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Queens birthday honour complicated feeling for Shantelle

[Emmie Dowling, ABC]

Shantelle Thompson is proud of her inclusion on the Queen's Birthday honour roll for her work in helping Victoria's Indigenous communities.

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Discrimination against Indigenous Australians has risen dramatically, survey finds

[Lorena Allam and Nick Everhed, The Guardian]

Major discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – like being unfairly denied a job or unfairly discouraged from continuing education – remains at elevated levels and is far higher than for the rest of the population, according to new data.

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