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Labor loses plot on Aborigines
The Australian (blog)
Aborigines make up a far smaller percentage of Australia's population, and their support in a federal election might only be decisive in the seat of Lingiari in the Northern Territory and perhaps in one or two outer metropolitan seats in Sydney ...

The Age
Carving a route to indigenous wealth
The Age
By the late 1980s, indigenous policy and much public commentary in Australia was based on a paradigm that saw Aboriginal people as victims of a brutal colonial legacy, as residents of remote regions where they strove to maintain the vestiges of a ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Cleavage gives Canberra allure
Sydney Morning Herald
He quotes the author of Canberra's First Hundred Years, Frederick Robinson, explaining in 1924 that the Australian Aboriginal ''spat out his words like chewing tobacco'' and also ''burred his Rs more frequently than a Scotchman''. In short, Ngambri ...

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Brisbane Times
Carving a route to indigenous wealth
Brisbane Times
By the late 1980s, indigenous policy and much public commentary in Australia was based on a paradigm that saw Aboriginal people as victims of a brutal colonial legacy, as residents of remote regions where they strove to maintain the vestiges of a ...

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SBS
Wiradjuri artist Harry Wedge remembered
SBS
The artwork of Indigenous Australian icon, Harry Wedge (SBS). The Wiradjuri people of New South Wales have lost another Indigenous icon recently - the artist Harry Wedge, who was also a nephew of activist Isobel Coe. NITV's Nancia Guivarra reports.

Barnett defends Abbott's Aboriginal quote
NEWS.com.au
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said it would be terrific to have an "authentic" indigenous representative of central Australia in Canberra, in response to a question about the possibility of Northern Territory minister Alison Anderson switching to federal politics.

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Barnett defends Abbott's Aboriginal quote
The Australian
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said it would be terrific to have an "authentic" indigenous representative of central Australia in Canberra, in response to a question about the possibility of Northern Territory minister Alison Anderson switching to federal politics.

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Barnett defends Abbott's Aboriginal quote
Herald Sun
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said it would be terrific to have an "authentic" indigenous representative of central Australia in Canberra, in response to a question about the possibility of Northern Territory minister Alison Anderson switching to federal politics.

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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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Blacktown Council stops recognition of Darug peoples as traditional owners (mp3)

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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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WA today
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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Isabell Coe will be remembered as a forthright campaigner (mp3)

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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
Sydney Morning Herald
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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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