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Push for preferential treatment at G20 summit
The Australian
Indigenous businesses are ready to provide a huge range of services from transport and logistics, printing, catering and communications," he said. "It's time Australia and the world saw indigenous enterprise as a strong contributor to the economy, not ...

SBS
What next for Indigenous funding?
SBS
And so on a per capita basis, that puts some pressure on Indigenous funding. But nevertheless, the funding has increased. Paradoxically, perhaps, a lot of that funding is being allocated to remote Australia where need is seen to be the greatest.

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John Pilger: Australia hides Aboriginal suffering
Green Left Weekly
Seventeen kilometres by ferry from Perth is Western Australia's "premier tourist destination". This is Rottnest Island, whose scabrous wild beauty and isolation evoked for me Robben Island in South Africa. Empires are never short of devil's islands ...

Indigenous spending: Where does the money go?
SBS
"I would say at this stage, we haven't had the confirmed numbers, and we do need every state and territory to come and recommit to closing the gap with their funding, to ensure the whole of Australia - every single Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

A systematic review of suicide prevention interventions targeting indigenous ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Indigenous peoples of Australia, Canada, United States and New Zealand experience disproportionately high rates of suicide. As such, the methodological quality of evaluations of suicide prevention interventions targeting these Indigenous populations ...

Course opens Indigenous pathway to legal careers
ABC Online
Aboriginal Australians are over-represented in the criminal justice system but not at the bench or the bar. A program in South Australia is trying to address the imbalance by bridging the gap between secondary school and entering law school. The first ...

Colgate University gives Indigenous artwork collection to Curtin University in ...
Art Daily
1949. Pastel. Gift of Herbert Mayer '29. Photo: Colgate University. HAMILTON, NY.- In an important example of international, cultural, and educational collaboration, Colgate University will give 119 Indigenous artworks to Curtin University in Western ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Leading the way: indigenous student sets his sights on the top job
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Scots College student Jay Dent. Big plans: Scots College student Jay Dent. Photo: Tamara Dean. Meet Australia's first indigenous prime minister - in waiting. Jay Dent, 13, was the first to question Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday's Q ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Andrew Penfold: "I felt quite happy with my life as a rebellious teenager ...
The Australian
YOU founded the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, which aims to put 2000 indigenous kids through top schools and universities within 20 years. Why? It is universally accepted that education is the biggest barrier preventing indigenous ...
New program helps Indigenous students aim highInvest in Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
Our solution's not the only answer, but it absolutely works
The Australian
At the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, we don't claim to have all the answers for reducing indigenous education inequality, but we do claim to have one that is proven to work and is helping to close the gap. Four years ago, the Australian ...
New program helps Indigenous students aim highInvest in Australia

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The Age
Our solution's not the only answer, but it absolutely works
The Australian
At the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, we don't claim to have all the answers for reducing indigenous education inequality, but we do claim to have one that is proven to work and is helping to close the gap. Four years ago, the Australian ...
New program helps Indigenous students aim highInvest in Australia

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Networks of opportunity involving the private sector are vital for indigenous ...
The Australian
I do not know of any indigenous Australian on the board of a top 500 company. Even government appointments to boards other than those of specifically indigenous organisations exclude indigenous Australians. While there are increasing examples of ...

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Indigenous Rights Advocacy Officer
Pro Bono Australia
Working within Oxfam Australia's Indigenous Rights Advocacy Team located in the Advocacy and Public Policy Unit of the Public Engagement directorate, you will work closely with our Youth Program and other key staff in the agency to establish, train ...
Getting Indigenous Students into EngineeringDesignBuild Source

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Christian Thompson shuns traditional art practices and instead continually ...
The Australian
Next month, his work will also feature in My Country, I Still Call Australia Home, a major show of contemporary indigenous works at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. As well, Thompson is one of the first indigenous Australians to study at Oxford ...

The West Australian
Bring on indigenous side: Irishman Hanley
The West Australian
Ireland have "got on top" of Australia physically in international rules and will welcome the new challenge posed by an indigenous side, Pearce Hanley says. Ireland's form Brisbane Lions midfielder has warmed to AFL chief Andrew Demetriou's suggestion ...
All-indigenous team could represent Australia - The AgeThe Age
Irish Lion backs all-indigenous team ideaAFL.com
AFL consider all-indigenous squad for TestNinemsn
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New program helps Indigenous students aim high
Invest in Australia
The number of Indigenous students enrolled at Australian universities has grown by over 40 per cent since 2006. The Labor Government continues to support innovative programs to increase access to university through the Higher Education Participation ...

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AFL.com
Irish Lion backs all-indigenous team idea
AFL.com
PEARCE Hanley loves the idea of Australia sending an all-indigenous team to contest the International Rules series and believes Ireland would fully support the concept. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou floated the idea on Thursday, and the Brisbane Lions ...

Wellington program changing Indigenous lives
ABC Online
The Wellington Aboriginal Health Service says a program that aims to improve the health of Indigenous mothers and their babies is having amazing outcomes. It is is one of three organisations around Australia running the Nurse Family Partnership Program ...

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Getting Indigenous Students into Engineering
DesignBuild Source
With the help of dedicated volunteers from within the organisation, the Engineers Australia RAP Plan has helped build relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and encouraged new engineering education pathways,” said ...

AFL.com
All-indigenous team could represent Australia - The Age
The Age
An all-indigenous team could represent Australia in this year's international rules series against Ireland. The Footy Show reported that the AFL is considering sending a team comprised exclusively of indigenous players to Ireland for the upcoming ...
Demetriou flags all-indigenous International Rules teamAFL.com
GAA not approached by AFL over player planIrish Times
AFL consider all-indigenous squad for TestNinemsn

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