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Top rock band pulls out of Sunrise appearance over racism row - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2018/05/01 - 2:14pm

Music Feeds

Top rock band pulls out of Sunrise appearance over racism row
NEWS.com.au
Referring to a controversial segment on Aboriginal families aired by Sunrise in March, the band continued: “We come from rural Alaska and hold very close to our hearts the indigenous people of our home. “While we are by no means experts in your ...
Portugal. The Man Pull Out Of 'Sunrise' Appearance Following Aboriginal ControversyMusic Feeds

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Portugal. The Man Pull Out Of 'Sunrise' Appearance Following Aboriginal Controversy - Music Feeds

Tue, 2018/05/01 - 11:37am

Music Feeds

Portugal. The Man Pull Out Of 'Sunrise' Appearance Following Aboriginal Controversy
Music Feeds
Portugal. The Man have pulled out of a scheduled performance on Channel Seven's Sunrise program tomorrow morning, following the show's recent controversy involving statements on Indigenous people. The American band, who are in the country for Groovin ...
Portugal. The Man Pull Out Of 'Sunrise' Performance Over “Recent Statements”Pedestrian TV
Top rock band pulls out of Sunrise appearance over racism rowNEWS.com.au

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Deadly rat poisons could threaten WA's indigenous communities - WAtoday

Tue, 2018/05/01 - 4:10am

WAtoday

Deadly rat poisons could threaten WA's indigenous communities
WAtoday
This was probably a severe underestimate of the total number of species impacted, as Australia had limited research done compared to other parts of the world. And the situation could be worse in Australia as a warm country with diverse, abundant ...
Australia's reptiles may be spreading rat poison through the food chainThe Conversation AU

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Launch of Australian-first fund to boost voluntary carbon market in Australia and create rural jobs - RenewEconomy

Tue, 2018/05/01 - 3:10am

Launch of Australian-first fund to boost voluntary carbon market in Australia and create rural jobs
RenewEconomy
The Reducing Carbon Building Communities Fund will be launched at the Carbon Market Institute Summit in Melbourne tomorrow(Wednesday). The Australian-first Fund will connect corporate Australia to Australian carbon farming projects with environmental ...

Auspol Brains Trust: Why cultural diversity is critical to business and government success - Women's Agenda

Tue, 2018/05/01 - 2:27am

Women's Agenda

Auspol Brains Trust: Why cultural diversity is critical to business and government success
Women's Agenda
Small business owner, budding writer, cook and singer as well as a regular blogger at Melmacpolitics: The world's oldest living culture, our Indigenous Australians, only make up 0.4% of Australia's leadership and executive culture. This is to our ...

Google News

Mitchell Johnson on a crusade to bump up number of Indigenous Australians in accounting profession - Moree Champion

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 11:32pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

Mitchell Johnson on a crusade to bump up number of Indigenous Australians in accounting profession
Moree Champion
MOREE Plains Shire director of corporate services Mitchell Johnson is on a mission to raise the number of Indigenous people in the business sector after he cited concerning statistics. “Out of the 300,000 people in the accounting profession, only 39 ...
Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?The Sydney Morning Herald

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Mitchell Johnson on a crusade to bump up number of Indigenous Australians in accounting profession - Moree Champion

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 11:32pm

Moree Champion

Mitchell Johnson on a crusade to bump up number of Indigenous Australians in accounting profession
Moree Champion
MOREE Plains Shire director of corporate services Mitchell Johnson is on a mission to raise the number of Indigenous people in the business sector after he cited concerning statistics. “Out of the 300,000 people in the accounting profession, only 39 ...

Indigenous businesswomen to celebrate leadership - The Advertiser

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 2:30pm

The Advertiser

Indigenous businesswomen to celebrate leadership
The Advertiser
A former community services and youth worker, Ms Wessels said she was driven to work collaboratively with local small businesses, Aboriginal businesses, government and large corporate organisations. More than 180 indigenous female business owners and ...

Google News

One-stop shop for indigenous carbon trading - The Australian

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 2:06pm

The Australian

One-stop shop for indigenous carbon trading
The Australian
The fund, which has as a founding director prominent Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton, is implementing a certification program for carbon credit projects under the eye of international accreditation agency ISEAL. “After a long period of Aboriginal ...

Matt Canavan threatens challenge to tree-clearing laws - The Australian

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 2:05pm

The Australian

Matt Canavan threatens challenge to tree-clearing laws
The Australian
Federal Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matthew Canavan confirmed that advice was being sought to possibly intervene in the High Court over the state laws. Senator Canavan said the federal government was responding to calls from ...

Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap? - The Canberra Times

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 2:01pm

The Canberra Times

Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?
The Canberra Times
Despite greatly increased effort in recent years, the policies of Australian governments towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders continue to fail on many levels. According to the latest Closing the Gap report, while there have been advances that ...
The shocking truth of Australia's Indigenous incarceratedIndependent Australia
Aboriginal ranger jobs a boost for native land conservationGovernment News

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The shocking truth of Australia's Indigenous incarcerated - Independent Australia

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 1:25pm

Independent Australia

The shocking truth of Australia's Indigenous incarcerated
Independent Australia
Gerry Georgatos explores the reasons behind Australia's devastatingly high Indigenous imprisonment rate. AS A PREDOMINATELY experiential researcher and journeyer to homeland communities and having worked for more than two decades alongside the ...
Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?The Canberra Times
Aboriginal ranger jobs a boost for native land conservationGovernment News

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Solar energy plus water equals indigenous industry, says Israeli pioneer - The Australian Financial Review

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 9:12am

The Australian Financial Review

Solar energy plus water equals indigenous industry, says Israeli pioneer
The Australian Financial Review
Australia could boost social development in remote Indigenous communities by using Israeli know-how to provide clean solar energy and water and build small-scale agriculture and micro-industries, an Israeli solar pioneer says. Yosef Abramowitz, who ...

Medicare change to give greater dialysis access to remote Indigenous Australians - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 9:03am

The Guardian

Medicare change to give greater dialysis access to remote Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
The federal government has added dialysis services to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to provide remote-living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people better access to lifesaving treatment. The sector has welcomed the move as a lifeline for ...

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic centre opens in Alice Springs amid 'huge demand' - ABC Online

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 8:18am

ABC Online

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic centre opens in Alice Springs amid 'huge demand'
ABC Online
The centre, launched by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC), will use the first commonly adapted diagnostic tool to ensure early diagnosis of the disorder. It will also offer a team of paediatricians, psychologists and other health ...

Aboriginal ranger jobs a boost for native land conservation - Government News

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 7:14am

Government News

Aboriginal ranger jobs a boost for native land conservation
Government News
An indigenous ranger employment program in remote south-western Australia is tackling rural unemployment while rehabilitating native plants through traditional indigenous agricultural techniques. Under the program, announced last week by the West ...

South Australia halts Indigenous treaty talks as premier says he has 'other priorities' - The Guardian

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 7:02am

The Guardian

South Australia halts Indigenous treaty talks as premier says he has 'other priorities'
The Guardian
The funding allocated under the agreement will go to a range of education, child protection and youth justice diversionary programs. Sansbury said he was concerned but not surprised by Marshall's comments. “It is most probably not a priority for Steven ...

Using data to improve Indigenous outcomes - Technology Decisions

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 6:40am

Technology Decisions

Using data to improve Indigenous outcomes
Technology Decisions
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is aiming to improve the way data is collected and used to improve policy outcomes for Indigenous Australians. During a speech at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)'s conference on ...

Researching Indigenous dementia to tackle rising statistics - South Burnett Times

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 1:48am

South Burnett Times

Researching Indigenous dementia to tackle rising statistics
South Burnett Times
INDIGENOUS Australian seniors are three times more likely to experience dementia than other Australians. This high rate of dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be targeted by five ground-breaking research projects, aiming ...

Diabetes program gives hope to resident who was 'waiting to die' - ABC Online

Mon, 2018/04/30 - 1:45am

ABC Online

Diabetes program gives hope to resident who was 'waiting to die'
ABC Online
These monumental wins for the two women were small by comparison to battles others still face. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were almost four times more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to have diabetes, according to Diabetes ...

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