A groundbreaking new series exploring indigenous Aboriginal culture, country and language is about to launch on Australia’s NITV. “Little J & Big Cuz” is a contemporary children’s animation series offering a proud and positive view of Aboriginal Australia and the opportunities for learning within it to young Indigenous kids as they prepare for school.
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Australian twist on race relations
An Australian meat campaign has hammed up the country's multicultural society while firmly reminding who the nation's indigenous people are. The campaign features a group of aborigines setting up for a barbeque on a deserted beach, only to be joined by successive groups of different ethnicities.
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Lack of indigenous actors to play Jimmy in Priscilla Musical- Producer
An Australian soap star has questioned the decision from the producers of the musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert to cut the aboriginal characters from the show.
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NZ Rally against American $3.8bil pipeline
New Zealand rallies are being held where Racial Equity Aotearoa challenges all New Zealand organisations to join Standing Rock Sioux tribe's battle to stop a $3.8 billion oil pipeline being run under the Missouri River, in America.
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Māori offer support to whānau of killed Aboriginal teenager
The Māori community in Kalgoorlie is banding together to provide assistance to the family of a 14-year old Aboriginal teenager whose death sparked violent protests in the city. It's been reported that the incident was racially motivated.
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Native Affairs – Culture in a bottle.
A bottle of water that bridges a cultural divide? Yaru water has a unique business model in Australia, using some of its profits to educate Australians about Aboriginal culture.
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Abuse of Aborigines nothing new
An Aboriginal leader says the abuse of young boys in Australian custody is nothing new. Kyle Slabb from the Bunkulung tribe in the Gold Coast is one of the few who isn’t shocked by the disturbing footage released on the ABC network programme, Four Corners, this week.
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First Aboriginal woman elected to Australian House of Representatives
The first Aboriginal woman has secured a position in Australia's House of Representatives. Indigenous academic Jessa Rogers says Burney's victory over the Barton electorate is a major milestone for Aboriginal people. However, with an uncertain outcome from the weekend's federal election, she says she is also uncertain about how the votes will pan out.
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NewsLinda Burney first Aboriginal woman in Australia's federal Parliament
Labor candidate, Linda Burney, has made history after becoming the first female Aboriginal MP in federal Parliament.
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Larrakia settlement a step towards further cultural redress
Under the Land Claims Act, the Kenbi Land Claim in the Northern Territory has given one of nine families’ recognition as traditional owners to 50,000 hectares of land near Darwin. However, Nigel Browne, from one of the families not included, says despite this, all Larrakia peoples will benefit.
