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50 years on from Fighting Harada: remembering Aboriginal boxing champion

Australiansembracedtheboxerlessthan12monthsafterthe1967referendumonIndigenousrightsFiftyyearsagotoday,LionelRosedefeatedFightingHaradainTokyotobecomeAustralia’s

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'Hear us': Australia's Indigenous voices speak out

TheRightToBeHeardprojecthasaskedIndigenouscommunitiesfortheirreflectionsonthisweekend’s50thanniversaryofthereferendumthatformallyrecognisedtheirexistence.Portra

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One in five Aboriginal babies in western Australia have no birth certificate: report

Nearly one in five Indigenous children born in Western Australia (WA) have no birth certificate, as their births weren't ever officially registered, according to new research.

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Aboriginal constitutional recognition back on cards after Australian PM rekindles talks

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for renewed talks about recognizing Indigenous Australians as the country's "first people", just weeks after rejecting the issue.

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Aust'n PM accused of "pretending to listen" at referendum for Aboriginal constitutional recognition

​Indigenous leaders have lashed out at the Australian government, accusing Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of not listening to suggestions about how to tackle constitutional recognition of the Aboriginals as Australia's first people.

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Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality

Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014.