Sport LIVE
Interim WBA light middleweight champion Anthony Mundine has been accused of racism after making disparaging remarks about the heritage of his upcoming opponent and fellow Australian Aborigine Daniel Geale.

Cutting Indigenous STI rate a 'matter of urgency' - ABC Online

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 3:59am

Cutting Indigenous STI rate a 'matter of urgency'
ABC Online
Alice Springs researchers are calling for urgent action to bring down the high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in remote Northern Territory communities. James Ward from the Baker Institute says the results of five years of research show ...

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Malaysia: What to Do When Indigenous Groups Blockade Your Dam - International Rivers (blog)

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 3:57am

International Rivers (blog)

Malaysia: What to Do When Indigenous Groups Blockade Your Dam
International Rivers (blog)
With the help of Australian company Hydro Tasmania, the Sarawak state government advertised the Murum Dam as a model of “best practice” for what a socially responsible dam should look like. Chinese investors signed up to help build the dam and then 11 ...

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Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world's most racist ... - Herald Sun

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 2:21am

Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world's most racist ...
Herald Sun
ANTHONY Mundine further infuriated boxing rival Daniel Geale by refusing to apologise for questioning his Aboriginal heritage and had more explosive words for a country he says is one of the most racist in the world. A press conference in Redfern today ...

Aboriginal Mundine accused of racism - FOXSports.com

Fri, 2012/10/19 - 1:44am

FOXSports.com

Aboriginal Mundine accused of racism
FOXSports.com
... of Tasmanian-born Geale at a pre-fight media conference that he thought ''they wiped all the Aborigines from Tasmania out'' - referencing a colonial-era policy that sought to resettle the indigenous inhabitants of the island state south of mainland ...

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