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Aussie rules trip to China is a great indigenous goal assist - The Australian

Mon, 2015/11/30 - 1:05pm

The Australian

Aussie rules trip to China is a great indigenous goal assist
The Australian
Only 58.5 per cent of Aboriginal 20 to 24-year-olds completed Year 12 this year, compared with 86.5 per cent of non-indigenous Australians. While AFL clubs are rolling out indigenous programs to try to address disadvantage, Port Adelaide believes it ...

Indigenous literary festival takes flight - ArtsHub (subscription)

Mon, 2015/11/30 - 6:19am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Indigenous literary festival takes flight
ArtsHub (subscription)
'The First Nations Australia Writers Network, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, celebrates Victorian Koori writing and its writers who continue the tradition of writing words to raise awareness and to show ...

Call for royal commission into Indigenous corporations after Mabunji financial ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/11/30 - 3:02am

ABC Online

Call for royal commission into Indigenous corporations after Mabunji financial ...
ABC Online
"I really believe that there's enough evidence around the Territory and Western Australia to suggest there should be a royal commission into the Aboriginal industry," he said. Indigenous residents worried about Mr Gravener's allegations attended ...

School transforms a generation by embedding Indigenous culture into its curriculum - Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2015/11/29 - 7:08am

Sydney Morning Herald

School transforms a generation by embedding Indigenous culture into its curriculum
Sydney Morning Herald
Many programs offered to schools could be tokenistic and he and the Beaconhills community wanted to be certain the program contributed deeper and more normalised understanding of Indigenous Australia. "This is good for us all as Australians," he said.

Legendary Latin musician collaborates with Indigenous artists in new project - SBS

Sun, 2015/11/29 - 3:30am

SBS

Legendary Latin musician collaborates with Indigenous artists in new project
SBS
The charango maestro has performed with Mr Barton in Sydney, and will next collaborate with others Indigenous Australian musicians, including Archie Roach. Mr Roach, himself a celebrated traditional artist, will also take Mr Torres to the mission in ...

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Racism targets Indigenous people more than any other group - Independent Australia

Fri, 2015/11/27 - 12:03am

Independent Australia

Racism targets Indigenous people more than any other group
Independent Australia
A report released on last month by the UNSW paints a bleak picture of justice for Indigenous Australians, particularly those with mental health disabilities. The administration of "justice" has failed my people says Natalie Cromb, IA's Indigenous ...

Encounters: Indigenous artefacts returned to Australia from UK in new ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/11/26 - 9:35am

ABC Online

Encounters: Indigenous artefacts returned to Australia from UK in new ...
ABC Online
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia will display 151 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts, most of which have not returned to Australia since they were taken by the British in early interactions. The centrepiece of the ...

War Memorial ceremony recognises Indigenous soldiers who died in first world war - The Guardian

Thu, 2015/11/26 - 7:31am

The Guardian

War Memorial ceremony recognises Indigenous soldiers who died in first world war
The Guardian
The army has recognised Indigenous soldiers who died during World War I in a ceremony at the Australian War Memorial. But because their ethnicity wasn't listed in recruitment records, it is not known who they were or how many. “Today we pay our ...

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Indigenous Australians at higher risk of death from diabetes, heart and kidney ... - International Business Times AU

Thu, 2015/11/26 - 7:01am

Indigenous Australians at higher risk of death from diabetes, heart and kidney ...
International Business Times AU
Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside Liverpool's World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, northern England, May 13, 2009. The remains which were taken from Australia between 1902 ...

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Indigenous Australians more likely to suffer from diseases - International Business Times AU

Thu, 2015/11/26 - 6:29am

Indigenous Australians more likely to suffer from diseases
International Business Times AU
Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside Liverpool's World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, northern England, May 13, 2009. The remains which were taken from Australia between 1902 ...

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Lawyers, advocates push for government plan to address soaring Indigenous ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/11/26 - 4:33am

ABC Online

Lawyers, advocates push for government plan to address soaring Indigenous ...
ABC Online
Lawyers, judges and Indigenous leaders are in Sydney today talking about Aboriginal Australians behind bars. The Law Council of Australia said Aboriginal families and communities are being torn apart because so many Indigenous mothers are incarcerated ...
No racism at WA hospital, inquest told9news.com.au
When unpaid fines mean paying with your life, the system is brokenNEWS.com.au
Ms Dhu's family calls for end to jail for fines as death in custody inquest beginsThe Guardian
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South Australian Chief Justice calls for Federal Government to back Indigenous ... - ABC Online

Wed, 2015/11/25 - 7:35pm

ABC Online

South Australian Chief Justice calls for Federal Government to back Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The Chief Justice of the South Australian Supreme Court has voiced support for adopting a "justice target" to help drive down the number of Indigenous Australians behind bars. Chief Justice Chris Kourakis believes the measure could help reduce the ...
Indigenous Australians suffer 'health and justice crisis', doctors' group warnsThe Guardian
Doctors call for target to close gap on indigenous incarceration ratesSydney Morning Herald
Calls to 'close the gap' on prison ratesSBS

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Prince Charles helps fund indigenous scholarships for museums - The Australian

Wed, 2015/11/25 - 1:08pm

The Australian

Prince Charles helps fund indigenous scholarships for museums
The Australian
Announced by the National Museum of Australia, the scholarships will allow young cultural researchers from rural and remote indigenous communities to take part in study programs at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts and the British Museum in London.

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Prince Charles helps fund indigenous scholarships for museums - The Australian

Wed, 2015/11/25 - 1:05pm

The Australian

Prince Charles helps fund indigenous scholarships for museums
The Australian
Announced by the National Museum of Australia, the scholarships will allow young cultural researchers from rural and remote indigenous communities to take part in study programs at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts and the British Museum in London.

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West Australian study links Indigenous language to obesity risk - ABC Online

Wed, 2015/11/25 - 8:52am

ABC Online

West Australian study links Indigenous language to obesity risk
ABC Online
We were thinking that if we could actually get more policies aimed at providing Indigenous Australians with a greater understanding of their culture, perhaps teaching them about the Indigenous diet and those type of things, that would also- that may be ...
Indigenous Australians suffer 'health and justice crisis', doctors' group warnsThe Guardian
Doctors call for target to close gap on indigenous incarceration ratesSydney Morning Herald
Calls to 'close the gap' on prison ratesSBS

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Indigenous Australians suffer 'health and justice crisis', doctors' group warns - The Guardian

Wed, 2015/11/25 - 6:07am

The Guardian

Indigenous Australians suffer 'health and justice crisis', doctors' group warns
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians are enduring a “health and justice crisis”, the Australian Medical Association has warned, as it uses a new report to draw a strong link between poor health and high incarceration rates. Statistics show that Aboriginal and Torres ...
Doctors call for target to close gap on indigenous incarceration ratesSydney Morning Herald
Calls to 'close the gap' on prison rates9news.com.au

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WA group represents Indigenous Australia at UN climate change conference - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/11/24 - 12:28pm

ABC Online

WA group represents Indigenous Australia at UN climate change conference
ABC Online
A group of leaders from Northern WA is heading to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris to be the voice of Indigenous Australia. The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) group of five will be led by KLC chairman Anthony Watson, ...

ACCC: jobless Indigenous man unaware of debt from training college course - The Guardian

Tue, 2015/11/24 - 7:14am

The Guardian

ACCC: jobless Indigenous man unaware of debt from training college course
The Guardian
The allegation forms part of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's statement of claim about the Phoenix Institute of Australia, in the second “unconscionable conduct” case to be launched against a vocational education and training (VET) ...
ACCC crack down on colleges' alleged dodgy practicesThe Australian Financial Review

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Uncovering Australia's Indigenous past: Forgotten 1920s photos reveal insight ... - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/11/24 - 5:29am

ABC Online

Uncovering Australia's Indigenous past: Forgotten 1920s photos reveal insight ...
ABC Online
There are very few publications which relate to the history of Port Macquarie that give any significant detail in relations to Aboriginal people. And yet our peoples have been here for hundreds and thousands of years and the penal settlement itself was ...

Noel Pearson: Indigenous Australia thwarted by rednecks and greenies - The Guardian

Tue, 2015/11/24 - 4:57am

The Guardian

Noel Pearson: Indigenous Australia thwarted by rednecks and greenies
The Guardian
Noel Pearson has delivered a withering critique of the political right and left in Australia, suggesting the ideologies of both are loaded against the “social uplift” of Indigenous peoples. Pearson, who is from Cape York, said it had become a “proven ...

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