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Suicide map reveals indigenous disaster
The Australian
Using several different techniques, based on coronial data from 2004-08, health statistician Derek Cheung and colleagues identified 15 suicide clusters, mainly located in the Northern Territory, the northern part of Western Australia and the northern ...

Indigenous leader backs Tony Abbott's training to jobs plan
ABC Local
Prominent Indigenous academic, Marcia Langton, has backed prime minister, Tony Abbott's, plans to spent $45million on providing jobs for up to 5,000 Aboriginal people through the GenerationOne scheme. "I completely agree with it," Professor Langton ...

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Indigenous leader backs Tony Abbott's training to jobs plan
ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous academic, Marcia Langton, has backed prime minister, Tony Abbott's, plans to spent $45million on providing jobs for up to 5,000 Aboriginal people through the GenerationOne scheme. "I completely agree with it," Professor Langton ...
Aboriginal jobs plan a 'disaster'The Australian
Abbott urged to visit indigenous in jailSBS

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BHP Billiton donates $10million for Indigenous student scholarships
ABC Online
BHP Billiton has donated $10million to fund an additional 90 secondary and tertiary scholarships for Indigenous students in Australia. The money will be given to the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. BHP says the funding takes its commitment ...
BHP Billiton Commits A$10 Million To Australian Indigenous Scholarship ProgramEurasia Review

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Indigenous Australians, Christians share spiritual sense of land: Archbishop
ChristianToday
Christians make spiritual claims about land and its significance which are similar to those made by Indigenous Australians, and reconciled relationships are part of this, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, said last night. Speaking at ...

Tailoring the tools for Indigenous assessment
Australian Ageing Agenda
Thanks to almost a decade's research and collaboration, clinicians and service providers now have an appropriate and effective cognitive assessment tool for use with Indigenous Australians, meaning better targeted care and more accurate healthcare data.

All Stars set off to represent Australia even though they're not Recognised
National Indigenous Times
When football legend Michael O'Loughlin sat down to tell the Indigenous All Stars team about the campaign to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, he was met by several confused stares. The young men left for Ireland last week to ...

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All-Indigenous teams should be seen on the world stage
The Conversation
The AFL's Indigenous All-Stars' current tour of Ireland is the third overseas sporting tour by an all-Indigenous Australian team. The first took place 145 years ago with the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. In between was the 1973 tour of a ...

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Aboriginal jobs program a complete disaster, says Nigel Scullion
The Australian
... participation and community-development services in remote Australia - Job Services Australia, Disability Employment Services, Community Development Employment Projects and the Indigenous Employment Program - have been brought together under ...

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Indigenous models 'unlikely to get work' in Australia
SBS
"Black models won't get work" - that's the title of a recent article published in Cleo Magazine's November edition, that identifies the Australian modelling industry's unwillingness to employ ethnic and Indigenous models. Kira-Lea Barsukoff, the ...

Abbott urged to visit indigenous in jail
The Daily Telegraph
Mr Malezer, who is a co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First People, is urging the Abbott government to make it a national priority to tackle the high Aboriginal incarceration rate. Indigenous adults are 14 times more likely to be jailed ...

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Abbott urged to visit indigenous in jail
The Australian
Mr Malezer, who is a co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First People, is urging the Abbott government to make it a national priority to tackle the high Aboriginal incarceration rate. Indigenous adults are 14 times more likely to be jailed ...

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We're ready for any rough stuff: Davey
The West Australian
Vice-captain Aaron Davey says his indigenous All Stars team might be smaller than Ireland but if there's any rough stuff in the international rules series "we aren't just going to stand back". Past Irish teams have complained about Australia's physical ...

Anglican Media Melbourne
The President's address to the opening of the 51st Melbourne Synod
Anglican Media Melbourne
It is important for a faith community like ours to be concerned about the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The psalmist tells us, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity' [Psalm 133.1 (TNIV ...

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Indigenous Australians, Christians share spiritual sense of land: Archbishop
Anglican Media Melbourne
Christians make spiritual claims about land and its significance which are similar to those made by Indigenous Australians, and reconciled relationships are part of this, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, said last night. Speaking at ...

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Top 100 Women of Influence List Revealed
Pro Bono Australia
“Rachelle has also established Australia's largest Indigenous alumni group, Australia's largest annual Indigenous leadership gathering and the nation's first comprehensive Indigenous leadership pathway – providing opportunities throughout the lives of ...

Young, Indigenous and Imprisoned, Australia's National Disgrace
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA – It has been 22 years since a major report by the government here found a shockingly high death rate for indigenous people locked up in Australia's prisons and jails. The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report detailed myriad ...

Carlton defender Zach Tuohy and Ciaran Byrne in action against Australian ...
The Daily Telegraph
CARLTON fans will have more reason than most to tune in for the first international rules Test on Sunday morning, and not just to see how Chris Yarran goes for the Australian Indigenous rules team. Included in the 23-man Ireland squad are Carlton ...

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Carlton defender Zach Tuohy and Ciaran Byrne in action against Australian ...
Courier Mail
CARLTON does not have a player in the Australian Indigenous international rules team taking on Ireland, but Blues fans will have more reason than most to tune in for the first Test on Sunday morning. Included in the 23-man Ireland squad are Carlton ...

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Carlton defender Zach Tuohy and Ciaran Byrne in action against Australian ...
NEWS.com.au
CARLTON fans will have more reason than most to tune in for the first international rules Test on Sunday morning, and not just to see how Chris Yarran goes for the Australian Indigenous rules team. Included in the 23-man Ireland squad are Carlton ...

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