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Indigenous health groups 'worried' about Catalyst program
ABC Online
WILL OCKENDEN: The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association president, Dr Tammy Kimpton, says she hasn't had any patients talk to her about stopping their statins, but it's still a big worry that they might. Other Indigenous health groups echo her ...

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StartSomeGood partners with IndigenousX to launch Australia's first Indigenous ...
PRWire (press release)
Social impact crowdfunding platform StartSomeGood has partnered with social media hub IndigenousX to empower Indigenous Australian changemakers to raise funds and rally community support for diverse Indigenous-founded initiatives.

The Guardian
In the lucky country of Australia apartheid is alive and kicking
The Guardian
The corridors of the Australian parliament are so white you squint. The sound is hushed; the smell is floor polish. The wooden floors shine so virtuously they reflect the cartoon portraits of prime ministers and rows of Aboriginal paintings, suspended ...

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The Brutal Past and Present are Another Country in Secret Australia
Center for Research on Globalization
The corridors of the Australian parliament are so white you squint. The sound is hushed; the smell is floor polish. The wooden floors shine so virtuously they reflect the cartoon portraits of prime ministers and rows of Aboriginal paintings, suspended ...

Brisbane Times
Indigenous women take hands-on role in health
Brisbane Times
Sheila Hure, Elaine Lomas, Joanne Delaney, Jennifer King, Sethy Willie and Ms Delaney-Theile all received their degrees while working full-time at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Mount Druitt - home to Australia's largest urban Aboriginal population.

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous women take hands-on role in health
Sydney Morning Herald
Sheila Hure, Elaine Lomas, Joanne Delaney, Jennifer King, Sethy Willie and Ms Delaney-Theile all received their degrees while working full-time at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Mount Druitt - home to Australia's largest urban Aboriginal population.

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Call for overhaul in approach to Indigenous employment
ABC Message Stick
LEXI METHERELL: You've said that the Coalition Government will strongly support private sector-led job initiatives for Indigenous people, such as the Australian employment covenant, which was launched by Andrew Forrest five years ago. Now that program ...

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MP's Indigenous work call faces rough road
ABC Online
A resident of Santa Teresa in Central Australia says forcing people to commute to Alice Springs to find jobs is not a reasonable solution to unemployment in the region. The Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary for indigenous affairs, Alan Tudge ...

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MP's Indigenous work call faces rough road
ABC Online
A resident of Santa Teresa in Central Australia says forcing people to commute to Alice Springs to find jobs is not a reasonable solution to unemployment in the region. The Prime Minister's Parliamentary Secretary for indigenous affairs, Alan Tudge ...

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False barriers to useful work
The Australian
As Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with a focus on indigenous affairs, I have been dismayed to find that too often language about remote indigenous Australians does not focus on what people can do but on the barriers that prevent them ...

Sudanese 'first' in remote job crisis
The Australian
In a commentary piece published in The Australian today, the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister writes that he has been "dismayed to find that too often language about remote indigenous Australians does not focus on what people can do, but ...

Indigenous runners conquer New York
ABC Online
All eleven runners from the Indigenous Marathon Project have crossed the finish line in the New York Marathon. Olympian and former World Champion Robert de Castella was with the runners who finished the race following six months of intense training in ...

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Indigenous runners conquer New York
ABC Local
All eleven runners from the Indigenous Marathon Project have crossed the finish line in the New York Marathon. Olympian and former World Champion Robert de Castella was with the runners who finished the race following six months of intense training in ...
Aboriginal Runners Make Marathon Journey to New YorkRunner's World Newswire

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auDA Foundation grant supports digital literacy hub for Indigenous Australians ...
WhaTech
The auDA Foundation is funding the development of a digital literacy hub for Indigenous Australians, aiming to provide literacy resources to teachers and children in remote Australian communities. The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation Inc (ALF) will ...

PinkNews.co.uk
Australia: Boxer criticised for suggesting people from Aboriginal origin can't ...
PinkNews.co.uk
A boxer in Australia has found himself at the receiving end of criticism as he made comments on Facebook which suggested that Aboriginal culture and homosexuality are mutually exclusive. The boxer Anthony Mundine made the comment on Facebook on ...
Mundine defends comments about Aboriginal culture and homosexualitySBS
Mundine on canvas after jabbing at gaysStar Observer

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SBS
Mundine defends comments about Aboriginal culture and homosexuality
SBS
Anthony Mundine has defended controversial remarks he made on social media about homosexuality within Indigenous Australia. After watching the first episode of Refern Now series two on ABC last night, Mundine used Facebook to slam the show's ...
Australia: Boxer criticised for suggesting people from Aboriginal origin can't ...PinkNews.co.uk
Mundine on canvas after jabbing at gaysStar Observer

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The Guardian
Indigenous incarceration rates are a national shame
The Guardian
Aboriginal levels of incarceration in Australian prisons have never been higher. In fact, country-wide rates of imprisonment are worse per capita for the black population than during apartheid South Africa. These numbers are also largely ignored. This ...

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SBS
Indigenous marathon runners 'can't wait to get started'
SBS
Luke McKenzie from Murray Bridge in South Australia says he's going to welcome the pain barrier as he counts down for the big race this weekend. The group of 11 athletes are the first team of Indigenous Australians to take part in the New York City ...

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Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund launched: investment and support for ...
StartupSmart
An investment package program for indigenous entrepreneurs creating social enterprises has this week been launched by not-for profit group Reconciliation Australia, government body Indigenous Business Australia and social enterprise consulting group ...

Indigenous women gather in Peru
SBS
Representatives from the Arctic to Australia have travelled to Peru to highlight widespread gender-based violence and other experiences of indigenous women across the globe. The World Conference of Indigenous Women has seen more than 200 women ...