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Indigenous water rights stir ripples in ranks
ABC Online
A second Country Liberals MLA has questioned the Northern Territory Government's stand on strategic Indigenous water reserves. Traditional owners had hoped the Government would set aside water reserves for the future economic development of ...

Indigenous Australia's got operatic talent
Limelight Magazine
Australia's National Indigenous Opera Company, Short Black Opera, will continue its annual tradition of mentoring young Indigenous operatic talent when 15 promising Indigenous singers from across the nation come together at the University of Melbourne ...

Indigenous Australia's got operatic talent
Limelight Magazine
Australia's National Indigenous Opera Company, Short Black Opera, will continue its annual tradition of mentoring young Indigenous operatic talent when 15 promising Indigenous singers from across the nation come together at the University of Melbourne ...

Cultural wall sees Indigenous men miss welfare pay
Yahoo!7 News
A culture barrier is leading young Indigenous Australians in remote Northern Territory communities to miss out on welfare payments. Experts are calling on the Federal Government to identify and manage the cultural barriers, concerned domestic abuse ...

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Aborigines thrive in working heart of Australia
The Australian
While the majority of the resort's indigenous employees are from larger urban centres, the resort is slowly emerging as an employment prospect for many of central Australia's remote communities. Yulara sits just north of South Australia's Anangu ...

Experts want review into rate of young Indigenous men missing out on welfare
ABC Online
A culture barrier is leading young Indigenous Australians in remote Northern Territory communities to miss out on welfare payments. Experts are calling on the Federal Government to identify and manage the cultural barriers, concerned domestic abuse ...

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Building better communities for remote Indigenous Australians
FutureGov Magazine
Thousands of economically and socially vulnerable Indigenous Australians living in remote communities in South Australia rely on the Department of Community and Social Inclusion's (DCSI) Aboriginal and Remote Housing (ARH) unit for safe, quality ...

New initiative for Indigenous musicians set to open in Broome
artsHub Australia (subscription)
The inaugural Nurlu Jalbingan opens in Broome tomorrow, Thursday 13 June, just over a week since the death of one of Australia's most successful contemporary Aboriginal singer/songwriter, the internationally successful frontman of Yothu Yindi. Designed ...

Call to honour indigenous servicemen
The Canberra Times
Aborigines have served in every conflict involving Australia, from the Boer War to the present day, and at least five Aboriginal Diggers are buried at Gallipoli with an estimated 500 to 600 enlisting for the ''Great War''. Exact figures are hard to ...

Mining company commits to Indigenous Australia
The Transcontinental
PRESENTATION: Exact Mining Services' human resources manager Mim Saric presents Chad McKenzie with his certificate. Exact Mining Services have reconfirmed their commitment to Indigenous Australians during a presentation at Davenport Community ...

Pop-up studio in Alice Springs to tackle rip-offs in Indigenous art market
ABC Online
Pop-up studio in Alice Springs to tackle rip-offs in Indigenous art market. Updated June 11, 2013 09:07:00. A group of community art centres is creating an innovative pop-up studio for artists visiting Alice Springs from remote communities, to tackle ...

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Hospital painting ends Indigenous artist exploitation
ABC Online
The problem of famous Aboriginal artists being ripped off by unscrupulous dealers continues to plague the indigenous art market. Now a group of community art centres is tackling the issue themselves by creating an innovative pop-up studio for artists ...

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NEC's indigenous traineeship to bridge digital divide
The Australian
Fujitsu launched its indigenous IT traineeship program early last year in Western Australia. The program educates indigenous students in conjunction with their secondary school curriculum to prepare them for a career or further study in the IT sector ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
Courier Mail
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Daily Telegraph
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Australian
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Australian
Aboriginal women 80 times more likely to be hospitalised for assault; "Disastrous" school attendance rates of remote indigenous children; Australians "don't want to know" about shame in their backyard. DO you want the shocking truth? There's a place in ...

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Australia challenged to match France in promoting indigenous art
News Tribe
PARIS: Australia has been challenged to match France's promotion of Aboriginal art after the inauguration of a landmark work in Paris. Gija artist Lena Nyadbi's Dayiwul Lirlmim (Barramundi Scales) will be seen by millions of visitors to the French ...

Abbott says Coalition would want new engagement with Aboriginal people if ...
The Daily Telegraph
TONY Abbott says the marginalisation of indigenous Australians remains the darkest tale in this nation's story, but says if elected he will work to ensure there is not yet another lapse into complacency. Responding to a News Limited series on chronic ...

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Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Chief executive Andrew Penfold ...
Herald Sun
OVERCOMING gross disadvantage of Australia's indigenous people is surely the greatest moral challenge facing our nation. Paul Keating summed it up in his Redfern speech 20 years ago, when he said it was we who took the traditional lands and smashed ...
Marclene helping to nurse the future of indigenous educationNEWS.com.au

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