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One of the new Qantas Dreamliners is covering in a painting by one of Australia's most famous Indigenous artists
Business Insider Australia
Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye is one of Australia's acclaimed painters. One of her works Earth's Creation 1, painted in 1994, set a new record for a work by an Australian female painter went it sold at auction last year for $2.1 million. Born ...

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The Australian
Campfire masterpiece
The Australian
Early in the morning of August 28, 1901, almost at the mid-point of their expedition across the heartland of Australia, celebrated scientist Walter Baldwin Spencer and his friend and colleague Francis Gillen set off on a most unusual side trip, picking ...

ABC Online
Tin sheds built under NT Government's Indigenous housing program to be pulled down
ABC Online
Tin shed extensions built under the Northern Territory Government's Room to Breathe Indigenous housing program were a mistake and will be pulled down, the NT Housing Minister has conceded. The extensions were built in the community of Ali Curung ...

ABC Online
Sixth infant dies from syphilis outbreak in northern Queensland
ABC Online
The latest death occurred in northern Queensland in January. The sexually transmitted infection can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy. Congenital syphilis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, or problems with a baby's brain, blood ...

ABC Online
Sixth infant dies from syphilis outbreak in northern Queensland
ABC Online
The latest death occurred in northern Queensland in January. The sexually transmitted infection can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy. Congenital syphilis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, or problems with a baby's brain, blood ...

Talking Aged Care
Hearing warning as increased risks of dementia and depression highlighted
Talking Aged Care
On World Hearing Day, held on 3 March, which marks the end of Hearing Awareness Week, Australians are asked to 'hear the future and prepare for it', by committing to ear health for life. Responsible for Australia's hearing services program, Minister ...

Talking Aged Care
Hearing warning as increased risks of dementia and depression highlighted
Talking Aged Care
On World Hearing Day, held on 3 March, which marks the end of Hearing Awareness Week, Australians are asked to 'hear the future and prepare for it', by committing to ear health for life. Responsible for Australia's hearing services program, Minister ...

ArtsHub
SA Libs push for national Aboriginal Arts Centre
ArtsHub
The proposed gallery would build on assets already established in Adelaide, including Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute and the iconic biennial Festival of Indigenous Art, Tarnanthi, led by the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA ...

ArtsHub
SA Libs push for national Aboriginal Arts Centre
ArtsHub
The proposed gallery would build on assets already established in Adelaide, including Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute and the iconic biennial Festival of Indigenous Art, Tarnanthi, led by the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA ...

The West Australian
New market to unlock potential
The West Australian
Bunbury tourism operator Troy Bennell of Ngalang Wongi Aboriginal Cultural Tours said “big things are happening” in terms of local Aboriginal tourism offerings. “This is creating opportunity and it is all a part of telling Bunbury's story,” he said ...

Australian Aviation
Indigenous-painted Qantas 787 'Yam Dreaming' arrives in Alice Springs
Australian Aviation
Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND "Yam Dreaming" is welcomed to Australia Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND “Yam Dreaming” is welcomed to Australia at Alice Springs Airport. (Qantas/James Morgan). Clear skies and Australia's rugged outback have greeted the arrival ...
First pics – Qantas VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye lands at Alice Springs.Crikey (blog)

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Australian Aviation
Indigenous-painted Qantas 787 'Yam Dreaming' arrives in Alice Springs
Australian Aviation
Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND "Yam Dreaming" is welcomed to Australia Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND “Yam Dreaming” is welcomed to Australia at Alice Springs Airport. (Qantas/James Morgan). Clear skies and Australia's rugged outback have greeted the arrival ...
First pics – Qantas VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye lands at Alice Springs.Crikey (blog)

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ABC Online
Why are Indigenous boys' academies better funded than girls' programs?
ABC Online
Using AFL and rugby league to encourage Aboriginal boys to attend school, its members boast an 80 per cent school attendance rate. But with the program proving such a success, it begs the question — what about Indigenous girls? WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt ...

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ABC Online
Why are Indigenous boys' academies better funded than girls' programs?
ABC Online
Using AFL and rugby league to encourage Aboriginal boys to attend school, its members boast an 80 per cent school attendance rate. But with the program proving such a success, it begs the question — what about Indigenous girls? WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt ...

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Crikey (blog)
First pics – Qantas VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye lands at Alice Springs.
Crikey (blog)
Her paintings influenced a change in the direction of Australian Aboriginal art from the use of traditional iconography to an open abstract landscape. Emily learnt ancestral stories, song cycles, traditional body paint markings for women's dancing ...

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The Stringer
There has never been a close the prison gap campaign
The Stringer
Today there are laws against racial discrimination in Australia but systemic racism continues. Aboriginal children are removed from their families at much higher rates than non-Aboriginal children. If this is a reflection of poverty, psychosocial ...

Manning River Times
Kidney Health Week Australia takes place from March 5-11
Manning River Times
Tragically, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are twice as likely to have indicators of chronic kidney disease and four times more likely to die from it than the general population. “Almost 20 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Manning River Times
Kidney Health Week Australia takes place from March 5-11
Manning River Times
... common with Indigenous Australians is placing a disproportionate amount of suffering on our first nation people. “Early detection and referral saves lives, and the more Australians know their risk and check their kidneys, the higher chance we have ...

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The Conversation AU
Australia could look to New Zealand to increase the number of Indigenous academics and students
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians represent 2.7% of the national population and 1.6% of university enrolments. Universities Australia proposes measures to increase the rate of Indigenous enrolment growth by at least 50% more than the general population and ...

Will remote indigenous settlements in future be condemned as apartheid?
The Australian
Probably some settlements are quite viable but many are clearly dysfunctional and we have compromised the educational and social development of several generations of indigenous Australians by allowing them to exist in the name of culture. They will ...