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Research shows Alaska Native, Australian indigenous groups' isolation from flu
Ktoo
Indigenous populations in Alaska and Australia may be vulnerable to influenza, particularly a recent form of bird flu. Since the first break-out of H7N9 in China early last year, 150 people have been infected and 45 people have been killed. Two people ...

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Patriot games: keeping it real on Australia Day
Brisbane Times
Twitter lit up with outrage, quickly followed by Facebook and news websites. Some said the T-shirts were insensitive towards indigenous Australians. Others went further and argued the shirts were racist. It wasn't long before Aldi took the T-shirts off ...
Racism leaves a bad tasteThe Advocate

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Harness goodwill to close the gap
The Australian (blog)
When prime minister Kevin Rudd made the apology to indigenous Australians in 2008, he invited indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to work in partnership to close the indigenous employment gap. Governments across Australia pledged to halve the ...

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Investigation finds no child abuse in Australian circumcision injuries
UPI.com
DARWIN, Australia, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Northern Territory, Australia, Child Abuse Taskforce said an aboriginal circumcision ceremony that sent three teens to the hospital is not child abuse. Three teenage boys were medically evacuated in December ...
Anger in NT community after circumcision rite ends with three boys airlifted ...ABC Online

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keeping it real on Australia Day
The Age
Twitter lit up with outrage, quickly followed by Facebook and news websites. Some said the T-shirts were insensitive towards indigenous Australians. Others went further and argued the shirts were racist. It wasn't long before Aldi took the T-shirts off ...
Racism leaves a bad tasteThe Advocate

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Anger in NT community after circumcision rite ends with three boys airlifted ...
ABC Online
"There are number of cultures that operate in the NT and even more Australia-wide - Islamic cultures, Christian cultures, Aboriginal cultures, other religions and other cultural practices," he said. "So long as those practices don't amount to child ...
Investigation finds no child abuse in Australian circumcision injuriesUPI.com

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Australia's human rights performance under fire
SBS
The New York-based group, Human Rights Watch, has released a scathing review of Australia's policies on asylum seekers, disability, sexual orientation and Indigenous affairs. The report criticises the current Coalition government and its Labor predecessor.
Australia marked down in rights reportSydney Morning Herald

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Police get suspended term for tasering
Sky News Australia
Two West Australian policemen convicted of assaulting an Aboriginal man by repeatedly tasering him in a lock-up have been given suspended jail terms and fined. CCTV footage showed the officers - Aaron Grant Strahan, 45, and Troy Gregory Tomlin, ...
Two policemen found guilty of Taser assault against Kevin SprattPerth Now
Magistrate rules officers who repeatedly tasered man guilty of assaultThe Australian
WA cops guilty of lock-up tasering assaultYahoo!7 News

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More 'money on ground' with indigenous reforms
The Australian
THE powerful Minerals Council of Australia says the government's decision to merge 26 indigenous programs into five will provide significantly more money to be spent on aboriginal people with up to half of all commonwealth money spent clogged up in ...

More 'money on ground' with indigenous reforms
The Australian
THE powerful Minerals Council of Australia says the government's decision to merge 26 indigenous programs into five will provide significantly more money to be spent on aboriginal people with up to half of all commonwealth money spent clogged up in ...

Yareah Magazine
Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Australian art. Black Australia
Yareah Magazine
And opening 28 March is the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art ever shown in New Zealand in My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia – a touring show from Queensland Art Gallery ...

From 26 indigenous programs to five
The Australian
... Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing; Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education; Regional Australia, Local Government, ...

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WA today
Magistrate rules officers who repeatedly tasered man guilty of assault
The Australian
TWO West Australian police officers have been found guilty of assaulting an Aboriginal man by repeatedly tasering him while in custody. Aaron Grant Strahan and Troy Gregory Tomlin have been on trial in Perth Magistrates Court jointly accused of common ...
WA cops guilty of lock-up tasering assault on Kevin SprattWA today
Decision to be handed down in Spratt tasering casePerth Now

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The Guardian
Two Western Australian police guilty over 2008 tasering of Aboriginal man
The Guardian
Two Western Australian policemen have been found guilty of assaulting an Aboriginal man by repeatedly tasering him in a lock-up. Aaron Grant Strahan and Troy Gregory Tomlin have been on trial in Perth magistrates court for six days, jointly accused of ...
WA cops guilty of lock-up tasering assaultNinemsn
Decision to be handed down in Spratt tasering casePerth Now

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Asian Scientist Magazine
Some Indigenous Groups More Vulnerable To H7N9 Viruses
Asian Scientist Magazine
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicated that some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. The genetic susceptibility of indigenous ...

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Government funding for Aboriginal regional arts projects
artsHub Australia (subscription)
NSW is home to the largest Indigenous community in Australia and NSW Aboriginal artists are producing high-quality works that fuse traditional stories and culture with contemporary art forms and media.' Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello ...

Government funding for Aboriginal regional arts projects
artsHub Australia (subscription)
NSW is home to the largest Indigenous community in Australia and NSW Aboriginal artists are producing high-quality works that fuse traditional stories and culture with contemporary art forms and media.' Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello ...

Chance to Develop Young Indigenous Leaders
Pro Bono Australia
NIYLA connects Indigenous young people from communities across Australia as the next generation of leaders and changemakers and is an initiative of the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA). “NIYLA taught me that if you're passionate about something, ...

Scullion blasts 'scare tactics'
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has accused the Indigenous Land Corporation of running a misleading "scare campaign" after the organisation decided to hire two people to fight its potential amalgamation with the Indigenous Business Australia.

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Vic memorial for hanged Aboriginal men
Sky News Australia
On January 20, 1842, two Aboriginal men were the first people executed in Melbourne. If City of Melbourne councillor Cathy Oke has anything to do with it, more people will know the story of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner. 'Their story is part of ...
Plans to recognise the first two Aboriginal people executed in MelbourneABC Online

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