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Monday, 30 January 2012 12:48
OPINION: Panel has coloured view on racism
WE ARE all racists and to prove this it is only necessary to scratch us, if you are to believe the NSW Labor Party's deputy leader, Linda Burney.
"I don't think you have to scratch the belly of this country very hard for racism," said Burney, the first Aboriginal woman…
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Monday, 30 January 2012 06:55
A Thorn In Our Pride
FORTY years ago, the establishment of the Aboriginal tent embassy was a stroke of political genius. A striped beach umbrella planted on the manicured lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra came to symbolise Aboriginal Australians' sense of alienation in their own country.
How sad that 40 years later, on Australia…
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:05
NT Indigenous Elder Is Senior Australian
Northern Territory indigenous elder Laurie Baymarrwangga has been named the 2012 Senior Australian of the Year for protecting her culture and country.
The 95-year-old from the island of Murrungga, north-east of Arnhem Land, was recognised on Wednesday for her commitment to preserving her beloved Crocodile Islands and teaching younger generations…
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:50
Cash-Strapped Archive Struggles To Preserve Indigenous History
Australia's flagship institute for indigenous studies has stopped giving out research grants as it diverts funding to save a century of cultural recordings from oblivion.
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has a world-renowned archive of about a million items, much of which – old…
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 07:33
Panel Recommends Indigenous Recognition
Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the body of the Constitution and racist sections should be scrapped, an expert panel has recommended.
Labor has promised to hold a national referendum on the constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians on or before the next federal election, due in 2013.
An expert panel…
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 07:12
IndigiTUBE An Outback Video Star
Nevermind Youtube with it's billions of dollars and slick graphics, the video file sharing site that has everyone out bush in a buzz was created in Australia especially for videos made by Aboriginal people living in remote communities.
The internet really does come in handy for many things, including how…
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Friday, 09 December 2011 09:08
Step to honour our First People
AUSTRALIANS will be asked to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and languages, prohibit racial discrimination and remove the last vestiges of racism in the nation's founding document under a blueprint approved yesterday.
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Monday, 05 December 2011 07:38
3D Animation Helps Preserve Indigenous History
A ground-breaking new venture between Monash University's Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Information Technology (IT) is striving to preserve the history of Australia's Indigenous population.
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Friday, 18 November 2011 09:59
Indigenous Languages 'must be preserved'
A NATIONAL body should be established to encourage the learning of indigenous languages in Aboriginal communities, an inquiry has been told.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 07:54
Podcast: Australia Through its Languages
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When Barack Obama goes abroad, he has a knack of disarming the locals by quoting from the local language. Even if the locals speak English. In Australia, he won laughs for his (slightly off) rendering of expressions like spot on, chinwag and ear bashing.
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