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Aboriginal elders lament loss of culture as Indigenous youth suicides rise
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Aboriginal elders in northern Australia say a loss of cultural identity is one of the main reasons for rising Indigenous youth suicide rates. The elders have outlined their views on the issue in a new publication. Two years of consultation has gone ...
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders sayWA today

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Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicide
SBS
Aboriginal Elders from across Australia have united to tackle the alarming rate of Indigenous youth suicide. The Elders have written a report and launched a campaign to lobby Canberra for a new approach they hope could save a generation. In Western ...
Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identityThe Guardian
As Industry Craves Authenticity, Aboriginal Fashion Week Takes FlightThe Business of Fashion
Aboriginal elders lament rise of youth suicidesABC Message Stick
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Indigenous elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicide
SBS
Hoping to tackle the alarming rate of Indigenous youth suicide, the elders have launched a campaign lobbying the Federal Government for a new approach. In some of Australia's remote Indigenous communities suicide has reached epidemic proportions.
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders sayWA today

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Savings seen in indigenous bodies' merger
The Australian
A government ordered review of Indigenous Business Australia, which currently provides discount loans to Aboriginal companies, and the Indigenous Land Corporation has identified significant savings to the organisations' combined $3bn a year budget.

Savings seen in indigenous bodies' merger
The Australian
A government ordered review of Indigenous Business Australia, which currently provides discount loans to Aboriginal companies, and the Indigenous Land Corporation has identified significant savings to the organisations' combined $3bn a year budget.

Indigenous Australian paintings put on display
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of years old indigenous art forms from Australia went on display for the first time here on Sunday. The three-day exhibition, 'Bush Medicine', has been organised at the Nomad Gallery by the Australian High Commission.

Indigenous Australian paintings put on display
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of years old indigenous art forms from Australia went on display for the first time here on Sunday. The three-day exhibition, 'Bush Medicine', has been organised at the Nomad Gallery by the Australian High Commission.

The West Australian
Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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The West Australian
Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Truthout Interviews John Pilger on Aborigine Assimilation by Abduction in ...
Truth-Out
According to a report filed by John Pilger on Truthout, Aborigine child abductions are number roughly 14,000 in 2013 alone. It's not family members who are taking these children; it's the Australian government. Under a government program designed to ...

Indigenous MMA athlete Chris Indich fighting for a UFC future at The Ultimate ...
Courier Mail
The 26-year-old is about to become Australia's first indigenous Mixed Martial Arts athlete to compete at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Indich, nicknamed 'the Savage', will have less than 15 minutes to effect five years of ...

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Pilbara Indigenous Media Group Awarded
ABC Local
Mr Mowarin also has big plans for NAIDOC 2014 which he said isn't just about Indigenous Australia celebrating culture and heritage but about sharing it with the rest of Australia. "It's a celebration of who we are and our identity. "Without culture and ...

Making progress: the role of cancer councils in Australia in indigenous cancer ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Indigenous Australians have poorer outcomes from cancer for a variety of reasons including poorer participation in screening programs, later diagnosis, higher rates of cancer with poor prognosis and poorer uptake and completion of treatment. Cancer ...

Ministers worried about indigenous privacy
SBS
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in February he would add school attendance to the "closing the gap" targets aimed at improving the lot of indigenous Australians. The country's education ministers discussed the matter when they met on Friday.

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Ministers fret over indigenous privacy
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in February he would add school attendance to the 'closing the gap' targets aimed at improving the lot of indigenous Australians. The country's education ministers discussed the matter when they met on Friday.

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Cricket Australia 2014 Indigenous Scholarship holders announced
TheSportsCampus.com
Cricket Australia has today announced the four players who will receive a 2014 Indigenous Scholarship to help accelerate their cricket development. This year's recipients, Lain Beckett (NSW), Ryan Lees (Tas), Samara Williams (WA) and Natalie Plane (VIC ...

The Guardian (blog)
Samson and Delilah: rewatching classic Australian films
The Guardian (blog)
... had its heart in the right place but its perspective is that of an outsider trying – and failing – to understand. Samson and Delilah is different. Brutal and brilliant, poignant and profound, it's one of our finest – and most painful – portraits of ...

The West Australian
Footy star speaks out on vilification
The West Australian
Larry Kickett, Australia's only indigenous football commissioner, says Federal Government plans to repeal part of the Racial Discrimination Act can only be a backward step - particularly in the eyes of those who still felt regularly vilified. Kickett ...

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