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Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings
ABC Local
Some of Western Australia's threatened Aboriginal languages are to be recorded as part of a program to preserve Indigenous stories for future generations. The WA Film and Television Institute said since 2008 the Indigenous Community Stories initiative ...

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Keynote speaker to address Aboriginal land management
Cowra Guardian
Cowra Breakout Association's Lawrance Ryan said the dinner is a unique opportunity for locals to see one of Australia's leading historians discuss Aboriginal management of Australia and its relevance to contemporary agriculture. "To me, Bill Gammage is ...

Discrimination in Australia cuts both ways
Gippsland Times
If the first to arrive, Indigenous Australians, are to have special constitutional provision for their advancement then my mob, who arrived around 200 years ago, demand special constitutional provision for their advancement over those who arrived more ...

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Discrimination in Australia cuts both ways
Gippsland Times
If the first to arrive, Indigenous Australians, are to have special constitutional provision for their advancement then my mob, who arrived around 200 years ago, demand special constitutional provision for their advancement over those who arrived more ...

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Australian Circus Oz comes to Danville, bring indigenous culture with it
Lexington Herald Leader
Sheppard is one of two indigenous Australian performers traveling with the world-renowned circus show, which comes to Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts in Danville for two shows this weekend. Indigenous Australians, or Aboriginals, inhabited ...

Underage marriage in remote areas rife
The Australian
Eight of the top 10 locations for under-age marriage in Australia included areas with major indigenous communities — the Northern Territory's West Arnhem, Barkly, MacDonnell, Roper Gulf, East Arhhem, Central Desert and Victoria Daly Shires, and South ...

Personal indigenous challenge
The Australian (blog)
“Closing the Gap should not be an achievement that belongs to a Coalition government or a Labor one,” the Opposition Leader told parliament, “but indeed be a monument to the decency, compassion and imagination of the modern Australia.” Truth be told ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes sense
Sydney Morning Herald
The populist approach of successive WA governments in introducing tougher sentencing laws and imprisoning record numbers of convicted criminals, has resulted in overcrowding in our jails, with a majority of prison inmates being Indigenous Australians.
Finding a job the hardest work of all for indigenous menWarrnambool Standard
The Gap Is Still Too Wide In Indigenous Disadvantage But At Least We're TalkingBusiness Insider Australia
Closing the Gap won't work without human reconciliationEureka Street
My Sunshine Coast (press release) -SBS
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Future of Indigenous land rights under native title uncertain
SBS
Twenty years after the Native Title Act was introduced to create a framework through which Indigenous Australians could claim back their traditional lands, questions are being asked as to how effective the landmark legislation has been. By. Darren Mara.

Future of Indigenous land rights under native title uncertain
SBS
Noongar man Glen Kelly at the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council in Western Australia says the Native Title Act has been critical to advancements in Indigenous land rights. But he says the legislation has still been divisive within Indigenous ...

Aboriginal artefacts uncovered during Hunter Expressway construction
Yahoo!7 News
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal artefacts, some potentially dating back 5,000 years, have been uncovered in an archaeological investigation in Newcastle. They were found during a dig alongside construction of one of New South Wales's largest ...

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Justice and closing the gap: the prison target Aboriginal Australia needs
Crikey
In handing down the sixth annual Closing the Gap report on indigenous disadvantage, Prime Minister Tony Abbott introduced a new metric: to close the school attendance gap within five years. But it's not the new target some Aboriginal leaders were ...

The Age
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes sense
The Age
The populist approach of successive WA governments in introducing tougher sentencing laws and imprisoning record numbers of convicted criminals, has resulted in overcrowding in our jails, with a majority of prison inmates being Indigenous Australians.
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian

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The Age
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes sense
The Age
The populist approach of successive WA governments in introducing tougher sentencing laws and imprisoning record numbers of convicted criminals, has resulted in overcrowding in our jails, with a majority of prison inmates being Indigenous Australians.
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Justice and closing the gap: the prison target Aboriginal Australia needs
Crikey
In August, then-indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin committed Labor to developing the target. Opposition indigenous affairs spokesman Nigel Scullion indicated he too supported the inclusion of new targets, telling The Australian it “needed to be ...
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian
Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the GapPro Bono Australia
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes senseSydney Morning Herald
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Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visits
ABC Local
Meanwhile, a Toowoomba-based Indigenous medical centre says education is the key to improving people's life expectancy. The latest Closing the Gap report has found Australia is failing in many areas of Indigenous disadvantage, including health and life ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visits
ABC Local
Meanwhile, a Toowoomba-based Indigenous medical centre says education is the key to improving people's life expectancy. The latest Closing the Gap report has found Australia is failing in many areas of Indigenous disadvantage, including health and life ...
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian
Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the GapPro Bono Australia
Australian push to get more indigenous children involved in cricketRadio Australia
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Tony Abbott credits Paul Keating for Aboriginal policy inspiration
Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott has delivered the most powerful, heartfelt and gracious speech of his short prime ministership, crediting political opponent Paul Keating with responsibility for his ''watershed moment'' on Aboriginal Australia. Committing himself to ending ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBusinessweek
Australian PM to spend a week on Outback Aboriginal land to focus on ...680 News
Tony Abbott sets goal to close gap on Indigenous school attendanceThe Guardian
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Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They have also urged the PM to back his words by resourcing targeted services and ...
Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visitsABC Local
Australian push to get more indigenous children involved in cricketRadio Australia
Cricket trying to 'close the gap' on AFL, NRLABC Online
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They have also urged the PM to back his words by resourcing targeted services and ...
Cricket trying to 'close the gap' on AFL, NRLABC Online
Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visitsABC Local
Australian push to get more indigenous children involved in cricketRadio Australia
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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