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Federal budget 2018: Indigenous groups slam budget's 'squandered opportunity'
The Australian
Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke called the budget “yet another squandered opportunity to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to drive the solutions to the challenges they face” and warned its lack of ...

The Australian
Federal budget 2018: Indigenous groups slam budget's 'squandered opportunity'
The Australian
Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke called the budget “yet another squandered opportunity to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to drive the solutions to the challenges they face” and warned its lack of ...

ABC Local
New remote dialysis clinics funded in Federal budget
ABC Local
Hooked up to a dialysis machine in Adelaide, Inawintji Williamson smiles as she thinks about returning home to her remote Aboriginal community for a holiday. "I still go visiting when the dialysis bus is going there, but I want to stay there longer for ...

ABC Local
New remote dialysis clinics funded in Federal budget
ABC Local
Hooked up to a dialysis machine in Adelaide, Inawintji Williamson smiles as she thinks about returning home to her remote Aboriginal community for a holiday. "I still go visiting when the dialysis bus is going there, but I want to stay there longer for ...

Starts at 60
Cousin of HIV virus wreaking havoc in rural Australian communities
Starts at 60
“If you acquire the infection early in life, you are at risk of developing leukaemia.” He said despite being a huge problem in Australia for years, not a lot has been done to stop the spread of the infection. “One of the puzzling things about the virus ...

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Starts at 60
Cousin of HIV virus wreaking havoc in rural Australian communities
Starts at 60
Worryingly, a cousin of the HIV virus known as the HTLV-1 virus is still causing devastation across the world, with rates in rural communities in Australia's Northern Territory feeling the impact more than anywhere else in the world. According to CNN ...

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Indigenous eye health neglected across the world: CERA
Insight News
First author of the review, University of Melbourne PhD candidate Mr Joshua Foreman, said despite the existence of thousands of research publications addressing vision impairment, the team's search of the global literature found just 64 studies on eye ...

Katherine Times
Spending for First Australians
Katherine Times
The 2018-19 Budget builds on the Coalition's highly successful Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP), which has seen an incredible increase in the contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses. Prior to the IPP, Indigenous businesses were under represented ...
Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their historyMENAFN.COM

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Katherine Times
Spending for First Australians
Katherine Times
The 2018-19 Budget builds on the Coalition's highly successful Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP), which has seen an incredible increase in the contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses. Prior to the IPP, Indigenous businesses were under represented ...
Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their historyThe Conversation AU

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Radio Australia
Aboriginal teenager who learnt to drive with only one eye vows to one day run for mayor
Radio Australia
An Aboriginal teenager who lost an eye to a rare cancer 14 years ago says learning to drive has transformed her and her family's life. Loretta Lennon, 18, says her personal confidence has grown since she obtained her P-plates. (Credit: ABC). Loretta ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history
The Conversation AU
Nearly 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia live in urban areas but cities often exclude and marginalise them. Urban planning and policy have been central to this, and the harms can be seen in key moments and processes that ...

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history
The Conversation AU
Nearly 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia live in urban areas but cities often exclude and marginalise them. Urban planning and policy have been central to this, and the harms can be seen in key moments and processes that ...

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The Cairns Post
Indigenous and Torres Strait servicemen to be recognised
The Cairns Post
AWM director Dr Brendan Nelson said the sculpture would recognise the “equality of sacrifice” of indigenous servicemen. “In the Second World War, in the Torres Strait especially, they formed a unit to defend the northern part of Australia,” Dr Nelson ...

The Cairns Post
Indigenous and Torres Strait servicemen to be recognised
The Cairns Post
AWM director Dr Brendan Nelson said the sculpture would recognise the “equality of sacrifice” of indigenous servicemen. “In the Second World War, in the Torres Strait especially, they formed a unit to defend the northern part of Australia,” Dr Nelson ...

The Australian
Budget 2018: State alliances rolled out for indigenous health
The Australian
The government will implement a new primary care funding model for the Indigenous Australians' Health Program to provide greater transparency of funding and improve health outcomes. This new transparency initiative would be based on patient numbers ...

The Australian
Budget 2018: State alliances rolled out for indigenous health
The Australian
The government will implement a new primary care funding model for the Indigenous Australians' Health Program to provide greater transparency of funding and improve health outcomes. This new transparency initiative would be based on patient numbers ...

Geelong Advertiser
Torquay Aboriginal artist Nathan Patterson creates piece to raise funds for Epilepsy Action Australia
Geelong Advertiser
A TORQUAY Aboriginal artist has created a special custom piece for a charity auction raising money for Epilepsy Action Australia. Nathan Patterson said he was approached by the organisers to donate a work to the auction. ”I always try and donate ...

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NT not happy about 5-year road cash delays
SBS
Ms Manison was happy with confirmation in the budget that indigenous Australians living in remote areas of the Territory are set to benefit from a $550 million funding boost from the federal government. The Turnbull government confirmed it would match ...

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The New Daily
The ancient virus that's 'off the charts' in Australia
The New Daily
Global experts are sounding alarm bells about an incurable HIV-like virus that is endemic among Australians living in remote communities. There are no programs in place to identify why the Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) – which has infected ...
Ancient cancer-causing virus that's sexually transmitted is surging in parts of AustraliaThe Sun
Doctors raise alarm about ancient virus in AustraliaChannel3000.com - WISC-TV3

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ArtsHub
Federal budget 2018-19 offers paltry support for the arts
ArtsHub
Funding for the Cook anniversary includes a major redevelopment of Sydney's Meeting Place Precinct at Botany Bay, commemorating the first meeting between Captain Cook and Aboriginal Australians. The memorial stands within Morrison's own electorate of ...
Federal Budget 2018: a state-by-state spending analysisThe Conversation AU

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