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Faces of Indigenous heroes celebrated in new photo exhibition

Photographer Sunny Brar decided to embark on a self-funded project to capture ‘the face of Australia’ in order to find his own identity. The starting point? First...
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New program boosts Indigenous army recruits

Education is a huge barrier to Indigenous Australian soldiers moving up the ranks, but a successful NT program is boosting numbers.
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Plan for Indigenous people to watch cops

A program designed to teach Indigenous communities to film and share potential police misconduct is almost halfway to its fundraising goal.
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Department apologises for document calling people 'monkeys'

The Queensland housing department has apologised over an inappropriate training manual titled "Monkey Management", with the minister saying it was insensitive.
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NT youth justice system's ‘recipe for failure’: BushMob closes as Don Dale detainees in high security rises

The same week the NT's only remote youth detention alternative BushMob shuts down citing government inaction; it has transpired that more children are currently...
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Racism puts Indigenous kids at abuse risk, while culture protects them, royal commission finds

Systemic racism has contributed to a heightened risk of Aboriginal children being sexually abused in institutions, research has found.
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Racism scandal: MP suspended after using the N word at public meeting

British MP suspended after uttering an offensive phrase at a community meeting about Brexit.

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Indigenous voice key to education progress

Aboriginal educational disadvantage will only be addressed with the full participation of indigenous people, from the national level down to individual schools, a...
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Intensive correction orders could curb Indigenous incarceration dramatically

The number of Indigenous people serving short prison sentences in NSW could be cut by 500 a year if offenders were placed on intensive correction orders (ICO)...
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Tongue plays footy with Don Dale inmates

There's many different Aboriginal languages spoken in the Northern Territory's youth prisons, but one common language they all understand is footy.
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Is your summer barbecue eating up Indigenous forests in South America?

A new report reveals many brands of charcoal are concealing the fact they are produced from the forest home of Indigenous Paraguayan groups.
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Queensland Indigenous War Memorial design unveiled

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women will be officially recognised with a dedicated memorial in Brisbane’s ANZAC Square, for the first time...
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From lateral violence to lateral love: the online project restoring pride to Yarrabah

In a community often associated with crime and dysfunction, a social media project profiling the characters of Yarrabah is promoting pride and positivity.
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If you want to keep failing, keep talking to remote communities in English

Comment: 'Itne arratye angketyakenhe': ‘They don't talk right'. How does language continue to influence those who already have such rich, spiritual and cultural...
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Police officer stabbed during arrest

A police officer allegedly received non-life threatening injuries while arresting an Indigenous teenager in the Northern Territory.
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Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC week

Qantas has been accused of trying to pay an artist in "exposure" and displaying a lack of cultural awareness around Indigenous language and totems.
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NAIDOC 2017 Artist of the Year Elverina Johnson believes in the power of art

Highly respected Gungganji Gurugulu and Yidindji Gimuy woman Elverina Johnson is the 2017 NAIDOC Artist of the Year.
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'Injustice system': human rights groups call for Australia-wide overhaul of juvenile justice

Three incidents of child abuse in one week have triggered an outcry from human rights groups.
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Dylan Voller ‘shocked’ to discover his confidential files were in cabinets for sale dumped at Alice Springs tip

Files containing the confidential information of 33 clients were discovered up for sale at the Alice Springs recycling centre following a ‘messy’ refurbishment of...
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'I thought who's gonna look after these kids now?' camps bring hope after tragedy

When Gwenneth Yeatman lost her brother to suicide, she could've despaired, but instead, she decided to start something positive.
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Map starts to reveals true extent of massacres of Indigenous Australians by Europeans

Interactive map reveals the location of more than 150 European massacres of Indigenous Australians.
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NT indigenous life expectancy rises for women, decreases for men

the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal people and other Australians living in the NT declined by nearly five years for women, but increased by one year...
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Indigenous doctors hide their racial identity to avoid racism, report finds

Some Indigenous doctors and medical students are concealing their identity to avoid racism while others are accused of using their racial background or "playing...
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Indigenous voice key to education progress

Aboriginal educational disadvantage will only be addressed with the full participation of indigenous people, from the national level down to individual schools, a...
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NSW training college lured vulnerable Indigenous students into debt

A NSW training college engaged in unconscionable conduct by targeting the vulnerable in disadvantaged communities and encouraging them to sign up for its courses,...
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Bamaga boy inching closer to NRL referee dream

Many young men dream of a career on the footy field, but George Sailor wants to be the one holding the whistle.
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Stolen Generation school 'abuse' reports are a beat up, say parents

A parent at a NSW private school has defended an educational activity where children were led to believe they were being taken away from their parents, saying...
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Private school parents outraged by Stolen Generation educational program

Parents at a Catholic school in Sydney's south west have complained about an educational exercise on the Stolen Generation that left children allegedly distressed...
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Australia's 'staggering' education divide: How students in remote areas are far from a ‘fair go’

Children in Australia's most remote regions are being left when it comes to education amid a staggering divide between the haves and have-nots, a report says.
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The Uluru Statement: We never ceded sovereignty but can we join yours?

Comment: The Uluru statement from the heart is said to reflect an Indigenous rejection of a minimalist version of constitutional reform, but in fact, enshrines it.
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Justice in the family: Eddie Mabo's granddaughter takes up the fight

Twenty-five years after Eddie "Koiki" Mabo's historic land rights victory, his granddaughter, law graduate Hannah Duncan, is forging her own path to help her...
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Federal budget 'must respect people's dignity', says fairness coalition

As tonight’s federal budget announcement looms, each state and territory issues their ‘wish list’ and put their cases forward on how they need to spend their...
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Indigenous-only school campuses: Segregation or a reason for celebration?

Private schools have put forward a controversial proposal to the Federal Government to create Indigenous-only campuses in return for extra taxpayer funding.
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No evidence that Indigenous-only private schools are beneficial, education expert

An education expert says there is no evidence that there is any educational benefit to having Indigenous-only schools.