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Rising Aboriginal jobless rate fuels policy angst Brisbane Times Australian National University economists Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter estimated that when CDEP participants are excluded, the bureau figures show that indigenous employment in non-CDEP jobs has been rising since 2006, especially among women.
We need to focus on more than mining to create jobs: Peter Yu National Indigenous Times Indigenous leader and Gillard government adviser Peter Yu has warned mining is not the "panacea" that will deliver remote and regional Indigenous Australians economic independence and that a new focus must be placed on agriculture, carbon farming and ...
Indigenous Australia for Dummies ABC Local How much do you know about Australia's indigenous culture? Michael Pavlich speaks to Prof Larissa Behrendt, author of "Indigenous Australia for Dummies" she's also a barrister and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at ...
Australian Geographic Waterhouse art prize won by Aboriginal artist Australian Geographic MARGARET LOY PULA'S painting Anatye, which won her the overall prize in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Competition - Australia's richest competition of its kind - illustrates an ancient dreaming story about the process of collecting bush potato ...
Former Origin Greats promote Indigenous jobs in Townsville Invest in Australia Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Julie Collins, said the Expos are a great chance for young Indigenous Australians to connect with employers and training providers. “The Townsville business community has really embraced ...
ABC Online Different world: understanding Indigenous justice ABC Online But the fact is that while AFL is as much a religion for blackfellas as it is for whitefellas, and while Liam Jurrah's status as a player affords him a special respect among Aboriginal people in Central Australia, he could walk away from the AFL ...
Indigenous vaccination a 'screaming success' SBS Until a vaccine was introduced in 1993, Aboriginal children in Australia had the highest rate of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in the world, a disease which can cause deafness and intellectual impairment along with a number of other medical ...
NEWS.com.au New wave of sniffers feared The Australian Every community in central Australia has been touched by the substance abuse problem, its abundance and impact varying according to local rates of family dysfunction, poverty and boredom. And the availability of petrol. Youth worker Lisa Sharman ... Push to cut source of petrol sniffingSBS
'Segregation in school' claims denied The Australian ALL education sectors in Western Australia have denied claims in a human rights report that Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie region were placed in a segregated class and banned from gathering in groups of more than three. The claims were contained ...
The West Australian Hard stuff made easy The West Australian Ever wanted to know more about Aboriginal Australia but been too afraid to ask? Larissa Behrendt believes you are not alone. While travelling in Canada some years ago, the Australian indigenous author and academic spotted a copy of Native Americans for ...
Race 'a problem in schools' The Australian ABORIGINAL students at a school in the Kalgoorlie region were not allowed to walk around in groups of more than three, and students were placed in segregated classrooms creating a "racist mindset", the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ...
Funding confusion clouds petrol-sniffing programs The Australian And a second program expected to rollout a youth-diversion program in the remote Lake Nash community in the Northern Territory is under a cloud, with organisers fearing they will lose funding next July. South Australian Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol ...
Indigenous Pacific tribes meet on climate change Radio Australia One of the Hawaiian delegates, Paulokaleioku Timmy Bailey, told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program coastal Indigenous people are dealing with the loss of food and land from global warming. "The important thing about Indigenous people is because we ...
Indigenous referendum a long way off, Nicola Roxon warns The Australian NICOLA Roxon has declared reform of the Constitution to recognise indigenous Australians and local government is a long way off, blaming Tony Abbott's Coalition for refusing to work with the Gillard government to advance the proposal and achieve ...
Indigenous Australians' hopes and dreams ABC Online ABC Open received more than 1925 dreams from Indigenous Australians in 130 places around the country. Its infographic of key facts about the dreamers reveals: 47 per cent of elders dreamed of a better future for their community or family. The dream of ...
Aboriginal leader honored in Israel Jewish Telegraphic Agency SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – An Australian Aboriginal leader who staged a remarkable protest against the Nazis was honored in Israel. On Dec. 6, 1938 — just weeks after the Kristallnacht pogrom in Germany — William Cooper led a delegation of members of ...
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Aboriginal's Death in Custody Case – No Justice? Inter Press Service MELBOURNE, Nov 30 2008 (IPS) - Although supporters have expressed satisfaction with the six year jail term handed down recently to Lex Wotton for his role in the 2004 Palm Island riot – sparked by the death in police custody of aboriginal man Cameron ...