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The dean of Indigenous Research and Education at Charles Darwin University is calling for an end to the racist language that she says is being used by governments.
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik says descriptions like 'urban Indigenous', 'traditional Indigenous' and 'persons of Aboriginal descent' are insulting in the extreme.
She says the term 'urban Indigenous' is racist because it is being based on the colour of people's skin.
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An appeal against the non-custodial sentences given to nine males who gang-raped a 10-year-old girl in Queensland's far north is underway in Brisbane.
Lawyers for the Attorney-General told the Court of Appeal that they would argue that five errors of law were made when the three men and six juveniles were sentenced for the 2006 rape in Aurukun.
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A Central Australian Aboriginal community has introduced a 'no school, no shop' service policy to help stop petrol sniffing and youth crime.
The Ntaria community store and Finke River Mission store at Hermannsburg will not sell goods to school aged customers during the day when they should be at school.
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