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Teacher Magazine
Financial literacy – where Australia sits
Teacher Magazine
In addition, the average financial literacy score for Indigenous students was 411 points, significantly lower than the OECD average of 489 points and also significantly lower than the average for non-Indigenous Australian students of 508 points. This ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous picture books offering windows into worlds
The Conversation AU
But in the scope of its ambition, the depth and complexity of its range, and its commitment to bringing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to all Australians, Magabala Books looms large on the Australian literary landscape.

Community Newspaper Group
Northam: aboriginal students land jobs with Greening Australia
Community Newspaper Group
ABORIGINAL students have landed jobs with Greening Australia after learning more about land restoration and conservation at an agricultural college in Northam. The not-for-profit group snapped up the new recruits who recently completed a Certificate II ...

The Age
The big five cancer killers: Australia's greatest health burden revealed in Australian Institute of Health and ...
The Age
"Indigenous Australians experienced a cancer burden 1.7 times that of non-Indigenous Australians, and the gap was particularly notable when it came to lung cancer," she said. Indigenous males had a lung cancer burden 2.3 times that of non-Indigenous ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The big five cancer killers: Australia's greatest health burden revealed in Australian Institute of Health and ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Indigenous Australians experienced a cancer burden 1.7 times that of non-Indigenous Australians, and the gap was particularly notable when it came to lung cancer," she said. Indigenous males had a lung cancer burden 2.3 times that of non-Indigenous ...
Cancer has biggest health burden: reportSBS

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Lawyers Weekly
Uluru summit delivers clear message to Australian lawmakers
Lawyers Weekly
Lawyers and legal academics have weighed in on new calls for constitutional reform to empower Australia's first peoples as part of the nation's next serious step towards Indigenous reconciliation. A group of Indigenous Australians have issued a ...

Independent Australia
Why Marcia Langton is wrong on Adani
Independent Australia
For all her powerful and peerless leadership of Aboriginal rights, Professor Marcia Langton has it wrong on Adani. Her speech to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) this week made headlines because she provocatively accused environmentalists of ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australians Have Said How They Want To Be Heard, But We're Not Listening
Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from across this vast and diverse nation met in Uluru for the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, having had a series of meetings around Australia over the previous six months. Two hundred and fifty ...

Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australians Have Said How They Want To Be Heard, But We're Not Listening
Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from across this vast and diverse nation met in Uluru for the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, having had a series of meetings around Australia over the previous six months. Two hundred and fifty ...

The Conversation AU
We need to know the true cost of Indigenous boarding school scholarships on communities
The Conversation AU
While many consider Indigenous boarding programs a “solution” generally aimed at remote students who don't have access to local high schools, most Indigenous students at boarding schools are not from remote Australia. Some come from cities, but the ...

UQ News
Unfinished business: Adani, the State and Indigenous rights
UQ News
Dr Lyons said the Australian Senate was expected to debate amendments to the Native Title Act on Tuesday (13 June). “The report raises issues that are crucial to the important and timely debate about native title and the rights of Indigenous peoples in ...

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SBS
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
SBS
There are also inconsistencies in who is considered Australian. Aboriginals are named as Australian in initial chapters on Aboriginal life. However, this description of Aboriginals as Australian is contradicted by the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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The West Australian
Kimberley elder Since Ruth Abdullah gets Order of Australia medal for Aboriginal legal work
The West Australian
Since Ruth Abdullah became part of the Stolen Generation aged just seven, her focus has been preventing further injustices by helping Aboriginal people know their legal rights. Her dedication to this cause has on Monday led to her being awarded the ...

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The West Australian
Kimberley elder Since Ruth Abdullah gets Order of Australia medal for Aboriginal legal work
The West Australian
Since Ruth Abdullah became part of the Stolen Generation aged just seven, her focus has been preventing further injustices by helping Aboriginal people know their legal rights. Her dedication to this cause has on Monday led to her being awarded the ...

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The Mercury
Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2017 features 891 prominent Australians
The Mercury
RESPECTED Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Aunty Patsy Cameron and former Tassal managing director Peter Shelley have been recognised as Officers of the Order of Australia (AO) in today's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Governor-General Sir Peter ...
Fewer women recognised in Queens's Birthday honoursThe Australian
Migrants adding to Australian multiculturalism honoured in Queen's listSBS
Queen's honours list the most progressive since 1975The Sydney Morning Herald
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SBS
Queen's honours list awards diversity, multiculturalism and Indigenous service
SBS
The list of almost 900 Australians included a dozen honoured for their contribution to Indigenous Australia and fourteen honoured for their contribution to multiculturalism and diversity. Honours were also handed to several prominent supporters of same ...
Queen's Birthday honours: Order of Australia for Irish-born champion of a 'fair go'NEWS.com.au
Queen's birthday honours list: Cate Blanchett and Alan Joyce among Australians recognisedThe Guardian
Best and brightest named in Queen's Birthday Honours ListCourier Mail
The West Australian
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The Conversation AU
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
The Conversation AU
Textbooks published in the White Australia era openly taught a celebratory version of history in which Aborigines were either absent or derided. White people were portrayed as the developers of the nation. This can be seen in the following extract from ...

ABC Online
Queen's birthday: Aboriginal elder 'from humble beginnings' among Tasmania's honourees
ABC Online
An Aboriginal Elder who has spent 45 years working to improve access to education for Indigenous Tasmanians has topped the state's list of Queen's birthday honours recipients. Patsy Cameron is now an officer of the Order of Australia, having been ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2017 features 891 prominent Australians
dailytelegraph.com.au
She was the co-founder of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal community Alliance. She has also served as the director of the Melythina Tiakana Warrana Aboriginal Corporation since 2000 and ...
Fewer women recognised in Queens's Birthday honoursThe Australian
Stonnington residents receive Queen's Birthday HonoursHerald Sun
Queen's honours list the most progressive since 1975The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
Unions back Uluru Declaration on indigenous recognition
The Australian
The proposed amendment has the support of constitutional conservatives such as Liberal MP Julian Leeser and lawyer Damien Freeman, who also call for a form of words recognising indigenous Australians outside the Constitution. The Opposition Leader ...