Other Australian bands to have confronted indigenous issues include Tiddas, Kev Carmody, Archie Roach, Christine Anu, The Herd, Neil Murray, Blue King Brown, the John Butler Trio, Midnight Oil, Warumpi Band, Powderfinger and Xavier Rudd.

Contemporary fusions of Indigenous and Western styles ( exemplified in the works of Yothu Yindi, Christine Anu and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ) mark distinctly Australian contributions to world music.

The success of Yothu Yindi — winners of eight ARIA Awards — was followed in by Kev Carmody, Tiddas, Christine Anu, and numerous other Indigenous Australian musicians.

Indigenous Australian music is unique, as it dates back more than 60, 000 years to the prehistory of Australia and continues the ancient songlines through contemporary artists as diverse as: David Dahwurr Hudson, Jimmy Little, Warumpi Band, Yothu Yindi, Tiddas, Wild Water, Christine Anu, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Saltwater Band, Nabarlek, Nokturnl, the Pigram Brothers, Coloured Stone, Blekbala Mujik, Kev Carmody, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.

* 2001-Vanessa Amorosi, Sheena Easton, Christine Anu

Christine Anu is a successful Torres Strait Islander singer.

* Christine Anu, pop singer

Other performers included Nathan Cavaleri, Melissa Ippolito, Bryan Brown, Taxiride, Billy Thorpe, Jack Thompson, Renee Geyer, Tina Harris and Christine Anu.

Christine Anu ( born 15 March 1970 ) is an Australian pop singer.

Christine Anu won an ARIA Award for best female recording artist as well as a Deadly Sounds National Aboriginal & Islander Music Awards Award in 1996 for best female artist.

The 2008 version was: Kelly, Freud, his son Jackson Freud ( from Attack of the Mannequins ) on guitar, Tim Rosewarne ( ex-Big Pig, Chocolate Starfish ) on keyboards and Cameron Goold ( Propaganda Klann, Christine Anu backing band ) on drums.

While keeping some of the work, they commissioned Tony Espie who had worked with The Avalanches, New Buffalo, Architecture in Helsinki and Christine Anu to finish off the album at the Exchange in London.

During its short run Popstars Live had a troubled history, with two key personnel, Christine Anu and John Paul Young, leaving the program in April 2004 while others have publicly expressed their own concerns about the show.

* Christine Anu judge ;

Christine Anu refused to offer harsh criticism of the contestants resigning in April 2004.

The notable Torres Strait Islander singer of " My Island Home ", Christine Anu, is descended from these people, as well as the people of Saibai Island ).

Torres Strait Islander musicians include Christine Anu ( pop ) and Seaman Dan.

They collaborated with other local artists such as Yothu Yindi, Directions in Groove, Deborah Conway, Iva Davies, Christine Anu and Renee Geyer.

In early 1995, Christine Anu ( former backing singer in Murray's touring group, The Rainmakers ), issued a cover version of " My Island Home ".

In 1995 Christine Anu ( former backing singer in Murray's touring band, The Rainmakers ) covered " My Island Home ".

* " My Island Home " ( 1987 ) Note: covered by Christine Anu ( 1995 ), by George Burarrawanga ( 2004 )

* Christine Anu

Three albums, Big Name No Blanket ( 1985 ), Go Bush ( 1988 ) and Too Much Humbug ( 1996 ), followed, including the anthemic songs " Blackfella Whitefella " and " My Island Home ", the latter of which was made famous when it was covered by Christine Anu in 1995.

Past performances have featured ARIA award winner Dan Sultan, Australian Idol stars Casey Donovan and Jessica Mauboy, multiple Golden Guitar winner Troy Cassar-Daley, pop sensation Christine Anu and Aboriginal music legend Jimmy Little.

Actress Loretta Swit played the role of Christine Cagney in the original television movie ( October 1981 ), but she was forced to decline the role in the series when the producers of M * A * S * H refused to let her out of her contract.

Barney Rosenzweig and Barbara Corday initially refused to change Christine Cagney from a tough, witty, working-class woman.

Christine Hall, producer of Kitchen Nightmares, refused to accept the blame, stating Ray only had herself to blame.

Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger ( born 1956 in Linz, Austria ) is a teacher and former Benedictine nun who was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church when she and six others were ordained as priests by an Independent Catholic Bishop in 2002, called herself a Roman Catholic priest and refused to recant.

Christine tells Krogstad that she only married her husband because she had no other means to support her sick mother and young siblings, and that she has returned to offer him her love again.

Meanwhile Christine Yates ( Sandra Lillingston ) breaks into their house and rather than turn her in to the police they offer her a spot in their band.

On January 30, 2006, Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law legislation making Washington the 17th state in the nation to protect gay and lesbian people from discrimination in housing, lending, and employment, and the 7th state in the nation to offer these protections to transgender people.

Following the criticism the Department of Defense terminated Rendon Group's contract, saying, " The Bagram Regional Contracting Center intends to execute a termination of the media analyst contract ... for the convenience of the U. S. government ," military spokeswoman Lieutenant Commander Christine Sidenstricker said.

Stonewall came under criticism in September 2010 by some LGBT activists including Michael Cashman, Christine Burns and Sir Ian McKellen for declining to campaign for gay marriage equality.

Former Washington State Supreme Court justice Phil Talmadge was the first candidate to enter the race for the Democratic primary, challenging Gary Locke before he announced his retirement, but Washington Attorney-General Christine Gregoire quickly became the frontrunner, leading in fundraising and endorsements.

Over the years, the demographics of Hyde's DuPage County shifted, leading his 2004 Democratic challenger Christine Cegelis to garner over 44 % of the vote, the highest total of any of Hyde's opponents.

Church was also under consideration to appear in the 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera as the leading female character Christine Daaé but elected not to audition as it was specified she would have to lose weight before she could try out which she declined to do.

* Another leading member, Christine Stone, has also written approvingly of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.

Canadian Christine Sinclair received the tournament's Golden Ball as MVP and Golden Boot as leading goal-scorer.

In 1986 Tuckey taunted the then Labor Treasurer, Paul Keating, in Parliament about a former girlfriend called " Christine ," leading Keating to call him " a piece of criminal garbage.

Zimmer formally announced his candidacy on February 13, 1996, having already secured the endorsement of Governor Christine Todd Whitman and other leading Republicans.

Later, when the Persian and the Viscount de Chagny went in search of Christine Daae-whom Erik had kidnapped-they found a used Punjab lasso lying on the ground leading into the Phantom's chamber.

Graduates include several leading judicial, academic, and political figures, including U. S. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, U. S. Senator Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania, U. S. Rep. Kathy Hochul of New York, Justice Peggy A. Quince of the Florida Supreme Court, U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member Naomi C. Earp, Former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Rhode Island House Minority Leader, Robert A. Watson, Chief Judge Edward J. Damich of the United States Court of Federal Claims, former National Labor Relations Board Chair John H. Fanning, Chief Administrative Law Judge James G. Gilbert of the United States Postal Service, B. Jeffrey Cravath, Senior Vice President of Fannie Mae, Christine Luchok Fallon, Reporter of Decisions for the U. S. Supreme Court, and Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill.