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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Poor, remote and Aboriginal have higher STI risk
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
A unique 21-year study of more than 2.4 million cases of infectious disease across Australia reveals a major social divide where being poorer, living remotely or being an Indigenous Australian means having an increased risk of sexually transmissible ...

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Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis ... - ABC
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The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a national tragedy, Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors ...
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisThe Australian
Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis announces inquiryRadio Australia
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
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Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis ... - ABC
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The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a national tragedy, Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors ...
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'The Sydney Morning Herald
Inquiry to examine 'national tragedy' of Indigenous over-representation in prisonsSBS
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
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New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
ABC Message Stick
A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
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A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
Hopes for a workable, well-funded Indigenous Congress — once lauded as a turning point in Australia's reconciliation process— are in tatters, with the organisation set up to unite Indigenous Australians on the brink of folding. Directors of the ...
The Road to a TreatyNew Matilda

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National Indigenous Times
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
Hopes for a workable, well-funded Indigenous Congress — once lauded as a turning point in Australia's reconciliation process— are in tatters, with the organisation set up to unite Indigenous Australians on the brink of folding. Directors of the ...
The Road to a Treaty - New MatildaNew Matilda

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Bega District News
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'
Bega District News
The government has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission will investigate the Indigenous incarceration crisis, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy". Senator Brandis and Indigenous Affairs Minister ...

The West Australian
Indigenous incarceration inquiry announced by George Brandis, Nigel Scullion
Radio Australia
... and Justice:ALL:ALL Australia:ALL:ALL indigenous, jail, incarceration, government ABC By political reporter Stephanie Anderson Attorney-General George Brandis says the incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a "national tragedy" and ...
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisSBS
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration ratesThe Sydney Morning Herald
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Armidale Express
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
Armidale Express
Senator Brandis said he would refer an inquiry on Indigenous incarceration to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Thursday. The commission would be asked to consider potential law reforms "to ameliorate this national tragedy," he said. "The degree ...

Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
Brisbane Times
... reduce high Indigenous incarceration rates, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy." Senator Brandis said he would refer an inquiry on Indigenous incarceration to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Thursday.

The Sydney Morning Herald
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
The Sydney Morning Herald
More than 25 years after the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991, Indigenous Australians made up 27 per cent of the prison population, up from 14 per cent. Senator Brandis said failed, flawed or incomplete reform efforts in that ...
Indigenous incarceration inquiry announced by George Brandis, Nigel ScullionRadio Australia
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
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Tasmania, ACT best societies in Australia, report says
SBS
Tasmania is the state closest to the charity sector's ideal society, according to a new report from the Community Council for Australia (CCA). The island state, which has long been an easy target for economic ridicule, was praised for its even incomes ...
Australia is no longer the home of the 'fair go', says reportThe Guardian

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Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: Brandis
Weekly Times Now
It's been 25 years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Senator Brandis says Australia has gone backwards in that time. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population in 1991 ...

Charles Perkins anniversary should make universities double down
Brisbane Times
Graduating with a bachelor of arts, he became the first Aboriginal man in Australia to graduate with a university degree. Given the known potential of education to help people overcome other disadvantage, 50 years on it's worth reflecting, taking stock ...

ABC Online
Woman behind watershed non-sniffable fuel rollout in Central Australia honoured 10 years on
ABC Online
It is the 10-year anniversary since the roll out of non-sniffable Opal fuel in Central Australia and the APY lands, and the woman who led the fight against petrol sniffing has reflected on her triumphant campaign directed at the Federal Government. For ...

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The Conversation AU
Tom Calma
The Conversation AU
Dr Calma has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for 40 years and is currently on a number of boards and committees focusing on rural and remote Australia ...

The Conversation AU
How discrimination and stressful events affect the health of our Indigenous kids
The Conversation AU
LSIC broke new ground worldwide for studying the social, developmental and familial dynamics of a group of Indigenous children and their families. Data are collected from Indigenous families across Australia, from cities to remote locations. We can use ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Charles Perkins anniversary should make universities double down
The Sydney Morning Herald
Graduating with a bachelor of arts, he became the first Aboriginal man in Australia to graduate with a university degree. Given the known potential of education to help people overcome other disadvantage, 50 years on it's worth reflecting, taking stock ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal Australians, Pacific Islanders carry DNA of unknown human species, research analysis suggests
ABC Online
People from Papua New Guinea and north-east Australia carry small amounts of DNA of an unidentified, extinct human species, a new research analysis has suggested. Key points: Statistical geneticist carried out research analysis on percentages of ...