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Not a day to celebrate: Wollongong university staff given option to work on Australia Day holiday

Vice-chancellor says 26 January is seen as Invasion Day by First Nations colleagues and we should ‘be clear about what we’re celebrating’

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Aboriginal dispute over stranded yacht

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has claimed ownership of a stranded yacht that washed ashore on Christmas Beach during the Sydney to Hobart race.

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Salvage fight over Sydney to Hobart yacht Huntress as Aboriginal Land Council claims ownership

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania claims a Sydney to Hobart yacht that washed up on a remote beach is the property of Indigenous Australians and they are entitled to a third of its worth, despite the vessel already being salvaged.

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University of Wollongong gives staff option to work on Australia Day

The University of Wollongong says it acknowledges that January 26 is not a day of celebration for all Australians, following similar moves by other prominent employers.

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Mechelle Turvey, mother of late Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey, to work with Western Australia's police

The grieving mother of an Indigenous Perth teenager — who died after allegedly being bashed while walking home from school — accepts a volunteer role with Western Australia's police.

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Qld remembers First Nations hero Dundalli

The Queensland government has recognised the "state significance" of First Nations hero Dundalli for the first time on the 168th anniversary of his death.

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Decorated former lawyer David Woodroffe formally sworn in as Northern Territory's first Aboriginal court judge

Hailing from the Mudburra and Jingili people, and with parents who were part of the Stolen Generation, David Woodroffe says he hopes to play "a small part in the greater diversity of the justice system ... and the inclusion of Aboriginal people within it".

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Linda Burney reveals draft timing for Indigenous voice to parliament vote

Indigenous Australians minister says yes campaign likely to begin in late February with vote held as early as August

The Guardian - AU

First Nations mother appeals to the federal government for help in Hague convention custody dispute

A First Nations mother is appealing to the federal government to intervene in an international custody dispute that has separated her from her two-year-old daughter.

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Aboriginal inmate dies in country prison

An Indigenous prisoner has died in a prison after playing basketball, the Western Australian Department of Justice says .

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Time has come for action on voice: Burney

Australians are ready to write a new, inclusive chapter of history with a senior government minister confident people will vote Yes in next year's referendum.

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Uluru Statement co-author makes the case for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Professor Megan Davis says a Voice would drive real change for Indigenous Australians by giving them a say in policymaking.

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The racist killing of Cassius Turvey that shocked Australia

Alleged murder of Cassius is the latest in a number of attacks on Australia’s Indigenous children and young people.

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Yoorrook Justice Commission hears Victorian bail laws are criminalising Aboriginal people, especially women

Victorians are being refused bail for offences so minor they might never have warranted a sentence of imprisonment, with a disproportionate number of Indigenous offenders ending up on remand, a truth-telling inquiry has heard.

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Thousands celebrate life of legendary musician Archie Roach at state memorial

There was singing, dancing and tearful tributes as those who knew Archie Roach best celebrated the immense legacy of the Gunditjmara and Bundjalung musician and activist, who died in July at age 66.

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Archie Roach farewelled at state memorial service with song, dance, memories and a 'profound apology' — as it happened

The immense legacy of Gunditjmara and Bundjalung musician and activist, Archie Roach, is celebrated at a moving state memorial service in Melbourne. Here's how the night unfolded.

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Archie Roach's life and legacy to be honoured at state memorial in Melbourne

As thousands of mourners prepare to gather for a state memorial service in Melbourne to honour Uncle Archie Roach, the singer is described as a generous man whose legacy will transcend music.

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Apology for Archie Roach at state memorial

Archie Roach has received a formal government apology for his forced removal from family, at a state memorial service for the late Indigenous music great.

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Yoorrook Justice Commission hears of racism in child protection and pushes on criminal age of responsibility

Yoorrook Justice Commission hears testimonies about systemic injustice in Victoria ahead of a meeting of state and territory attorneys-general to discuss the criminal age of responsibility.

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Archie Roach song to be sung in endangered Pertame language at singer's state memorial

A group of school children will perform Took the Children Away in the Central Australian language of Pertame this month, at the singer's state memorial in Melbourne.

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Dutton questions Indigenous voice detail

The opposition leader says the federal government must provide details on an Indigenous voice to parliament before Australians are asked to go to a referendum.

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Still We Rise tracks the names and stories behind 50-year-old Aboriginal tent embassy protest in Canberra

It was a fixture of the nightly news during the 1980s and 90s, but few young Australians know the history of the Aboriginal tent embassy. A new documentary airing tonight promises to change that.

The Guardian - AU

Nationals’ stance on Indigenous voice a ‘slap in the face to black people’, Aboriginal leader says

Laura Hand-Ross says party’s opposition to constitutional recognition is an ‘insult’ that has caused disquiet in the community

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More Aboriginal children in care in Vic

More Aboriginal children are under child protection orders than ever before and a truth-telling commission has heard that unconscious bias pervades the system.

The Guardian - AU

Permanent care orders and ‘racist’ carers cut some Aboriginal children’s cultural links, inquiry told

Muriel Bamblett tells Victoria’s Yoorrook commission there is little oversight of cultural plans for Indigenous children in permanent care

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