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Blake Poetry Prize finalists announced
ABC Online
Poems about love, mortality, happiness, pain and the pressures in Australia's Indigenous communities are addressed by the finalists of this year's Blake Poetry Prize. The seven finalists, selected from over 400 entries across Australia, are a mix of ...

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Indigenous opera singer heads abroad
SBS
"In the last three years I've graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, I've worked with Deborah Cheetham on Pecan Summer and I had a lead role in that for the first two seasons and I've now gone on to work with Opera Australia with two ...

Review finds kidney test accurate
ABC Online
Earlier this year, it was decided a new kidney test would be adopted nationally but concerns were raised it did not factor in the differing fat to muscle ratios of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Current statistics show kidney disease is 15 ...

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MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
SBS
South Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

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MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
The Daily Telegraph
SOUTH Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

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MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
Herald Sun
SOUTH Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
NEWS.com.au
SOUTH Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
The Australian
SOUTH Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

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MP to check on SA's indigenous lands
Ninemsn
South Australian upper house MP Kelly Vincent will spent the next week in the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands to examine health, education and disability issues among indigenous communities. The Dignity for Disability MP will ...

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Indigenous girls face highest assault risk
Ninemsn
Indigenous girls face the highest risk of being injured in an assault compared to any other group in Queensland, a study has found. The study by the University of Queensland's Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine found ...

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Aboriginal laws set for huge overhaul
The Australian
Mineral Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis said he would consult widely with Indigenous groups, mining companies and other interested parties to see which parts of the existing Act need an overhaul to cut red tape and minimise legal challenges once ...

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Aboriginal laws set for huge overhaul
Adelaide Now
Mineral Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis said he would consult widely with Indigenous groups, mining companies and other interested parties to see which parts of the existing Act need an overhaul to cut red tape and minimise legal challenges once ...

Cape York's wasted millions, says Sarra
National Indigenous Times
BY National Indigenous Times reporter Geoff Bagnall. Australia's most prominent Indigenous academic, Dr Chris Sarra has warned the tens of millions of dollars being spent by State and Federal governments on the Cape York Institute's education program ...

SERCO fined $600000 for prison failures
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. SERCO, the multinational company engaged by the West Australian Government to manage various services for the Department of Corrective Services, has been hit with a fine of nearly ...

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Wyatt hails deal to end “racist” will legislation
National Indigenous Times
BY National Indigenous Tomes West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. Western Australia's shadow Indigenous Affairs and Native Title minister, Yamaji man Ben Wyatt has applauded the State Government's introduction of legislation to allow family ...

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Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Australia: Cuba's literacy program a success for Aboriginal community
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
September 29, 2012 -- Green Left Weekly/Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Sixteen Aboriginal adults in the remote Australiann town of Wilcannia, in outback Australia, are the first graduates of a groundbreaking trial literacy program ...

Gas hub footprint steps on dinosaur toes
ABC Message Stick
"This is our only window on Australia during the age of dinosaurs 130 million years ago." Over the past year, Dr Salisbury has been working with the local Aboriginal community and Broome dinosaur enthusiasts to document the fossils near Woodside's ...

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Easing of grog bans sparks fears
The Australian
INDIGENOUS leaders have warned progress on violence and school attendance could be destroyed by a relaxing of alcohol sale bans in Aboriginal communities in Queensland. The Queensland Newman government yesterday announced its review ... Scold: The High ...

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An Australian hero whose skin was the wrong colour
On Line opinion
The Wee Waa Echo called them "radicals and professional troublemakers", adding that "it is not fanciful to see the Aboriginal problem as the powder keg for Communist aggression in Australia". Abused as "boongs" and "niggers", the Murrays' riverside ...

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AAco gets new foothold as cattle station sold
The Australian
It is understood that the Indigenous Land Corporation could be backing the purchase by the local Aboriginal people. Once a deal is finalised, the property is expected to be managed by the Australian Agricultural Company. Neighbouring properties Leopold ...