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The bird woman of Black Mountain tells a powerful story

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The bird woman of Black Mountain tells a powerful story  - Unlike most of us, including the majority of parents I know, Canberra's Penny Olsen has made a lasting contribution to the biological richness and diversity of the blue planet.

NZ Festival: dirtsong 'a unique, powerful visual and aural experience'

NZ Festival: dirtsong 'a unique, powerful visual and aural experience'  - dirtsong is a celebration and storytelling of the music, culture and languages of indigenous Australia . It rose admirably to the challenge of ...

Why the world's top chefs are drawn to Australia

Why the world's top chefs are drawn to Australia  -  Australia combines strong influences from its Indigenous people with new communities from around the world. When you mix it all together, the result ...

Our major cultural institutions are in crisis – and our history is being militarised

Our major cultural institutions are in crisis – and our history is being militarised  - The Encounters exhibition at the National Museum of Australia . ... the murders of tens of thousands of Indigenous Australians , the significant role of ...

Welcome to Country app lets you explore indigenous Australia

Welcome to Country app lets you explore indigenous Australia  - What I want people to learn, Indigenous and non- Indigenous , is to... ... was almost five hundred nations in Australia and these five hundred nations ...

Native title veterans fight 'racist' Qld mining law

Native title veterans fight 'racist' Qld mining law  - Over decades, the Wik people of Aurukun defined native title in Australia , including land rights pioneer John Koowarta's battle with Queensland ...

No place for safe spaces in Australian universities

No place for safe spaces in Australian universities  -  No place for safe spaces in Australian universities ... If discrimination or bullying is a genuine issue for Indigenous students – or for women, queer and ...

Black dog was too strong for my friend

Black dog was too strong for my friend  - It seems there is only one degree of separation from suicide. ... Yet in Australia , suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged between 15 and ...

No Andrew Bolt, my view of Australia is not too black and white. I speak of all our histories

No Andrew Bolt, my view of Australia is not too black and white. I speak of all our histories  - No Andrew Bolt, my view of Australia is not too black and white. I speak of all our .... Poverty coupled with the legacies of our history is a potent mix.

Australian Prime Minister breaks down in tears describing plight of Aboriginese

Australian Prime Minister breaks down in tears describing plight of Aboriginese  - When British settlers arrived on the Australian continent in the late 1700s, there were about 250 different Indigenous languages but only about twenty ...

Indonesia Grapples With Renewed Anti-LGBT Campaign

Indonesia Grapples With Renewed Anti- LGBT Campaign  - In 2002, Angie decided to pack her bags and moved to Australia . ... The lack of understanding and education about LGBT in Indonesia often creates .

Older Australians spending less time in aged care homes

Older Australians spending less time in aged care homes  - Financial factors and a growing use of home care options have pushed the average age of entry into residential aged care to 83, and experts believe it ...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference – Black led, Black ...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference – Black led, Black ...  -  Suicide is this age group's leading cause of death . It is an abomination when Australia , one of the world's elite high income nations, stands idly by ...

Why I don't want a New Zealand flag 'we can live with'

Why I don't want a New Zealand flag 'we can live with'  - I understand that many people voted for the black version on the back of a ... the track we WILL be able to get a better national flag for New Zealand .

Existing flag still favoured option

Existing flag still favoured option  - Voting in the second referendum on the New Zealand flag will open in two ... Four out of five people spoken to by the Otago Daily Times yesterday ...

Blackface and blaming Indigenous health woes on culture are two sides of the same racist coin

Blackface and blaming Indigenous health woes on culture are two sides of the same racist coin  - Instigators of this debate present their judgements of some behaviour among Australia's Indigenous populations as endemic to their culture, and then ...

Indonesian bishop backs priest questioned for treason

Indonesian bishop backs priest questioned for treason  - Bishop Ladjar said Father Djonga, who has long fought for Papuan people's rights, has the support of the church. "As long as it's about the fight for the ...

Young Maori change maker selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia

Young Maori change maker selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia  - Shay, through the organisation that he co-founded, Te Whare Hukahuka, is helping rebuild local Māori economy through education and training.

Is Maori broadcasting 'ghettoising' Maori voices?

Is Maori broadcasting 'ghettoising' Maori voices?  - It was fifty years ago last week that Country Calendar first appeared on New Zealanders ' television screens. The programme has gone on to ...

Waikato Maori mourn a man who 'helped lead the way'

Waikato Maori mourn a man who 'helped lead the way'   - Walker was a frequent media commentator and New Zealand Maori Council co-chairman Maanu Paul said his ability to interpret the Maori and ...

New Zealand Living Wage rate expected to increase

New Zealand Living Wage rate expected to increase  - The 2016 New Zealand Living Wage rate is $19.80 an hour and will come into ... New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and Tuaropaki Trust – a Maori  ...

New food safety law to come into effect tomorrow

New food safety law to come into effect tomorrow  - and Assurance at the Ministry of Primary Industries, Scott Gallacher says, "The Food Act 2014 is designed to modernise food safety in New Zealand .

Paint NZ Beautiful campaign takes stand against graffiti

Paint NZ Beautiful campaign takes stand against graffiti  - Tackling graffiti and making all corners of New Zealand beautiful is the essence of Paint New Zealand Beautiful Month. Councils, schools, towns and ...

Māori criticise land law consultation

Māori criticise land law consultation  -  Māori believe they come from the land and land has always been a big issue, with land sparking the New Zealand Wars and Dame Whina Cooper ...