Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SAP's $1m boost to indigenous scholarships
The Australian
THE Australian Indigenous Education Foundation can already name Australia's largest corporations, such as BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank and Qantas, as among its backers, but the latest coup for the organisation is a funding deal with global software ...

GP co-payment to hit indigenous population hard
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians have vastly poorer health than average, and there is still a life expectancy gap of about 11 years between indigenous and non-indigenous men in Australia, according to the latest Closing the Gap report. Donna Ah Chee, CEO of the ...

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Wall Street Journal
Skeleton mystery's Aussie link
NEWS.com.au
Picture: Paul Nicklen Source: AFP. A SKELETON of a teenager more than 12,000 years old with a facial structure resembling that of an indigenous Australian is offering new clues about the origins of the first Native Americans. Named “Naia” by scientists ...
Ancient Skeleton May Settle Debate on First AmericansNewser
Prehistoric girl's bones in underwater cave links ancient, modern Native AmericansMontreal Gazette
Where did Native Americans come from? 'Naya' skeleton paints detailed picture.Alaska Dispatch
Ars Technica
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The Guardian
Cash for jails: Tony Abbott's budget for Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
Since the end of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, Indigenous incarceration rates have jumped in every state and territory: 90% in the NT, 53% in NSW, and 50% in Western Australia. On Tuesday night, the scared eyes of that small ...

Australia-Taiwan Indigenous Music Exchange starts
China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Australian Office Taipei (澳洲辦事處) and the Council of Indigenous Peoples (原民會) yesterday launched the Australia-Taiwan Indigenous Music Exchange, a series of performances co-organized by the Lovely Taiwan Foundation (台灣 ...

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remote 'can ill afford co-payment'
The Australian
The body that oversees Australia's not-for-profit Aboriginal health organisations yesterday said it believed Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders should be exempt from the co-payments “to prevent any backward steps in Aboriginal health”. The National ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Mokuy review – an Indigenous journey with beauty and tenderness
The Guardian (blog)
As one of the most colonised Aboriginal peoples in northern Australia, Larrakia art and culture is usually sidelined in preference for the more “traditional” work of their Top End neighbours. This Garrmalang turnaround is due in no small part to the ...

Rethinking indigenous Australia's agricultural past
ABC Online
Historians, indigenous writers and academics are rethinking Australia's perception of indigenous land management, arguing the first Australians had complex systems of agriculture that went far beyond the the hunter gatherer tag. "I came across repeated ...

Indigenous schooling in NT a 'human tragedy'
ABC Online
The state of Indigenous schooling in the Northern Territory has been described as a 'human tragedy'. A report into Indigenous education in the Top End has found the system is failing students and things are only getting worse. Caroline Winter. Source ...

REGIONAL PORTS: Gladstone funds boost in indigenous education
Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has set a goal of ensuring a long-term employment rate of 5% of employees are of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Australian South Sea Islander heritage. Currently around 2.6% of its workforce identifies as ...

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Budget 2014: fuel excise, cuts to Indigenous programs will hurt regional WA ...
ABC Online
The increase in the fuel excise levy and deep cuts to Indigenous funding announced in last night's federal budget will hit regional Western Australia hard, interest groups say. The Federal Government said parts of the budget would be tough on regional ...

SBS
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'
SBS
He points to two budget announcements which he says will hit Indigenous Australians particularly hard: the seven-dollars it'll cost to visit a GP, and the eventual lifting of the pension eligibility age to 70. Mr Mohamed says many Indigenous families ...
#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & moreCrikey (blog)
Indigenous Health Budget SlashedPro Bono Australia
Federal Budget 2014: A budget not to be proud ofSydney Morning Herald

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Indigenous programs collapsed into five areas
The Australian
The government says it will “transform” delivery of services to indigenous Australians by establishing a Remote Community Advancement Network to deliver demonstrable improvements in school attendance, employment and community safety. Indigenous ...

Radio Australia
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areas
The Australian
The government says it will “transform” delivery of services to indigenous Australians by establishing a Remote Community Advancement Network to deliver demonstrable improvements in school attendance, employment and community safety. Indigenous ...
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programsRadio Australia
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
ABC Online
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'SBS
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
Yahoo!7 News
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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The Guardian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budget
The Guardian
The new Indigenous advancement strategy will be made up for five programs focusing on: jobs, land and the Economy; Children and Schooling; Safety and Wellbeing; Culture and Capability; and Remote Australia Strategies. Daily Email. close ...

SBS
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programs
SBS
It appears the Indigenous Advancement Strategy will have to operate without the country's peak body for Indigenous people. The Labor government promised $15 million to the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples in its Budget last year.
Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schoolsABC Online
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Indigenous programs on chopping blockSky News Australia

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#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & more
Crikey (blog)
It certainly flies in the face of the Government's purported commitment to prevention and Closing the Gap in health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. “Cutting nearly $54 million over the next two years from the Partners in Recovery mental health ...

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Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schools
ABC Online
Some savings in the Indigenous Health area will be invested in the new Medical Research Future Fund. Another $15 million will be saved by ending funding for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. The government says these moves will reduce ...