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Call for sport funds for indigenous girls
The Australian
Netball Australia's chief executive Kate Palmer says a funding proposal four years ago for a program providing leadership, mentoring and life skills for indigenous girls through sport was ignored by the federal government. Yet the government had ...

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'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time'
Sydney Morning Herald
He was involved in setting up Australia's first indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at The Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1971, and most recently performed in the 2012 Sydney Festival production I am Eora, about Sydney's Aboriginal community . And then ...
Mining 'helping growth of Aboriginal middle class'SBS

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'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time'
The Age
He was involved in setting up Australia's first indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at The Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1971, and most recently performed in the 2012 Sydney Festival production I am Eora, about Sydney's Aboriginal community . And then ...
Mining 'helping growth of Aboriginal middle class'SBS

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Concerns over NDIS for Indigenous people
SBS
South Australian MP Kelly Vincent, from Dignity for Disability - the nation's only disability political party, has headed to the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands to see the challenges faced by disabled Aboriginal people in some of the ...

Brisbane Times
'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time'
The Border Mail
He was involved in setting up Australia's first indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at The Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1971, and most recently performed in the 2012 Sydney Festival production I am Eora, about Sydney's Aboriginal community . And then ...
Mining 'helping growth of Aboriginal middle class'SBS

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Sydney Morning Herald
'Nobody has ever asked me if I'm Aboriginal. This is the only time'
Sydney Morning Herald
He was involved in setting up Australia's first indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at The Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1971, and most recently performed in the 2012 Sydney Festival production I am Eora, about Sydney's Aboriginal community . And then ...
Mining 'helping growth of Aboriginal middle class'SBS

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ABC's foul kick to reconciliation
The Australian
Marngrook is reconciliation in action: indigenous people talking about a game indigenous to Australia in which millions of Australians are interested. Don't talk about ratings or cost; when something like this emerges, treasure it. Historian John Hirst ...

Jobless fears plaguing generations
The Australian
Unemployment hotspots across Australia. Bernard Salt ... Australian. KEISHA Neal's daughter is not even 18 months old but already the young mother fears for her baby's future and her job prospects in the north Queensland Aboriginal community of Yarrabah.

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ACT's top Australian seeks to inspire
Sydney Morning Herald
He wrote a landmark report in 2005 calling for the 17-year life expectancy gap then between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to be closed, which sparked the "Close the Gap" campaign. Dr Calma said the campaign was a work in progress and ...
Indigenous leader wins ACT's top awardThe Australian
Social justice campaigner ACT Australian of the YearABC Online
Human rights advocate named ACT Australian of the YearThe Canberra Times

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Indigenous leader wins ACT's top award
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Dr Peacock was Australia's chief scientist from 2006 to 2008 and was a driving force behind the establishment of the Discovery Centre in Canberra that showcases CSIRO research. He headed the CSIRO plant industry division for 26 years, where his work ...
ACT's top Australian seeks to inspireThe Canberra Times
Social justice campaigner ACT Australian of the YearYahoo!7 News

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Indigenous leader wins ACT's top award
The Australian
Dr Peacock was Australia's chief scientist from 2006 to 2008 and was a driving force behind the establishment of the Discovery Centre in Canberra that showcases CSIRO research. He headed the CSIRO plant industry division for 26 years, where his work ...
Social justice campaigner ACT Australian of the YearYahoo!7 News
Human rights advocate named ACT Australian of the YearThe Canberra Times

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Still room for peace with Fortescue: YAC
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The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) says it is not represented by the breakaway Wirlu-Murra group, which accepted a financial package from Fortescue in exchange for the right to develop its Solomon iron ore mine in Western Australia's East ...
Conflicting information, interests and land owners dog FMGABC Online

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Social justice campaigner ACT Australian of the Year
ABC Online
He was formerly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and has been leading the campaign to close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Earlier this year Mr Calma was made an ...

Mining 'helping growth of Aboriginal middle class'
SBS
Professor Marcia Langton, Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, says Australia's booming mining industry is contributing to the steady growth of an Aboriginal middle class. "The mining industry has coincided with the ...

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Bungaree was the 'first Australian'
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Bungaree: the First Australian is curated by Aboriginal curator Djon Mundine and, featuring the work of 15 Indigenous artists, it tackles the myths surrounding Bungaree, also known as the "King of Broken Bay". The exhibition features artworks by France ...

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Program offers hope to young people in Western Sydney
Invest in Australia
Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Julie Collins, and Member for Chifley, Ed Husic, today met trainees and graduates of an Australian Government funded program providing young Indigenous people in Sydney's west ...

Aboriginal people targetted in WA's “move-on” policy
National Indigenous Times
ben kimberley Western Australia's Aboriginal peoples are targeted and victimised with more move-on notices issued to them than all other ethnic groups combined the West Australian Parliament has been told and advocates have called for an end to what ...

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Reconciliation Australia hails nomination of leaders for Australia Day honour ...
National Indigenous Times
In particular this year, Reconciliation Australia Chief Executive Officer, Leah Armstrong said she was delighted to see Reconciliation Australia Co-Chair Dr Tom Calma AO, staff member Mr Bill Bashford and non-Indigenous... More of this story can be ...
Youth want to help reconciliationSydney Morning Herald
Young People Keen on Reconciliation - SurveyPro Bono Australia

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Conflicting information, interests and land owners dog FMG
ABC Online
... aboriginal, newman-6753, australia. Transcript. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: One of Australia's richest iron ore miners, Andrew "Twiggy Forrest", is embroiled in a bitter dispute with local land owners over a multibillion dollar project in Western ...

Nestlé boosts nutrition education for women and teenagers in Aboriginal ...
The FINANCIAL
“Nestlé Australia has taken a significant leadership role to build a working relationship with the Indigenous population in Australia based on mutual respect and empowerment,” said Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice ...

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