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Free agent
The Australian
For most of his adult life, he proudly did so first as a member, and then as the first indigenous National President of the Australian Labor Party - but that relationship is now over. "I know there are people who are going to be shocked when they hear ...

Blown by fickle winds of Aboriginal policy
The Australian
This week Russell Skelton from The Age took the words right out of my mouth. Skelton is a Fairfax exception, regularly bringing unsettling guests into the parlours of cosmopolitan Melbourne: the peoples of remote Aboriginal Australia. His writing tells ...

Sydney Morning Herald
What the rest of us can bet on: some culture
Sydney Morning Herald
Foremost among them is a ''world-class'' national indigenous cultural centre. The Visitor Economy Taskforce, with a keen eye on international tourists, has told the state government that Sydney needs such a centre. Its report laments: ''NSW has ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Chris O'Dowd interview: The Sapphires
Telegraph.co.uk
A feelgood musical about an indigenous Australian girl group that goes to Vietnam to sing soul music to the American troops in the 1970s, it has already been a hit in Australia, and could well repeat that success worldwide. Before the festival ...

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Leading Aboriginal corporation in administration
ABC Local
JON ALTMAN: The BAC expanded to the point where it was the largest Indigenous development corporation in north Australia and it was the envy of very many remote and Indigenous communities who saw the BAC as just the outstanding model for ...

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Louise Howden-Smith with Ochre dancers in the background. Picture: Colin ...
The Australian
ON any day in Western Australia, across the Pilbara, Kimberley and desert country, storytelling, song cycles and dance ceremonies enrich and embellish the lives of thousands of indigenous people. In Perth, welcome to country ceremonies acknowledge ...

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Indigenous progress being stifled: academic
Northern Star
ARE the current management structures and practices in Indigenous organisations, government and non-government agencies and political structures that impact upon Indigenous Australians creating enormous inefficiencies and waste of taxpayer funds ...

Brisbane Times
Cause and compassion
Brisbane Times
Popular music has long been a focal point for those trying to create change or enhance public awareness of social issues and now a group of Australia's finest young indigenous musicians are hitting the road for a tour to raise awareness and promote the ...
Sultan fins his own voiceThe West Australian
State Parliament home to Hart paintingMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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NTNews.com.au
From card table to aces
NTNews.com.au
Skinnyfish Music co-founders Michael Hohnen and Mark Grose are NT finalists for the Australian of the Year for their work as indigenous talent mentors. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHI. IT started off on a card table in the corner of a Darwin bedroom about 14 ...
Skinnyfish founders finalists for Australian of the YearThe Music Network

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Leading Aboriginal corporation in administration
ABC Online
ASHLEY HALL: Western Australia's police service says it's assessing the actions of officers involved in the investigation of the former public prosecutor Lloyd Rayney. The Perth barrister has been acquitted of the 2007 murder of his wife Corryn Rayney ...

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The forgotten soldiers
Blacktown Sun
Locke was one of more than 450 indigenous Australians who served during World War I, although many more who tried to enlist at the start of the war were rejected on the grounds of race. By then, the indigenous population had declined to only 80,000.

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Burning savanna creates carbon credit cash
The Australian
AN indigenous organisation could earn up to $500,000 a year by selling carbon credits it creates by deliberately burning savannas ahead of the fire season to reduce the amount of pollution. The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) has gained approval to ...
Savannah burning aims to farm carbon creditsABC Online

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Skinnyfish founders finalists for Australian of the Year
The Music Network
Northern Territory Indigenous music label Skinnyfish Music's founders Michael Hohnen and Mark Grose were announced, today, as NT finalists in the 2013 Australian of the Year awards. The pair have been responsible for mentoring bands through business ...

Closing the Gap on Indigenous Employment? Not Quite
Pro Bono Australia
It is not surprising, then, that reducing the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in employment outcomes is one of the pillars of the Australian government's Closing the Gap agenda. By 2018, COAG has committed to halving the gap ...

NT Aboriginal politician calls for end to culture of welfare
ABC Online
SARA EVERINGHAM: Alison Anderson represents the remote central Australian electorate of Namatjira which covers her home town, the remote Indigenous community of Papunya. In her first major speech since becoming the Minister for Indigenous ...
My people must grow up: Alison AndersonThe Australian

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Gallery to recognise work of Aboriginal stockmen
ABC Online
CEO Ben Maguire says it is the first time there has been an effort to recognise the role Indigenous people have played in the opening up of inland Australia but more research is needed. "We're asking for another $200,000 for another couple of years to ...

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Indigenous owners to run council's Stradbroke holiday parks
ABC Online
An Indigenous community is taking control of holiday parks on North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane, as part of a native title compensation deal. The Quandamooka People will take ownership of the business and control of the land from Redlands City Council.

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The Guardian
Australian TV drama puts spotlight on Aboriginal life
The Guardian
Redfern Now is the first television series to be commissioned, written, acted and produced by indigenous Australians. "It's a landmark because for so long we have had other people telling our stories and the government telling us what we should be ...
Redfern Now launched under the starsThe Australian
Redfern Now: Thursday, 8.30pm, ABC1The West Australian

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Uluru launch plan for groundbreaking TV
The Australian
The date would mark an important milestone in broadcasting and in Australia's history, SBS managing director Michael Ebeid said. "SBS is incredibly proud to be playing a role in delivering content about indigenous Australians, produced by indigenous ...