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Fewer Indigenous public servants
ABC Online
New figures show falls in the number of Indigenous workers and people with a disability in the federal public service. The State of the Service report by the Public Service Commission says Indigenous staff and people with disability are particularly ...

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Amnesty report slams Indigenous detention rates
ABC Online
The Northern Territory has the highest rate, with 80 per cent of adults and 95 per cent of youths in jail and juvenile detention identifying as Indigenous. Amnesty International campaign director Desley Mather says all levels of government in Australia ...

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Anything but Indigenous
Arts Hub Australian (subscription)
CreativeSpirits.info features articles about all aspects of contemporary Aboriginal life in Australia, from arts to education, politics, spirituality and sport. Ironically it was a core source for people seeking to learn more about the Aboriginal ...

Australia fails asylum seekers, says Amnesty
Newcastle Herald
Australia has ''failed abysmally'' to protect asylum seekers, Amnesty International says in its annual report, released on Thursday morning. The human rights agency also lambasted the ''crisis'' of indigenous incarceration, with Aboriginal people 28 ...

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The facts tell the truth: Racist Australia has jail rates worse than Apartheid ...
National Indigenous Times
Gerry Georgatos, a member of the National Indigenous Times, is a PhD researcher in Australian Custodial Systems and Australian Deaths in Custody. He is a prison reform advocate who believes that Australia's incarceration rates are draconian and ...

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The West Australian
Australian Football and improving Indigenous relations
The SportingJournal
But not only that, I will delve into the role that Australian Football as a sport has had in improving relationships between indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Racism is arguably one of the most basic and common issues in Australian ...
Cable no fan of Aboriginal teamThe West Australian
2013 Indigenous Round Celebrates IdentitySt Kilda
AFL celebrates indigenous round 20 years on from St Kilda star Nicky Winmar's ...ABC Online
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Indigenous marathon runner gets off on right foot
ABC Online
A 20-year-old man from Townsville in north Queensland will brave the Canberra cold for the next five days after being chosen to join Robert de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Project. Jack Wilson will train over the next few months with five other squad ...

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Cable no fan of Aboriginal team
The West Australian
WA football great Barry Cable has warned the AFL to act with caution when considering whether to field an all-indigenous side for the International Rules series against Ireland later this year. The AFL Hall of Fame legend told _The West Australian ...

The Roar
Australian rules football and improving Indigenous relations
The Roar
While the day of the arrival is revered and celebrated by the majority of Australians as “Australia Day” there is an alternative Indigenous observance that is not as welcoming of the celebration. For these people, the day is often referred to as ...
2013 Indigenous Round Celebrates IdentitySt Kilda
Kangaroo recalls Winmar incidentThe West Australian
Young Crow reflects on Winmar momentAdelaide Crows
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The Age
AFL aims for indigenous all-stars trip to Ireland
The Age
The long-term view is that the two International Rules Tests in October could prove a precursor to a tri-series to be held in Australia in 2015 involving indigenous, Gaelic and AFL all-stars sides. Alternatively, the two Australian representative teams ...
AFL and Coles announce Indigenous partnershipAFL.com
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou says close relationship with gambling agencies ...Herald Sun

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Schools get guide for indigenous languages
The Australian
The draft framework released by the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) on Tuesday is the first national curriculum document outlining how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages can be taught and supported in schools.
Tjapukai makes bid for national museum in CaravonicaThe Cairns Post
Aboriginal museum flagged for Cairnsmicebtn (blog)

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AFL celebrates Indigenous round 20 years on from St Kilda star Nicky Winmar's ...
ABC Online
While Freeman's 400-metre run during the 2000 Olympics was a high point in celebrating Australia's indigenous sporting talent, Freeman sees Winmar's jumper-lifting moment following the Saints' round-four win over Collingwood at Victoria Park in 1993 as ...

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Aboriginal advocates warn of youth suicide spike
ABC Online
More than 100 people including Indigenous leaders and government representatives attended a crisis meeting to discuss a spike in Aboriginal youth suicides. Aboriginal leaders have described the alarming number of suicides, including children as young ...
Crisis meeting called on Aboriginal suicideThe West Australian
Action wanted as 11- year-olds take their livesWA today

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ABC Online
Why the didgeridoo should be our national instrument
ABC Online
With permission from Australia's Aboriginal people, it's time to proclaim the didgeridoo as our national instrument, writes Dean Frenkel. The didgeridoo is the sound of Australia. Many countries and cultures have their signature sounds: Scotland, the ...

Crisis meeting called on Aboriginal suicide
The West Australian
Indigenous leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Noongar community. Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation executive officer Robert Eggington will present a list of outcomes ...
Action wanted as 11- year-olds take their livesWA today

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SBS
New bid to address Indigenous disability
SBS
We have set targets as part of our Close the Gap strategy to make sure that we get Aboriginal children getting early childhood education for example. That target will get set this year. So we know that if we set clear targets and then are determined to ...

BT joins Supply Nation indigenous business network
iTWire
He said Supply Nation was a simple and effective collaboration between Government, corporate and indigenous Australia, and its mission was to facilitate, encourage and promote business between these sectors and indigenous owned businesses.

Exploring connections between art, song and dance in Aboriginal Australia
UQ News
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Myfany Turpin, from UQ's School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, will explore the poetic nature of texts, their meanings, how dance and visual designs are used as iconic representations, and how Indigenous ...

WA today
Investing in Aboriginal youth will pay huge dividends
WA today
This is our responsibility, just as we all share a responsibility to create better educational, health and life outcomes for indigenous Australia. Their plight is, without any shadow of a doubt, our national disgrace and we are not a wholly civilised ...

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still dreaming of home
The Australian
Watarru is the most isolated community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, and one of the most remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. It is 550km south of Alice Springs and until recently had a reputation as one of the safest ...