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Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in Australia
Bloomberg
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said urgent efforts are needed to improve employment opportunities alongside health and education conditions for Australia's indigenous population. “There's almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap between ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott sets goal to close gap on Indigenous school attendance
The Guardian
In 2008 the Council of Australian Governments (Coag) set six targets to bridge the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, including ensuring all Indigenous four-year-olds in remote communities had access to early childhood ...

The Guardian
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
The Guardian
Together we agreed that this would be the generation to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. We committed to close the health and life expectancy gap within a ...

The Guardian
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
The Guardian
Together we agreed that this would be the generation to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. We committed to close the health and life expectancy gap within a ...
Peris paints grim picture for indigenousSky News Australia
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Free HPV vaccinations now available in schoolsThe Transcontinental
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Sky News Australia
PM focuses on indigenous jobs, schooling
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told parliament that his personal mission is to help Australians open their hearts on indigenous policy. In delivering his first annual Closing the Gap statement as prime minister on Wednesday, Mr Abbott recalled the ...

Radio Australia
Closing the Gap: Tony Abbott delivers mixed report card on Indigenous ...
Radio Australia
The report states that non-Indigenous Australians live about 10 years longer than Aboriginal Australians, that the progress in closing the gap in literacy has improved in only Year 3 and Year 5 Reading (based on NAPLAN results) and that only 30 per ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBusinessweek
Tony Abbott sets new school attendance target for indigenous studentsSydney Morning Herald
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurelyThe Guardian
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Closing the Gap: Tony Abbott delivers mixed report card on Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The report states that non-Indigenous Australians live about 10 years longer than Aboriginal Australians, that the progress in closing the gap in literacy has improved in only Year 3 and Year 5 Reading (based on NAPLAND results) and that only 30 per ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBloomberg
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobsSydney Morning Herald
Activists urge indigenous health actionThe Australian
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Peris paints grim picture for indigenous
Sky News Australia
Speaking at a breakfast in Parliament House on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, Ms Peris said life isn't a bed of roses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She says this is especially true for women in ...
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Study reveals benefits in closing Indigenous employment gapABC Message Stick

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Sydney Morning Herald
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employment
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers the annual report on progress towards ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employment
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers the annual report on progress towards ...

The Guardian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When he delivers the annual report on progress towards closing the gap in Federal ...
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outsThe Australian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
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The Guardian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When he delivers the annual report on progress towards closing the gap in Federal ...
Activists urge indigenous health actionThe Australian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
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Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
We need to build on these successes,” said Mr Gooda, who is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. “This is a national effort that can achieve generational change. It is critical ...

Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...

Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

The Guardian
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employmentSydney Morning Herald
Sky News Australia -PS News -ABC Message Stick
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Sydney Morning Herald
Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
We need to build on these successes,” said Mr Gooda, who is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. “This is a national effort that can achieve generational change. It is critical ...
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employmentSydney Morning Herald
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Sky News Australia -PS News -ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony Abbott
The Guardian
Abbott will paint a mixed picture of progress when he provides the annual update on the “closing the gap” targets designed to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. He will declare the government's challenge is to “turn good intentions into ...

Free public lecture: Indigenous food in colonial Australia
NewsMaker (press release)
How did colonial Australians experiment with indigenous foods, and what native animals were considered to be fair game for grub? A free public lecture at the University of Adelaide on Tuesday 18 February will explain these fascinating aspects of the ...