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Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
The Associated Press
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

The Age
Abbott call on racial slur blasted
The Age
AN indigenous leader has called for racial vilification to be a criminal offence under federal law. Les Malezer, the co-chairman of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, also accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of ''exploiting ...

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Facebook faces calls to remove page
The Press Association
The government has accused the social networking company of using its US base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws. The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furore in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as ...

Activists do no favours for Aboriginal community
The Australian
ONLY an Aborigine with the standing of Bess Price could expose the do-gooders and activists who now surround and suffocate Aboriginal advancement in Australia ("Amnesty a racist organisation: Price", 9/8). As she clearly shows, Aborigines are well able ...

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In a white rage at black distress
The Australian
Yet in the universities and television studios of the coastal cities, Aboriginal activists have focused on their own feelings. Last year, nine "fair-skinned Aboriginal people" successfully brought a class action against News Limited (publisher of The ...

Cape gets a boost for world heritage
The Australian
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke revealed yesterday he had secured a "significant breakthrough" in his quest to achieve indigenous consent for nomination, with the powerful Cape York Land Council agreeing to restart talks about world heritage.

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Mundine rounds on Price race 'insults'
The Australian
Mr Mundine said while he agreed with many aspects of Ms Price's fierce attack on Amnesty, the racial attack on Mr Dillon and Amnesty's indigenous people's rights manager, Monica Morgan, went too far. He said describing Mr Dillon as a "white blackfella ...

National Post
Facebook in breach of local laws, says rights watchdog
The Australian
Race Discrimination Commissioner Helen Szoke late yesterday urged Facebook to remove the page and repeated warnings that it may breach race discrimination laws. The social networking company yesterday said it was in "constructive dialogue" with Dr ...
'Aboriginal Memes' Facebook Page Deemed Racist In Australia; Social Network ...Huffington Post
Facebook racial hate page 'taken down'SBS
Shame on Facebook, but let's not forget that racism is a wider public health ...Crikey (blog)
National Post -The Kerryman
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Aboriginal youth detention rates improve
The Australian
But, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the over-representation has fallen from the 2007-08 level, where Aboriginal youths were 28 times more likely to be in detention. The rate of Aboriginal youths under community ...
Too many indigenous in juvenile justiceNinemsn
Indigenous solutions to power needsABC Local
Young Australians Want Reconciliation- SurveyPro Bono Australia
ATC Network -7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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CBS News
Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
CBS News
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

Facebook facing pressure in Australia over Aboriginal discrimination
WJLA
The Aboriginal Memes Facebook page has created a furor in Australia this week with its depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats. Australia's media watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is investigating ...

BBC News
Facebook removes 'racist' page in Australia
BBC News
How Facebook decides what to ban. A Facebook page that depicted Aboriginal people in Australia as drunks and welfare cheats has been removed after a public outcry. The Aboriginal Memes page had allowed users to post jokes about indigenous people.

Eureka Street
Soul sisters shine in gem
Sydney Morning Herald
Based loosely on fact, the script by Briggs and Keith Thompson centres on Australia's first indigenous girl group - three sisters and a cousin from the Cummeragunja Mission - who get their big break when they're invited to entertain American troops ...
Sapphire in the rough gets away from IT crowdThe Canberra Times
Aboriginal voices silence Vietnamese war storiesEureka Street

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AEC still alive in Deadly Awards
PS News
Director of the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program at the AEC, Bob Eckhardt, said the nomination recognised the AEC's work in encouraging Indigenous Australians to enrol and vote through the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP).

Abbott to join CEOs on Aurukun working bee
The Australian
... business bosses at a remote Aboriginal community this weekend. Mr Abbott will join Fortescue Metals boss Andrew Forrest, National Australian Bank chairman Michael Chaney, retailer Gerry Harvey and Rio Tinto Australia managing director David Peever.

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Vanuatu i selebreitim International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Radio Australia
Australia Hai Komisin long Vanuatu i holim namba tu yar blong Arts Festival na dispela yar, ol i bringim wanpela lain pipol blong Aboriginal na Torres Strait Island long stap insait long dispela wan wik festival. image - ni-van chief with Richard ...

Indigenous solutions to power needs
ABC Local
An Indigenous company has joined forces with a solar power company to build renewable energy systems in remote Western Australia. Carey Power plans to train and employ local Aboriginal people to install and maintain the power systems, which will also ...
Young Australians Want Reconciliation- SurveyPro Bono Australia
"Makes you proud to be black eh?": Reflections on meaningful Indigenous ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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National leaders give their support to Damien Hooper “The Aboriginal flag is a ...
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times reporter Geoff Bagnall. Australia and the world stopped and listened, at least for a while, when Australia's Olympic boxing champion, Damien Hooper declared loud and proud his heritage as a descendant of Australia's First ...

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Australian government helps shut down racist Facebook page
Radio Australia
It took over 24 hours but a controversial Facebook page known as Aboriginal Memes has been shut down after complaints were made that it vilified indigenous Australians. Australian government helps shut down racist Facebook page (Credit: ABC). For much ...

More help urged for Indigenous inmates
ABC Message Stick
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services says the programs at Albany Regional Prison do not do enough to help Indigenous detainees. Neil Morgan's report on the prison was released this week and made six recommendations to improve the ...