Aboriginal Australians

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Reuters
AFL
Australian Rules: Fan banned for two years for racist abuse
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Football League (AFL) club Richmond Tigers have handed a two-year ban to a supporter who made racially abusive comments about a West Coast Eagles player on social media.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous suicide prevention campaign launched by RUOK | NITV
sbs.com.au - www.sbs.com.au
Suicide prevention charity RUOK has launched a new campaign encouraging Indigenous people around Australia to have meaningful conversations with …
FOX Sports
AFL
Aussie rules club produces video to tackle racism | FOX Sports
FOX Sports
PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian rules team has taken a stand against racist abuse of players by producing a video that features indigenous …
Mental Health
New campaign urges Indigenous Australians to talk about mental health
sbs.com.au - Naveen Razik
The 'Stronger Together' campaign encourages Indigenous Australians to ask each other about their mental health. Suicide Prevention organisation RU OK …
Indigenous Australians
24 young Indigenous people have died by suicide this year prompting a national campaign - Hack - triple j
abc.net.au - By Avani Dias
R U OK has launched a national campaign aimed at reducing suicide rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, after at least 24 young …
Torres Strait Islander
Macquarie University - Traditional culture, tomorrow’s technology: CSIRO award for Indigenous innovator
mq.edu.au - www.mq.edu.au
Rhett Loban, an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies, received the Career Achievement Award for his virtual reality game …
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Wine
Protected: The future of wine is organic, vegan and artistically crafted
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Sensi and Faustino, brought to India by Kadambari Kapoor of Gusto Wines, are proving that making wine is more of an art than ever before Now Playing: …
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Emergency Medicine
Woman still in hospital after 100kg fur seal bites her ‘to the bone’ at Port Fairy boat ramp
thenewdaily.com.au - Sian Johnson, Emily Bissland and Debbie Rybicki
A woman in her 70s remains in hospital after she was bitten by a seal near a boat ramp at Port Fairy, a popular seaside town in south-west Victoria, …
Indigenous Australians
Eye health experts call for $86 million to increase services for Indigenous communities
sbs.com.au - Maani Truu
Indigenous Australians are three times more likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to suffer from blindness and vision loss. Eye health …
Northern Territory
National Congress, APO NT, ACOSS, NTCOSS and Human Rights Law Centre respond to Government plan to force cashless debit across
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National Congress, APO NT, ACOSS, NTCOSS and Human Rights Law Centre condemn the Morrison Government’s announcement today that it will force people …
Torres Strait Islander
Mr Damian Griffis
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Damian Griffis is a descendant of the Worimi people of the Manning Valley in NSW. He is a leading advocate for the human rights of Aboriginal and …
Torres Strait Islander
NACCHO Aboriginal Eye Health #CloseTheGap : @Vision2020Aus Launches #Strongeyesstrongcommunities – A five year plan for and
nacchocommunique.com
“ Too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still experience avoidable vision loss and blindness, and those who have lost vision often …
TV (Australia)
Get Krack!n’: Mar 27
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This week is the final episode of Get Krack!n with guests Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui claiming her role as “Australia’s Aboriginal Sonia …
Indigenous Australians
The high stakes of improving GP treatment of Aboriginal people
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By Lexi Metherell on AM More Information Featured: Janine Mohammed. interim chief executive, Lowitja Institute Teng Liaw, professor of general practice, …
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Northern Territory
Frantic search for woman, 50, who mysteriously vanished after crashing her car on a rural highway
dailymail.co.uk - Tom Place
Police are frantically searching for a woman who crashed her car on a rural highway before disappearing in mysterious circumstances. Ann Beaumont, 50, …
Torres Strait Islander
Mark Latham looks set to claim seat in NSW Upper House
sbs.com.au - SBS News
One Nation's Mark Latham has thanked those who voted for the party as he looked set to return to parliamentary life after more than a decade on the …
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New South Wales
Murdering Gully: settlers killed 35 in Aboriginal camp, and threw bodies into the water
Australia News - Thomas J Rogers
NSW decided Aboriginal people did not believe in a god, so they could not take an oath or provide sworn testimony One day at dawn in early 1839, Frederick Taylor and a number of other armed white men on
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Criminal Sentencing
'Dire consequences': lawyers aghast at Queensland's new definition of murder
Australia News - Ben Smee
Moves to broaden the definition of murder in Queensland could have “dire and unintended consequences” for women who kill their abusive or violent partners, or for parents who “leave the pool gate open”,
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Nature
Thanks to humans the ‘wilderness’ no longer exists – but we can make things on Earth better
The Guardian
When the colonists arrived in Australia, they saw themselves as conquering both the continent’s land and its people. In many respects, they didn’t differentiate between the two. The Bible commands believers
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Silver moss is a rugged survivor in the city landscape
theconversation.com - Alison Haynes
Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely …
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Australia
Memorabilia From Huge Names To Feature In Aus Music Vault's New Hip Hop Display
themusic.com.au - The Music, Staff Writer
'We’re hoping that by shining a light on the stories of Australia’s hip hop pioneers and emerging superstars we’ll kick-start a new conversation.' The …
Torres Strait Islander
NACCHO Aboriginal Health and #NationalCloseTheGapDay Media : Press Releases from Stakeholders @AusHealthcare @RACGP @TheRACP
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Contents of our CTG NACCHO Post National Close the Gap Campaign Launched at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation ACCHO Stakeholders CTG Press …
Torres Strait Islander
Tackle racism, and support community governance and leadership, to #CloseTheGap
croakey.org - Editor: Melissa Sweet
Insecure and inadequate funding is holding back efforts to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as is the diversion of …
South Australia
Shells, not pearls, were the real prize in traditional Aboriginal culture
abc.net.au - By Ben Collins
The only pearl discovered in Indigenous archaeology was apparently spat into a rubbish pile; the shells, on the other hand, were highly prized and …
Torres Strait Islander
Aunty Shireen Malamoo
thesaturdaypaper.com.au - Karen Middleton
“I’m glad I’m black.” At the Pyrmont headquarters of Australian South Sea Islanders – Port Jackson, Aunty Shireen Malamoo is holding court. More …
Poetry
AWP: Conference Schedule
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Moderator: Emilia Phillips is the author of Signaletics, Groundspeed, and Empty Clip. Her poetry appears in Agni, Boston Review, the Kenyon Review, …
The Guardian
Australia
Searching for Australia's most elusive marsupial – Look at me podcast
The Guardian - Hosted by Benjamin Law, produced by Chris McCormack and Miles Martignoni
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Indigenous Peoples
Close the Gap day: Shock statistic on indigenous life expectancy
news.com.au - Alex Turner-Cohen
Did you know that Australia’s indigenous people on average die 10 to 17 years earlier than other Australians? That means a non-indigenous child in …
Torres Strait Islander
National Close the Gap campaign launched in Campbelltown
macarthuradvertiser.com.au - Kayla Osborne
A national campaign highlighting the health and well-being of indigenous people was launched in Campbelltown today. Close the Gap Day was established …
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Torres Strait Islander
Seven Network slapped on the wrist over 'African gangs' coverage
theage.com.au - Broede Carmody
The communication watchdog says Seven's Sunday Night program broadcast an inaccurate statement about African Australians.