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Aboriginal employment targets for WA
The West Australian
Aboriginal employment targets in the public sector have been announced for regional areas of Western Australia and are expected to create several hundred jobs. The mandatory targets are regionally specific, depending on the Indigenous population of ...

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SBS
Fact check: How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Across Australia, around 2.3 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over report using methamphetamines in the past year. This is similar to the general population rate of 2.1 per cent. Methamphetamine use in remote ...

SBS
Fact check: How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
SBS
Across Australia, around 2.3 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 15 years and over report using methamphetamines in the past year. This is similar to the general population rate of 2.1 per cent. Methamphetamine use in remote ...

National Indigenous Times
[ December 1, 2016 ] Airileke and Benny cry freedom over West Papuan rule CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
“I think for a lot of the international community there is a hope and expectation that Australia will grow up and grow into its identify where Indigenous sovereignty is there for everyone, even non-Indigenous people.” Ingram said he hoped Sorong ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ December 1, 2016 ] Songwriter targeted over Oz Day comments PEOPLE
National Indigenous Times
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettit told www.nit.com.au that the council started looking at what it did on Australia Day after this year's celebrations and talking with some of the Indigenous participants about how it made them feel. Australia Day marks the ...

[ December 1, 2016 ] KPMG swoops on Arrilla in ground-breaking deal BUSINESS
National Indigenous Times
The deal announced this week will see Arrilla principal Shelley Reys become the first Indigenous partner of KPMG Australia. Arrilla is an Indigenous consulting firm which works with government, private enterprise and community groups. “We believe ...

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Huffington Post Australia
'What's he worried that I'm going to see?' David Oldfield denied access to WA prison
NEWS.com.au
“Frankly it (Aboriginal Australia) should have died out like the stone age,” Oldfield said early on in the first episode. “Aboriginality is just unnecessary. It's not really in the best interests of Aboriginal people. It's not good for Aborigines to ...
SBS's 'First Contact' Sent Well-Known Aussies Into Aboriginal Australia. Here's What They LearnedHuffington Post Australia
Trapped in Australia's 'invisible prison'Courier Mail
'I'm scared of Aboriginal people': First Contact reveals prejudicesThe New Daily
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The Age
Australia stagnating in maths and science as other nations streak ahead
The Age
The story is similar for year 8 in mathematics and even worse in science. The gaps in achievement between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous students remain as they were 20 years ago. In mathematics, 62 per cent of Indigenous students do not ...

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The Guardian
Seeing Ms Dhu footage: how photographs can argue for human ...
The Guardian
In revealing what Ms Dhu suffered in a Western Australian police cell, her family hope the graphic proof will arouse public opinion.

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The Sydney Morning Herald
The message all Australians should take from Indigenous culture
The Sydney Morning Herald
He was convinced that as a nation, Australia could derive nothing from embracing, supporting or saving Aboriginal culture. He scoffed at programs to save local languages, stating that no young blackfella was going to increase his chances of landing a ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
The message all Australians should take from Indigenous culture
The Sydney Morning Herald
I realised immediately that this was a golden opportunity to broaden what was a pretty narrow mind when it came to Indigenous people. It's such a hot potato for most suburban Australians – an awkward conversation that most would rather not have. Most ...

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Herald Sun
Radio star Brendan 'Jonesy' Jones breaks down on air: 'I feel so guilty'
Herald Sun
The pair were discussing the controversial SBS show First Contact in which six well-known Aussies spent 28 days learning about Aboriginal Australia. The second episode of the three-part series aired last night and Jones said on air this morning that he ...

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10 things you can do after watching First Contact
SBS
To immerse yourself in some amazing stories check out books written by Indigenous Australians - there's plenty; Alexis Wright, Kim Scott, Sue McPherson, Sally Morgan to name a few. A great place to start is Indigenous author Dr Anita Heiss' list of 99 ...

First Contact: The message all Australians should take from Indigenous culture
The Age
The offer to appear on First Contact was met with the quickest 'Yes' I've ever given to any TV show since I've been in the business. I realised immediately that this was a golden opportunity to broaden what was a pretty narrow mind when it came to ...

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Gold Coast Bulletin
Inside Coast theme park 'new world'
Gold Coast Bulletin
A performance based on the arrival of Captain Cook to Australia, featuring a replica of the HMS Endeavour, will also be staged at the riverside park where the chairman also plans to build an “Aboriginal Cultural Village” and a small Australian wildlife ...

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Gold Coast Bulletin
Inside Coast theme park 'new world'
Gold Coast Bulletin
A performance based on the arrival of Captain Cook to Australia, featuring a replica of the HMS Endeavour, will also be staged at the riverside park where the chairman also plans to build an “Aboriginal Cultural Village” and a small Australian wildlife ...

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Brisbane Times
Australia stagnating in maths and science as other nations streak ahead
Brisbane Times
The story is similar for year 8 in mathematics and even worse in science. The gaps in achievement between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous students remain as they were 20 years ago. In mathematics, 62 per cent of Indigenous students do not ...
Australian schoolkids are falling behind on maths and scienceBusiness Insider Australia
Australian student performance flatliningTeacher Magazine
Wake-up call: Australian students fall behind Kazakhstan in maths and science rankingsThe Sydney Morning Herald
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Lawyers Weekly
Practice area demand driving collaboration among law firms
Lawyers Weekly
“It remains the case in Australia that Indigenous people are badly served by the legal system. In Victoria, 26 per cent of the prison population is Indigenous when only 2 per cent of the population is Indigenous, so the legal system is systematically ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Ophthalmology patients stuck on wait lists the longest as elective surgery wait times rise: AIHW report
The Sydney Morning Herald
The report confirmed the gaping disparity in health provisions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with Indigenous Australians waiting on average six days longer for elective surgery, and more likely to sit on a wait list for more than a ...

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The New Daily
'I'm scared of Aboriginal people': First Contact reveals prejudices
The New Daily
A number of contestants, including Imbruglia, admitted to having a less-than-impressive knowledge of Australia's first people, while Ayris admitted her only contact with Aboriginals had been negative. “I'm scared of Aboriginal people,” the Perth native ...
David Oldfield and Tom Ballard clash in Elliot1:15NEWS.com.au
I Didn't Want The Indigenous Women I Met To Hear My Racist CommentsHuffington Post Australia
First Contact: when Indigenous Australia becomes entertainment, everyone losesThe Guardian
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