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Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia: Early childhood the ...
The Daily Telegraph
“As soon as an aboriginal person gets an education, the disparity ends. “Indigenous women with a degree are in fact more successful than their Australian sisters. “ If you're an indigenous woman you're 30 times more likely to be hospitalised than your ...

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia: Early childhood the ...
The Daily Telegraph
“As soon as an aboriginal person gets an education, the disparity ends. “Indigenous women with a degree are in fact more successful than their Australian sisters. “ If you're an indigenous woman you're 30 times more likely to be hospitalised than your ...

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Backlash over non-awarding of Indigenous art prize
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Broome locals and the Indigenous community are incensed by Judge Perpetua Durack Clancy's decision to not award the 2014 Shinju Matsuri Art Award. The announcement came as a surprise to the organising committee and art community attending the 8 ...
Art judge declines to award Indigenous prize because quality 'not good enough'The Guardian

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Proudly Aboriginal and manic depressive Part 1
ABC Online (blog)
Keir Wells is a former journalist, soldier and private investigator. He is also proudly Aboriginal and proudly calls himself a manic depressive. Keir spoke at this week's fifth anniversary celebrations for The Junction Mental Health Activity and ...

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Indigenous Australians experience diabetes 20 years earlier: ABS
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Indigenous adults experience diabetes 20 years earlier than non-Indigenous adults: that's just one of the findings in a new release by the Australian Bureau of statistics. It involved the biggest ever survey of blood and urine samples of ...
Suicide prevention: Demolishing the 'appalling' rate of Indigenous suicideSBS
Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Culture is KeyThe Epoch Times (blog)
Corroboree Sydney to educate more kidsWebWire (press release)

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Indigenous Australians experience diabetes 20 years earlier: ABS
ABC Online
PAUL JELFS: Generally, most surveys are based on self-reported information about diabetes or heart disease, or kidney disease, but this survey was able to take blood and urine on a voluntary basis from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Suicide prevention: Demolishing the 'appalling' rate of Indigenous suicideSBS
Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Culture is KeyThe Epoch Times (blog)

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Abolition of Indigenous tutoring scheme will impact on the Government's ...
Crikey (blog)
The Abbott Government's decision to abolish the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS) has been described by Australia's peak Indigenous doctors' representative body as undermining the Government's support for Indigenous education, particularly ...

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Beyond victims: Dr Chris Sarra on the challenge of Indigenous leadership
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There is a need for both a new approach to Indigenous leadership and a new relationship between Australia and its Indigenous citizens, argues Indigenous educator Dr Chris Sarra. This relationship needs to be based on respect and high expectations ...

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Shinju Matsuri art award: Judge Perpetua Durack Clancy refuses to award ...
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There has been an angry backlash after the judge of an Indigenous art prize in Broome decided none of the entries were worthy of winning the prize. Local Aboriginal artists are particularly offended because the judge - Perpetua Durack Clancy - is the ...

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To succeed, indigenous recognition referendum must be handled deftly
The Australian
If the Australian public sees a significant group of indigenous leaders opposing the referendum model then they will think why, in these circumstances, should we support the referendum? As Pearson says in his forthcoming Quarterly Essay, the referendum ...
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...WA today
RACIAL DISCRIMINATIONThe Monthly (subscription)

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To succeed, indigenous recognition referendum must be handled deftly
The Australian
If the Australian public sees a significant group of indigenous leaders opposing the referendum model then they will think why, in these circumstances, should we support the referendum? As Pearson says in his forthcoming Quarterly Essay, the referendum ...
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott government pushes back Indigenous recognition timetableThe Guardian
Shorten warns referendum 'must be worth vote'Sky News Australia

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Noel Pearson finds way to salvage referendum, advance his people
The Australian
CAPE YORK leader Noel Pearson has offered a compromise position on recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution, conceding for the first time that “conservatives” will not accept making racial discrimination illegal and laying out a bold ...

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Abbott government pushes back Indigenous recognition timetable
The Guardian
We need a set of changes that Australia accepts,” he said. Scullion also said it was unlikely the referendum would be put to voters in this term of parliament. He said it would be a “very brave” government who injected this issue into its first bid for ...
Bill Shorten: I don't support a charter of rightsThe Australian

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NT's PUP leader Alison Anderson lashes out at chief minister Adam Giles
The Guardian
“Adam Giles is a weak, insignificant boy in the history of Aboriginal Australia – but he is doing the cause of Aboriginal unity real harm by dividing our political bloc.” She called Kurrupuwu's defection “a victory for raw evil”. “The Giles government ...
NT denies roads offer for returned MLANEWS.com.au
Kurrupuwu rejoins Country Liberal PartySky News Australia

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Aboriginal elder Uncle Roy Maynard defends Jacqui Lambie over indigenous ...
The Australian
Senator Lambie, who has revealed she wants to be the “face” of Andrew Forrest's sweeping indigenous reforms, has provided ABC TV's Australian Story with her family tree, which shows a link to one of Mannalargenna's granddaughters. Lambie wants to live ...
Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry rowSBS
Violent row over Jacqui Lambie's family tree: Threats of violence after she ...The Daily Telegraph
Mansell doubts Lambie claimsTasmania Mercury

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