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The Guardian
Where exactly does Christopher Pyne stand on teaching Indigenous history?
The Guardian
There are two aspects of Australia's history that are paramount. First of course is our Indigenous history because for thousands of years Indigenous Australians have lived on this continent. The second aspect of our history is our beginnings as a ...
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Indigenous hepatitis B program cash uncertainty
The West Australian
"I am concerned that the [Hepatitis Australia] document is taking a fairly simplistic view that there is a lot of hep-B in Aboriginals and we are not doing enough, and it is just a matter of more money and we will fix the problem," he said. "It won't ...

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Indigenous hepatitis B program cash uncertainty
The West Australian
The chief executive of Hepatitis Australia says Commonwealth money meant to help Indigenous people deal with hepatitis B has yet to be distributed. Helen Tyrell says that, in August last year, then-health minister Tanya Plibersek assigned $5.8 million ...

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Indigenous hepatitis B program cash uncertainty
ABC Online
The chief executive of Hepatitis Australia says Commonwealth money meant to help Indigenous people deal with hepatitis B has yet to be distributed. Helen Tyrell says that, in August last year, then-health minister Tanya Plibersek assigned $5.8 million ...

Indigenous hepatitis B program cash uncertainty
ABC Online
The chief executive of Hepatitis Australia says Commonwealth money meant to help Indigenous people deal with hepatitis B has yet to be distributed. Helen Tyrell says that, in August last year, then-health minister Tanya Plibersek assigned $5.8 million ...

The Guardian (blog)
Black Diggers: challenging Anzac myths
The Guardian (blog)
But like so much about the clichéd Australian Anzac, this entrenched cultural caricature overlooks the extraordinary experiences of minorities who fought as Australian sons of the empire – not least those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslanders. Now ...

The Guardian (blog)
Black Diggers: challenging Anzac myths
The Guardian (blog)
According to the Australian War Memorial, more than 400 Indigenous Australians fought for the British empire in the first world war. This is probably a conservative estimate: thanks to curious Commonwealth rules about who was eligible to fight ...

New exhibition presents indigenous views from across Aust
Voxy
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o TÄ maki is bringing the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art yet seen in New Zealand to Auckland with My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia from Friday 28 March.

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Indigenous Peoples Higher Risk Bird Flu
Indian Country Today Media Network
Studies of indigenous populations in Alaska and Australia by researchers at Australia's University of Melbourne have found that genetic differences is the driver that puts Indigenous Peoples at higher risk of severe complications from the new, severe ...
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strainsMENAFN.COM
Study indicates some groups have specific genetic make-up that prevents from ...News-Medical.net

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Food security plan for Aboriginal land bears fruit
ABC Online
It's harvest time at one of Australia's most remote orchards, on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of northwest South Australia. Kenmore Park is an Indigenous community 460 kilometres south west of Alice Springs and is home to about ...

Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

The Age
The first astronomers
The Age
Ray and Cilla Norris's publication Emu dreaming: An introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy became the message stick to a new generation of teachers, who are now adding the richness of Indigenous observations to astronomy science classes.

New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

UPI.com
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
UPI.com
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Lead author Peter Doherty, a laureate professor from ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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UPI.com
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
MENAFN.COM
MELBOURNE, Jan 11, 2014 (Menafn - UPI via COMTEX) --Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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Native Alaskans and Australians may be vulnerable to new bird flu
Futurity: Research News
The genetic make-up of some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia might make them more susceptible to the H7N9 avian flu virus currently found in China. “The findings suggested that there may be ethnic differences in the ability to mount an immune ...

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Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strainsMENAFN.COM

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Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...