Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When he delivers the annual report on progress towards closing the gap in Federal ...
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outsThe Australian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Sky News Australia -PS News -The Conversation
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Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...

Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

The Guardian
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employmentSydney Morning Herald
Sky News Australia -PS News -ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony Abbott
The Guardian
Abbott will paint a mixed picture of progress when he provides the annual update on the “closing the gap” targets designed to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. He will declare the government's challenge is to “turn good intentions into ...

Free public lecture: Indigenous food in colonial Australia
NewsMaker (press release)
How did colonial Australians experiment with indigenous foods, and what native animals were considered to be fair game for grub? A free public lecture at the University of Adelaide on Tuesday 18 February will explain these fascinating aspects of the ...

Indigenous Leader Applauds Tough Stand on Corruption
Pro Bono Australia
The successful prosecution of a former CEO of an Aboriginal medical service for embezzling funds has been applauded by the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC). The AILC's CEO Rachelle Towart said many Indigenous leaders across Australia ...

SBS
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: report
SBS
The report paints a picture of a hypothetical Australia in the year 2031, where Indigenous Australians face the same health and labour market outcomes as other Australians. The reports finds if the gap is closed, the nation's Gross Domestic Product ...
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: DeloitteABC Message Stick
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardBundaberg News Mail
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin -eTurboNews
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Rocky program boosts indigenous employment statewide
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
And a new report shows investment in indigenous education and training would reap big rewards for the Australian economy. The report, commissioned by Reconciliation Australia, found the Australian GDP would be 1.15%, or $24 billion larger in today's ...

The Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says report
The Guardian
Australia's economy would be $24bn bigger in 2031 if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the same health outcomes and opportunities in the labour market as non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics.
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News

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Cricket Country
Australia must have an indigenous women's team, says Greg Matthews
Cricket Country
Former Australian cricketer Greg Matthews has called for the creation of a separate indigenous women's team in Australian cricket and has also praised the four teams that took part in the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs recently. “At last the girls are ...
Call for national indigenous women's cricket teamThe West Australian
Imparja Cup lures state women's teamsABC Message Stick

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SBS
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research by Deloitte Access Economics suggests that billions of dollars could be added to the Australian economy if the Indigenous employment rate were to be improved. Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: reportSBS
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardNoosa News

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eTurboNews
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research by Deloitte Access Economics suggests that billions of dollars could be added to the Australian economy if the Indigenous employment rate were to be improved. Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardClarence Valley Daily Examiner
Tourism Australia to double its employment of Indigenous staffeTurboNews
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific -The Canberra Times
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The Age
Indigenous cadetships providing ideal workplace training
The Age
In his apology to Indigenous Australians on 12 February 2008 Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis committed the University of Melbourne to using its expertise and resources to make a sustained contribution to lifting the health, education and living ...

eTurboNews
Tourism Australia to double its employment of Indigenous staff
eTurboNews
SYDNEY, Australia - Tourism Australia has set itself an ambitious goal to double its employment of Indigenous staff by the end of next year as part of its new Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), launched this week. The employment target, together with a ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Tourism Australia launches new Reconciliation Action PlanTravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

The Canberra Times
Billions to be reaped in closing the gap
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S economy would grow by $24 billion and governments would be almost $12bn better off if key gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous people were closed by 2031, according to new modelling released today. Reconciliation Australia ...
More jobs for Aborigines could put billions into economyThe Canberra Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
With Utopia, John Pilger wrings the heart but objectivity is not his forte
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran Australian journalist John Pilger's new film places Aboriginal Australia's dispossession and Third-World living conditions on the global stage. Indigenous people in remote areas, Pilger says in Utopia, which opened this month, are suffering a ...

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