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Call for new focus on indigenous jailing The Australian AUSTRALIA is making some progress on targets to reduce indigenous disadvantage but high incarceration rates remain a blind spot. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday delivered the government's annual Closing the Gap report on efforts to reduce ...
Call for target on Aboriginal prison rate The Australian AUSTRALIA will have "another stolen generation" on its hands if it doesn't act to reduce high incarceration rates of indigenous people, Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda says. Mr Gooda was responding to the latest Closing the Gap report tabled by Prime ...
Qld Indigenous mayors consulted on alcohol strategies ABC Online A far north Queensland MP says the State Government will not allow any changes to alcohol management plans until Indigenous mayors are certain their communities will be safe. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is worried the winding back of alcohol ...
Rivers of grog starting to flow again: Gillard ABC Online Map: Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared "the gap is being closed" on Indigenous disadvantage, but has warned that "retrograde steps" being taken by some state and territory governments are putting that at risk. Delivering the annual ...
Abbott, Gillard unite on grog bans The Australian Ms Gillard stated that constitutional recognition is fundamental to the process of Reconciliation so that all Australians can feel pride in our Indigenous heritage and understand its centrality in our national story. "Without it, that story will remain ...
Indigenous advocate calls for rehabilitation reboot ABC Online An Indigenous advocate in Cairns says the Queensland Government's boot camp plan for young offenders is a good idea, but should be renamed. A report by Deloitte Access Economics says sending Indigenous offenders to rehabilitation programs instead of ...
Alcohol bans discriminatory: Newman Brisbane Times Mr Newman responded by saying alcohol-related problems were not confined to indigenous communities and Australia as a whole had a problem with alcohol. "I simply say the policy of discrimination against Aboriginal people is not appropriate," he told ...
Mortality down, but so is literacy The Australian "The number of Indigenous Australians in mainstream employment has risen from 42.4 to 44.7 per cent, a small but encouraging increase". "There was a particularly striking rise in mainstream employment in the Northern Territory from 21.3 to 30.3 per cent.
The rivers of grog must not be reopened, says Julia Gillard The Australian Ms Gillard will cite Mr Pearson's use of the word "tragedy" to describe the Newman government's plans for Queensland indigenous communities. She will argue that closing the gap between black and white Australians is already a difficult task and will be ...
Aboriginal adults are jailed at 14 times the rate of non-indigenous people The Australian THE National Congress of Australia's First Peoples is calling for the federal government to expand its Closing the Gap targets to include commitments to halve the incarceration rates of Aborigines and halve the rates of violence experienced by ...
Racism row threatens to mar NRL All Stars v indigenous All Stars match The Daily Telegraph "I am happy to let my record in indigenous communities across Australia stand and I am happy to do the same in the context of my contribution as a commissioner in rugby league. "At the core of this issue is that the chairman (Knight) just didn't have ...
Lack of trust impedes reconciliation The Australian INDIGENOUS and non-indigenous Australians don't trust each other but almost everyone agrees the relationship is important, Reconciliation Australia says. The organisation's Barometer 2012 report, which surveys the relationships between indigenous and ...
Who is Nova Peris? The Border Mail She is perhaps best known for her significant sporting accomplishments. She was the first indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as part of the women's hockey team. She achieved similar success upon switching to ...
Savings identified in Australian indigenous justice reform agenda Radio Australia Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is this week scheduled to deliver the government's annual report card on Indigenous affairs - the so-called 'close the gap' initiatives. Savings identified in Australian indigenous justice reform agenda (Credit ...