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Men's groups mooted to tackle suicide prevention
ABC Message Stick
The school's Gary Robinson says forums are being held around the country to help develop Australia's first national Indigenous suicide prevention strategy. "Men in the prime of their lives - in their late 20s and in their 30s - they're particularly ...

Indigenous body not happy about Gonski
The Australian
In his review, businessman David Gonski recommends a new funding model that applies additional loadings for indigenous students on top of the base resource payment per student. While the review notes further consultation is required and it is not ...

Squalor in APY area must wait: Lib leader
The Australian
SOUTH Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond admits she has no policies to address indigenous disadvantage, despite saying she cannot comprehend the filth and squalor up to 800 children are subjected to in the state's remote Aboriginal lands.

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The West Australian
First Aboriginal Opera – Pecan Summer
WA today
This powerful piece shines a spotlight on a dramatic but largely unknown piece of Australian history that saw 200 Aboriginal men, women and children cross the Dhungala (Murray River) in defiance of their persecutors. The opera tells of the consequences ...
Music from the heartThe West Australian

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Former Origin Greats promote jobs in Rockhampton
Invest in Australia
Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Julie Collins said Indigenous Employment and Career Expos are a great chance for young Indigenous Australians to connect with employers and training providers and consider their career ...

Petrol sniffing program being compromised
Herald Sun
A SMALL minority of petrol stations refusing to sell non-sniffable fuel are setting back efforts to combat sniffing in Aboriginal communities, the Central Land Council says. A Senate committee is considering a private members bill from the Australian ...
No new funding for petrol sniffing programABC Online

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Petrol sniffing program being compromised
The Australian
... Aboriginal communities, the Central Land Council says. A Senate committee is considering a private members bill from the Australian Greens to make the voluntary Opal Fuel roll out in parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South ...
No new funding for petrol sniffing programABC Message Stick

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Indigenous communities tap into better drinking water
ABC Local
Treatment equipment will be installed in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia's north to improve the quality of their drinking water. GE Power and Water will install the equipment in Kiwirrkurra, on the edge of the Gibson Desert, and in the ...

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A hole lot of learning ahead for Yalata youth
ABC Online
Indigenous youth in the Far West of South Australia will soon be learning about the significance of local rockholes, thanks to some recent funding. Nearly $28000 has been awarded to the Yalata community as part of natural resources management grants.

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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
The Daily Telegraph
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
Boyd painting fetches record priceYahoo!7 News

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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
NEWS.com.au
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
Boyd painting fetches record priceYahoo!7 News

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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
Herald Sun
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
Boyd painting fetches record priceYahoo!7 News

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Sydney Morning Herald
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollars
ABC Online
STEPHANIE ANDERSON: Painted in 1957, it's part of a series called Love, Marriage and Death of a Half-Caste - exploring the plight of Indigenous Australians at a time when they were greatly marginalised. It's a subject that was close to the artist's heart.
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68mThe Daily Telegraph
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ABC Online
Northern Kimberley displays jewels of cultural conservation
ABC Online
Transcript. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: We hear far too many stories of Indigenous disadvantage and despair. This isn't one of them. In Australia's vast northern Kimberley region, Aboriginal rangers are playing a crucial role in land and cultural conservation.

Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
NEWS.com.au
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of Aboriginal ...
Boyd painting fetches record priceYahoo!7 News
Boyd painting tipped to sell for record priceABC Online

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Press TV
Indigenous intervention dominates Australia NT election campaign
Press TV
Australia's Northern Territory is in the middle of a General Election campaign and a prevalent issue is the future of the Indigenous Intervention by the Federal Government in 2007. The intervention was in response to alleged rampant child sexual abuse ...

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UN indigenous rep to probe mining impact
The Australian
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, James Anaya, is set to meet 75 people from indigenous communities, the federal government and mining industry officials at a round table in Melbourne. The unofficial visit is part of Mr ...

The Guardian (Australia)
Rates of suicide “a national tragedy”
The Guardian (Australia)
Indigenous wellbeing champion Tom Calma has called on the Australian government to properly resource and implement the nation's first Indigenous suicide prevention strategy once it is finalised. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's suicide ...
Action plan takes off at AirservicesPS News

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Brisbane Times
The hero too many of us still don't know
Brisbane Times
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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AEC still alive in Deadly Awards
PS News
Director of the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program at the AEC, Bob Eckhardt, said the nomination recognised the AEC's work in encouraging Indigenous Australians to enrol and vote through the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP).