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Research Unit Project Officer (Indigenous Applicants Only) - The Conversation AU

Thu, 2018/04/19 - 6:52am

Research Unit Project Officer (Indigenous Applicants Only)
The Conversation AU
The Research Unit for Indigenous Language (RUIL) in the School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, is a research hub which brings together world class researchers from across the University working in the areas of Indigenous language ...

Australians needing disability help rises - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2018/04/19 - 2:31am

Australians needing disability help rises
NEWS.com.au
However, despite having a much younger age profile, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had a higher need for assistance. The number of indigenous people requiring support in 2016 was 6.7 per cent compared with 5.3 cent of their non-indigenous ...

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Australians needing disability help rises - SBS

Thu, 2018/04/19 - 2:03am

Australians needing disability help rises
SBS
However, despite having a much younger age profile, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had a higher need for assistance. The number of indigenous people requiring support in 2016 was 6.7 per cent compared with 5.3 cent of their non-indigenous ...

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Australians needing disability help rises - 9news.com.au

Thu, 2018/04/19 - 1:58am

9news.com.au

Australians needing disability help rises
9news.com.au
Overall, the census found Australian women were more likely to seek support, largely due to higher rates of diseases associated with disability in females aged over 75. Young men aged five to 19 were almost twice as likely as women to receive ...

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What Australians think is good leadership might just be Anglo traits - ABC Online

Thu, 2018/04/19 - 1:31am

ABC Online

What Australians think is good leadership might just be Anglo traits
ABC Online
This may present a problem for the 5.1 per cent of Australian senior business leaders who are neither European nor Anglo-Celtic background or for others who aren't Anglo but want to climb the corporate ladder. Especially when an estimated 24 per cent ...
Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traitsThe Conversation AU

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Mock court sessions help Indigenous offenders understand how justice system works - ABC Local

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 9:01pm

ABC Local

Mock court sessions help Indigenous offenders understand how justice system works
ABC Local
Imagine being in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, then being arrested and tried in court for something you cannot understand, and being thrown into prison hundreds of kilometres away from your family. That is still the experience ...

Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traits - The Conversation AU

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 8:38pm

The Conversation AU

Part of what Australians think is good leadership, might just be Anglo traits
The Conversation AU
Some leadership attributes, like being trustworthy or encouraging, are viewed the same way in all cultures, but there are other characteristics that only spell leadership to people of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds. This may present a problem for the 5.1% of ...

Indigenous man granted $1.5m compensation for wrongful manslaughter conviction - SBS

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 9:35am

SBS

Indigenous man granted $1.5m compensation for wrongful manslaughter conviction
SBS
An Indigenous man with cognitive impairment who spent nearly five years behind bars after being wrongly convicted in the manslaughter of Josh Warneke has been granted $1.5 million in compensation. Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley ...

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Indigenous man granted $1.3m compensation for wrongful conviction - The Guardian

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 7:10am

The Guardian

Indigenous man granted $1.3m compensation for wrongful conviction
The Guardian
An Indigenous man who spent almost five years in jail after being wrongfully accused of killing a non-Indigenous man in Broome in 2010 has been granted $1.3m in compensation from the Western Australian government. Gene Gibson, a Pintupi man from the ...
Gene Gibson awarded $1.5m compensation payoutThe Australian

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Richard Flanagan: 'Our politics is a dreadful black comedy' – press ... - The Guardian

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 7:04am

National Indigenous Times

Richard Flanagan: 'Our politics is a dreadful black comedy' – press ...
The Guardian
Indigenous Australia, Anzac Day, the descent of democracy – in a National Press Club address Flanagan examines a divided Australia which he says can be free only if it faces up to its past.
Bold book reveals Indigenous war sacrifice - National Indigenous ...National Indigenous Times
'Kids can make a difference': Appeal for better Aboriginal educationThe Canberra Times

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Gurrumul's Djarimirri is a true Australian masterpiece - Beat Magazine

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 6:38am

Beat Magazine

Gurrumul's Djarimirri is a true Australian masterpiece
Beat Magazine
The passing of Indigenous Australian icon Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu last year was a tragedy. Following countless awards won, worldwide recognition as an Australian cultural icon, and even having been invited to perform for Queen Elizabeth, the ...
Gurrumul could score a posthumous #1 this weekendThe Industry Observer

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Murrie's vision: The indigenous community of tomorrow that honours yesterday - The Big Smoke Australia

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 6:11am

The Big Smoke Australia

Murrie's vision: The indigenous community of tomorrow that honours yesterday
The Big Smoke Australia
What he faces there are grand interpersonal challenges between two worlds, both in convincing white Australia that his is a viable plan to begin the complex process of healing, and to bridge the gap of feeling and suspicion that Indigenous Australia ...

Wreaths would 'heal a hurt country' - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 3:24am

National Indigenous Times

Wreaths would 'heal a hurt country'
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal people who died in the so-called 'frontier wars' of colonisation should be formally recognised in Anzac Day proceedings, according to the organisers of an annual march to honour them. Activist Michael Anderson, the last surviving founder of ...

Bold book reveals Indigenous war sacrifice - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 3:15am

National Indigenous Times

Bold book reveals Indigenous war sacrifice
National Indigenous Times
Irwin's story is one of hundreds recorded in Serving Our Country, the first detailed history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers at war. The book is the result of five years of research by top academics including Professor Mick Dodson ...
Naomi Woods selected for historic Indigenous cricket tour of UKSouth Coast Register

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Indigenous sector growth a 'game-changer' - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 2:35am

National Indigenous Times

Indigenous sector growth a 'game-changer'
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous businesses were contributing up to $6.6 billion to the Australian economy, a new report by professional service firm PwC's Indigenous Consulting said. The report said about 11,900 businesses across Australia were behind the movement ...

Professor Gillian Triggs in Canberra tonight to call for an Australian bill of rights - The Sydney Morning Herald

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 2:33am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Professor Gillian Triggs in Canberra tonight to call for an Australian bill of rights
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Meanwhile, the plight of Indigenous Australians continues to reflect entrenched inequity in health, social and economic outcomes, while incarceration rates, especially for Indigenous youth, remain intolerably high. “Australia is the only common law ...

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Doco gives fresh voice to trailblazing choir - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2018/04/18 - 1:50am

National Indigenous Times

Doco gives fresh voice to trailblazing choir
National Indigenous Times
Australia's answer to the Buena Vista Social Club – the enigmatic ensemble of Cuban musicians whose international tour in the late '90s inspired an acclaimed documentary – is set to be released nationally on April 19. The Song Keepers, which premiered ...
Review: The Song Keepers fails to hit right noteThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Alexis Wright's Stella-winning Tracker nurtured at UWS - The Australian

Tue, 2018/04/17 - 2:18pm

The Australian

Alexis Wright's Stella-winning Tracker nurtured at UWS
The Australian
Ms Wright was a distinguished fellow at Western Sydney University when she wrote the quasi-biography about the legendary Aboriginal visionary, thinker and activist Leigh Bruce “Tracker” Tilmouth. She was based at the university's Writing and Society ...

Lost in a flawed system: Australia's 'stolen' children - Aljazeera.com

Tue, 2018/04/17 - 10:07am

Aljazeera.com

Lost in a flawed system: Australia's 'stolen' children
Aljazeera.com
The experience of having her four children, including her 15-month-old son, removed from her care by authorities over a seven-year period, is still painfully raw for Helen Eason, an indigenous Australian woman. "They take your young from you and you ...

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Indigenous and Remote Health Conference - The Stringer

Tue, 2018/04/17 - 6:51am

Indigenous and Remote Health Conference
The Stringer
Seven million Australians live in rural and remote Australia. There are also 1,000 remote communities, the majority with few or no services. Australians living rural and remote have shorter lives, with more than half of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait ...

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