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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Corrections Minister defends a rise in Indigenous incarceration rates, saying the issue should not be judged on race.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Indigenous community of Cherbourg in Queensland's South Burnett region works to rebuild one of Australia's first Aboriginal art ventures, the Barambah Potters.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, people, human-interest, ceramic, design, arts-and-entertainment, cherbourg-4605, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedThere are emotional scenes in remote northern WA, where women are four times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic violence than the average West Australian, as Rosie Batty shares her experiences.
Topics: domestic-violence, rural-women, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, broome-6725, wa
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It began as a dream to preserve the rich culture of the Tiwi Islands and now a museum has become a symbol of self-determination.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, library-museum-and-gallery, nguiu-0822
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory minister previously in charge of corrective services, Gerry McCarthy, admits to systemic failures in the youth detention system and an "extreme" lack of staff training.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAncestral Aboriginal remains currently housed in a German museum will be returned to Australia next week.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, grafton-2460, copmanhurst-2460, atherton-4883, sydney-2000, germany
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| UpdatedBen Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration.
Topics: state-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, perth-6000, canberra-2600
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A report from a coalition of health and human rights groups expresses frustration in the nation's inability to effectively tackle Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, turnbull-malcolm, federal-government, government-and-politics, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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An Indigenous organisation training kids to be health ambassadors in their communities says Australian governments have no appetite for innovation in efforts to close the gap.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe maximum fine for damaging Aboriginal relics in Tasmania will jump from $1,500 to $1.57 million under changes designed to strengthen their protection.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, tas
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| UpdatedA former Don Dale guard tells the youth detention royal commission that detainees would make threats about his children, spit at him and want to punch him on a daily basis.
Topics: royal-commissions, youth, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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One of Australia's most important but little known defence bases marks 75 years since the beginning of an extensive Japanese bombing campaign during World War II.
Topics: world-war-2, community-and-society, air-force, unrest-conflict-and-war, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, torres-strait-islands, japan, cairns-4870
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A 15-year-old detainee at the Don Dale youth detention centre was denied medical treatment for a broken collarbone for at least two days and guards would not allow him to wear a sling, a royal commission hears.
Topics: royal-commissions, youth, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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A remote school in north-west Queensland launches a nutrition program aimed at improving attendance and student health.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, activism-and-lobbying, child-health-and-behaviour, education, schools, mount-isa-4825, sunset-4825, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe royal commission into youth detention hears from a former detainee who said he was choked against the wall by a guard when he arrived at a centre in Alice Springs.
Topics: royal-commissions, youth, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, law-crime-and-justice, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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As the ABC marks 70 years in the Northern Territory, former and current broadcasters share their memories of reporting on definitive Top End moments.
Topics: abc, history, journalism, land-rights, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, broadcasting, darwin-0800
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Efforts to etch the Marree Man, a mysterious giant geoglyph, back into SA's outback landscape are queried by the Environment Department over concerns native vegetation was cleared without approval.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment, environmental-policy, rural, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, rural-tourism, sa, marree-5733, adelaide-5000
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For thousands of years the Aboriginal people of Parramatta smoked eel for seasonal feasts, but the practice was slowly lost as British settlers brought their own recipes.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, colonialism, community-and-multicultural-festivals, recipes, human-interest, history, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA group of about 30 trans women and their supporters are back on the islands after their journey to Sydney to march in the parade.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, people, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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Three hundred people pack into the Redfern Community Centre for the first public consultation on the redevelopment plan for the Block but angry protesters force the meeting to be shut down.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, housing-industry, redfern-2016
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The creators of a storybook about "wild storms" happening inside the home hope it will encourage children to speak up about family violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, books-literature, painting, children, child-abuse, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedOne of the Kimberley's most respected Indigenous stockmen and Aboriginal leaders has died.
Topics: rural, mining-rural, death, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, people, human-interest, community-and-society, history, indigenous-protocols, indigenous-policy, beef-cattle, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedAn advocate for an Aboriginal man jailed for murder in Rockhampton almost a quarter of a century ago calls on the Queensland Government to reopen the case, after new evidence surfaces that may support the man's innocence.
Topics: courts-and-trials, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, activism-and-lobbying, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, counselling, relationships, books-literature, child-abuse, children, darwin-0800
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Topics: domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, counselling, books-literature, child-abuse, children, darwin-0800