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Harmony between Maori amd Aboriginal groups in Australia - academic
Radio Australia
A researcher who specialises in Maori in Australia says Maori who work in Aboriginal communities are highly valued by the authorities there because they have an ability to connect with indigenous Australians in a way other people can't. While there ...

Can NT's first indigenous chief minister turn back the tide?
The Age
Can Australia's first Aboriginal head of government, Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles, bring a change of heart and tackle the real crisis sweeping the Top End? The Country Liberal Party government in the territory is only seven months old ...

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial leader
英文中國郵報
“This is a moment in history for indigenous Australians,” Gillard told Parliament in Canberra. Opposition leader Tony Abbott echoed the sentiment, noting “tumultuous” times in the territory. “Still, in a very important sense yesterday was a very ...

Abbott's reconciliation pledge
The Australian
"As long as the first Australians are unemployed and poor at rates that would be a scandal amongst any other group, we are all diminished," he will say. "We will never be able fully to enjoy our nation's wealth until it is more widely earned by ...

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Congress wants COAG standing
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has called for sweeping changes to the way the federal government works with indigenous communities. The proposals, outlined in the congress's 2013-14 budget submission and obtained by The Australian, ...

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Indigenous focus for new NT chief
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S first indigenous head of government Adam Giles has abolished the Northern Territory Department of Indigenous Advancement, declaring he wants his entire administration to focus on indigenous affairs. Mr Giles, who was sworn in as the NT's ...
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leaderTNT Magazine
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Abbott's reconciliation pledge
The Australian
"As long as the first Australians are unemployed and poor at rates that would be a scandal amongst any other group, we are all diminished," he will say. "We will never be able fully to enjoy our nation's wealth until it is more widely earned by ...

Can NT's first indigenous chief minister turn back the tide?
WA today (blog)
Can Australia's first Aboriginal head of government, Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles, bring a change of heart and tackle the real crisis sweeping the Top End? The Country Liberal Party government in the territory is only seven months old ...

Can NT's first indigenous chief minister turn back the tide?
Brisbane Times
Can Australia's first Aboriginal head of government, Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles, bring a change of heart and tackle the real crisis sweeping the Top End? The Country Liberal Party government in the territory is only seven months old ...

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial government leader
GlobalPost
The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern Territory, after staging a backroom coup. Adam Giles won a controversial internal party vote on Wednesday, ousting his predecessor who was ...

Australia gets first Aboriginal government leader
The Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, in a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the nation's impoverished indigenous population. Adam Giles was sworn in Thursday ...

Indigenous MPs plotted to install new NT leader Adam Giles
The Australian
ABORIGINAL MPs installed Australia's first indigenous head of government Adam Giles in a partyroom coup designed to avert a rival leadership challenge. The Australian has confirmed the four Aboriginal members of the Northern Territory parliament moved ...

The Canberra Times
MP condemns Amazon over tax
The Canberra Times
He and a group of friends banded together to buy 20 kindles to fund a small pilot study to bridge the stark gap in literacy between indigenous and non-indigenous students across Australia. Since the story's publication, Mr Billing has received ...

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Australia welcomes first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government as ...
Fox News
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, in a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the nation's impoverished indigenous population. Adam Giles was sworn in Wednesday as ...

New NT leader is historic: federal leaders
The Australian
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott say the rise of new Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles is an historic moment for indigenous Australians and the country. Mr Giles rolled Terry Mills for the top job on Wednesday ...

The Canberra Times
MP condemns Amazon over sales tax
The Canberra Times
He and a group of friends banded together to buy 20 kindles to fund a small pilot study to bridge the stark gap in literacy between indigenous and non-indigenous students across Australia. Since the story's publication, Mr Billing has received ...

Concert designed to 'Close the Gap'
West Coast Sentinel
Since 2006, Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations have been working together to secure support of equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The program sets out how ...

Indigenous politician Adam Giles to replace Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister
ABC Online
But this week, with Mr Mills out of the country on a trade mission to Japan, Adam Giles has succeeded by gaining the support of the party's four Indigenous MLAs from bush electorates. It's expected Adam Giles will be sworn in as Chief Minister this ...

Apologies without action likely to fail
UQ News
Apologies without action likely to fail. Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations was a meaningful step for some Indigenous Australians, but action is still needed to progress reconciliation, a University of Queensland researcher has found. Dr ...

SBS Radio News
SBS
Adam Giles is the Northern Territory's new chief minister - and Australia's first indigenous head of government - after rolling Terry Mills from the top job. At a meeting called on Wednesday while Mr Mills was in Japan of all places promoting the ...