
Source: www.reconciliation.org.au
Koori Mail editor Kirstie Parker’s talk in Parliament House today, the 4th in our series of Closing the Gap conversations. For more information and a copy of the transcript please follow the link!

Source: www.abc.net.au
A report has found that an Indigenous boy born in the last few years could expect to die nearly 12 years younger than a non-Indigenous boy born in the same period.

Source: www.humanrights.gov.au
The 2009 Human Rights Medals and Awards will be presented at a gala luncheon ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney on Thursday, 10 December from midday to 3pm.

Source: www.desertknowledge.com.au
The Desert Knowledge Project, part of the Northern Territory Government - Alice in Ten development initiative, is a consortium of industry, business, government and non-government parties that is establishing a knowledge-based industry relevant to arid lands.

Source: www.abc.net.au
Dandaloo is a small village about 65 kilometres west of Narromine that 17 year old Dubbo student Terrence White used to call home.

Is your organisation doing great work and making a difference in your community? Then you should enter the 2010 Indigenous Governance Awards! To apply go to IG Awards website or contact Carol Cutmore on (02) 6273 9200

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BURNING DAYLIGHT - Explosive yet haunting dance theatre from Broome-based indigenous and intercultural company Marrugeku. Its Karaoke night, Broome style, where country meets hip-hop meets Japanese love song. Closing time and they take it outside. A lone cowboy blows into town, stirring its ghosts for a long and wild n...ight, as past and present dance it out on the street.Burning Daylight plays tonight and tomorrow October 30 - 31 at Goolarri Outdoor Venue, Broome, ; then Perth Institute of Performing Arts, November 4 – 7; Carriageworks, Sydney, November 12 - 15; Arts House Meat Market, Melbourne, November 19 – 22; and Princes Wharf 1, Hobart, November 26 - 28Read More
Source: www.marrugeku.com.au

“To most Australians, the word ‘slavery’ conjures up images of Africans in chains, being taken across the Atlantic to work the cotton fields of the American deep south. We s...

Melbourne’s HiFi Bar will be exploding with the sound of bass heavy grooves this November as some of the finest proponents of the local and international reggae, hip-hop, funk, roots, Latin and afro-beat scenes descend on Melbourne for three solid nights of foundation shaking musical mayhem, as p...

Creative NZ Presents: Batucada Sound Machine (New Zealand), Rhombus (New Zealand), Mihirangi (New Zealand/Australia) + DJ Damon (aka The Nomad) (New Zealand) Date: Friday 20 November 2009 Time: 9.00pm- 1.00am Location: BlackBox, The Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Tickets:...

















