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Cabinet papers 1990-91: lingering indigenous remorse for Hawke -the Weekend Australian 1st January 2017
Indigenous inmate numbers a 'national embarrassment', says Keating minister - the Guardian 1st January 2017
Royal Commission: Fair Go, not Fair Game - the Northern Land Council Land Rights News January 2017
The True Story of Rastafari -the New York Review of Books 6th January 2017
A voice from the past - the Sydney Morning Herald 7th January 2017
Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama - the Guardian 9th January 2017
Vernon Ah Kee review - racism and politics dominate show that should not be dismissed - the Guardian 9th January 2017
Cashless welfare card treats Aboriginal people 'as third-class citizens' - the Guardian 10th January 2017
Cat Empire's Felix Riebl on his song for Ms Dhu: a 'devastating' story -the Guardian 10th January 2017
Indigenous owners hope ancient eel traps will be recognised as world heritage - the Guardian 10th January 2017
Third of students failing to complete - the Australian 18th January 2017
Queensland police appeal against court finding that response to Palm Island riots was racist - the Guardian 19th January 2017
Extremists' views only cause division - the Daily Telegraph 19th January 2017
Painter changed Australia's view of art - the Age 20th January 2017
Our day of dilemma : Australia Day is a problem that won't go away. - the Weekend Australian 21st January 2017
Indigenous hopes for heritage status - the Australian 21st January 2017
A country of stones is held up to the world - the Age 21st January 2017
Why I don't support changing the date of Amnesia Day - by Celeste Liddle - Eureka Street 22nd January 2017
Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg 'the face of neocolonialism' over land lawsuits - the Guardian 23rd January 2017
Netball mum Kelly Howard charged over $299k theft from Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation - trhe Ballarat Courier 23rd January 2017
Federal Labor MP 'shocked' Queensland is appealing Palm Island discrimination ruling -the Guardian 25th January 2017
Hip-hop duo bring racial fun, fury to Laneway festival - the Age 26th January 2017
Invasion Day Melbourne rally draws tens of thousands of protesters - the Age 26th January 2017
Joyce attacks 'gutted' critics of national day Date -the Sydney Morning Herald 27th January 2017
Mark Zuckerberg 'reconsiders' forcing Hawaiians to sell him their land - the Guardian 27th January 2017
Indigenous leader calls for repatriation - the Herbert River Express 28th January 2017
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian 'so disappointed' by Australia Day protests - the Sydney Morning Herald 28th January 2017
Cornered Man Fights For Fair - the Courier Mail 31st January 2017
Boxer's low blow rouses racial divide - Editorial - the Adelaide Advertiser 31st January 2017
Tackling the volatile fire before it flares again - the Adelaide Advertiser 1st February 2017
Warren Mundine rift puts indigenous advisory council in limbo - the Australian 2nd February 2017>
Section 18C: a bad law that finds racism where there is none - the Australian 2nd February 2017
If Australia Day is illegitimate, so are we - the Australian 2nd February 2017
Greg Inglis in tune with Mundine - the Daily Telegraph 2nd February 2017
Indigenous advisory body dismissed - the Age 3rd February 2017
End of indigenous council 'a chance to re-engage' - the Australian 3rd February 2017
Indigenous strategy was rushed and confused, national audit office finds - the Guardian 3rd February 2017
Palaszczuk government faced internal revolt over Palm Island appeal - the Guardian 3rd February 2017
Noongar native title deal ruled invalid by federal court - the Guardian 3rd February 2017
Get me into there: comic faces up to celebrity jungle challenge - the Canberra Times 5th February 2017
Adani mine leases and national parks in doubt after native title court decision - the Guardian 5th February 2017
Final indignity for tiny atomic tests' victim - the Adelaide Advertiser 6th February 2017
Bowraville murders suspect appears in Newcastle court - the Australian 9th February 2017
June Oscar is new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner - the Australian 9th February 2017
Chris Sarra, Andrea Mason spearhead Malcolm Turnbull's bid to reboot Indigenous policy - the Age 9th February 2017
Government may change native title laws to uphold 'at-risk' mining deals - the Guardian 9th February 2017
How a child's exhumation has distressed Aboriginal elders - the BBC World News 9th February 2017
June Oscar named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner - the Guardian 9th February 2017
Victories for Indigenous people are always short-lived. That's why we need a treaty - now - the Guardian 13th February 2017
Coalition to change native title laws to protect mining and agriculture deals - the Guardian 13th February 2017
Indigenous child removal rate risks 'second stolen generation', Kevin Rudd warns - the Guardian 13th February 2017
Closing the Gap failure a political disaster for all, says Kevin Rudd - the Australian 14th February 2017
Closing the gap isn't just a dramatic policy failure, it's a moral failure too - the Guardian 14th February 2017
$5.9bn fails to close the indigenous gaps - the Australian 15th February 2017
PM puts right people in place to shake up the system - the Australian 15th February 2017
Bye bye Batman? Melbourne founder's name to be erased from electorate, history - the Guardian 16th February 2017
Indigenous incarceration: turning the tide on colonisation's cruel third act - the Guardian 20th February 2017
Senate inquiry into 18C told day-to-day racism can cause physical harm - the Guardian 20th February 2017
'Handful of millionaires' benefit from indigenous funding scheme - Newscorp.com 23rd February 2017
Breaking the cycle: Ceduna's bid to keep its Indigenous youth out of jail - the Guardian 24th February 2017
For Albert Namatjira, artistic licence went astray - the Australian 25th February 2017
Indigenous row over Games mascot - the Australian 25th February 2017
Queensland to drop appeal against Palm Island police racial discrimination ruling - the Guardian 28th February 2017
Comment: Why the term "Australian" can be an imposition on Aboriginal people - by Celeste Liddle - SBS 1st March 2017
Cashless welfare card panel 'akin to a star chamber' - the Guardian 3rd March 2017
Native title system restricting benefits for Indigenous Australians, research finds - the Guardian 2nd March 2017
Gentrification or marginalisation? Indigenous residents split over Redfern plan - the Guardian 5th March 2017
Stan Grant urges ABC to show more Aboriginal success stories - the Australian 6th March 2017
Aboriginal DNA study reveals 50,000-year story of sacred ties to land - the Guardian 9th March 2017
DNA research proves long-term Aboriginal connection to country - the Australian 9th March 2017
DNA provides window into early Aboriginal history - the BBC 9th March 2017
Community meeting at The Block shut down as anger spills over - the Sydney Morning Herald 10th March 2017
Turnbull warned of 'corrupt' indigenous business tenders - the Australian 11th March 2017
What's in a name? A lot when we're admiring murders and murderers - the Guardian 12th March 2017
Rundle: an obituary for Bill Leak, and his monstrous exploitation by The Australian - Crikey 13th March 2017
No ABC apology for Leak protesters - the Australian 15th March 2017
Racism in the health system plagues efforts to close the gap for Indigenous Australians, report shows - the Age 16th March 2017
Former NT corrections minister defends juvenile detention record - the Guardian 17th March 2017
113 years on Namibia genocide gets a hearing in court - the Australian 18th March 2017
Labor to support native title changes to protect mining deals - the 21st March 2017
White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests - the New York Times 21st March 2017
Don Dale: Youth detention centre was 'spiralling out of control' before gassing incident - the 22nd March 2017
Don Dale violence and racism worsened before teargassing, NT royal commission told - the Guardian 22nd March 2017
The racist professor, the bones and a university naming row - the BBC 27th March 2017
Indigenous youth incarceration rate is a national crisis and needs action, PM told - the Guardian 31st March 2017
NT chief hails royal commission report as step to fixing 'broken justice system' - the Guardian 31st March 2017
Flogging the dead horse of neoliberalism isn't going to improve the economy - the Guardian 2nd April 2017
United Nations 'appalled' at Indigenous youth detention and living conditions - the Age 3rd April 2017
Northern Territory intervention just 'another form of abuse' - the Australian 3rd April 2017
Gene Gibson's time for justice over manslaughter 'plea' arrives - the Australian 4th April 2017
How James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time still lights the way towards equality - the Guardian 4th April 2017
One country, two laws in Australia's racialized justice system - the Asian Review 8th April 2017
Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs - the Age 10th April 2017
Australian governments have failed Indigenous peoples, says Oxfam - the Guardian 12th April 2017
Wrongful conviction of Indigenous man sparks calls for interpreter funding - the Guardian 13th April 2017
Shop owner in remote Indigenous community fined $167,500 for illegal credit scheme - the Guardian 15th April 2017
Key indigenous adviser's organisation under a cloud - the Australian 18th April 2017
Youth detention staff respond to Dylan Voller allegations at royal commission - the Guardian 19th April 2017
Private schools push for separate Indigenous campuses to cash in on federal funds - the Age 19th April 2017
Black diggers are hailed on Anzac Day. But the Indigenous 'Great War' was in Australia - the Guardian 23rd April 2017
Andrew Forrest accused of lack of transparency over ad for cashless welfare card - the Guardian 24th April 2017
Don Dale detainees escaped after litany of security blunders, review finds - the Guardian 24th April 2017
We're being softened up for more paternalistic welfare policy. We must resist - the Guardian 24th April 2017
Toronto gallery cancels show after concerns artist 'bastardizes' Indigenous art - the CBC News Toronto 28th April 2017
Adam Giles tells royal commission he can't recall key details of NT juvenile justice crisis - the Guardian 28th April 2017
Tracey Moffatt retains the mystery ahead of Venice Biennale - the Weekend Australian 29th April 2017
Palm Island riots class action could cost government $40 million: lawyer - the Brisbane Times 1st May 2017
Sovereignty never ceded: how two Indigenous elders changed Canberra's big day - the Guardian 7th May 2017
Tracey Moffatt At The Venice Biennale: Memories Are Made Of This - Crikey 13th May 2017
Australia must address soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate - the Guardian 15th May 2017
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and families - the Guardian 15th May 2017
MCA, Tate and Qantas announce five new Australian artwork acquisitions - Media Release MCA 18th May 2017
Earliest evidence of Aboriginal occupation of Australian coast discovered - the Guardian 19th May 2017
It's 50 years since Indigenous Australians first 'counted'. Why has so little changed? - the Guardian 19th May 2017
Anti-colonial Australian works are new acquisitions made by Tate and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia - the Art Newsletter 19th May 2017
First among equals hold to faith - the Weekend Australian/I> 20th May 2017
Our first people need a blueprint for justice, not a treaty - the Weekend Australian 20th May 2017
He once negotiated native title deals for Andrew Forrest. Now he says the T. O.'s were betrayed - the Weekend Australian 20th May 2017
Pilbara traditional owners upset with Andrew Forrest over $400m donation announcement - ABC News 23rd May 2017
Five factors that will shape the outcome for 'recognise' atUluru - the Guardian 24th May 2017
Indigenous prison overrepresentation costs Australia $7.9bn a year, data shows - the Guardian 25th May 2017
White Australia stole Indigenous children. And then stole their victimhood too - by Tony Birch - the Guardian 25th May 2017
Australia's stolen generations: a legacy of intergenerational pain and broken bonds - the Guardian 25th May 2017
Mining giant backs recognition of indigenous in Constitution - the Australian 27th May 2017
Harold Holt's death and why the 1967 referendum failed Indigenous people by Gary Foley - the Guardian 27th May 2017
Indigenous round highlights how far AFL has comebut there is still work to be done - the Guardian 29th May 2017
Q&A: Noel Pearson critical of response to Aboriginal recognition plan - the Australian 30th May 2017
Coalitory bodyion split on Uluru Statement and indigenous advisory body - the Australian 30th May 2017
Mabo lawyer Bryan Keon-Cohen urges 'gutless politicians' to support Uluru decision - the Age 30th May 2017
Liberals won't accept Indigenous recognition model, Institute of Public Affairs warns - the Guardian 30th May 2017
Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race - the Guardian 31st May 2017
Indigenous Australians hurt by work-for-the-dole scheme, former Liberal minister says - the Guardian 31st May 2017
Liberals must join Barnaby Joyce's Uluru rejection - the Australian 1st June 2017
Shari Sebbens looks at 'the horrible side' of the country in Australia Day - the Age 2nd June 2017
Resistance to full embrace jars 25 years after Mabo - the Weekend Australian 3rd June 2017
Noel Pearson, I support recognition of Aboriginal culture - the Weekend Australian 3rd June 2017
Black and white: warriors from two very different Australias - the Weekend Australian 3rd June 2017
The making of the Uluru statement - the Saturday Paper 3rd June 2017
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race -'racism is a white problem' - the Guardian 3rd June 2017
Noel Pearson unleashed foul-mouthed tirade at Prime Minister over Indigenous constitutional recognition - ABC News 5th June 2017
Indigenous people victims of 'green' fight against Adani mine, says Marcia Langton - the Guardian 7th June 2017
Cashless welfare card: doubt cast on study used to justify expansion - the Guardian 8th June 2017
Leading Indigenous lawyer hits back at Marcia Langton over Adani - the Guardian 9th June 2017
To avoid another dead end, we need to know who's driving this Recognition bus - the Guardian 12th June 2017
Glencore mine's 'deal' with Indigenous owners called into question, documents reveal - the Guardian 16th June 2017
Cambridge refuses to return Aboriginal spears 'stolen' by Cook - the Weekend Australian 17th June 2017
Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch: inside the billionaire bromance - the Guardian 17th June 2017
The legacy reverberates: how a repulsive image reminds us of our ugly past - the Guardian 19th June 2017
Tame Iti's media journey flips notion of violence - Newsroom 20th June 2017
10 years after the intervention, it's time to admit it has destroyed Aboriginal communities - the Guardian 21st June 2017
'The dream of our ancestors': Victorian bill gives Indigenous owners custodianship of Yarra - the Guardian 22nd June 2017
NT intervention a 'debacle' and second attempt should be made, commission told - the Guardian 22nd June 2017
NT intervention seen as 'act of war' on Aboriginal people, Nova Peris says - the Guardian 26th June 2017
Mick Gooda says federal money had 'no visible' affect on Indigenous disadvantage - the Guardian 26th June 2017
Call for radical change after 13 young Indigenous suicides in Kimberley region - the Guardian 26th June 2017
Australia Through American Eyes - the New York Times 26th June 2017
Why white Australia has an empathy problem - the Djed Press 26th June 2017
A Decade On, The Fraud Of The NT Intervention Is Exposed - New Matilda 28th June 2017
Radical artist and campaigner for justice - Ellen Jose 1951-2017 - the Age 29th June 2017
Indigenous constitutional recognition faces tough battle post Uluru - the Guardian 30th June 2017
College made millions by tricking Indigenous people, court finds - the Guardian 30th June 2017
Where Some See Souvenirs and Slang, a Race-in-America Reporter Sees Stereotypes - the New York Times 30th June 2017
Children's charity subcontracted services to companypart-run by convicted murderer - the Sydney Morning Herald 30th June 2017
Mervyn Bishop blazed trail as Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer - ABC News 2nd July 2017
Canada celebrates 150th anniversary but indigenous protesters decry colonisation - the ABC News 2nd July 2017
Why Australia Won't Face Up To A Problem Like Chris Lilley - Junkee 4th July 2017
Bob Katter explains 'blackfella' heritage after QANDA confusion - the Cairns Post 5th July 2017
Why 'white' isn't a racist slur - Eureka Street 12th July 2017
Indigenous people keen to be trained in filming interactions with police - the Guardian 13th July 2017
Northern Territory juvenile justice program's closure sparks war of words - the Guardian 14th July 2017
Black travellers often bring home an unwanted souvenir: racist abuse - the Guardian 14th July 2017
Plan for indigenous to serve jail time at home - the Australian 14th July 2017
Lunch with Jack Charles - the Age 14th July 2017
300,000 fines levied on participants in remote work-for-dole program - the Guardian 15th July 2017
Linda Burney calls for end to 'archaic' race powers alongside Indigenous voice to parliament - the Guardian 18th July 2017
Eric Whittaker's death in custody leads to 'conflicting stories': family - the Sydney Morning Herald 19th July 2017
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of Australia - the Age 20th July 2017
Traditional owners win native title fight with Fortescue - the Age 20th July 2017
Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago - the Guardian 20th July 2017
Politicians must face the truth: Indigenous Australia doesn't accept symbolic recognition - the Guardian 21st July 2017
The killing of Elijah Doughty: oil patch at crime scene fades but stain remains - the Guardian 21st July 2017
Fortescue up for 'astronomical' sum - the Australian 21st July 2017
Aboriginal leader Yami Lester dies - the Australian 22nd July 2017
The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter' - the Huff Post 26th July 2017
A life in song - the Australian 29th July 2017
Best Intentions: How We Slaughter The Aboriginal Race - New Matilda 30th July 2017
'You can't sanitise history': Attempt to erase Indigenous past blocked - the Brisbane Times 30th July 2017
Buzzfeed, the Garma Festival and the noble savage - Crikey 9th August 2017
Northern Territory repeals alcohol laws 'discriminatory' to Indigenous people - the Guardian 18th August 2017
Nathan Buckley confrontation was the final straw at Collingwood for Heritier Lumumba - the Age 19th August 2017
Jumping the gate - Inside Story 23rd August 2017
Changing colonial statues is Stalinist, says Malcolm Turnbull - the Guardian 25th August 2017
Statues are not history. Here are six in Australia that need rethinking - the Guardian 25th August 2017
'No pride in genocide': vandals deface Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde park - the Guardian 26th August 2017
Northern Territory intervention violates international law, Gillian Triggs says - the Guardian 2nd September 2017
Historic statues: Where Indigenous people and women go missing - the Age 3rd September 2017
Calhoun Who? Yale Drops Name of Slavery Advocate for Grace Hopper - the New York Times 3rd September 2017
Why I cherish Jan 26 in all its complexity - the Australian 4th September 2017
Fitzroy Fights Australia Day and Demands Respect for Indigenous History - the New York Times 6th September 2017
Common People by TonyBirch: characters drawn with empathy - the Weekend Australian 9th September 2017
Deputy Vice Chancellor suddenly stood down from the University - Honi Soit 12th September 2017
Moreland City Council keeps citizenship ceremony, dumps Australia Day - the Age 13th September 2017
We shouldn't look to Russia for how to treat problematic history and its statues - the Guardian 13th September 2017
Nakkiah Lui reimagines An Octoroon: 'It appeals to the contrarian in me' - the Guardian 17th September 2017
It's time to take the 'great' white men of science off their pedestals - the Guardian 19th September 2017
Ms Dhu's family gets $1.1m payment and state apology over death in custody - the Guardian 20th September 2017
Hèritier Lumumba On White Fragility, White Supremacy, And Waleed Aly - New Matilda 22nd September 2017
'When will they listen to us?' Town camps on the fringe of Alice, but at the heart of Indigenous debate - the Guardian 22nd September 2017
Grand master lost to history: Namatjira's legacy stifled by deal - the Weekend Australian 23rd September 2017
The native title campaigner whose people still have no power, water or sewerage - the Guardian 26th September 2017
University of Sydney senior executive staff member takes legal action over dismissal - the Sydney Morning Herald 9th October 2017
Accusations of a relationship behind Deputy Vice Chancellor's shock dismissal - Honi Soit 10th October 2017
'Land means life': Tanzania's Maasai fear their existence is under threat - the Guardian 16th October 2017
Free market economics is on trial - governments must pass a guilty verdict - the Guardian 16th October 2017
Left is parading social science as history - the Australian 17th October 2017
Irish President acknowledges role of Irish in persecution of Aboriginal people - SBS 19th October 2017
'Unacceptable': UN committee damns Australia's record on human rights - the Guardian 19th October 2017
'Identity politics' have not taken over university history courses - the Conversation 20th October 2017
UN condemns Australia on Indigenous detentions and asylum policies - the Guardian 20th October 2017
'They must listen': Indigenous congress optimistic about Closing the Gap changes - the Guardian 23rd October 2017
Funding of Indigenous-run groups plummeted over past nine years - the Guardian 26th October 2017
Two men charged over alleged vigilante attack on Alice Springs children - the Guardian 26th October 2017
NSW police may be investigated for 'secret blacklist' used to target children - the Guardian 26th October 2017
Peter Carey: Venturing into territory he had long steered clear of - the Age 26th October 2017
The whole recognition process has a deep colonial resonance - the Guardian 27th October 2017
Malcolm Turnbull's announcement misunderstands Uluru, and should be rejected - Inside Story 27th October 2017
Government rejection of referendum proposal sends 'shockwaves' through Indigenous community -- the Age 27th October 2017
Peter Carey, A Long Way From Home, covers indigenous past - the Weekend Australian 28th October 2017
Job provider accused of using dead people, prisoners to inflate numbers: audit - the Australian 1st November 2017
Warren Mundine: I was Carr-jacked by Labor - the Australian 1st November 2017
Historic Aboriginal hearse to carry Mungo Man home to country - the Age 4th November 2017
We won't succeed in Closing the Gap until we do our homework - the Age 4th November 2017
Malcolm Turnbull 'lying' on indigenous voice plan: Pearson - the Australian 6th November 2017
Noel Pearson says Turnbull lying over Indigenous voice to parliament - the Guardian 6th November 2017
Outrage will prevent a windfarm over the Bullecourt dead - but it's missing elsewhere - the Guardian 10th November 2017
More than 50% of those on secretive NSW police blacklist are Aboriginal - the Guardian 11th November 2017
Finding Mungo Man: the moment Australia's story suddenly changed - the Guardian 14th November 2017
'Apu was a tool for kids to go after you': why The Simpsons remains problematic - the Guardian 15th November 2017
Mungo Man headed for final resting place, four decades and 40,000 years on - the Guardian 16th November 2017
Indigenous groups win greater climate recognition at Bonn summit - the Guardian 16th November 2017
Land council CEO Sean Gordon quits Libs over recognition refusal - the Australian 15th November 2017
Tony Birch wins the Patrick Award - the Age 16th November 2017
Mungo Man returning to his ancestors - the Australian 16th November 2017
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