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Sydney Morning Herald
John Pilger's damning new film about indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
"It's so degrading," says Noongar elder Noel Nannup in John Pilger's latest film about indigenous disadvantage in Australia. The Aboriginal man is standing in a $240-a-night hotel room on Rottnest Island which used to be divided into three prison cells ...

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Gas fracking wars to open up on a new front
The Australian
In its submission to the West Australian fracking inquiry, the Yawuru native title body, led by respected indigenous elder Patrick Dodson, said it was opposed to the practice on its traditional lands until independent scientific evidence proved "beyond ...

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Practical approach to closing the gap
The Australian
But for Nash it's key to embedding a cultural awareness that survives his period in office and deepens the firm's commitment to promoting economic prosperity in indigenous Australia. "We've sustained this over three generations of chairs and CEOs, but ...

The Guardian
Five questions to Luke Pearson, on Indigenous justice and education
The Guardian
Education is one of my greatest passions, in particular the education we provide to Indigenous students, and the education we provide to all students about Indigenous Australia. These are both crucially important, and complementary, issues. One can ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous ventures in push to beat business hurdles
Sydney Morning Herald
Out of the desert, prophets come, wrote A.D. Hope in his seminal 1939 poem Australia. These days, of course, it's the profits pouring out of the Pilbara we look to for salvation - from the current accounts deficit, obviously, but also from the ...

The Guardian
Uncapping university places no help to Indigenous, rural and remote students
The Guardian
The uncapping of undergraduate university places failed to increase the participation of Indigenous, regional and remote Australians and was not the main cause of improved entry by students from poorer backgrounds, a key student body has told a review ...

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SBS
Call for understanding of Indigenous Muslims
SBS
Bureau of Statistics figures show an increasing number of Indigenous Australians over the past 15 years turned to the Muslim faith at same time as they turned away from Christianity. Associate Professor in sociology of religion Adam Possamai at the ...

SBS
Call for understanding of Indigenous Muslims
SBS
Bureau of Statistics figures show an increasing number of Indigenous Australians over the past 15 years turned to the Muslim faith at same time as they turned away from Christianity. Associate Professor in sociology of religion Adam Possamai at the ...

SBS
Concern over cuts to Indigenous family violence program
Radio Australia
The chair of the Australian Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council is concerned about cuts to the national program helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are victims of family violence and sexual assault. Concern over cuts to ...
Aboriginal family violence service alarmed at cutsSBS

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Education Minister Christopher Pyne questions teaching Aboriginal and Asian ...
NEWS.com.au
In every subject - from science to physical education - children must study Aboriginal culture, environmental sustainability and Australia's engagement with Asia, under the national curriculum forged by the former Labor government. Kindergarten kids ...

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The Guardian
Utopia (John Pilger) – TV review
The Guardian
In 1985, Australian journalist John Pilger made The Secret Country, a film about his homeland's mistreatment of its indigenous people in which he suggested Australia was effectively running an apartheid regime. Nearly 30 years later, Pilger has made ...

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Government to recruit truancy officers in Indigenous communities to improve ...
ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says $28 million will be spent targeting 40 remote communities across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The program will cover more than 40 schools and ...
Army of truancy officers goes bushThe Australian
New funding to try to improve indigenous school attendanceRadio Australia
Government targeting Indigenous truancySBS
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Kicking Goals for Indigenous Youth
Pro Bono Australia
The most challenging part is providing organisations with an understanding of the challenges Aboriginal people face. Australia needs to do more to understand Aboriginal culture and how it impacts on people's lives. Often media reports on negative ...

Kicking Goals for Indigenous Youth
Pro Bono Australia
The most challenging part is providing organisations with an understanding of the challenges Aboriginal people face. Australia needs to do more to understand Aboriginal culture and how it impacts on people's lives. Often media reports on negative ...

SBS
New funding to try to improve indigenous school attendance
Radio Australia
The Indigenous Affairs Minister says it's an attendance rate that wouldn't be accepted in most of Australia. Senator Nigel Scullion will today outline the government's plan to spend 28-million dollars over two years on school attendance officers in 40 ...
Government targeting Indigenous truancySBS
Parental compliance key to truancy army: PearsonThe Australian
Government to recruit truancy officers in Indigenous communities to improve ...The West Australian
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Indigenous organisation to defy Tony Abbott funding cut
Sydney Morning Herald
''The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples promised its members and supporters today that it will continue as a strong, fearless national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,'' the statement said. ''The new ...
Warren Mundine defends cut to Indigenous legal aidSBS

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Indigenous organisation to defy Tony Abbott funding cut
Sydney Morning Herald
''The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples promised its members and supporters today that it will continue as a strong, fearless national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,'' the statement said. ''The new ...
Warren Mundine defends cut to Indigenous legal aidSBS
Labor hits out after suggestion Coaliton will slash funding for indigenous bodyThe Canberra Times

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SBS
Army of truancy officers goes bush
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told The Australian the program would start with 40 communities covering 42 schools in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, NSW and South Australia and would be rolled out to other ...
Government targeting Indigenous truancySBS
Government to recruit truancy officers in Indigenous communities to improve ...The West Australian

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Army of truancy officers goes bush
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion told The Australian the program would start with 40 communities covering 42 schools in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, NSW and South Australia and would be rolled out to other ...

Sky News Australia
NSW urged to help Aboriginal drivers
Sky News Australia
The NSW auditor-general has recommended more support for Aboriginal people to get drivers' licences, noting they are over-represented in both road fatalities and offences. Less than half the eligible Aboriginal people in NSW hold a driver's licence ...

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