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All Stars crush Richmond
Sportal.com.au
An undermanned Richmond side has fallen to a 50-point defeat at the hands of the Indigenous All Stars in Alice Springs on Friday night. Missing a host of stars that included skipper Trent Cotchin, key forward Jack Riewoldt and versatile utility Brett ...
2013 Indigenous All-Star final squad announcedWorld Footy News
Bennell stars in All-Stars rompFox Sports
All Stars fever heats up in AliceABC Message Stick

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Radio Australia
Aboriginal grog deaths 'verging on genocide'
Radio Australia
A former pastor of the Lutheran Church in Alice Springs says alcohol abuse is destroying lives on a major scale in Central Australia and is beginning to "verge on genocide". Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin is calling for the Northern ...
Pastor decries Aboriginal deaths from grogThe Australian

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Pastor decries Aboriginal deaths from grog
The Australian
The pastor's figures relate to the age at death, not life expectancy at birth, but he says the funeral data shows the situation in central Australia for Aboriginal people is dire. This week Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in a speech on the latest ...
Aboriginal grog deaths 'verging on genocide'ABC Online

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Daley tips Indigenous All Stars to shine
ABC Local
Indigenous All Stars coach Laurie Daley says it may take a "State of Origin-like" performance from his players to level the All Star ledger at Lang Park on Saturday night. After losing the past two clashes to trail 2-1, Daley says his players ...

NEWS.com.au
Daley tips Indigenous All Stars to shine
ABC Online
Indigenous All Stars coach Laurie Daley says it may take a "State of Origin-like" performance from his players to level the All Star ledger at Lang Park on Saturday night. After losing the past two clashes to trail 2-1, Daley says his players ...
Indigenous All-Stars coach Laurie Daley warns players to keep their coolThe Daily Telegraph
All Stars stuck in the gutterFox Sports

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Australian Teacher Magazine
Rudd to solve our 'greatest concern'
The Australian
"As a backbencher, I put forward ideas from time to time, I'm passionate about indigenous Australia, I love to see these lives being changed, all Australians do, but when there is a problem and the data suggests there is one it's important to put it on ...
Five years on: Rudd marks indigenous apologyABC Online

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Tension mounts over Indigenous land transfer
ABC Local
A Torres Strait leader in far north Queensland says there has been conflict in the community after a land transfer in December. The State Government transferred ownership of the Murray Islands to a native title body corporate to hold in trust for the ...

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Five years on: Rudd marks indigenous apology
ABC Online
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd marked five years since his apology to Australia's stolen generations by calling for better indigenous education. Mr Rudd has called on the government to convene a summit on indigenous education in order to boost ...

Sky News Australia
2013 Indigenous All-Star final squad announced
World Footy News
Views: 2,500. Australia The AFL has named the final Indigenous All-Stars squad that will take on Richmond Football Club tomorrow, Friday, February 8 in Alice Springs, captained by Essendon star Nathan Lovett-Murray. Sydney Swans premiership player ...
Bennell stars in All-Stars rompFox Sports

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Australia's Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park to get AUD12m revamp
Attractions Management
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, owned by Indigenous Business Australia, is to get an AU$12m (US$12.4m, 9.2m euro, £7.9m) makeover as optimism in the Queensland tourism industry keeps growing. Beginning March, the first stage of the one-year ...

Politics live: February 7, 2013
Sydney Morning Herald
"Today, indigenous Australians make up only 2.5 percent of the population, but account for 26 percent of the adult prison population. The incarceration of indigenous adults is 14 times higher than for non-indigenous adults. Between 2000 and 2010, the ...

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NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal health worker canes poll point-scoring
Yahoo!7 News
"But it is a political football because Australians care. It's something that resonates very strongly, far stronger than it has in the past with Australians," he said. "I think that's just a fantastic thing for an Indigenous Australia to have ...
Closing the gap? PM left 'disappointed' on Aboriginal welfareCrikey
The rivers of grog must not be reopened, says Julia GillardThe Australian
Call for new focus on indigenous jailingNEWS.com.au
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The West Australian
Aboriginal health worker canes poll point-scoring
ABC Online
The Federal Government has been warned against using Indigenous affairs for political point-scoring this election year. The call from the peak body for Aboriginal-run health services in the Northern Territory follows Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ...
Gap closed on indigenous preschool accessThe Age
Australia PM warns on Aboriginal 'rivers of grog'The West Australian
Call for new focus on indigenous jailingThe Australian
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Cameraman a 'loyal fighter' for Cape York
The Australian
His private archive of footage of the indigenous struggles, as well as ordinary life on remote communities and interviews with elders and leaders, is regarded as among the most extensive compiled in Australia. For more than two decades, Griffiths was ...

Call for new focus on indigenous jailing
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is making some progress on targets to reduce indigenous disadvantage but high incarceration rates remain a blind spot. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday delivered the government's annual Closing the Gap report on efforts to reduce ...

NEWS.com.au
Kevin Rudd's office taken over by indigenous activists: report
NEWS.com.au
Julia Gillard today said Australia is on track to meet the first goal of its Closing The Gap targets this year but is struggling to improve other areas of life for indigenous people. The PM said the program would this year achieve the goal of ensuring ...
Rudd staffer injured during sit-in protestABC Online

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Kevin Rudd's office taken over by indigenous activists: report
Herald Sun
Julia Gillard today said Australia is on track to meet the first goal of its Closing The Gap targets this year but is struggling to improve other areas of life for indigenous people. The PM said the program would this year achieve the goal of ensuring ...
Rudd staffer injured during sit-in protestABC Online

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Call for target on Aboriginal prison rate
The Australian
AUSTRALIA will have "another stolen generation" on its hands if it doesn't act to reduce high incarceration rates of indigenous people, Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda says. Mr Gooda was responding to the latest Closing the Gap report tabled by Prime ...

Qld Indigenous mayors consulted on alcohol strategies
ABC Online
A far north Queensland MP says the State Government will not allow any changes to alcohol management plans until Indigenous mayors are certain their communities will be safe. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is worried the winding back of alcohol ...

Rivers of grog starting to flow again: Gillard
ABC Online
Map: Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared "the gap is being closed" on Indigenous disadvantage, but has warned that "retrograde steps" being taken by some state and territory governments are putting that at risk. Delivering the annual ...