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Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

The Age
The first astronomers
The Age
Ray and Cilla Norris's publication Emu dreaming: An introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy became the message stick to a new generation of teachers, who are now adding the richness of Indigenous observations to astronomy science classes.

New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

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Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
UPI.com
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Lead author Peter Doherty, a laureate professor from ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
MENAFN.COM
MELBOURNE, Jan 11, 2014 (Menafn - UPI via COMTEX) --Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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Native Alaskans and Australians may be vulnerable to new bird flu
Futurity: Research News
The genetic make-up of some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia might make them more susceptible to the H7N9 avian flu virus currently found in China. “The findings suggested that there may be ethnic differences in the ability to mount an immune ...

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Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strainsMENAFN.COM

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Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...

Indigenous groups more vulnerable in the fight against flu
Science Codex
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...
Native Alaskans and Australians may be vulnerable to new bird fluFuturity: Research News

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Suicides amongst indigenous kids at 'alarming' levels
Brisbane Times
An indigenous child in Queensland has 10 times the likelihood of committing of suicide compared to a non-indigenous child anywhere in Australia. The suicide rate is three times the rate of a young female teenager in Guyana (six per 100,000) and twice ...

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Perth teacher Marko Vojkovic led opposition to WA's outcomes-based curriculum ...
The Australian
In March 2010, the then prime minister Kevin Rudd and his education minister Julia Gillard announced plans to rework the national curriculum to incorporate themes of Aboriginal histories and culture, sustainability, and Australia's engagement with Asia ...
National curriculum review for ploy more than policyThe Canberra Times
Coalition's call to review school curriculum based on sound reasonsWA today
Govt announces schools curriculum reviewSky News Australia
Courier Mail
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Curriculum review raises questions over teaching of Aboriginal history
SBS
One of the areas for review that Mr Pyne has asked the two men to focus on is the way Indigenous Australia is taught in schools. "The first part of our story is the Indigenous part, but then there's the other part and that needs to be told as well ...
New curriculum reviewer was an education consultant to tobacco giant Phillip ...Sydney Morning Herald
Perth teacher Marko Vojkovic led opposition to WA's outcomes-based curriculum ...The Australian
Christopher Pyne is on 'brainwashing and propaganda mission', critic claimsThe Guardian

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Curriculum review raises questions over teaching of Aboriginal history
SBS
One of the areas for review that Mr Pyne has asked the two men to focus on is the way Indigenous Australia is taught in schools. "The first part of our story is the Indigenous part, but then there's the other part and that needs to be told as well ...
Christopher Pyne: curriculum must focus on Anzac Day and western historyThe Guardian
School curriculum review announcedSky News Australia
Pyne defends appointment of Labor education criticsThe Australian Financial Review
The West Australian
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Aboriginal alcohol inquiry 'disgusting'
Sky News Australia
But Dr John Boffa, public health medical officer at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, says that although the focus will be on alcohol consumption by Aboriginal people, the yet-to-be-decided terms of reference will allow the parliamentary ...

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Sky News Australia
Aboriginal alcohol inquiry 'disgusting'
Sky News Australia
But Dr John Boffa, public health medical officer at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, says that although the focus will be on alcohol consumption by Aboriginal people, the yet-to-be-decided terms of reference will allow the parliamentary ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Deserted beaches hide evidence of thousands of years of Aboriginal history
The Guardian (blog)
It is not hard to find a completely natural beach in Australia, largely because the Indigenous people who inhabited these landscapes left such a gentle footprint. I know a stretch on the south coast of NSW reasonably well, having visited regularly over ...

The Guardian (blog)
Deserted beaches hide evidence of thousands of years of Aboriginal history
The Guardian (blog)
It is not hard to find a completely natural beach in Australia, largely because the Indigenous people who inhabited these landscapes left such a gentle footprint. I know a stretch on the south coast of NSW reasonably well, having visited regularly over ...

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Koori culture pride driving message to mainstream Australia
ABC Local
With a lot going on, Clayton is determined to become a positive role model for young indigenous Australians but isn't losing sight of the broader goal. For Clayton, "It's essential that we share our culture with the wider Australian community and it's ...