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NT: ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander people who took part in a controversial work for the dole scheme have launched a class action, claiming the program was racially discriminatory.
QLD: LESS than half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children entering out-of-home care are being placed with relatives or kin, with advocates urging more effort from governments to deal with the issue.
WA: STRICT emissions curbs have been loosened on a major gas plant harming nearby ancient rock art after Woodside pushed back on the emissions regulations claiming they amounted to an “effective refusal” of the project.
NSW: FROM 1912 to 1969 Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls cruelly treated children who were forcibly removed from their families. A powerful new truth-telling exhibition, Secrets of Dawn, will tour NSW as part of the healing process for survivors and their families.
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VIC: AUSTRALIA’S longest-running First Nations theatre company, ILBIJERRI, has announced the appointment of acclaimed Yorta Yorta/ Gunaikurnai playwright and director Andrea James as its new artistic director and co-CEO, to follow on from the remarkable 18-year tenure of Dr Rachael Maza AM.
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