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Asia puts locals between a rock and a hard place - The Australian

Fri, 2016/01/01 - 1:03pm

The Australian

Asia puts locals between a rock and a hard place
The Australian
Seafarms Ltd is in talks with traditional owners for a new indigenous land-use agreement giving access. With projects of this scale comes the prospect of economic opportunity, but also the fear indigenous Australians will miss out on a share of the ...

Indigenous disability: telling stories of strength and dignity - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/01/01 - 3:07am

The Guardian

Indigenous disability: telling stories of strength and dignity
The Guardian
The stories of 30 of them, including Bellotti, have been captured by Australian artist and photographer Belinda Mason, as part of her latest exhibition, Unfinished Business, which will tour Australia from January. All the Indigenous people she ...

Cabinet papers 1990-91: lingering indigenous remorse for Hawke - The Australian

Thu, 2015/12/31 - 1:01pm

The Australian

Cabinet papers 1990-91: lingering indigenous remorse for Hawke
The Australian
He declared “there is still so much to be done'' for indigenous Australians “and I wished I could have done more''. Documents show that in 1991 cabinet agreed to establish a council for Aboriginal reconciliation, anticipated the final report into the ...
Hawke Government Cabinet Papers Grapple With Same Issues As Modern AustraliaHuffington Post Australia
Cabinet papers 1990-91: Hawke's fight to keep mining out of Kakadu helped ...The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull a menace to the Labor Social gathering: Bob HawkeThe Times (subscription)

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First Nations honoured with Welcome to Country - SBS

Thu, 2015/12/31 - 12:30pm

Huffington Post Australia

First Nations honoured with Welcome to Country
SBS
Indigenous Australians have been looking to the heavens intuitively for direction from the Sun, Moon and stars for thousands of years. In Dreamtime astrology 2016 marks the year of the Lizard. Here are your Dreamtime animal signs and 'destiny ...
Happy New Year From The Huffington Post AustraliaHuffington Post Australia
Australia set to ring in 2016 in styleSky News Australia
Australia rings in new year, with Sydney's spectacular firework display at the ...The Guardian
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A testing year for Australia's social cohesion as multiculturalism debate ... - The Guardian

Tue, 2015/12/29 - 9:01pm

The Guardian

A testing year for Australia's social cohesion as multiculturalism debate ...
The Guardian
Confronting the country's prejudices towards Indigenous Australians will loom large again in 2016, as it prepares for a debate on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people. A referendum to change the constitution is ...

Human rights in Australia: what to expect in 2016 - Lawyers Weekly

Tue, 2015/12/29 - 6:11pm

Lawyers Weekly

Human rights in Australia: what to expect in 2016
Lawyers Weekly
The launch of the Australian Medical Association's Indigenous Health Report Card — demonstrating the destructive impact of imprisonment on indigenous health outcomes — and the release of the Change the Record Blueprint for Change has added further ...

Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ... - Medical Xpress

Tue, 2015/12/29 - 2:11pm

Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
Medical Xpress
Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.

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Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ... - EurekAlert (press release)

Tue, 2015/12/29 - 1:06pm

The Stringer

Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
EurekAlert (press release)
29, 2015 - Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.
Plain cigarette packaging helps smokers quit the habit, new study revealsMirror.co.uk
Smoking Cessation: Plain Packaging Better in Reducing Misconceptions About ...Latinos Health

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Gonorrhoea superbug crisis looms as Australian caseload jumps 60 per cent - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/12/29 - 12:27am

ABC Online

Gonorrhoea superbug crisis looms as Australian caseload jumps 60 per cent
ABC Online
"The highest notification rates remain in Indigenous people in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. "The overall Australian age standardised gonorrhoea notification rates in 2012 for Indigenous compared with non Indigenous Australians were 933 ...

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Indigenous reconciliation could be our agile PM's greatest test - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/12/28 - 10:14pm

ABC Online

Indigenous reconciliation could be our agile PM's greatest test
ABC Online
Many Indigenous Australians reject the mere concept: what do you mean re-conciliation? There was never any conciliation to begin with. But Abbott, to his credit, was determined to try to get back on track; his self-styled title of the Prime Minister ...
Malcolm Turnbull a threat to the Labor Party: Bob HawkeSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott was not a great prime minister: Hawke9news.com.au
Thus Spake Mungo: Grasping for the big ideasEchonetdaily
Courier Mail
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Indigenous communities fear Federal Government's child care changes will ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/12/28 - 2:16pm

ABC Online

Indigenous communities fear Federal Government's child care changes will ...
ABC Online
"We know that in every single state and territory in Australia Indigenous children have lower participation rates in early childhood education and we all need to be working to close that gap, not shutting down services that some of them have access to.".

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Woodford Folk Festival: Noel Pearson calls for Indigenous constitutional ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/12/28 - 3:48am

ABC Online

Woodford Folk Festival: Noel Pearson calls for Indigenous constitutional ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has urged Australians to embrace the nation's Indigenous history through constitutional recognition during a speech at the Woodford Folk Festival, north of Brisbane. The audience of more than 600 people included former ...
Live: Woodford Folk Festival, December 28Brisbane Times

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Australia's answer to Tesla: Indigenous firm AllGrid shines in solar battery ... - The Guardian

Sat, 2015/12/26 - 12:45am

The Guardian

Australia's answer to Tesla: Indigenous firm AllGrid shines in solar battery ...
The Guardian
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned company has emerged as a hopeful minnow beside corporate giants poised to drive the expansion of Australia's fledgling home solar battery industry. The Brisbane-based upstart looks forward to the looming entry of the ...

Christmas mass: Bishop Terry Brady calls for action on the welfare of refugees ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/12/25 - 3:10am

Sydney Morning Herald

Christmas mass: Bishop Terry Brady calls for action on the welfare of refugees ...
Sydney Morning Herald
At St Mary's Cathedral it was standing room only as the loyal faithful and the once-a-year parishioners flocked to hear Bishop Terry Brady's Christmas Day message, which he used to advocate for greater social justice for Australia's indigenous people, ...

Indigenous role models make a world of difference - cricket.com.au

Fri, 2015/12/25 - 1:46am

cricket.com.au

Indigenous role models make a world of difference
cricket.com.au
The report was completed over 18 months by former Australian of the Year and Director of the Australian National University's National Centre for Indigenous Studies Professor Mick Dodson and his fellow academic Dr Bill Fogarty, with the support of ...

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Smartphone Technology Could Be The Key To Aiding Australia's Indigenous ... - Gizmodo Australia

Thu, 2015/12/24 - 12:08am

Gizmodo Australia

Smartphone Technology Could Be The Key To Aiding Australia's Indigenous ...
Gizmodo Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are six times more likely to go partially or completely blind than non-Indigenous Australians. In 94% of cases it can be corrected, but with more than one-third of Indigenous adults never having had an eye ...

A year in the spotlight for Indigenous challenges - SBS

Tue, 2015/12/22 - 3:06am

SBS

A year in the spotlight for Indigenous challenges
SBS
The challenges facing Australia's Indigenous peoples were put in the spotlight like never before in 2015. And a change in government meant a handover of a number of those issues, including constitutional recognition. Rachael Hocking takes a look back ...

Want real parity for Indigenous Australia? Here's what it looks like - The Australian Financial Review

Mon, 2015/12/21 - 1:02pm

The Australian Financial Review

Want real parity for Indigenous Australia? Here's what it looks like
The Australian Financial Review
Six Indigenous doctors graduated from UNSW Medicine in 2014 but many more are needed to achieve parity with non-Indigenous Australia. UNSW. by Nyunggai Warren Mundine. It was Jesus who said "the poor will always be with you". Theologians discuss ...

Indigenous Christmas: Mark Olive's recipe for a traditional Australian feast - The Guardian

Sun, 2015/12/20 - 11:49pm

The Guardian

Indigenous Christmas: Mark Olive's recipe for a traditional Australian feast
The Guardian
Muntrie berries are a native fruit that grow in south-east Australia and around the Coorong and Eyre Peninsula region in South Australia. Also known as emu apple, they have the flavour of apple and cinnamon. If you haven't yet (and I'm going to sound ...

More focus on Indigenous talent - cricket.com.au

Sun, 2015/12/20 - 2:09am

cricket.com.au

More focus on Indigenous talent
cricket.com.au
And while there is mutual agreement that Cricket Australia has much ground to make up on the AFL, NRL and other sporting codes, at least one enduring myth as to the reason why Indigenous Australian cricketers are seemingly more scarce than a double ...
Bush tucker trend: Indigenous custodians call for protections on native foodsSydney Morning Herald

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