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Indigenous eye health researchers call for boost in funding - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous eye health researchers call for boost in funding
ABC Online
HUGH TAYLOR: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children start off with much better vision than non-Indigenous children. By the time they reach the age of 40 and above, average Torres Strait Islander adults have six times as much blindness and over ...

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WA Aboriginal Bill historic but overdue - Community Newspaper Group


Community Newspaper Group

WA Aboriginal Bill historic but overdue
Community Newspaper Group
TO be classed as flora and fauna still haunts many Noongar people today, WADJAK Northside Aboriginal Community Group chair Shane Garlett says. Mr Garlett said for the older generation of Aboriginal Australians it was very important to be recognised as ...

Set up centre to stop Aboriginal children going into state care, expert says - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Set up centre to stop Aboriginal children going into state care, expert says
The Advertiser
SOUTH Australia should set up a research centre dedicated to curbing the spiralling numbers of Aboriginal children being taken into state care, a leading expert says. Australian Centre for Child Protection director Professor Fiona Arney, who is based ...

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Australian Defence Unveils Indigenous Artwork - MarineLink


Australian Defence Unveils Indigenous Artwork
MarineLink
This activity is part of a broader Defence Reconciliation Action Plan that aims to attract more Indigenous people to work for Defence, and to educate non-Indigenous staff of the cultural heritage, customs and beliefs of Australia's traditional custodians.

Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it - iTWire


Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it
iTWire
We've all seen 'Welcome to Country' ceremonies take place at important events, celebrating Australia's indigenous Aboriginal peoples and their custodianship of the land. Now comes an opportunity for anyone with the free 'Welcome to Country' app, local ...

Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it - iTWire


Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it
iTWire
We've all seen 'Welcome to Country' ceremonies take place at important events, celebrating Australia's indigenous Aboriginal peoples and their custodianship of the land. Now comes an opportunity for anyone with the free 'Welcome to Country' app, local ...

AFL star Adam Goodes booed again during Melbourne match - BBC News


BBC News

AFL star Adam Goodes booed again during Melbourne match
BBC News
Australian football star Adam Goodes has again been booed, just weeks after he became embroiled in a racism row. The Indigenous Australian is regularly jeered by spectators but in recent weeks his treatment sparked a fierce debate over racism in Australia.

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Indigenous recognition must take priority over other national votes - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous recognition must take priority over other national votes
ABC Online
While there is much cynicism, particularly among frustrated Indigenous Australians at the pretty picture opportunities these trips offer, and while there continues to be a painful lack of concrete progress, I prefer to see this PM and future prime ...

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians - The Australian


The Australian

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians
The Australian
Yet for all of these undeniable realities, there is an admirable and perhaps redeeming value in Abbott that has not earned him enough credit from critics: his commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians. It may well be what he is most ...

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Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians - The Australian


The Australian

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians
The Australian
Yet for all of these undeniable realities, there is an admirable and perhaps redeeming value in Abbott that has not earned him enough credit from critics: his commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians. It may well be what he is most ...

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Meet The Sistergirls: The Homosexual, Transgender and Bisexual Indigenous ... - The Inquisitr


The Inquisitr

Meet The Sistergirls: The Homosexual, Transgender and Bisexual Indigenous ...
The Inquisitr
Australia's Tiwi Island is the home to Australia's largest and most well-known transgender indigenous community. The island is home to transgenders, homosexuals, and bisexuals who are collectively known as the Sistergirls. Children as young as six, who ...
Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ...Daily Mail

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Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ... - Daily Mail


The Inquisitr

Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ...
Daily Mail
'In my research I have identified that community acceptance for Aboriginal transgender and gender variant identities is an issue facing Aboriginal communities throughout Australia,' he said. 'For many of these communities, categories of 'male' and ...
Meet The Sistergirls: The Homosexual, Transgender, And Bisexual Indigenous ...The Inquisitr

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Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ...
Daily Mail
'In my research I have identified that community acceptance for Aboriginal transgender and gender variant identities is an issue facing Aboriginal communities throughout Australia,' he said. 'For many of these communities, categories of 'male' and ...

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Aboriginal art: Telstra awards at Northern Territory gallery, Darwin - The Australian


The Australian

Aboriginal art: Telstra awards at Northern Territory gallery, Darwin
The Australian
In difficult environments, such as Australia, barely inhabitable across most of its area — a fact abundantly clear on the flight to Darwin — prone to bushfires in the wooded parts, poor in soil and water and even poorer in fruits and other food ...

Tony Abbott deserves credit for commitment to Indigenous Australia - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Abbott deserves credit for commitment to Indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
It is to his credit that Prime Minister Tony Abbott has approached Indigenous Australia with genuine commitment and a determination over many years. Exposure, too: for the second time he's just spent a week among remote Indigenous communities to see ...
Indigenous disadvantage 'appalling, unacceptable', Tony Abbott told during ...ABC Online
Abbott "encouraged" from indigenous visitNT News
Indigenous recognition: Tony Abbott says pushing for big changes to ...Brisbane Times

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brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott made his annual tour to Northern Australia to spend time in an Indigenous community, he was faced with a bleak reality: the gap in some remote communities is widening. To address the gap between Indigenous and ...
'Institutionalised racism' reason for fewer Indigenous kidney transplantsThe Guardian
Forty-thousand years of Indigenous maths can get kids into numbers todayThe Guardian
Art appreciated but not viewedPS News

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brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott made his annual tour to Northern Australia to spend time in an Indigenous community, he was faced with a bleak reality: the gap in some remote communities is widening. To address the gap between Indigenous and ...
'Institutionalised racism' reason for fewer Indigenous kidney transplantsThe Guardian
Pacific News Minute: Australian PM Visits Grave of Indigenous Land Rights WarriorHawaii Public Radio-HPR2
Forty-thousand years of Indigenous maths can get kids into numbers todayThe Guardian
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Indigenous Australian 10kWh battery system set to launch – cheaper than Tesla - One Step Off The Grid (blog)


Indigenous Australian 10kWh battery system set to launch – cheaper than Tesla
One Step Off The Grid (blog)
*This is an amended version of the original article. A table has been removed, due to the risk of prices listed on it going out of date, and the price of the WattGrid battery has been adjusted to $11,999, to include GST. Another battery storage ...

Indigenous Australian 10kWh battery system set to launch – cheaper than Tesla - One Step Off The Grid (blog)


Indigenous Australian 10kWh battery system set to launch – cheaper than Tesla
One Step Off The Grid (blog)
*This is an amended version of the original article. A table has been removed, due to the risk of prices listed on it going out of date, and the price of the WattGrid battery has been adjusted to $11,999, to include GST. Another battery storage ...

At Redfern's the Block, spirits lifted after Tent Embassy win - SBS


At Redfern's the Block, spirits lifted after Tent Embassy win
SBS
The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy is claiming victory after Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion stepped in to guarantee finance for low-income housing at the iconic landmark in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. For 15 months, the Aboriginal Tent ...

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