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The Guardian
Australia coaxing private sector to aid Aborigines
Helsinki Times
"I never thought I'd have a chance to help build something like this," says Wood, 23, an indigenous Australian whose mother's death was related to alcohol abuse. "I used to smoke marijuana and be pretty heavy on the grog, because I didn't have anything ...
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News

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The Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says report
The Guardian
Australia's economy would be $24bn bigger in 2031 if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the same health outcomes and opportunities in the labour market as non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics.
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Should we be doing health assessments?Crikey (blog)

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The Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says report
The Guardian
Australia's economy would be $24bn bigger in 2031 if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the same health outcomes and opportunities in the labour market as non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics.
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News

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Cricket Country
Australia must have an indigenous women's team, says Greg Matthews
Cricket Country
Former Australian cricketer Greg Matthews has called for the creation of a separate indigenous women's team in Australian cricket and has also praised the four teams that took part in the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs recently. “At last the girls are ...
Call for national indigenous women's cricket teamThe West Australian
Imparja Cup lures state women's teamsABC Message Stick

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SBS
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued spending on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, as Natalie Whiting reports. NATALIE WHITING: It currently costs the Government millions of dollars, but a ...
Australia coaxing private sector to aid AboriginesHelsinki Times
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: reportSBS
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
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SBS
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research by Deloitte Access Economics suggests that billions of dollars could be added to the Australian economy if the Indigenous employment rate were to be improved. Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: reportSBS
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardNoosa News

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The Canberra Times
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued spending on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, as Natalie Whiting reports. NATALIE WHITING: It currently costs the Government millions of dollars, but a ...
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardNorthern Star

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eTurboNews
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research by Deloitte Access Economics suggests that billions of dollars could be added to the Australian economy if the Indigenous employment rate were to be improved. Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardClarence Valley Daily Examiner
Tourism Australia to double its employment of Indigenous staffeTurboNews
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific -The Canberra Times
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The Age
Indigenous cadetships providing ideal workplace training
The Age
In his apology to Indigenous Australians on 12 February 2008 Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis committed the University of Melbourne to using its expertise and resources to make a sustained contribution to lifting the health, education and living ...

eTurboNews
Tourism Australia to double its employment of Indigenous staff
eTurboNews
SYDNEY, Australia - Tourism Australia has set itself an ambitious goal to double its employment of Indigenous staff by the end of next year as part of its new Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), launched this week. The employment target, together with a ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Tourism Australia launches new Reconciliation Action PlanTravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

The Canberra Times
Billions to be reaped in closing the gap
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S economy would grow by $24 billion and governments would be almost $12bn better off if key gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous people were closed by 2031, according to new modelling released today. Reconciliation Australia ...
More jobs for Aborigines could put billions into economyThe Canberra Times

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Aboriginal gambling: a question of addiction or resource redistribution?
The Conversation
This article draws on a recent chapter by the authors: Young, M., Markham, F. and Doran, B. (2013) Gambling Spaces and the Paradox of Aboriginal Social Inclusion. In "In Black and White: Australians all at the Crossroads", R. Craven, A. Dillon and N ...

Sydney Morning Herald
With Utopia, John Pilger wrings the heart but objectivity is not his forte
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran Australian journalist John Pilger's new film places Aboriginal Australia's dispossession and Third-World living conditions on the global stage. Indigenous people in remote areas, Pilger says in Utopia, which opened this month, are suffering a ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
With Utopia, John Pilger wrings the heart but objectivity is not his forte
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran Australian journalist John Pilger's new film places Aboriginal Australia's dispossession and Third-World living conditions on the global stage. Indigenous people in remote areas, Pilger says in Utopia, which opened this month, are suffering a ...

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Australia's Aborigines Looking Forward to Job Growth
JDJournal.com
Darwin is a city in the northern territory of Australia. It's city holds about 130,000 people. 1 in 3 people there are of Aboriginal origins. The destruction of Darwin goes back to when Japan bombed the area in World War II, and there was a devastating ...

Radio Australia
Court rejects challenge to Rio Tinto mining lease
Radio Australia
The Federal Court has dismissed a legal challenge to a lease agreement between Aboriginal traditional land owners in the Northern Territory and mining giant Rio Tinto. In 2011, then prime minister Julia Gillard was part of a ceremony held in east ...

Marijuana Swap for Gas Marks Path for Australia Aborigines: Jobs
Businessweek
“I never thought I'd have a chance to help build something like this,” says Wood, 23, an indigenous Australian whose mother's death was related to alcohol abuse. “I used to smoke marijuana and be pretty heavy on the grog, because I didn't have anything ...