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Good medicine
It’s very tempting to start this album review with the words ‘Archie Roach, you are a legend’ because his latest offering is not only classic roach – it’s all that and more. Into the Bloodstream is perhaps one of Archie’s most important albums to date because it chronicles the story of his deep pain on […]
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Weaving Stories
Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a thriving social enterprise supporting more than 400 women of the central and western desert region. Driven by the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) women’s council, the enterprise is thriving and meeting the needs of NPY women of all ages. Tjanpi, meaning grass, is also driving culture forward through art: basket weaving, […]
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Cathy set for NYC marathon
Our own Olympic hero Cathy Freeman is set to join the growing list of Aboriginal people who have run the New York City marathon. Next month, Cathy will join 11 runners from Robert de Castella’s Indigenous marathon project and run as a ‘deadly runner’ – a dedicated running team set up by the Cathy Freeman […]
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Sorting it
This man lost a staggering 65kg in less than a year by changing his diet and exercising every day. Dereck Pickett is a shining example to others of what you can achieve if you put your mind to it. The 34-year-old has gone from being 160kg to 96kg in about a year. That’s a staggering […]
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Island reggae
Western Australian reggae band Oz Island has just released their debut album better life and the band seems destined for big things. Their songs are gaining airplay and they attracted a nomination in this year’s Western Australian Music Association (WAM) song of the year. They are already sharing stages with the likes of Christine Anu, […]
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Breaking the cycle
The queen of The Kimberley, Mary G, is bringing her own zany brand of music, comedy and family entertainment to the goldfields of Western Australia to help raise awareness about alcohol and substance abuse. The three-week tour will promote a healthy alcohol and drug message through workshops and concerts in six WA goldfield towns. Mary […]
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Turning Points – Dean Daley-Jones
Released in cinemas this month, Mad Bastards is a hard-hitting account of Aboriginal life in the Kimberley country of Western Australia. The plot is based on real life experiences and accounts, as heard by the Pigram brothers and filmmaker Brendan Fletcher, collated into a uniquely organic movie-making process in which some of those who shared […]
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On notice
The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT has put the incoming NSW government on notice, releasing figures that show one in two juveniles in detention are Aboriginal, and just less than one in three adults in jail are Aboriginal. This is despite the fact that Aboriginal people make up only one in 50, or two per cent, […]
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Up in the air
Kali Bellear is flying high and he speaks with InVibe Magazine about how he came to be a commercial Pilot My name is… Kali Bellear. I’m from… well, my father’s family is originally from Stradbroke Island and the North Coast of New South Wales. I live in… Sydney, NSW. I was born and educated in […]
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Laugh out loud
The ability to have a good laugh at ourselves and the situations we can find ourselves in has long been acknowledged as a great coping mechanism for stress and even a way of assisting people with depression. Aboriginal comedian Kevin Kropinyeri has been a performer at the Deadly Awards as well as a standup comedian […]
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Think before you ink
Tattooing has a long history – some put it at 5,000 years. Today it’s ‘in’ to have a tattoo, but the cliché ‘think before you ink’ applies in the modern world with an increased risk of Hepatitis C from tattoos from backyard operators and in prisons. If properly done by an experienced tattoo artist, in […]
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The growing dangers of designer drugs
An Australian study has found the use of the drug ecstasy, both in Australia and internationally, is on the decline. While this may seem like good news, the drop in use is believed to be attributed to a perceived weakening in the purity of the drug, causing many users to instead turn to other synthetic […]
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Gonorrhea the new superbug?
Gonorrhea is one of the world’s most common sexually transmitted infections, is easily caught and, in some cases, extremely difficult to detect or notice without a proper STI screening. Now, researchers in the United States have warned against the increasing resistance of gonorrhea to antibiotic treatments. In 2009, just on a quarter of all strains […]
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