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Petrol sniffing program being compromised
The Australian
... Aboriginal communities, the Central Land Council says. A Senate committee is considering a private members bill from the Australian Greens to make the voluntary Opal Fuel roll out in parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South ...
No new funding for petrol sniffing programABC Message Stick

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Indigenous communities tap into better drinking water
ABC Local
Treatment equipment will be installed in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia's north to improve the quality of their drinking water. GE Power and Water will install the equipment in Kiwirrkurra, on the edge of the Gibson Desert, and in the ...

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A hole lot of learning ahead for Yalata youth
ABC Online
Indigenous youth in the Far West of South Australia will soon be learning about the significance of local rockholes, thanks to some recent funding. Nearly $28000 has been awarded to the Yalata community as part of natural resources management grants.

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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
The Daily Telegraph
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
NEWS.com.au
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
Herald Sun
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP on Tuesday. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of ...
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollarsABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Bride Running Away for 1.4m dollars
ABC Online
STEPHANIE ANDERSON: Painted in 1957, it's part of a series called Love, Marriage and Death of a Half-Caste - exploring the plight of Indigenous Australians at a time when they were greatly marginalised. It's a subject that was close to the artist's heart.
Boyd painting sells for record $1.68mThe Daily Telegraph
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ABC Online
Northern Kimberley displays jewels of cultural conservation
ABC Online
Transcript. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: We hear far too many stories of Indigenous disadvantage and despair. This isn't one of them. In Australia's vast northern Kimberley region, Aboriginal rangers are playing a crucial role in land and cultural conservation.

Boyd painting sells for record $1.68m
NEWS.com.au
"These pictures emanated from Arthur Boyd's experience in Alice Springs in 1951 where he really witnessed the plight of indigenous Australians," Mr Smith told AAP. "He saw the complexities that existed between that notion of assimilation of Aboriginal ...
Boyd painting fetches record priceYahoo!7 News
Boyd painting tipped to sell for record priceABC Online

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Press TV
Indigenous intervention dominates Australia NT election campaign
Press TV
Australia's Northern Territory is in the middle of a General Election campaign and a prevalent issue is the future of the Indigenous Intervention by the Federal Government in 2007. The intervention was in response to alleged rampant child sexual abuse ...

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UN indigenous rep to probe mining impact
The Australian
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, James Anaya, is set to meet 75 people from indigenous communities, the federal government and mining industry officials at a round table in Melbourne. The unofficial visit is part of Mr ...

The Guardian (Australia)
Rates of suicide “a national tragedy”
The Guardian (Australia)
Indigenous wellbeing champion Tom Calma has called on the Australian government to properly resource and implement the nation's first Indigenous suicide prevention strategy once it is finalised. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's suicide ...
Action plan takes off at AirservicesPS News

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Brisbane Times
The hero too many of us still don't know
Brisbane Times
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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AEC still alive in Deadly Awards
PS News
Director of the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program at the AEC, Bob Eckhardt, said the nomination recognised the AEC's work in encouraging Indigenous Australians to enrol and vote through the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP).

Action plan takes off at Airservices
PS News
Mr Clark said the Action Plan took a holistic approach to creating meaningful and sustainable opportunities for Indigenous Australians across a range of roles and locations around Australia. “It raises awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

No new funding for petrol sniffing program
ABC Message Stick
The Federal Government will not renew funding to a pilot program aimed at reducing petrol sniffing on remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's outback. The Petrol Sniffing Strategy program at Indulkana on the APY lands in the state's far north was ...

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ABC Online
Firefighters confident burning off in Central Australia will prevent big blazes
ABC Online
Prescribed burns of more than 2000 square kilometres of Aboriginal land have just been completed across Central Australia, ahead of the upcoming fire season. The burning was done by 11 Indigenous ranger groups from the Central Land Council, using ...

Defense for the indigenous
The Japan Times
According to the United Nations, a native Aboriginal child born in Australia today can expect to die almost 20 years earlier than his or her nonnative compatriot. In countries where indigenous peoples are in sizeable numbers, they still fare poorly as ...

Sydney Morning Herald
The hero too many of us still don't know
Sydney Morning Herald
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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Indigenous outfits sell on world market
The Australian
Indigenous Business Australia and the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council have formed a partnership to help Aboriginal businesses seize the opportunities for growth created by the increasing number of corporate and government buyers wanting ...