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Indigenous Engagement Needs Strategic Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
Engaging with Indigenous Australia reviewed the evidence on engagement and outlined the conditions required for effective engagement. The paper said the evidence showed that effective engagement required strong and strategic Indigenous and ...
Indigenous Australians more likely to get cancerSBS
High cancer risk for Aboriginal peopleSky News Australia
Commonwealth Bank and Indigenous Business Australia partner to help ...StartupSmart
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British Museum and National Museum of Australia host dual indigenous exhibition
The Australian
IT is 97cm long, 29cm wide and has a ragged hole near its centre. Made from the bark of the spotted mangrove tree, the "elemong" shield has few distinctive features, yet it is a rare and potent symbol of the first, tense moments of contact between ...

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Historians say Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts
Herald Sun
This display featured stories of violent encounters between Indigenous Australians and settlers, including the 1894-1897 Bunuba uprising in West Australia and the 1824 Wiradjuri war in NSW. "The National Museum is committed to representing the full ...
History war flares up againPerth Now

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The Guardian
Indigenous waiting times for surgery 'far worse than official report suggests'
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians have to wait far longer than their non-Indigenous counterparts for surgery, according to a report released on Friday, but the true extent of the problem could be far greater than the official data reveals. While it takes 140 days ...

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Sky News Australia
High cancer risk for Aboriginal people
Sky News Australia
Indigenous Australians experience higher rates of cancer than non-indigenous Australians and are more likely to die from it, data released on Friday reveals. Cancer affects 461 in every 100,000 indigenous people, compared with 434 non-indigenous people ...

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Mundine says keep indigenous health plan
Sky News Australia
The prime minister's top adviser on Aboriginal affairs has urged the government not to dump the national indigenous health plan. Warren Mundine, chair of the new Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, said it was a good scheme. 'The real issue ...
Aboriginal adviser hits out at green campaignerWA today

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SBS
Indigenous rights are dismal compared to those of the Maori people
SBS
Perhaps the greatest difference between Indigenous Australians and Maori people is Parliamentary representation. In New Zealand, Maori people have seven designated seats to make sure there is enough representation, and the Maori Affairs Minister is a ...

Commonwealth Bank and Indigenous Business Australia partner to help ...
StartupSmart
Indigenous Business Australia and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have formed a partnership to provide indigenous Australians with a micro-enterprise loan and finance package. The Community Business Finance package will provide eligible ...
Five questions to Tammy Kimpton: this week on IndigenousXThe Guardian

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The Guardian
High Court to give 'full weight' to Indigenous disadvantage
The Conversation
Some Indigenous advocates may be disappointed by the decision of the High Court of Australia, particularly that the court did not endorse the Canadian indigenous sentencing principles. In hindsight, it was unrealistic to expect this, as it is not for a ...
Indigenous imprisonment rates: Australia needs better sentencingThe Guardian
High Court rules on indigenous sentencesSky News Australia
High court ruling: social disadvantage should be considered in sentencingThe Guardian
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Radio Australia
Cancer Risk Greater for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
“Whilst incidence rates for cancer overall were marginally higher for Indigenous Australians, mortality and survival differences between the two population groups are far more striking with Indigenous Australians being approximately 50 per cent more ...
Indigenous Australians more likely to get cancerSBS
Indigenous people are 50 per cent more likely to die from cancer than other ...ABC Message Stick
Indigenous people most at risk of cancer: reportABC Online

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Oilex hit with indigenous objections in Australia
Interactive Investor
A trio of indigenous Australian groups has lodged objections against Oilex's (OEX) SPA-0055 licence in the Canning Basin, Western Australia. The Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation, the Njamal Claim and the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal ...

Interactive Investor
Oilex hit with indigenous objections in Australia
Interactive Investor
A trio of indigenous Australian groups has lodged objections against Oilex's (OEX) SPA-0055 licence in the Canning Basin, Western Australia. The Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation, the Njamal Claim and the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal ...
Oilex Ltd provides Canning Basin SPA-0055 updateOilVoice (press release)
OILEX LTD. : Canning Basin SPA-0055 Update4-traders (press release)

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Boost for indigenous enterprise
The Australian
THE Commonwealth Bank and Indigenous Business Australia will today reveal they have formed a partnership to jointly provide Aboriginal entrepreneurs with micro-enterprise loan and finance packages. The Community Business Finance package will ...

Indigenous people are 50 per cent more likely to die from cancer than other ...
ABC Message Stick
MANDIE SAMI: Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia: An Overview, is the first comprehensive summary of cancer statistics for Indigenous Australians. The head of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's cancer and ...

FIFA course to empower indigenous Australians
Fifa.com
Indigenous Australians are set to benefit from a four-day FIFA grassroots course that finishes on Friday, 4 October 2013, in Melbourne's Derebin International Sports Centre. The programme is organised in co-operation with Football Federation Australia ...

Radio Australia
Indigenous Australians more likely to get cancer
SBS
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Australia and for Indigenous Australians it's particularly deadly. A new report by Cancer Australia and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have ...
Indigenous people most at risk of cancer: reportABC Online

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Proactive Investors Australia
OILEX LTD. : Canning Basin SPA-0055 Update
4-traders (press release)
Oilex Ltd ("Oilex" ASX: OEX, AIM: OEX) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Admiral Oil NL, continues its ongoing activities related to SPA-0055 in the Canning Basin, Australia. These activities include Planning and Feasibility ...
Oilex Ltd provides Canning Basin SPA-0055 updateOilVoice (press release)

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Proactive Investors Australia
Oilex Ltd provides Canning Basin SPA-0055 update
OilVoice (press release)
Oilex Ltd (ASX: OEX, AIM: OEX) announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Admiral Oil NL, continues its ongoing activities related to SPA-0055 in the Canning Basin, Australia. These activities include Planning and Feasibility ... Oilex has commenced ...
OILEX LTD. : Canning Basin SPA-0055 Update4-traders (press release)

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Taskforce moves closer to revealing Indigenous crime findings
ABC Local
An Australian Crime Commission unit, investigating child abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities, is getting closer to releasing its findings. The National Indigenous Intelligence Taskforce was created in 2006 to provide the Federal Government ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous imprisonment rates: Australia needs better sentencing
The Guardian
Yesterday Australia's high court found that social disadvantage should be taken into account in sentencing, and does not diminish over time. Lawyers for William Bugmy,an Aboriginal man who had intentionally caused grievous bodily harm to a prison ...