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Tony Abbott's indigenous council terms of reference issued
The Australian
TONY Abbott has released the terms of reference for his 12 person indigenous council with an emphasis on practical advice on policies and programs that could improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. "While the Council's remit is broad, I have asked ...
Aboriginal health is everybody's businessCrikey (blog)

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PM's indigenous advisory council to meet
The Australian
The council will also be involved in mining magnate Andrew Forrest's review of indigenous employment and training programs as well as a separate review into Indigenous Land Corporation and Indigenous Business Australia. The federal government is ...

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Indigenous Affairs Minister reviewing future of National Congress of Australia ...
ABC Online
The future of the national body elected to represent the views of Indigenous people in Australia is under review by the Federal Government. Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has questioned the expenditure of $29 million on the establishment ...

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Indigenous Affairs Minister reviewing future of National Congress of Australia ...
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The future of the national body elected to represent the views of Indigenous people in Australia is under review by the Federal Government. Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has questioned the expenditure of $29 million on the establishment ...

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Wise words from Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience finalists
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia may still be decades away from having its first indigenous prime minister, but there are plenty of willing candidates. Three young indigenous students met Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra on Wednesday morning before making their own ...
Search begins for Australia's first Indigenous PMSBS

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Remote welfare 'deters success'
The Australian
... of Indigenous Training and Employment Programs, which is examining the employment disparity between indigenous and non-indigenous people and will provide recommendations on how to better connect unemployed indigenous Australians with jobs.

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Indigenous kids dream of better days ahead
The Canberra Times
AIME has been running for 10 years and it currently mentors 2000 indigenous youth around Australia. The organisation's objective to reduce the gap in education and it has submitted a request for federal government funding to expand its program to 10 ...
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Search begins for Australia's first Indigenous PM
SBS
Their speeches, read as if they had just been elected the first Indigenous prime minister, were chosen as the top three out of 600 entries. Winners Danae, Jayden and Shannon were chosen from hundreds of AIME students from across the country. The trio ...

Aboriginal health is everybody's business
Crikey (blog)
The Croakey Reporting Service's last post from the Health Workforce Australia Conference details how the development of a culturally inclusive, interdisciplinary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curriculum framework is contributing to ...

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'Barking up the wrong tree': Australia's indigenous diabetes strategy
Endocrinology Update
Strategies to tackle type 2 diabetes among indigenous people need to get out of the clinics and into the community, finds an review that suggests Australia's efforts in particular need a re-jig. Indigenous populations across the globe are the hardest ...

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Screen Australia funds four Indigenous film-makers
MuMbrella
The funding is provided through the Screen Australia Indigenous Department's Long Black Feature program, a strategic initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to author and craft outstanding feature ...

Your ABC, the public broadcaster that's lost its sense of purpose
The Australian
It actually puts indigenous Australians on the box, just as the ABC would if it was fulfilling its statutory obligation to "reflect the cultural diversity of the Australian community". The ABC's charter runs to a mere 500 words but, even so, the ...

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Labor rejects remote agency amalgamation
The Australian
The Australian revealed yesterday that the Coalition had launched a review to determine whether Indigenous Business Australia and the ILC -- worth a combined $3 billion should be merged. Mr Neumann told The Australian : "I don't necessarily think ...

Tiga Bayles on Indigenous constitutional recognition.
ABC Online (blog)
"Whereas the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of ...

Coalition Overhauls Remote Indigenous Jobs Program
Pro Bono Australia
The $1.5 billion RJCP started in July in 60 remote regions across Australia, replacing four previous employment services in remote Australia: the Community Development Employments Projects program, Job Services Australia, the Indigenous Employment ...

I'll be Abbott's worst nightmare, vows top indigenous adviser Mundine
The Australian
TONY Abbott's top adviser on Aboriginal affairs says his shake-up of indigenous policy will be as bold as the Hawke and Keating governments' economic reforms and help to transform welfare for all Australians. Warren Mundine, chairman of the new ...
I'll be nightmare for Abbott: MundineThe West Australian

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Remote indigenous agencies overhaul
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has moved to overhaul two of the nation's most powerful Aboriginal economic bodies, launching a review to determine whether Indigenous Business Australia and the Indigenous Land Corporation should be ...

PwC's Indigenous Consulting: Creating Advantage::
Invest in Australia
PIC, which is majority Indigenous owned, led and managed, is now Australia's biggest Indigenous consulting firm, which aims to create shared value – commercial activity that can deliver societal impact - by bringing cultural integrity to Indigenous ...

Finding common ground
The Australian
Yaru means "rock" in Bundjalung language: the Slabbs own 51 per cent of the company, making this Australia's first indigenous bottled water. It's an attractive package: the company's first customer was the Sofitel hotel group and in the past couple of ...

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Indigenous business a culture watershed
The Australian
The Slabbs control 51 per cent of the business, making Yaru Australia's first indigenous-owned bottled water. Through Supply Nation, an organisation that connects corporate and government customers with indigenous businesses and suppliers, Yaru has ...

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