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Labor delay 'let First Peoples down'
The Australian
THE co-chairman of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has lambasted the Gillard government for failing to consult meaningfully on policy, saying he would push for a declaration of self-determination. Les Malezer also attacked the ...

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Mauboy wins Deadly for second year running
ABC Message Stick
The Deadlys recognise achievement by Indigenous Australians in a number of areas including sport, the arts and education. Mauboy also won single of the year for her song Galaxy. Elcho Island's Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu won male artist of the year ...
Teens mingle with Jesscia Mauboy and Gurrumul Yunupingu at Deadly Awards ...Herald Sun

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The Federal Government needs to educate voters about the Constitution
Adelaide Now
A preamble establishing principles for Australia, written with some passion, including a section concerning indigenous people, could well receive majority support. But the first step should be to encourage Australians to get to know their Constitution ...
Vote to recognise councils hits wallThe Australian

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Mauboy wins Deadly for second year running
ABC Online
The Deadlys recognise achievement by Indigenous Australians in a number of areas including sport, the arts and education. Mauboy also won single of the year for her song Galaxy. Elcho Island's Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu won male artist of the year ...

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The Canberra Times
Shelving of referendum will preserve our racist constitution
The Canberra Times
... on changing the constitution. The media focused overwhelmingly on the twin questions of recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the constitution's preamble and acknowledging indigenous languages as Australia's original languages.

Code of conduct for galleries dealing with Australian Indigenous art
Radio Australia
Code of conduct for galleries dealing with Australian Indigenous art. Posted 25 September 2012, 20:47 AEST. Australian art dealers who run Indigenous galleries could soon be made to sign a code of conduct, that's designed to stamp out fraud in the ...

Crikey
More accountability needed in NT: report
The Australian
"Determining to what extent indigenous communities are benefiting from the increased expenditure of public funds is problematic when so much of the expenditure appears to be taken up by the bureaucracy," Ms Haven said. Ms Havnen recommended the ...
Scathing report into Aboriginal service deliveryABC Online
Olga Havnen to government: “Lift your game, big time”Crikey (blog)

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Johnathan Thurston Wins Community Medal
Brisbane Broncos
Throughout 2012, Johnathan has consistently used his profile as a role model to positively impact Indigenous communities across Australia. He runs inspirational workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary School students that promote ...
Thurston's care for the community honouredBrisbane Times
Johnathan Thurston lands Ken Stephen MedalThe Australian
Cowboys' Johnathan Thurston awarded Ken Stephens Medal for contribution to ...NEWS.com.au

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Health professionals deliver a first
National Indigenous Times
In a first for Australia, a handbook written with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals has answered the call for a comprehensive resource to help clinicians address alcohol and drug issues. The Handbook for Aboriginal ...

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TripleM Sydney
Johnathan Thurston Recognised for Community Work
Brisbane Broncos
Throughout 2012, Johnathan has consistently used his profile as a role model to positively impact Indigenous communities across Australia. He runs inspirational workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary School students that promote ...
Thurston's care for the community honouredBrisbane Times
Johnathan Thurston lands Ken Stephen MedalThe Australian
Cowboys' Johnathan Thurston awarded Ken Stephens Medal for contribution to ...NEWS.com.au

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Werribee, Hoppers Crossing Star
Generation tries to bridge the gap
Werribee, Hoppers Crossing Star
STUDENTS from Manorvale Primary School have showcased their talents in a music video aimed at improving disparity for Indigenous Australians. The Werribee school will enter its video clip in the GenerationOne School Competition for a chance to win ...

Territory to demand more sway on funding
The Australian
"Jenny Macklin talks as though she's closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, but she's in 'La La Land' if she thinks that's the case," she said. "She's naive. She's not being informed properly, because the gap is widening.
Scathing report into Aboriginal service deliveryABC Online

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auDA Foundation funding indigenous community, youth projects
iTWire
The auDA Foundation board will this year fund a total of 12 projects, including a PhD thesis that enables indigenous communities to access and use three dimensional models of Australian landscapes, and another project that will explore the use of the ...

Thurston wins Ken Stephen Medal
NRL.COM
Throughout 2012, Johnathan has consistently used his profile as a role model to positively impact Indigenous communities across Australia. He runs inspirational workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary School students that promote ...

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The Canberra Times
Sport's power to help indigenous probed
Ninemsn
Last week, the Adelaide Crows received $300,000 of taxpayer funds to run an intensive leadership program for 30 Aboriginal students on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia. Submissions to the inquiry are due by ...
The story behind the No Smokes multimedia campaign: spreading the anti ...Crikey (blog)
Call for indigenous Anglican bishopThe Canberra Times

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The Dartmouth
Hood opens Aboriginal art exhibit 'Crossing Cultures'
The Dartmouth
“Crossing Cultures” is the third exhibit of Aboriginal Australian art to premier at the Hood since 2006, according to exhibit curator Stephen Gilchrist, a former curator of indigenous art at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and a visiting ...

Indigenous students gather in Cairns for university games
ABC Message Stick
Hundreds of students from 14 universities across Australia have converged in Cairns for the week-long National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games (NITESG). The NITESG is an Indigenous sporting event which aims to help break down the barriers ...

Crikey (blog)
The story behind the No Smokes multimedia campaign: spreading the anti ...
Crikey (blog)
When the No Smokes multimedia campaign launched in May, it was the result of two years development work informed by focus groups with young Indigenous Australians, teachers and health workers. Dr Sheree Cairney, from the Menzies School of Health ...

Army musicians join Aboriginal assistance effort
ABC Online
The Australian Army's aboriginal community program has been running for 15 years with hundreds of soldiers posted to remote and disadvantaged areas to build roads and houses. The program known as AACAP has been expanded this year. In a remote ...

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Cumberland Courier Newspapers
Ingidenous Olympians given warm welcome in Redfern
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
The centre and the Australian Olympic Committee celebrated the success of Australia's indigenous athletes who competed in London by adding their names to the Australian Olympic honour board in the presence of 300 community supporters and ...