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Sliding attendance contributing to low numeracy, literacy rates: COAG - ABC Message Stick

Wed, 2013/10/30 - 12:36am

Sky News Australia

Sliding attendance contributing to low numeracy, literacy rates: COAG
ABC Message Stick
The report says the NT, South Australia and Western Australia continue to have Indigenous attendance rates more than 10 per cent below non-Indigenous rates across all year levels. The rate for Indigenous Year 10 students in the NT dropped by 14 per ...
Disadvantaged young people face 'life sentence of poverty and exclusion'The Guardian
Education failing poorest studentsThe Canberra Times
Disadvantage persists in schoolsSky News Australia
SBS -NTNews.com.au -The Conversation
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Indigenous high school attendance drops in NT - ABC Online

Tue, 2013/10/29 - 11:28pm

Indigenous high school attendance drops in NT
ABC Online
In the Council of Australian Governments report it reveals the Territory consistently scores the lowest literacy and numeracy rates in the country partly due to the high proportion of Indigenous students struggling to attend school. Michael Coggan ...

Flawed official narrative on indigenous population growth - On Line opinion

Mon, 2013/10/28 - 9:19pm

Flawed official narrative on indigenous population growth
On Line opinion
A rationalisation of Australia's high recorded Indigenous population growth has developed across officialdom and has received largely unquestioned acceptance. A typical version is given by the Human Rights Commission: "The increases in the Indigenous ...

Australia: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Sees Mass Departure of Board - International Meetings Review

Mon, 2013/10/28 - 2:26pm

International Meetings Review

Australia: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Sees Mass Departure of Board
International Meetings Review
The head of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, Koos Klein, has resigned following the removal of half of the Voyages board on Wednesday. Klein, who had been running a $400 million suite of indigenous tourism assets including the Ayers Rock Resort ...

PwC powers Aboriginal 'game changer' - The Australian

Mon, 2013/10/28 - 1:07pm

PwC powers Aboriginal 'game changer'
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S largest indigenous consulting company will be created to lift the quality of advice on public policy and to assist the country's most disadvantaged communities. The new venture, majority owned and operated by Aboriginal people, but ...

Ireland trounce Indigenous All Stars in international rules Test - The Australian

Sun, 2013/10/27 - 1:19am

BBC News

Ireland trounce Indigenous All Stars in international rules Test
The Australian
Australia were embarrassed 116-37 at Croke Park on Saturday night, resulting in the biggest series defeat ever, with the all-indigenous team going down 173-72 on aggregate. "As a coach I'm a bit ill, I'm a bit sick," O'Loughlin said after the loss. "It ...
Indigenous All Stars thrashedPerth Now
Australia goalkeeper Ashley McGrath during the International Rules second Test ...Courier Mail
International Rules: Ireland rout indigenous Aussies to win seriesBBC News
The Canberra Times -AFL.com.au
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Indigenous lawyer Mansell refuses Australia Day award - SBS

Sun, 2013/10/27 - 12:38am

SBS

Indigenous lawyer Mansell refuses Australia Day award
SBS
In an opinion piece published in the Tasmanian Times Mr Mansell calls for the creation of an Aboriginal Assembly, adding that any person who accepts an Australia Day award 'without condemnation of the essence of Australia Day celebrations, lacks a ...

Aboriginal activist refuses Australia Day award - Sydney Morning Herald

Sat, 2013/10/26 - 11:32pm

Sky News Australia

Aboriginal activist refuses Australia Day award
Sydney Morning Herald
"Australia has not once apologised, and meant it, for the invasion of Aboriginal lands," he said. "There has been no acknowledgement of the massacres that remain hidden under a 'pioneers' version of Australian history. There is no effort to genuinely ...
Wyatt urges new indigenous gap solutionSky News Australia
$25.4 billion spent on Aboriginal disadvantage is a lieSydney Indymedia

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Australia goalkeeper Ashley McGrath during the International Rules second Test ... - NEWS.com.au

Sat, 2013/10/26 - 9:25pm

BBC News

Australia goalkeeper Ashley McGrath during the International Rules second Test ...
NEWS.com.au
THE Indigenous All Stars promised to be "hard and tough" in the second International Rules Test but instead were embarrassed by Ireland for the second week running, going down 116-37 at Croke Park in Dublin. The result means Australia lost the two-Test ...
Indigenous All Stars thumped by Ireland in Second International Rules TestABC Online
Indigenous All Stars thrashedPerth Now
International Rules: Ireland rout indigenous Aussies to win seriesBBC News
The Age
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Wyatt urges new indigenous gap solution - Sky News Australia

Sat, 2013/10/26 - 10:32am

Sky News Australia

Wyatt urges new indigenous gap solution
Sky News Australia
Now is the time for the Abbott government to act on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia, says the country's first Aboriginal MP in federal parliament. Western Australia's Liberal Member for Hasluck, Ken Wyatt, says that ...
$25.4 billion spent on Aboriginal disadvantage is a lieThe Stringer

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Uluru purge sparks Virgin threat - The Australian

Fri, 2013/10/25 - 1:02pm

Uluru purge sparks Virgin threat
The Australian
One of the ousted board members, former Indigenous Business Australia general manager Ron Morony, has written to Tony Abbott saying the governance of the resort's owner, the Indigenous Land Council, is in crisis and urging him to take immediate action.

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What role for Indigenous methods of fire management? - SBS

Fri, 2013/10/25 - 10:06am

SBS

What role for Indigenous methods of fire management?
SBS
Joe Morrison is the chief executive of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance. Mr Morrison has told NITV, Indigenous people could play a role in reducing the risk of bushfires. "We know there's a disconnect between people ...

Indigenous training scheme review in Western Australia - Radio New Zealand

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 5:57pm

Indigenous training scheme review in Western Australia
Radio New Zealand
The man who has been named Western Australia's richest person is leading a review of indigenous employment and training programmes for the Federal Government. The review is intended to provide advice to Canberra to ensure the schemes are aimed at ...

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Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort - The Australian

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 1:25pm

Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort
The Australian
THE management of Australia's premier indigenous tourism resort - a showcase for Aboriginal job creation - has been thrown into turmoil by a boardroom purge that sparked the managing director's resignation and a bitter row over the company's profitability.
Dust flies in Ayers Rock Resort $65m writedownABC Online

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Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort - The Australian

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 1:25pm

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Purge rocks indigenous tourism resort
The Australian
THE management of Australia's premier indigenous tourism resort - a showcase for Aboriginal job creation - has been thrown into turmoil by a boardroom purge that sparked the managing director's resignation and a bitter row over the company's profitability.
Dust flies in Ayers Rock Resort $65m writedownABC Online

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Indigenous linguist nominated in Australian of the Year Awards - SBS

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 8:48am

SBS

Indigenous linguist nominated in Australian of the Year Awards
SBS
Ms Smith has been developing the Noongar language program in the Western Australian town of Brumby for the last nine years. She is now a state finalist in the award's 'Australia's Local Hero 2014' category. Ms Smith's language program, which ...

Billionaire Andrew Forrest urges new approach to Indigenous jobs programs - ABC Online

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 5:14am

Billionaire Andrew Forrest urges new approach to Indigenous jobs programs
ABC Online
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest says existing Indigenous jobs training programs are not working and that a different approach is needed. Mr Forrest, the chairman of mining company Fortescue Metals, will chair his first meeting today as head of the ...

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We need a national keeping place for our 'lost' Indigenous remains - The Guardian

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 3:03am

The Guardian

We need a national keeping place for our 'lost' Indigenous remains
The Guardian
Australia moved closer to establishing such a facility this week after the federal government's Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation met in Canberra to evaluate Indigenous community responses to the proposal for a national keeping place in ...

Support mounts for review of indigenous job training - ABC Online

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 2:49am

Support mounts for review of indigenous job training
ABC Online
The chairman of the mining company, Fortescue Metals, has just been named the richest man in Western Australia. However, Andrew Forrest says he has bigger things on his mind. Today, he's also chairing the first meeting of the Federal Government's ...
Indigenous training scheme review in Western AustraliaRadio New Zealand
Mining magnate urges new approach to Indigenous employmentABC Message Stick

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Support mounts for review of indigenous job training - ABC Online

Thu, 2013/10/24 - 2:49am

Support mounts for review of indigenous job training
ABC Online
The chairman of the mining company, Fortescue Metals, has just been named the richest man in Western Australia. However, Andrew Forrest says he has bigger things on his mind. Today, he's also chairing the first meeting of the Federal Government's ...
Mining magnate urges new approach to Indigenous employmentABC Message Stick

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