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Australia must set justice targets for Indigenous incarceration: Amnesty ...
SBS
Mr Shetty has spent the last week touring the country and speaking with Indigenous Australians seeking a solution to the over-representation of First Nations youths in jail. He will address the National Press Club in Canberra on the report, which is ...
Indigenous youths 24 times more likely to be in detention, Amnesty ...ABC Online
Call for laws to curb indigenous jailingsThe West Australian
Amnesty slams Australia over detention of indigenous childrenZee News
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Indigenous coverage running out of money
WA today
A former Richmond and Essendon player, who some years ago took over the licence, Underwood is understood to be searching desperately for sponsors after securing $40,000 from Indigenous Business Australia. According to Leavy, the program has ...

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Radio Australia
The backlash against Adam Goodes is the reason his war dance is important
The Guardian
He takes his role as an ambassador for Indigenous Australia seriously and is mindful that many young people, particularly men, look up to him. His expression was a tribute to young Aboriginal sportsmen who aspire to be like him – a man who has worked ...
Watch Waleed Aly Absolutely Nail The Adam Goodes DebatePedestrian TV
Adam Goodes: aggressive, confrontational and rightThe New Daily
Adam Goodes' Indigenous celebration sparks boos for Sydney Swans star ...Radio Australia
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Indigenous smokers want to quit: study
SBS
Most indigenous Australian smokers want to quit the habit and almost half have tried in the past year, new research shows. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley will launch a series of 15 government-funded research papers on Monday looking at indigenous ...

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The Roar
Adam's got the Goodes to help Australia
The Roar
Goodes is flying the flag for modern Indigenous Australia. He eloquently stated that he would use the honour bestowed on him as Australian of the Year in 2014 to continue to tackle Indigenous rights and seek new ideas to potentially solve horrendous ...
Adam Goodes: aggressive, confrontational and rightThe New Daily
Adam Goodes' Indigenous celebration sparks boos for Sydney Swans star ...Radio Australia
Behind Adam Goodes' indigenous rallying cryHerald Sun
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Tools to help close the indigenous health gap
The Australian
By mapping the journeys of indigenous people from the Northern Territory and South Australia, they found there were gaps in the provision of care for patients who had to travel up to nine hours by bus to return home. With it taking up to a week to ...

The Australian Financial Review
Buying policy aids remote communities
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in Australia's north. By 2040, 50 per cent of northern Australia's population will be Indigenous. Many of the most remote Indigenous communities are up north. Indigenous Australians already own or ...

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The Australian
Adam Giles steps in to right indigenous inaction
The Australian
In a tacit admission that strategies to date have not worked, an indigenous-specific agency will be re-created, undoing one of Mr Giles's first acts in office when he scrapped the Department of Indigenous Advancement and sparked an Aboriginal ...

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The Australian
Adam Giles steps in to right indigenous inaction
The Australian
In a tacit admission that strategies to date have not worked, an indigenous-specific agency will be re-created, undoing one of Mr Giles's first acts in office when he scrapped the Department of Indigenous Advancement and sparked an Aboriginal ...

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Inter Press Service
Australia's 'Stolen Generations' Not a Closed Chapter
Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, May 30 2015 (IPS) - Every year since 1998, Australia has marked 'National Sorry Day' on May 26, a day to remember the tens of thousands of indigenous children who, between the 1890s and 1970s, were forcibly removed from their communities ...

Inter Press Service
Australia's 'Stolen Generations' Not a Closed Chapter
Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, May 30 2015 (IPS) - Every year since 1998, Australia has marked 'National Sorry Day' on May 26, a day to remember the tens of thousands of indigenous children who, between the 1890s and 1970s, were forcibly removed from their communities ...

ABC Online
Noongar elder Robert Isaacs named Western Australian of the Year
ABC Online
An Aboriginal elder who has dedicated the last 50 years to improving the lives of Indigenous people has been named Western Australian of the Year. Dr Robert Isaacs said was he "delighted" and "honoured" to receive the award. "I thank especially the ...
Noongar elder West Australian of the Year9news.com.au
West Aussie of Year's 'tough love' approachPerth Now

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ABC Online
Noongar elder Robert Isaacs named Western Australian of the Year
ABC Online
An Aboriginal elder who has dedicated the last 50 years to improving the lives of Indigenous people has been named Western Australian of the Year. Dr Robert Isaacs said was he "delighted" and "honoured" to receive the award. "I thank especially the ...
Isaacs a fierce advocate for peopleThe West Australian
Noongar elder West Australian of the YearSBS
Dr Robert Isaacs has been named West Australian of the YearPerth Now

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The West Australian
Isaacs a fierce advocate for people
The West Australian
Mr Isaacs has achieved a number of firsts in his lifetime, including being the first Aboriginal to be elected to local government as councillor and deputy mayor of the City of Gosnells. He is also known for playing a key role in setting up Australia's ...
Dr Robert Isaacs has been named West Australian of the YearPerth Now

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The Australian
Constitutional referendum: the indigenous recognition tightrope
The Australian
Mainstream opinion may strongly favour some form of indigenous recognition, but those on the other side of the argument include some of the most persuasive players in public-policy debates: News Corp Australia columnist Andrew Bolt and Liberal Democrat ...

The Australian
Constitutional referendum: the indigenous recognition tightrope
The Australian
Mainstream opinion may strongly favour some form of indigenous recognition, but those on the other side of the argument include some of the most persuasive players in public-policy debates: News Corp Australia columnist Andrew Bolt and Liberal Democrat ...

The Australian
Helping indigenous youth find a path through education
The Australian
Secondary education levels for young Aboriginal people living in very remote parts of WA also compared poorly to those of Aborigines living elsewhere in the state. In 2011, 56.8 per cent of indigenous West Australians who did not live remote had stayed ...

The Age
The man who sparked Kevin Sheedy's fascination with Aboriginal Australia
The Age
I once asked Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy where his fascination with Aboriginal Australia began. He told me there was an Aboriginal player from Tasmania at Richmond during his playing days called Derek Peardon. Sheedy said Peardon was a very quiet ...

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The Guardian
No guarantees sought over NT remote Indigenous communities, Senate hears
The Guardian
A similar takeover of services in Western Australia led that state's government to announce it would shut several remote communities. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, backed the move saying the public purse should not prop up people's “lifestyle choices”.

The Guardian
Aboriginal landowners throw fresh legal challenge to Adani Group's Carmichael ...
Economic Times
W&J traditional owner and spokesperson Adrian Burragubba said, "First, we announce that we have filed an appeal and judicial review in the Federal Court of Australia. This court action challenges the decision of Australia's National Native Title ...
Adani overestimated Carmichael coalmine benefits, Indigenous group saysThe Guardian
Adani's Australian coal mine project faces new legal hurdleBusiness Today

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