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Eucalyptic visions with Melbourne duo Client Liaison

Eucalyptic visions with Melbourne duo Client Liaison - There's so much to explore in this country and there's this idea that no one explores Australia . There's this awkward, psychedelic place that we live in ...

Helping those coping with the 'hidden poverty' of Canberra to have a happy Christmas

Helping those coping with the 'hidden poverty ' of Canberra to have a happy Christmas - The 25th Target UnitingCare Christmas Appeal launched across Australia ... "Canberra's the richest city in Australia and the eighth richest economy, ...

Why Indigenous Australians Have Joined The Global Standing Rock Movement

Why Indigenous Australians Have Joined The Global Standing Rock Movement - Thousands of Indigenous Australians have joined a global social media movement to show solidarity with those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline ...

Desert toilet stop leads to the discovery of the oldest known Aboriginal site

Desert toilet stop leads to the discovery of the oldest known Aboriginal site - The oldest known proof of Aboriginal settlement in ancient Australia was stumbled upon accidentally after a car full of researchers pulled over for a ...

"I was fed up with seeing four white dudes on stage": The message of Indigenous punk band ...

"I was fed up with seeing four white dudes on stage": The message of Indigenous punk band ... - Birrugan Dunn-Velasco is the 19-year-old front man, with band members from the Indigenous peoples of Ghana, Australia and Chile. Their unique ...

Bush classroom and a taste of roo tail introduce young environmental leaders to Indigenous culture

Bush classroom and a taste of roo tail introduce young environmental leaders to Indigenous culture - About 70 children swapped the classroom for the vast bushland at Calperum Station near Renmark in South Australia on Wednesday as part of a ...

Deadly but preventable type 2 diabetes on the rise in Australia

Deadly but preventable type 2 diabetes on the rise in Australia - Regrettably, indigenous Australians are 3.5 times more likely than other Australians to have diabetes, and four times more likely to be hospitalised or ...

Abbott wants to be Indigenous affairs minister? Well, he ain't qualified for the job

Abbott wants to be Indigenous affairs minister? Well, he ain't qualified for the job - 'Tony Abbott has demonstrated little more than a particularly narrow, somewhat Anglophile and imperial approach to Indigenous Australia .

EnergyAustralia continues as community partner

EnergyAustralia continues as community partner - We're really excited to continue our involvement with this great club by joining the South Australia Aboriginal Sports Training Academy as major ...

Newly Discovered Aboriginal Artifacts Tell Fascinating Story About Hunting Giant Animals

Newly Discovered Aboriginal Artifacts Tell Fascinating Story About Hunting Giant Animals - The find in the arid Flinders Ranges shows that not only were Aboriginal Australians settling the outback 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, ...

Canning Stock Route On the Move

Canning Stock Route On the Move - One Road features 34 paintings drawn from the Canning Stock Route collection and includes works by Australia's most renowned Aboriginal artists.

Indigenous jail population: Prison reforms must go beyond justice

Indigenous jail population: Prison reforms must go beyond justice - A 1991 royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody led to a lot of soul-searching about how Australia treats its indigenous population, but did ...

Toilet break leads to key prehistoric find

Toilet break leads to key prehistoric find - A chance discovery at a rock shelter in southern Australia has revealed a ... Aboriginal Australians are the oldest continued civilisation in the world, ...

Indigenous Australians consuming too much added sugar:

Indigenous Australians consuming too much added sugar: -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people consume around 14 per cent of their total energy intake as free sugars, according to data from the ...

This 50000-year-old settlement found in Australia's barren interior shows Aboriginal ancestors ...

This 50000-year-old settlement found in Australia's barren interior shows Aboriginal ancestors ... - Right in the middle of Australia's arid southern interior, scientists have come across a striking find: a 50,000-year-old settlement. The rock shelter ...

Same language for all

Same language for all - Hi I'm Emma, I'm new to Australia and looking for friends. ... Along with the Wiradyuri language, students also learn about Aboriginal culture and ...

Random drug and alcohol testing of bailees and people on home detention

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Random drug and alcohol testing of bailees and people on home detention - The law change will mean certain people can be directed to undergo ... The New Zealand Law Society, in a submission on the law change last year, ...

Self-radicalised' Kiwi most likely cause for NZ terror threat alert, intelligence expert says

Self-radicalised' Kiwi most likely cause for NZ terror threat alert, intelligence expert says - The threat to New Zealand is outlined in the National Security System ... While many people would assume the threat related to "some sort of jihadi", ...

The making of Māori society: an archaeological analysis of social networks

The making of Māori society: an archaeological analysis of social networks - No culture is socially static. Over several centuries, the Polynesian colonists who settled New Zealand began to create a new type of society.

Māori Economic Development Strategy to be launched

Māori Economic Development Strategy to be launched - Te Pae Tawhiti, a strategy for Māori economic development across the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, will be officially launched by Minister Te Ururoa ...

Appointments for Independent Maori Statutory Board

Appointments for Independent Maori Statutory Board - David Taipari was voted Chair and Glenn Wilcox the Deputy of the Independent Māori Statutory Board at the inaugural meeting of its new three-year ...

NZ Maori to unleash Ioane double act

NZ Maori to unleash Ioane double act - After a long season of provincial and club rugby together, the Ioane brothers will again unite for the Maori All Blacks in their match against USA.

Climate change link to West Papua resource exploitation probed

Climate change link to West Papua resource exploitation probed - A conference underway in Sydney today is seeking common solutions to two major areas of concern to people in the Pacific region.

Ruthless Economic Exploitation and Oppression Amount to “Slow Motion Genocide”

Ruthless Economic Exploitation and Oppression Amount to “Slow Motion Genocide” - comes to the conclusion that the ruthless mining policies promoted by the Indonesian regime, a legacy of oppression of the people of West Papua , ...