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PwC powers Aboriginal 'game changer'
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S largest indigenous consulting company will be created to lift the quality of advice on public policy and to assist the country's most disadvantaged communities. The new venture, majority owned and operated by Aboriginal people, but ...

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Ireland trounce Indigenous All Stars in international rules Test
The Australian
Australia were embarrassed 116-37 at Croke Park on Saturday night, resulting in the biggest series defeat ever, with the all-indigenous team going down 173-72 on aggregate. "As a coach I'm a bit ill, I'm a bit sick," O'Loughlin said after the loss. "It ...
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International Rules: Ireland rout indigenous Aussies to win seriesBBC News
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Indigenous lawyer Mansell refuses Australia Day award
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In an opinion piece published in the Tasmanian Times Mr Mansell calls for the creation of an Aboriginal Assembly, adding that any person who accepts an Australia Day award 'without condemnation of the essence of Australia Day celebrations, lacks a ...

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Aboriginal activist refuses Australia Day award
Sydney Morning Herald
"Australia has not once apologised, and meant it, for the invasion of Aboriginal lands," he said. "There has been no acknowledgement of the massacres that remain hidden under a 'pioneers' version of Australian history. There is no effort to genuinely ...
Wyatt urges new indigenous gap solutionSky News Australia
$25.4 billion spent on Aboriginal disadvantage is a lieSydney Indymedia

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Australia goalkeeper Ashley McGrath during the International Rules second Test ...
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THE Indigenous All Stars promised to be "hard and tough" in the second International Rules Test but instead were embarrassed by Ireland for the second week running, going down 116-37 at Croke Park in Dublin. The result means Australia lost the two-Test ...
Indigenous All Stars thumped by Ireland in Second International Rules TestABC Online
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Wyatt urges new indigenous gap solution
Sky News Australia
Now is the time for the Abbott government to act on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia, says the country's first Aboriginal MP in federal parliament. Western Australia's Liberal Member for Hasluck, Ken Wyatt, says that ...
$25.4 billion spent on Aboriginal disadvantage is a lieThe Stringer

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Uluru purge sparks Virgin threat
The Australian
One of the ousted board members, former Indigenous Business Australia general manager Ron Morony, has written to Tony Abbott saying the governance of the resort's owner, the Indigenous Land Council, is in crisis and urging him to take immediate action.

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What role for Indigenous methods of fire management?
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Joe Morrison is the chief executive of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance. Mr Morrison has told NITV, Indigenous people could play a role in reducing the risk of bushfires. "We know there's a disconnect between people ...

Indigenous training scheme review in Western Australia
Radio New Zealand
The man who has been named Western Australia's richest person is leading a review of indigenous employment and training programmes for the Federal Government. The review is intended to provide advice to Canberra to ensure the schemes are aimed at ...

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Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort
The Australian
THE management of Australia's premier indigenous tourism resort - a showcase for Aboriginal job creation - has been thrown into turmoil by a boardroom purge that sparked the managing director's resignation and a bitter row over the company's profitability.
Dust flies in Ayers Rock Resort $65m writedownABC Online

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Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort
The Australian
THE management of Australia's premier indigenous tourism resort - a showcase for Aboriginal job creation - has been thrown into turmoil by a boardroom purge that sparked the managing director's resignation and a bitter row over the company's profitability.
Dust flies in Ayers Rock Resort $65m writedownABC Online

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Indigenous linguist nominated in Australian of the Year Awards
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Ms Smith has been developing the Noongar language program in the Western Australian town of Brumby for the last nine years. She is now a state finalist in the award's 'Australia's Local Hero 2014' category. Ms Smith's language program, which ...

Billionaire Andrew Forrest urges new approach to Indigenous jobs programs
ABC Online
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says existing Indigenous jobs training programs are not working and that a different approach is needed. Mr Forrest, the chairman of mining company Fortescue Metals, will chair his first meeting today as head of the ...

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We need a national keeping place for our 'lost' Indigenous remains
The Guardian
Australia moved closer to establishing such a facility this week after the federal government's Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation met in Canberra to evaluate Indigenous community responses to the proposal for a national keeping place in ...

Support mounts for review of indigenous job training
ABC Online
The chairman of the mining company, Fortescue Metals, has just been named the richest man in Western Australia. However, Andrew Forrest says he has bigger things on his mind. Today, he's also chairing the first meeting of the Federal Government's ...
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Mining magnate urges new approach to Indigenous employmentABC Message Stick

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Support mounts for review of indigenous job training
ABC Online
The chairman of the mining company, Fortescue Metals, has just been named the richest man in Western Australia. However, Andrew Forrest says he has bigger things on his mind. Today, he's also chairing the first meeting of the Federal Government's ...
Mining magnate urges new approach to Indigenous employmentABC Message Stick

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Indigenous Australians have 'key role to play in fighting bushfires'
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Bushfires are a fact of life, particularly in a sunburnt country like Australia, where major outbreaks occur regularly. The CEO of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, Joe Morrison, there may be a role for Indigenous ...

NEC to create indigenous apprenticeships
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NEC Australia today announced IT Apprenticeship Hub, a new five-year education and training initiative to help young and indigenous students in the Northern Territory establish a career in the technology sector. NEC said its IT Apprenticeship Hub would ...

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UN: Canada faces crisis over indigenous issues
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(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mark Blinch). UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Canada is facing a crisis over aboriginal issues despite years of efforts to overcome tensions and address social problems, a U.N. expert who recently visited the country said Monday.

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IT company creates indigenous apprenticeships
The Australian
Indigenous people make up almost 5 per cent of Australia's vocational students, but they are under-represented in IT. Just 1.2 per cent of IT certificate and diploma students are indigenous, according to the latest annual report on students and courses.