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Rob Broadfield restaurant review: Yarri - The West Australian

Sat, 2018/03/10 - 8:20pm

The West Australian

Rob Broadfield restaurant review: Yarri
The West Australian
It's with much portent that we salute the opening of Yarri. Not only is chef Aaron Carr's first venture in his own right important, but Yarri represents the first serious restaurant in the touristy, beachside hamlet of Dunsborough. Aaron Carr needs ...

Top WA chefs leading the way with unique Australian cuisine based on indigenous produce - The West Australian

Sat, 2018/03/10 - 2:34pm

The West Australian

Top WA chefs leading the way with unique Australian cuisine based on indigenous produce
The West Australian
It has taken the best part of 250 years since European colonisation of Australia, but a game-changing group of WA's top chefs say the development of a unique Australian cuisine based on indigenous produce, seasons, culture and native flora, has arrived ...

What is really going on with sexually transmitted infections in Indigenous kids? - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2018/03/10 - 1:00pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

What is really going on with sexually transmitted infections in Indigenous kids?
The Sydney Morning Herald
Detailed new statistics on sexually transmitted infections among Indigenous children in the Northern Territory reveal the number of cases is declining and there is little evidence to link STI rates to child abuse. The publication by The Australian last ...

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Jordan Peterson: free speech just as the doctor orders - The Australian

Sat, 2018/03/10 - 12:57pm

The Australian

Jordan Peterson: free speech just as the doctor orders
The Australian
“No, I'm not often in trouble,” he objects. “I'm always in trouble.” This tour he will speak about policies that keep indigenous Australians in poverty, the “victim mentality”, the “crisis in masculinity” that tries to make girls of boys and vice versa ...

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Indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme slaps participants with more than 400000 fines - ABC Online

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 7:02pm

ABC Online

Indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme slaps participants with more than 400000 fines
ABC Online
Participants in a troubled Indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme are being fined more than every other jobseeker in Australia. Key points: 406,626 fines applied under Community Development Program (CDP) since July 2015; About 33,000 people in the program ...

Nation losing the battle to keep kids safe - The Australian

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 1:44pm

The Australian

Nation losing the battle to keep kids safe
The Australian
Indigenous youngsters are the most vulnerable and seven times more likely to need help from authorities. Babies are the age group most often found to have been harmed. The rates of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and the ...

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Uncomfortable truths - The Australian

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Uncomfortable truths
The Australian
They are all 100 per cent Australian.” Her point? “Most of the self-identifying indigenous members of our community who claim to feel hurt by Australia Day being held on January 26 would also have white ancestors in their family trees and may not even ...

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“Sweet Country” gives Australia an indigenous hero - The Economist (blog)

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 11:16am

The Economist (blog)

“Sweet Country” gives Australia an indigenous hero
The Economist (blog)
MANY like to think of Ned Kelly, Australia's favourite 19th-century bushranger, as an Antipodean Robin Hood. His father was an Irish convict who had stolen two pigs; Kelly's own criminal career began at 14 when he was arrested for allegedly assaulting ...

New CIAF senior partnerships and communications manager Bianca Barling-Seden connects with culture - The Cairns Post

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 7:22am

The Cairns Post

New CIAF senior partnerships and communications manager Bianca Barling-Seden connects with culture
The Cairns Post
Her hope for the future of Australia's indigenous cultures is clear: she wants to see preservation of culture, of land and of arts dating back thousands of years. “Having worked overseas and travelled a lot, the Torres Strait is probably one of the ...

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Aboriginal elder and activist Katrina Ngaityalya Power verbally attacks MPs at International Women's Day breakfast - The Advertiser

Fri, 2018/03/09 - 6:42am

The Advertiser

Aboriginal elder and activist Katrina Ngaityalya Power verbally attacks MPs at International Women's Day breakfast
The Advertiser
In her Welcome to Country, Ms Power, who was also criticised last year for her Welcome to Country before an Anzac Day service, where she used words such as “invasion” and “slavery”, slammed Mr Marshall for not consulting about his party's proposed ...

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Miners urge amendments to Native Title Act - The Australian

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 11:25pm

The Australian

Miners urge amendments to Native Title Act
The Australian
It also urged the federal government to match West Australian legislation that will retrospectively validate WA tenements and associated native title agreements. “Among the MCA's membership are companies that pioneered the use of the NTA to negotiate ...

Hard targets needed to end the disgrace of indigenous incarceration - InDaily

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 10:09pm

InDaily

Hard targets needed to end the disgrace of indigenous incarceration
InDaily
Closing the Gap contains a range of targets, including closing the life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a generation. What it doesn't contain yet is a justice target equivalent, such as closing the gap in ...

Uni of Adelaide joins $1bn defence upgrade - The Australian

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 9:01pm

The Australian

Uni of Adelaide joins $1bn defence upgrade
The Australian
The University of Adelaide will play a key role in supporting the $1 billion upgrade to Australia's Jindalee over-the-horizon radar network which keeps large parts of the air and sea north of the continent under constant surveillance,. The work will be ...

Child protection report reveals soaring number of investigations - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 5:00pm

The Guardian

Child protection report reveals soaring number of investigations
The Guardian
Rates of substantiated abuse cases increased further with remoteness and low socioeconomics, particularly for Indigenous children. The report found almost half of Indigenous children who were the subject of substantiated notifications were from the ...
Child protection report lacks crucial national detail on abuse in out-of-home careThe Conversation AU

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'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump again - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 2:05pm

The Canberra Times

'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump again
The Canberra Times
Ms Causon described the review as an important opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to "have a real say in how to improve outcomes" and address the "alarming number of our kids involved in the child protection system". Louise ...

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Stark protection rates for indigenous kids - 9news.com.au

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 2:03pm

9news.com.au

Stark protection rates for indigenous kids
9news.com.au
Emotional abuse and neglect were the most common types of substantiated abuse investigations for both indigenous and non-indigenous children. The average age of engagement with child protection services was the same (eight years old) among indigenous ...
'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump againThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Murnong: Indigenous root vegetable a menu pick - The Weekly Times

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 1:02pm

The Weekly Times

Murnong: Indigenous root vegetable a menu pick
The Weekly Times
The murnong, a dandelion-like plant with a bright yellow flower and a nutrient-packed tuber, was cultivated for thousands years by Aboriginal people across Australia's cool, dry south and south east. But their crop was almost immediately wiped out with ...

$8m project to fight syphilis epidemic in outback - The Australian

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 1:02pm

The Australian

$8m project to fight syphilis epidemic in outback
The Australian
The majority of under-16s reporting are in the 14- and 15-year-old category, who believe it or not across Australia are having consenting sex, just as they are in indigenous Australia.” Northern Territory Labor MP Warren Snowdon said the scheme “couldn ...

David Littleproud says Greens push to end kangaroo trade is treason - The Australian

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 1:01pm

The Australian

David Littleproud says Greens push to end kangaroo trade is treason
The Australian
“The EU could introduce an import ban based on sanitary grounds and denounce the discrepancy with the EU's welfare values.” Australia's Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud, condemned the use of the documentary in a campaign against kangaroo ...

Indigenous Coordinator - EducationHQ Australia

Thu, 2018/03/08 - 12:45am

EducationHQ Australia

Indigenous Coordinator
EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous Coordinator. Contract full-time job recruited via Department of Education - Northern Territory (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia). Job Reference 034877. Closing date March 11, 2018. LocationGunbalanya NT, Australia. Type Full-Time ...

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