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Bilingual tack gains traction
The Australian
Parliament's standing committee on indigenous affairs released a bipartisan report yesterday calling for more action to protect endangered indigenous languages, revealed by The Australian, and recommending bilingual education. Mr Garrett's spokeswoman ...
Teach indigenous kids in mother tongueSky News Australia
Indigenous students need bilingual educationABC Online
Action needed to help preserve Indigenous languagesThe Conversation
Invest in Australia -Perth Now -The Virtual Medical Centre
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Sydney Morning Herald
Drama at NIDA: former board member slams falling standards
Sydney Morning Herald
Puplick also claims Williams ignored indigenous and Asian stories and design aesthetics. He said NIDA had no indigenous representation on its board or among senior staff. "Serious engagement with both Indigenous Australia and with Asia is something ...

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WA today
Drama at NIDA: former board member slams falling standards
WA today
Puplick also claims Williams ignored indigenous and Asian stories and design aesthetics. He said NIDA had no indigenous representation on its board or among senior staff. "Serious engagement with both Indigenous Australia and with Asia is something ...

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More support needed for first languages
NEWS.com.au
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples spokeswoman Jody Broun said the report had recognised indigenous languages were suffering from a "a slow death by neglect." Tiwi Islander Gregoriana Parker said teaching children their first language Tiwi ...

More support needed for first languages
The Australian
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples spokeswoman Jody Broun said the report had recognised indigenous languages were suffering from a "a slow death by neglect." Tiwi Islander Gregoriana Parker said teaching children their first language Tiwi ...
Indigenous students need bilingual educationABC Online
Action needed to help preserve Indigenous languagesThe Conversation

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Indigenous students need bilingual education
ABC Online
"When they are able to speak and preserve and indeed restore their Indigenous languages there's enormous advantage in their sense of wellbeing, their sense of self esteem, their cultural retention, their unique and amazing Australian Aboriginal culture ...
Push for bilingual educationThe Australian
Action needed to help preserve Indigenous languagesThe Conversation
More support needed for first languagesHerald Sun

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Doubt aired over Indigenous heritage laws
ABC Online
The country's peak native title body has labelled Western Australia's Aboriginal heritage laws pointless, after a mining company escaped punishment for bulldozing protected sites in the Pilbara. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) admitted disturbing three ...

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Action needed to help preserve Indigenous languages
The Conversation
Language and Indigenous experts have welcomed a government report that recommends bilingual school education programs for Indigenous communities, saying it will benefit all Australians and help get some Indigenous languages off the endangered ...

24k Territorians hospitalised for grog since 1998
ABC Online
About 65 per cent were Indigenous, with the most common cause being assault or pancreatitis. For non-Indigenous Territorians, the most common reason was injury from a fall. The study shows Indigenous people in Central Australia aged 25 and over ...

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UN urges more indigenous consultation
SBS
A United Nations expert has urged the federal government to maintain ongoing consultation with Aboriginal communities about the extended Northern Territory intervention. Special Rapporteur James Anaya previously had warned the government's Stronger ...

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More support needed for first languages
Herald Sun
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples spokeswoman Jody Broun said the report had recognised indigenous languages were suffering from a "a slow death by neglect." Tiwi Islander Gregoriana Parker said teaching children their first language Tiwi ...

UN urges more indigenous consultation
Ninemsn
A United Nations expert has urged the federal government to maintain ongoing consultation with Aboriginal communities about the extended Northern Territory intervention. Special Rapporteur James Anaya previously had warned the government's Stronger ...

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Labor brings fight to Coalition
The Australian
According to the latest Newspoll survey, conducted exclusively for The Australian on the weekend, the Gillard government's primary vote went up three percentage points to 36 per cent as the Coalition's crashed five points to 41 per cent - its lowest ...

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'Folkal' Point
Indian Express
He has collaborated with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and lent his indigenous Australian musical style to their hard rock. Equally noteworthy is his work with American composer Philip Glass and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Bangarra off to Mongolia via Rio
The Australian
The national indigenous troupe, led by artistic director Stephen Page, will perform two shows on September 22 and 23 in the Ulanbator Culture Palace, Mongolia's premier performing arts venue. The company, which will stage Spirit -- a compilation of ...

Push for bilingual education
The Australian
The Australian understands the committee will call for increased funding for indigenous language support programs, inclusion of language learning in the Closing the Gap program, acknowledgment of the benefits to indigenous and non-indigenous ...

Mourning the demise of public health nutrition in Queensland
Crikey (blog)
By contrast Indigenous Australians have a life expectancy nearly 20 years less than other Australians - a huge gap. Much of the work we did was aimed at closing that gap, so there is anger too – anger about the impact of these cuts on health, and ...

Assange Will Get Aboriginal Passport
Newser
In a symbolic gesture of support, an Aboriginal group in his native Australia today issued the passport in his name and presented it to Assange's father, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The Indigenous Social Justice Association is fighting for ...

Sydney Morning Herald
A new generation of gifted indigenous players more at ease in the limelight
Sydney Morning Herald
''Every time they're on television they prove our culture is alive and strong.'' - Former Cronulla and Souths fullback David Peachey. After he came to terms with the shock of winning the Dally M medal as the code's best player, Ben Barba proceeded to ...

Julian Assange given Aboriginal passport in 'show of solidarity'
GlobalPost
John Shipton, the biological father of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holds an Aboriginal Nations passport for use when travelling within Australia which he accepted in Sydney on behalf of his son on September 15, 2012. Shipton said he spoke ...