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An Indigenous PM: This can happen
SBS
Two thirds of Australians believe this country will never have an Indigenous Prime Minister during their lifetime, according to a recent Newspoll survey, and the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is on a mission to prove them wrong.
Indigenous scholarship recipient Thanasi Tiliakos at Scots College in Sydney's ...The Australian

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Boulevard honours indigenous leader
Geelong Advertiser
THE road connecting the Geelong Ring Road to the Surfcoast Highway has been named after a revered local indigenous man. Previously known as Stage 4C of the ring road project, the $90 million link will be known as Baanip Boulevard with work to start ...

Mission Australia's Youth Survey shows indigenous Australians are keen to work ...
The Daily Telegraph
Mission Australia's Youth Survey found Aboriginals aged 15 to 19 felt less likely than their non indigenous peers to feel they could choose to go to university (45 per cent v 74 per cent) or travel (24 per cent v 43 per cent). They worry about drugs ...

WA today
Mission Australia's Youth Survey shows indigenous Australians are keen to work ...
NEWS.com.au
But a nationwide snapshot of indigenous young Australians also reveals their optimism and ambition comes despite feeling life offers fewer options and 20 per cent admitting they have no-one to turn to for support in times of crisis. Mission Australia's ...
Indigenous youth see a less safe and more worrying worldThe Australian
Having a job 'more important' to indigenous Generation Ys - The AgeThe Age
Ceremony welcomes ancestral remainsABC Local

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WA today
Indigenous youth see a less safe and more worrying world
The Australian
Mission Australia chief executive Toby Hall said while differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people remained stark, the survey uncovered a number of areas of common ground. "Unsurprisingly, the results show significant gaps between ...
Having a job 'more important' to indigenous Generation Ys - WA TodayWA today
Ceremony welcomes ancestral remainsABC Local

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Australia's first Indigenous ambassador
SBS
Australia's first indigenous ambassador, Damien Miller, flies out to his new post in Denmark tomorrow. Australia's first Indigenous ambassador flies out to his new post in Denmark tomorrow. Damien Miller has previously worked in the Australia High ...

Reviving Indigenous languages
SBS
6 May 2013, 12:40 pm - Source: Andy Park, SBS. Share This. 23 1 0. + Comment. 2. Around 93 percent of Australian Indigenous languages have become extinct, but one South Australian community is working to make sure they don't become a statistic.

Call to make NDIS indigenous friendly
The Australian
For the scheme, dubbed DisabilityCare Australia, to be successful for indigenous people there needed to be practical discussions about the support and assistance on offer. Deaf Australia spokeswoman Kim Curtis said as an indigenous woman, she often ...

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Victorian community reclaims Indigenous remains
SBS
The remains of thousands of Indigenous Australians are still in museums around Australia and overseas. Robin Hirst from the Museum of Victoria says the museum works with descendants of the bodies wherever possible. "We contact various traditional ...

Pride and identity: Reviving Indigenous languages
SBS
6 May 2013, 12:40 pm - Source: Andy Park, SBS. Share This. 0 0 0. + Comment. 0. Around 93 percent of Australian Indigenous languages have become extinct, but one South Australian community is working to make sure they don't become a statistic.

Cyber Safety Committee to meet with Brisbane indigenous schools
Computerworld Australia
The visits are part of the Committee's Inquiry, which began on 20 March 2013, into issues which affect indigenous Australians such as online racism. The Inquiry is particularly interested in how this affects young people in remote and rural communities.

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Emerging Indigenous Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
The Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership is looking to appoint its next two emerging leaders for those applicants who are at the beginning of their leadership journey. The Fellowship provides support to recognised leaders and opportunities to emerging ...

The West Australian
Births more deadly for Aboriginal mothers
The West Australian
"Right here in Australia, maternal and perinatal mortality rates in our indigenous population continue to be far worse than the non-indigenous population." There are less than 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander midwives registered in Australia ...

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Deadlier births for Aboriginal mothers
Sky News Australia
Aboriginal mothers are three to five times more likely to die during childbirth, and their babies two to three times more likely, Australian College of Midwives (ACM) president Sue Kruske says. She said many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women ...

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Aboriginal mothers more likely to die in childbirth, midwife group says
NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal mothers are three to five times more likely to die during childbirth, and their babies two to three times more likely, Australian College of Midwives (ACM) president Sue Kruske says. She said many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women ...

Births more deadly for Aboriginal mothers
The Australian
Aboriginal mothers are three to five times more likely to die during childbirth, and their babies two to three times more likely, Australian College of Midwives (ACM) president Sue Kruske says. She said many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women ...

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Indigenous education needs gutsy leaders
ABC Local
"Looking at it from an Aboriginal perspective, it identifies the extent to which our children are the same as every other Australian child but it's also sophisticated enough to acknowledge the difference that we bring and the challenges that come with ...

Long-grassers: Indigenous women trade sex for food and cigarettes
The Daily Telegraph
Rates of certain sexual infection are reported as higher in the NT than anywhere else in Australia, and especially among indigenous people. "Sometimes use them [condoms],” a woman told the researchers, “but not all the time. The girl might be shame to ...

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Long-grassers: Indigenous women trade sex for food and cigarettes
The Australian
Rates of certain sexual infection are reported as higher in the NT than anywhere else in Australia, and especially among indigenous people. "Sometimes use them [condoms],” a woman told the researchers, “but not all the time. The girl might be shame to ...

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Indigenous business skills workshop to be held on Tuesday
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) is running free Into Business workshops to assist Indigenous Australians in the Rockhampton area who are interested in going into business on Tuesday. Indigenous entrepreneurs who have business ideas they would like ...