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| UpdatedThe youth detention system in the Northern Territory is one that likely leaves young people more damaged than when they went in, the royal commission's interim report says.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, royal-commissions, darwin-0800
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More people apply for compensation under South Australia's Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme than expected, with one survivor saying the money is "nothing more than a bonus to move on".
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| UpdatedMore than 100 organisations team up to urge the Prime Minister to set an Indigenous justice target and improve juvenile justice nationwide, as the Northern Territory youth detention royal commission delivers its interim report.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, royal-commissions, indigenous-culture, nt, australia
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| UpdatedSenior representatives from Australia's medical colleges are converging on Canberra today for a roundtable aimed at improving treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, federal-government, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, health, canberra-2600
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Indigenous rangers are helping to prevent habitat loss and species decline across an area 10 times the size of Tasmania, a new report says.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, environment, environmental-management, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is under pressure to clarify its position on Indigenous justice targets, after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull softened resistance to the measure.
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An Indigenous leader criticises the role of police in the far west New South Wales region, saying they are contributing to social disadvantage.
Topics: police, indigenous-policy, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, broken-hill-2880, dubbo-2830
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| UpdatedAboriginal stand-up comedy is thriving and no topic, it seems, is off limits. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opens, here's the lowdown on Indigenous humour.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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An Indigenous teenager whose talent was discovered at a suburban trampoline park is recruited as the star performer of an open-air show in the heart of Sydney's central business district.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, dance, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedKatherine Hospital has become one of the best facilities in the country when it comes to Indigenous health care. Their secret: engaging with Indigenous patients and supporting doctors.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, healthcare-facilities, health, katherine-0850, nt, australia
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| UpdatedThe tuckerbox used by Indigenous rights campaigner Brian Manning during the historic Wave Hill walk-off goes on display at the National Museum.
Topics: 20th-century, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, land-rights, library-museum-and-gallery, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedSome bruising encounters with opponents in their home state of WA sees Indigenous boxing stars Nathaniel May and Brandon Ogilvie cross the country in search of worthy opponents.
Topics: boxing, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, perth-6000, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedLittle J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture.
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| UpdatedA new National Archives of Australia exhibition traces Indigenous soldiers' struggle for equality and recognition after their return from WWI and WWII.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, world-war-1, world-war-2, history, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe isolated Aboriginal community of Kalumburu lost their telephones for more than four days in the latest of what is said to be a series of communication outages.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, information-and-communication, community-and-society, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedAn Indigenous land council boss calls on the Federal Government to end a long-running debate by publicly releasing a report which finds "no substantive evidence" of an illegal trade in sea turtle and dugong meat in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, endangered-and-protected-species, activism-and-lobbying, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000, qld
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Researchers challenge the long-held notion that the famous Derby boab was used as a prison tree.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, derby-6728
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| UpdatedFootage of an incident in 2016 in which a teenager ended up in hospital after being tackled to the ground by guards in Don Dale is released by the royal commission into youth detention.
Topics: royal-commissions, youth, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800, nt
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Students at the Yirara Indigenous College, in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, are getting a chance to 'drive' an enormous mining truck. The college has taken delivery of a mine truck simulator which its hoped will make the students job ready for when they graduate. Read more
Topics: mining-rural, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, education, vocational, alice-springs-0870
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If football is a religion on the Tiwi Islands, the grand final is the holiest of days. The islands have produced football deities, but the passion begins at a young age and engulfs the whole community
Topics: sport, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, nguiu-0822
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Between the 1830s and the 1850s, hundreds of Indigenous warriors and dozens of British settlers were killed across south-east Australia. Echoes of that conflict recur in Aussie rules.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, history, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedNo evacuation plans or standardised procedures were in operation at Don Dale prior to 2014, the royal commission is told by the author of its manuals.
Topics: royal-commissions, youth, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800