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MP's Indigenous work call faces rough road
ABC Online
A resident of Santa Teresa in Central Australia says forcing people to commute to Alice Springs to find jobs is not a reasonable solution to unemployment in the region. The Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary for indigenous affairs, Alan Tudge ...

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MP's Indigenous work call faces rough road
ABC Online
A resident of Santa Teresa in Central Australia says forcing people to commute to Alice Springs to find jobs is not a reasonable solution to unemployment in the region. The Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary for indigenous affairs, Alan Tudge ...

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False barriers to useful work
The Australian
As Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with a focus on indigenous affairs, I have been dismayed to find that too often language about remote indigenous Australians does not focus on what people can do but on the barriers that prevent them ...

Sudanese 'first' in remote job crisis
The Australian
In a commentary piece published in The Australian today, the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister writes that he has been "dismayed to find that too often language about remote indigenous Australians does not focus on what people can do, but ...

Indigenous runners conquer New York
ABC Online
All eleven runners from the Indigenous Marathon Project have crossed the finish line in the New York Marathon. Olympian and former World Champion Robert de Castella was with the runners who finished the race following six months of intense training in ...

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Indigenous runners conquer New York
ABC Local
All eleven runners from the Indigenous Marathon Project have crossed the finish line in the New York Marathon. Olympian and former World Champion Robert de Castella was with the runners who finished the race following six months of intense training in ...
Aboriginal Runners Make Marathon Journey to New YorkRunner's World Newswire

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auDA Foundation grant supports digital literacy hub for Indigenous Australians ...
WhaTech
The auDA Foundation is funding the development of a digital literacy hub for Indigenous Australians, aiming to provide literacy resources to teachers and children in remote Australian communities. The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation Inc (ALF) will ...

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Australia: Boxer criticised for suggesting people from Aboriginal origin can't ...
PinkNews.co.uk
A boxer in Australia has found himself at the receiving end of criticism as he made comments on Facebook which suggested that Aboriginal culture and homosexuality are mutually exclusive. The boxer Anthony Mundine made the comment on Facebook on ...
Mundine defends comments about Aboriginal culture and homosexualitySBS
Mundine on canvas after jabbing at gaysStar Observer

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Mundine defends comments about Aboriginal culture and homosexuality
SBS
Anthony Mundine has defended controversial remarks he made on social media about homosexuality within Indigenous Australia. After watching the first episode of Refern Now series two on ABC last night, Mundine used Facebook to slam the show's ...
Australia: Boxer criticised for suggesting people from Aboriginal origin can't ...PinkNews.co.uk
Mundine on canvas after jabbing at gaysStar Observer

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The Guardian
Indigenous incarceration rates are a national shame
The Guardian
Aboriginal levels of incarceration in Australian prisons have never been higher. In fact, country-wide rates of imprisonment are worse per capita for the black population than during apartheid South Africa. These numbers are also largely ignored. This ...

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Indigenous marathon runners 'can't wait to get started'
SBS
Luke McKenzie from Murray Bridge in South Australia says he's going to welcome the pain barrier as he counts down for the big race this weekend. The group of 11 athletes are the first team of Indigenous Australians to take part in the New York City ...

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Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund launched: investment and support for ...
StartupSmart
An investment package program for indigenous entrepreneurs creating social enterprises has this week been launched by not-for profit group Reconciliation Australia, government body Indigenous Business Australia and social enterprise consulting group ...

Indigenous women gather in Peru
SBS
Representatives from the Arctic to Australia have travelled to Peru to highlight widespread gender-based violence and other experiences of indigenous women across the globe. The World Conference of Indigenous Women has seen more than 200 women ...

Aboriginal job agency to target senior roles for indigenous workers
The Australian
"In Australia, the focus over the years within Aboriginal employment and training has been on unemployed Aboriginal people, with a strong focus towards government funding (of ) employment and training programs to address this market. "What Spearhead ...
'DREAMWORLD CORROBOREE' A NEW WORLD OPENING AT ...National Indigenous Times

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Swinburne University Media Centre
What is Indigenous Australia in 2013?
Swinburne University Media Centre
Thus, anything written at the level of broadness reflected in the question will tend towards generalisations that risk eliding the diversity and richness of the Indigenous experiences in Australia. 2) Indigeneity is an open question in and of itself ...
Reaching Indigenous youth about mental healthSBS
A world of difference: Alf embraces UN experienceGoulburn Post

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Swinburne University Media Centre
What is Indigenous Australia in 2013?
Swinburne University Media Centre
Thus, anything written at the level of broadness reflected in the question will tend towards generalisations that risk eliding the diversity and richness of the Indigenous experiences in Australia. 2) Indigeneity is an open question in and of itself ...
Reaching Indigenous youth about mental healthSBS
A world of difference: Alf embraces UN experienceGoulburn Post

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Sky News Australia
Sliding attendance contributing to low numeracy, literacy rates: COAG
ABC Message Stick
The report says the NT, South Australia and Western Australia continue to have Indigenous attendance rates more than 10 per cent below non-Indigenous rates across all year levels. The rate for Indigenous Year 10 students in the NT dropped by 14 per ...
Disadvantaged young people face 'life sentence of poverty and exclusion'The Guardian
Education failing poorest studentsThe Canberra Times
Disadvantage persists in schoolsSky News Australia
SBS -NTNews.com.au -The Conversation
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Indigenous high school attendance drops in NT
ABC Online
In the Council of Australian Governments report it reveals the Territory consistently scores the lowest literacy and numeracy rates in the country partly due to the high proportion of Indigenous students struggling to attend school. Michael Coggan ...

Flawed official narrative on indigenous population growth
On Line opinion
A rationalisation of Australia's high recorded Indigenous population growth has developed across officialdom and has received largely unquestioned acceptance. A typical version is given by the Human Rights Commission: "The increases in the Indigenous ...

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Australia: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Sees Mass Departure of Board
International Meetings Review
The head of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, Koos Klein, has resigned following the removal of half of the Voyages board on Wednesday. Klein, who had been running a $400 million suite of indigenous tourism assets including the Ayers Rock Resort ...