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Closing the gap on Indigenous employment? Not quite
The Conversation
It almost goes without saying, but stable, well-paid employment remains one of the key ways to protect people from poverty and exclusion. And that's never truer than for our Indigenous population. Aside from having the higher income and resources that ...

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100 dead horses rotting in dry WA dam
Sky News Australia
Up to 100 horses have died in a parched dam on a remote Aboriginal reserve in northeastern Western Australia after becoming stuck in mud, and authorities aren't sure how to prevent others perishing. More horses are already stranded in the dam, which is ...
wild horses perish in muddy Balgo damsNEWS.com.au

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EXCLUSIVE: First look at ABC1's new drama Redfern Now
The Australian
... highly-anticipated release of the series. The project was a joint production between the ABC and the Indigenous department of Screen Australia, in collaboration with internationally acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern. Redfern Now, ABC1, Thursday 8.30pm.

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MPs urged to talk to indigenous leaders
NEWS.com.au
The federal government has put on hold plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge indigenous Australians until there is more community awareness and support. Instead, it will legislate an Act of Recognition as an interim measure. A joint ...
Indigenous recognition Act releasedSky News Australia

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Indigenous firms bid for resources sector work in Queensland
CoalGuru.com
The forum is a joint initiative of the MoU to Increase Indigenous Participation in the Resources Sector, Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), the South East Queensland Indigenous Chamber of Commerce (SEQICC) and the Indigenous Construction Group ...

Study maps Indigenous travellers' movements
ABC Local
A study of transient Aborigines has found more information is needed to help services in regional centres cope with population influxes. The University of South Australia study surveyed Indigenous travellers in Ceduna and Port Augusta. Researcher Jen ...

EXCLUSIVE - Mining deal bombshell
National Indigenous Times
YAC By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. A lawyer who spent more than a year representing the interests of the Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has claimed the organisation was a "quickly formed front ...

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Archie Roach makes triumphant comeback
SBS
30 Oct 2012, 8:43 pm - Source: Nancia Guivarra, NITV. Share This. 1 0 0. + Comment. 0. One of Australia's most popular Indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach, has made a triumphant return to music, with his new album 'Into the Bloodstream'.

Green Left Weekly
Concerns over indigenous recognition Act
Sky News Australia
The federal government put plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge indigenous Australians on the backburner last month until there's more community awareness and support. Instead, it will legislate an Act of Recognition as an interim ...
Search for Indigenous place name meaningsSBS
Aborigines may have to waitSydney Morning Herald
Kids in care 'losing culture'The Australian
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Search for Indigenous place name meanings
SBS
He's embarking on a three-year project to develop a multi-media resource incorporating the meanings of Aboriginal place names in south-western Australia, hundreds of which come from the local Nyungar language. Professor Collard says records held by the ...

Weekly Times Now
Living link to indigenous past
Weekly Times Now
When Jeremy Clark was at school in Warrnambool, he was taught more about ancient Roman history than Australia's indigenous past - despite being a member of the nearby Framlingham Aboriginal community. "If we did learn anything it was "This is a ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Black Julia
Sydney Morning Herald
It is a little over 40 years since Australia's first indigenous senator, Neville Bonner, was appointed - and only two years since Ken Wyatt was the first Aborigine to be elected to the House of Representatives. ''Not quite good enough,'' artist Michael ...

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Brisbane Times
Black Julia
Brisbane Times
It is a little over 40 years since Australia's first indigenous senator, Neville Bonner, was appointed - and only two years since Ken Wyatt was the first Aborigine to be elected to the House of Representatives. ''Not quite good enough,'' artist Michael ...

Green Left Weekly
Gillard gives way to Abbott on indigenous recognition
The Australian
JULIA Gillard has agreed to Tony Abbott's request for a joint select committee to look into constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. But the Gillard government has not yet secured the Opposition Leader's support for a parliamentary act of ...
Concerns over indigenous recognition ActNEWS.com.au
Call for indigenous eye health equity6minutes
Sydney University looks to close Koori Centre for Aboriginal studentsGreen Left Weekly

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WA today
Infant deaths halved since '86
The Australian
But a snapshot by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare finds the mortality rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is 2.1 times higher than for the non-indigenous -- 25 deaths per 100,000 compared with 12. Infant mortality ...
Protection orders for children double in decade: welfare reportThe Age

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Native land-care tips from Down Under
Canada First Perspective
A delegation of Australian Indigenous Rangers arrived in Vancouver on the weekend for a tour that will take them to Yellowknife and Winnipeg before ending in Ottawa in a week. The group, organized by the Pew Environment Group, is here to talk to native ...

Green Left Weekly
Concerns over indigenous recognition Act
NEWS.com.au
The federal government put plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge indigenous Australians on the backburner last month until there's more community awareness and support. Instead, it will legislate an Act of Recognition as an interim ...
Kids in care 'losing culture'The Australian
Call for indigenous eye health equity6minutes
Sydney University looks to close Koori Centre for Aboriginal studentsGreen Left Weekly

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous heart beats in Redfern
NEWS.com.au
Asked about her involvement in the creation and production of Redfern Now, an all-Aboriginal drama series for ABC1, she says: "I was (indigenous rugby league star) Johnathan Thurston out there. I had moves to make, set plays to deliver. And it was all ...
Gritty new drama tackles hard issuesThe West Australian
Actor, director and writer Leah Purcell. Source: SuppliedThe Australian
Big ideas shape city life storiesBrisbane Times

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The West Australian
Indigenous recognition Act released
The West Australian
The federal government put plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge indigenous Australians on the backburner last month, until there's more community awareness and support for the plan. Instead, it will legislate an Act of Recognition as ...

100 dead horses rotting in dry WA dam
The Australian
UP to 100 horses have died in a parched dam on a remote Aboriginal reserve in northeastern Western Australia after becoming stuck in mud, and authorities aren't sure how to prevent others perishing. More horses are already stranded in the dam, which is ...
wild horses perish in muddy Balgo damsHerald Sun

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