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3 months, 3 weeks ago

America's Got Talent hip-hop duo Flewnt and Inkabee face racism over Aboriginal flag photo

ABC

Joshua Egginton and his 11-year-old son were wrapping up a whirlwind US trip after performing on one of the biggest reality TV stages in the world, America's Got Talent. "To perform at America's Got Talent with my son, represent our culture, represent our people, represent our nation in a sense, it was just absolutely magical," Flewnt said. "I think it's …

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6 months, 1 week ago

AGT judges left stunned with epic performance from shredding 10-year-old girl who flew from India to audition

Daily Mail

She's not even a teenager yet and already Maya Neelakantan has received a standing ovation on America's Got Talent. On Tuesday night's episode of the show, the preteen wowed judges when she performed Papa Roach's Last Resort - with judge Sofia Vergara declaring it a 'perfect audition.' Maya Neelakantan received a standing ovation on America's Got Talent for her rendition …

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7 months, 1 week ago

The best new books released in May, as selected by avid readers and critics

ABC

Another month, another slew of incredible books that take us from Noongar country to Ireland and South Africa, from behind the bars of a detention centre to a suburban cul-de-sac. Our trusted gang of avid readers — The Book Show's Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange, ABC Arts' Nicola Heath, and critics Declan Fry and Rosie Ofori Ward — have picked …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Tim Winton, Candice Fox and Tony Birch lead a huge line-up for 2024 ABC RN Big Weekend of Books

ABC

ABC RN's annual on-air literary festival, the Big Weekend of Books, returns in 2024 with an exciting line-up of local and international writers in conversation with some of Australia's best-loved ABC presenters. On Saturday, June 15, David Nicholls — whose bestselling 2009 novel One Day was recently adapted into an acclaimed 14-part Netflix series — joins ABC RN Drive's Andy …

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8 months ago

TV host brutally shuts down troll for ‘cleavage is for the nightclubs’ email: ‘Yes, it is intended to humiliate me’

Hindustan Times

A TV host’s reply to a troll trying to humiliate her over her choice of clothing while on-air has gone viral. Australian journalist Narelda Jacobs took to Instagram to share a shocking email she received from a viewer complaining how her attire was inappropriate. Jacobs wrote in her post’s caption, “Yes, we still receive emails like this. Good thing the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Denmark school brings Indigenous knowledge into the classroom with bracken fern experiment

ABC

Western Australian schools are finding more ways to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into everyday learning, with a recent trip to the bush by a group of teachers revealing a very useful tip for bushwalkers and hikers. Key points: Aboriginal Australians have used bracken fern to treat insect bites for thousands of years Science teacher Lindsay Stirling and his students have tested …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The 'Voices' that already exist: Aboriginal executives explain how First Nations advisory works

ABC

Every day at work, Noongar elder Robyn Collard is asked to weigh in on issues concerning Indigenous Australians. Key points: Prominent Perth community organisations have Aboriginal advisory roles They say their roles are an example of how the Voice would work Official Yes and No cases were published earlier this week She's an executive at Wanslea — a non-government organisation …

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1 year, 9 months ago

How Indigenous Australians rely on subtle changes in the environment to track the seasons

ABC

Indigenous Australians use their deep spiritual connection to the land to track the seasons, but elders are warning of a "massive shift" in climate. Dr Walley said this season was known to be a good time to go spearfishing in rivers and estuaries, the "life-giver", with the lowest water levels allowing stillness. Many wetlands around Perth are drying up, including …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Perth Festival's superstar headliner Björk breaks box office records, but can't eclipse the Noongar excellence of Djoondal

ABC

This Saturday past, just after nightfall in Yellagonga Regional Park, about 30 minutes drive from Boorloo, air raid sirens pierced the air as high-beam spotlights menaced a patch of bushland lining the shore of Lake Joondalup. It's an aesthetic that lead creative and director Ian "Moopa" Wilkes describes as "Noongar futurism" — though he's quick to point out that Djoondal …

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2 years ago

Murder of Indigenous Teenager in Western Australia Brings Despair, Deja Vu

The Diplomat

The horrific death of a 15-year-old Indigenous boy in the Western Australian city of Perth has seen a family “catastrophically impacted.” Cassius Turvey, a Noongar boy who ran a community lawn mowing business in his spare time, was allegedly assaulted on October 13 with a metal pole. “It was nothing more than a cruel and callous attack on an innocent …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Noongar Wongi rapper INKABEE aiming to Beat the Odds with first single — and he's only 10

ABC

Ethan Eggington was just seven-years-old when he wrote his first rap. Key points: Indigenous Perth rapper INKABEE is just 10 years old He has just released his first single and music video Beat the Odds aims to spread a message of strength and unity "My dad is a rapper, and I grew up around him and I felt inspired to …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Noongar man becomes first Indigenous conductor of an Australian state orchestra

ABC

Noongar man Aaron Wyatt became the first Indigenous person to conduct an Australian state orchestra on Wednesday night. Wyatt conducted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Long Time Living Here, a musical Acknowledgement of Country by Deborah Cheetham AO, at a free outdoor concert. And an even bigger roar of applause when Deborah and I spoke onstage about how Aaron was …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Perth homeless shelter Boorloo Bidee Mia less than a quarter full while rough sleepers remain on streets

ABC

Homeless woman Shonna Brown is preparing to spend Christmas under a stairwell near the Mitchell Freeway on-ramp, as the McGowan government defends its decision to keep new accommodation for rough sleepers less than a quarter full. Key points: There is room for 100 people at the hostel, but only 21 are there Shonna Brown has been waiting for a bed …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Emma Donovan's Blak Tracks

ABC

Emma Donovan takes us on a geographical music journey in the final J Files of Ausmusic Month. Follow her as she takes us from the Torres Strait islands, across all of Arnhem Land, through Murri Country in Queensland, down the mid north Coast across Bungalang and Gumbayggirr Country, right through to Yorta Yorta Country, Victoria's Arrette Country and finishing up …

3 years, 9 months ago

Kep the water-leak-detecting dog saves about 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools of lost water a year

ABC

Most passers-by would not have noticed anything unusual at this particular salt lake near Morawa, in Western Australia's Mid West. Key points: Kep is a water detection canine used by Water Corp to find leaks She sniffs out the chlorine in scheme water She was selected for the program at just three days of age and underwent eight months of …

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4 years ago

Perth Festival to showcase hidden massacre of Noongar people at Lake Monger

ABC

When Ian Wilkes was a child, his father would point out the window at Lake Monger whenever they drove past and say "something bad happened there". "We first went and spoke to different elders and they all said 'Go and speak with Nan Doolann Leisha Eatts'," Ms van Oorde-Grainger said. "A lot of Noongar elders, when we talked to them …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Australian authors share their hopes for life after COVID-19, from social justice and mindfulness to women's work and biosecurity

ABC

While we're not exactly sure when and how this pandemic will end, things are slowly beginning to return to a semblance of normalcy in Australia. "It's been a very eye-opening time for everyone," says Pung. "It's time to bring in a universal basic income that protects our most vulnerable," she says. "I would also like to see us give very …

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