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The Guardian
Indigenous Australian death rates still high despite 'close the gap' project
The Guardian
Broken down by state, Western Australia has the biggest difference in Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates, at 783.7. WA is closely followed by the Northern Territory, at 772.9. South Australia has the smallest difference, with 312.9. ACT, Tasmania and ...
Northern Territory leads in closing Indigenous life expectancy gapThe Guardian
Progress lagging on life expectancy gapCourier Mail

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Cinema culture richer after rise of indigenous voices
Newcastle Herald
Why is it that Australian indigenous stories are being so well received in Australia and on the world stage? What is it that makes their work distinctive and rich? What sets it apart? The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) journal ...

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New resource offers hope to indigenous Australians
Port Macquarie News
Positive step: At last Friday's launch, from left, John Watkins chief executive officer Alzheimer's Australia NSW; Sheree Drylie, NSW Aboriginal liaison officer with Alzheimer's Australia NSW; Birpai elder Uncle Bill O'Brien; Judy O'Brien educator with ...

The Guardian
Northern Territory leads in closing Indigenous life expectancy gap
The Guardian
The Indigenous Reform report, released on Wednesday by the COAG reform council, assesses Australia's progress in “closing the gap”. It says Indigenous Australians are still dying at twice the rate of non-Indigenous people. Most states and territories ...
Progress lagging on life expectancy gapCourier Mail

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Cinema culture richer after rise of indigenous voices
Newcastle Star
Why is it that Australian indigenous stories are being so well received in Australia and on the world stage? What is it that makes their work distinctive and rich? What sets it apart? The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) journal ...

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Cinema culture richer after rise of indigenous voices
The Border Mail
Why is it that Australian indigenous stories are being so well received in Australia and on the world stage? What is it that makes their work distinctive and rich? What sets it apart? The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) journal ...

Progress lagging on life expectancy gap
Courier Mail
Death rates had declined in Queensland, but not at the needed pace, while NSW and South Australia were not on track to achieve the target, the COAG report said. Western Australia's indigenous death rates had also dipped, but the state had not set a target.

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Call to arms for indigenous kids
The Australian
"Indigenous populations in developed rich countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand, still do not do enough to address the inequality and unfairness experienced by indigenous populations despite understanding more than ever, the importance ...

Cinema culture richer after rise of indigenous voices
Sydney Morning Herald
As Ivan Sen's new feature film, Mystery Road, takes centre stage on Wednesday as the opening night film at the 60th Sydney Film Festival, it's timely to reflect on the rise of indigenous filmmaking in this country. When I began my career in film and ...

Successful UC Indigenous program to expand
Invest in Australia
"Two-and-a-half years ago there had never been an Indigenous Australian studying full-time at Cambridge or Oxford universities. Since then, 14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students have been accepted for postgraduate study at Oxford and ...

Prominent Indigenous artist Kumana Mitchell dies
ABC Online
He was a finalist in the 2009 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Nici Cumpston, the associate curator of Indigenous Art at the South Australia Art Gallery, says it was Mitchell's use of colour which made his work distinctive.

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Prominent Indigenous artist Kunmana Mitchell dies
Yahoo!7 News
He was a finalist in the 2009 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Nici Cumpston, the associate curator of Indigenous Art at the South Australia Art Gallery, says it was Mitchell's use of colour which made his work distinctive.

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Governments Have Failed Indigenous Children
Pro Bono Australia
A Canadian children's rights advocate has told a major conference on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children that children are powerful advocates for their own rights - and governments in Canada and Australia have failed their most vulnerable ...

Julia Gillard unveils new Closing the Gap target
The Australian
In a statement the Prime Minister said the new target would drive efforts to ensure 90 per cent of enrolled indigenous children across Australia attend a quality early childhood education program in the year before they start full-time school. "As a ...

Mobile health clinic to help boost Indigenous health
ABC Local
An Indigenous group says a mobile health van is desperately needed to address chronic disease in central and southern Queensland. Gas company QGC has given the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council $400,000 to establish a mobile ...

Mobile health clinic to help boost Indigenous health
ABC Local
An Indigenous group says a mobile health van is desperately needed to address chronic disease in central and southern Queensland. Gas company QGC has given the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council $400,000 to establish a mobile ...

International Meetings Review
Australia: World Indigenous Network Conference Held in Darwin
International Meetings Review
Darwin Convention Centre recently hosted the inaugural World Indigenous Network Conference, attracting over 1300 delegates representing hundreds of first nation peoples from 50 countries. The six-day event focused on managing natural environments the ...
Q&A: "The State Does Not Lose Sovereignty If It Respects Indigenous Rights"Independent European Daily Express

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Culture perverted 'by urban dwellers'
The Australian
"Many of them do quite well in the mainstream economy and society, supplying indigenous Australia with its middle class and the majority of its spokespeople. "They are regularly asked by journalists to define the 'indigenous view' on any issue. Unless ...

Aboriginal artist Napangardi killed in car crash
ABC Message Stick
Prominent Aboriginal artist Dorothy Napangardi was killed in a car accident near Alice Springs at the weekend. Napangardi was regarded as one of Australia's leading contemporary Aboriginal artists, and her works are contained in major collections ...

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Football is Australia's true indigenous game
SBS
For National Reconciliation Week 2013, with indigenous Australians playing at A-League, W-League, Socceroos and Matildas level, John Moriarty's fabulous program making tremendous strides in the Northern Territory and a strong community devotion to ...