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Indigenous youth justice summit call dismissed
ABC Online
Warren Mundine, who heads up the Generation One Indigenous employment initiative, says more diversionary programs and resources are needed to keep young people out of jail. He is calling for a national summit on Aboriginal justice issues. Mr Mundine ...

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Indigenous recruits can't wait for Coles
The Queensland Times
David Nielsen. SEVENTEEN indigenous residents are ecstatic about their opportunity to work at the new Coles store in Ipswich after graduating from a three-week training program. The group graduated from the inaugural Industry Partnerships Australia ...

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housing scheme exceeds target
The Australian
We're making a real difference for indigenous families in remote parts of Australia." While the government is hailing the indigenous housing results, it has sustained much criticism over the scheme, which the opposition claims is producing sub-standard ...

Aboriginal groups upset after burial site uncovered
ABC Online
Aboriginal groups have been left distraught by the discovery of Indigenous remains during work to duplicate the Southern Expressway two months ago, a Kaurna elder says. A skull and fragments of bones were uncovered by a worker during excavations near ...

Indigenous leader urges action on jail 'time bomb'
ABC Online
One of Australia's most prominent Indigenous leaders is calling for a national summit on Aboriginal justice issues to reverse soaring incarceration levels. National and state statistics show Indigenous youths are being locked up at an alarming rate.

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A passion for Aboriginal issues
The Australian
Her advocacy of Aboriginal rights saw her appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 and she won the Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Teacher of the Year in 2002. Her support for Aboriginal education and career achievements over welfare ...

'Prison industry' traps Aboriginal children
The Australian
The comments by the former ALP national president come after The Australian exposed a series of cases in which Aboriginal boys in regional NSW were given the state's harshest sentences for crimes as petty as stealing a packet of hamburger buns, which ...

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Indigenous photographer gains exposure in US
Tasmania Examiner
... culture and business capabilities. INDIGENOUS Tasmanian photographer Wayne Quilliam hopes to focus the eyes of the world firmly on Australia through two diverse exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles as part of G'Day USA, which opens on Sunday.

Doubts over income quarantine in APY Lands
The Australian
A SCHEME to manage welfare payments has stirred concern and confusion among remote indigenous communities in South Australia, government documents show. Documents obtained under freedom of information show federal officials held consultations ...

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Albert Namatjira's ghost gums burned
Australian Geographic
Ghost gums that feature in important Albert Namatjira paintings from central Australia have been seriously damaged. The remains of the trees after they were destroyed by a suspicious fire, some 16km from Alice Springs. (Credit: NT Government).
Australia ghost gum trees in Alice Springs 'arson attack'Updated News
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Inglis leads Indigenous campaign
Fox Sports
... Australians. Source: Brett Costello / News Limited. Kangaroos superstar Greg Inglis is organising the biggest-ever gathering of Aboriginal rugby league players - part of a bold, new plan to create an army of role models for Indigenous Australians.

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Reform brake holds back home ownership
The Australian
The federal government provided 4195 concessional interest rate, low-deposit home loans to indigenous Australians to buy or construct their homes through Indigenous Business Australia between July 2007 and last June. Federal MP Bob Katter said ...

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Australian “ghost gum” trees in suspected arson attack
euronews
The trees, regarded by indigenous leaders as living spirits, had been due to be added a national heritage register as they are widely viewed as a symbol of Australian identity. Northern Territory Minister for Indigenous Advancement, Alison Anderson ...
Albert Namatjira's ghost gums burnedAustralian Geographic
Australia ghost gum trees in Alice Springs 'arson attack'Updated News
Arsonists distroy iconic ¿Ghost Gums¿ trees that featured in painting by one ...Daily Mail

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Australia's Twin Ghost aboriginal trees destroyed by arson
Telegraph.co.uk
The Northern Territory's Minister for Indigenous Advancement, Alison Anderson, said the trees had great significance for the local Aboriginal people and authorities would try to revive them. "I just think it is a sad time in the Territory's history ...
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Arsonists distroy iconic ¿Ghost Gums¿ trees that featured in painting by one ...Daily Mail
Namatjira trees killed by 'arson'NTNews.com.au
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Black sentences soar as juvenile jails become a 'storing house'
The Australian
Figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show the national rate of Aboriginal juvenile incarceration has risen to a startling rate of 31 times the non-indigenous rate, up from 27 times in 2008. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 Days ...

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This investment is helping to end the years of disparity experienced by ...
The Australian
What we're starting to see is a new generation of Aboriginal entrepreneurs in Australia. Recent criticism that mining business is somehow incompatible with Aboriginal culture is clearly misinformed. The range of business opportunities created by mining ...

Urban indigenous housing stress
The Australian
New census analysis led by Australian National University fellow Nicholas Biddle reveals there were 1.65 times as many indigenous households overcrowded in Sydney-Wollongong, northeastern NSW and Brisbane than in the whole of the Northern Territory.

BBC News
Australia ghost gum trees in Alice Springs 'arson attack'
BBC News
Two ghost gum trees made famous by the work of Australian Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been found burnt. Officials in the town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory say they believe the fire was started deliberately. The trees had been ...
Australia's Twin Ghost aboriginal trees destroyed by arsonTelegraph.co.uk
Albert Namatjira's ghost gums burnedAustralian Geographic
Namatjira trees killed by 'arson'NTNews.com.au
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Australian trees made famous by Aboriginal artist destroyed
Yahoo!7 News
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A pair of "ghost gum" trees in Australia's outback made famous in watercolors by Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, shortly before they were due to be placed on a national heritage ...

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Constitution must change, say indigenous leaders
inmycommunity
In fact, it was widely believed that the Aboriginal population would eventually die out, and in later years in policies reminiscent of Nazi racial eugenics, this annihilation of indigenous Australians was actively encouraged. The 1967 Referendum ...

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