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Sector praises vision and new money
The Australian
Hume commends Creative Australia's indigenous focus and the so-called excellence pool of funding for the major 28 performing arts companies. "The centrality of indigenous culture, that's a wonderful thing, a coming-of-age thing," she says. Sydney's ...
New Creative Australia revealedThe Border Mail
Crean to unveil Creative AustraliaNewcastle Herald
Government Reveals National Cultural Policy, $75M Overhaul To Arts Grants ...Tone Deaf
Northern Star -The West Australian -ABC Online
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Indigenous people applaud Adam Giles's rise
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice commissioner Mick Gooda said this was a huge moment for Aboriginal Australia demonstrating that they could be mainstream leaders. "I think Adam got elected in his own right, he hasn't just relied on ...
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leaderTNT Magazine
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief MinisterCourier Mail
Global Times -The West Australian -The Age
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TNT Magazine
Territory coup delivers indigenous history
The Australian
AUSTRALIA has its first indigenous head of government after the Northern Territory became the second Liberal jurisdiction in a week to dump a first-term leader. Adam Giles will be sworn in today as the Territory's new chief minister after succeeding in ...
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leaderTNT Magazine
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief MinisterCourier Mail
Global Times -The West Australian -Sky News Australia
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Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister
Courier Mail
Mr Giles becomes the first indigenous Australian to become a state or territory leader. At a media conference in Darwin this afternoon, the incoming NT Chief Minister said colleagues asked him to challenge Mr Mills for the top job, but still counts the ...

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Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leader
TNT Magazine
In 2009 Giles made an impassioned and controversial statement during a Ministerial Statement on the subject of public housing for indigeounous communities, saying "We have [ex Australian Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd's scum, bringing boat people over, and ...
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Northern Territory has Australia's first indigenous head of governmentGlobal Times
Giles named NT's new leaderThe Age
Yahoo!7 News -ABC Online
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WATCH NITV report: Adam Giles takes NT new chief minister:
SBS
Federal opposition spokesman on indigenous affairs, Nigel Scullion, said Mr Giles' appointment was an historic move by the CLP. "Aboriginal people all over Australia can rightly feel proud on this day," he said in a statement. Senator Scullion paid ...

SBS
Federal funding to help preserve Indigenous languages
SBS
Other new funding for Indigenous arts includes $613,000 to Bangarra Dance Theatre to build community relationships and $12.8 million to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies for digitising their at-risk collections ...

Historic day as Giles made new NT chief
The Australian
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 ...

Historic day as Giles made new NT chief
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 ...

Northern Territory has Australia's first indigenous head of government
Global Times
Adam Giles, the former Northern Territory's transport minister, becomes the Northern Territory's new Chief Minister and Australia's first indigenous head of government after securing the numbers to roll his opponent and former Chief Minister Terry ...

SBS
NT has Australia's first Indigenous government leader
SBS
Mr Giles, who was the NT's transport minister, becomes Australia's first indigenous head of government after his second challenge to Mr Mills' leadership in less than a week. It is understood Mr Giles took the leadership 11 votes to five during a ...
Giles named NT's new leaderSydney Morning Herald
Mills dumped as Giles takes top Territory jobABC Online
Terry Mills, left, has been replaced as NT Chief Minister by Adam Giles, right ...The Australian

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Brisbane Times
Creative Australia lends extra support to Indigenous languages, but is it enough?
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The Federal Government's new Creative Australia policy includes an announcement of nearly $14 million in new funding for Indigenous languages support, over four years. While it's a welcome announcement, Greg Dickson isn't quite jumping up and down ...
New Creative Australia revealedThe Border Mail
arts policy to 'create jobs'The Australian
Crean to unveil Creative AustraliaTasmania Examiner
Tone Deaf -The West Australian -ABC Online
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Brisbane Times
New Creative Australia revealed
The Border Mail
More money for young artists and indigenous languages, a new location incentive to increase the competitiveness of the local film industry, plus an overhaul of the Australia Council, sweetened with a funding boost, are among the initiatives in the ...
arts policy to 'create jobs'The Australian
Crean to unveil Creative AustraliaTasmania Examiner
First Creative Australia policy in 20 years launchedNorthern Star
Tone Deaf -Sydney Morning Herald -The West Australian
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arts policy to 'create jobs'
The Australian
The policy - called Creative Australia, a name with strong echoes of Paul Keating's Creative Nation policy 19 years ago - commits Australia to "universal arts education" for school students, preserving unique indigenous languages, and to an "artist ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
New Creative Australia revealed
Sydney Morning Herald
More money for young artists and indigenous languages, a new location incentive to increase the competitiveness of the local film industry, plus an overhaul of the Australia Council, sweetened with a funding boost, are among the initiatives in the ...
arts policy to 'create jobs'The Australian
“Creative Australia” puts art at the heart of the nationLimelight Magazine
Government Reveals National Cultural Policy, $75M Overhaul To Arts Grants ...Tone Deaf
The Sunshine Coast Daily -Yahoo!7 News -ABC Online
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The Canberra Times
Crean to unveil Creative Australia
The Canberra Times
Investing in artists, boosting the creative sector through funding for innovation and technology and supporting and preserving indigenous culture are among key planks of the federal government's National Cultural Policy, to be released today. The ...
arts policy to 'create jobs'The Australian

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Day 5 of Australia 2013: Indigenous Energy Healing 3
Futurehealth
Today was all about energy. We began as usual by sharing dreams, many of which were about death and rebirth. Change was on the horizon. We sang a song to activate the spirits after smudging around the circle. The previous afternoon, we had focused on ...

Recognition can't be rushed: senator
The Australian
Labor senator Lin Thorp told the chamber it was notoriously difficult for referendums to succeed in Australia. She said there was a groundswell of community support to recognise indigenous people in the constitution. But the process must not be rushed ...

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Day 4 of Australia 2013: Indigenous Energy Medicine 2
Futurehealth
We continued to honor the original people of the land where we were and to demonstrate our techniques. Day four involved finding points. After the locals did their introductions and welcomes, we asked for dreams. Several shared. We pointed out that ...

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Day 3 of Australia 2013: Indigenous Energy Medicine
Futurehealth
On day 3 of our cross-cultural journey in Australia we are at a camp where we are sharing Native North American concepts of energy medicine, particularly Cherokee bodywork/osteopathy and energy medicine and psychology (aka "doctoring"). We discover ...

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