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Remote indigenous funding 'spent on officials'
The Australian
A report by the Northern Territory's co-ordinator general for remote services, Olga Havnen, obtained by The Australian, says it is difficult to judge whether. the myriad programs are working, and government agencies "appear indifferent" to their ...

Call for indigenous Anglican bishop
The Canberra Times
Australian Anglicans have been urged by Anglicare's general manager indigenous services and education Karen Kime to pay for a full-time Aboriginal bishop. She told Anglicare's conference in Hobart recently that until the life chances of Aboriginal ...

Futures lost in translation
Herald Sun
Or hear it from the report itself: "It is ... important for all Australians to recognise the several hundred unique indigenous languages that were spoken for tens of thousands of years in Australia. The understanding and recognition of indigenous ...

The Canberra Times
Peachey backs new Blues coach to give indigenous talent a fair go
The Canberra Times
Peachey, who represented NSW and the Australian Super League team, said it was a constant source of frustration for him to think Queensland had a far better record of selecting indigenous players. Peachey said Daley, who boasts Aboriginal heritage ...

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Doc Reynolds now chairs Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Council
eTurboNews
Nudju man and Esperance resident Ronald (Doc) Reynolds has been elected as chair of the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators' Council (WAITOC), to replace Neville Poelina who has served his maximum 4-year term. Mr Reynolds' past roles ...

DAWN.com
Australia, South Africa beat the rain
DAWN.com
-Daniel Christian is of Aboriginal decent and a graduate of Cricket Australia's indigenous cricket program. Jason Gillespie is the only Australian test cricketer to publicly acknowledge his Aboriginal heritage. -Fearing Tamil Tiger attacks in the 1996 ...

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Brisbane Times
Indigenous trailblazer poised to make history
Brisbane Times
It is the feel-good story of Australian golf. Scott Gardiner, a proud Aborigine, will next year become the first indigenous Australian to play on the USPGA Tour. Gardiner showed he had plenty of talent when he first introduced himself to the Australian ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Light is fading for indigenous languages
Sydney Morning Herald
IN DECEMBER 1992 the Keating government launched 50 dictionaries of Aboriginal languages. A year in the making, the dictionaries were an attempt to preserve 100 or so remaining languages native to Australia. Once there had been 200. Robert Tickner ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Timing rarely right for referendum
Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott has found himself embarrassed by his West Australian backbencher Ken Wyatt, a respected indigenous figure. Not aware of the Coalition line, Wyatt told The Australian: ''the symbolism enshrined in an act is important as an early stage to ensuring ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Peachey backs new Blues coach to give indigenous talent a fair go
Sydney Morning Herald
Peachey, who represented NSW and the Australian Super League team, said it was a constant source of frustration for him to think Queensland had a far better record of selecting indigenous players. Peachey said Daley, who boasts Aboriginal heritage ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous trailblazer poised to make history
Sydney Morning Herald
It is the feel-good story of Australian golf. Scott Gardiner, a proud Aborigine, will next year become the first indigenous Australian to play on the USPGA Tour. Gardiner showed he had plenty of talent when he first introduced himself to the Australian ...

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Radio Australia
Indigenous leader backs move to defer referendum
Radio Australia
The Federal Government has shelved its plans to hold a referendum on whether to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and says it will instead introduce an act of recognition in Parliament to acknowledge Aboriginal people. Dr Calma, co ...

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SBS
Comment: Why Indigenous recognition failed to launch
SBS
The Gillard government has finally confirmed it will not be asking Australians to vote in a referendum for the constitutional recognition of Indigenous peoples in this term of parliament. Does the announcement bury or merely shelve Indigenous ...

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Indigenous leader backs move to defer referendum
Yahoo!7 News
to hold a referendum on whether to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and says it will instead introduce an act of recognition in Parliament to acknowledge Aboriginal people. Dr Calma, co-chair of Reconciliation Australia, says he ...

SBS
Indigenous leader backs move to defer referendum
ABC Online
The Federal Government has shelved its plans to hold a referendum on whether to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and says it will instead introduce an act of recognition in Parliament to acknowledge Aboriginal people. Dr Calma, co ...
Comment: Why Indigenous recognition failed to launchSBS

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Newly empowered, remote towns dare to dream
The Australian
From the West Australian border to the Eastern Plenty, central Australian indigenous communities are starting to use their newfound voice in the wake of last month's Northern Territory election, which for the first time saw Aborigines grasp the power ...

Indigenous game puts Aboriginal language into play
The Australian
In any case, they call it the indigenous game, so it is fitting the language of central Australia's Pitjantjatjara people will be spoken in today's penultimate match of the season at the MCG, even if Frank won't feature in the match. Understandably ...

Reform program closes learning gap for indigenous kids
The Australian
We began working on a school reform program in 2010 with the establishment of the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy. By the time students in two of our schools sat for the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy benchmarking tests ...

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Gillard willing to negotiate to get constitutional action
The Australian
THE Gillard government has indicated it is prepared to compromise with the opposition on its symbolic pledge to replace the promised referendum to acknowledge indigenous Australians. Despite the Coalition saying it would vote against Labor's proposed ...

Indigenous vote decided outcome in the Territory
The Australian
Some analysts say it was 5.1 per cent, but I say it was 6.3 per cent. The difference between the two statistics is explained by the fact that, at the general election held on August 9, 2008, two sitting Labor members were returned unopposed. In my ...