Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous body claims success on quit campaign
ABC Online
Yesterday the Coalition criticised the Federal Government for wasting taxpayer's money after the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found education campaigns have done little to reduce smoking among Indigenous women. But Sharelle Eggmolese ...

The West Australian
Australia 'lagging' on Indigenous doctors
SBS
"Well, this is a landmark agreement between the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association and the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges, which represents the specialist medical colleges of Australia. And our aim is threefold. (First,) to close ...
Fruit improves health of indigenous kidsThe West Australian
Doctor training deal aims to close gapYahoo!7 News

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More Indigenous women urged to enter politics
ABC Local
Academics, researchers and students are gathering today in Cairns, in far north Queensland, for an international conference to discuss better ways to build sustainable Indigenous communities. PhD student Michelle Deshong says having Indigenous women ...

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Aust Post honours Indigenous pioneers
PS News
Australia Post is honouring five eminent Indigenous Australians who have campaigned for the rights of Indigenous people in a new stamp issue. The new stamp issue comprises five domestic base-rate (60c) stamps featuring Shirley Smith AM, Neville Bonner ...
A need to formally recognise first peopleThe Australian
Coming together to celebrate Aboriginal cultureABC Local
Changemaker- Tammy KimptonPro Bono Australia
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Subsidised fruit and vegetables aids Aboriginal health
ABC Message Stick
A scheme in northern New South Wales offering subsidised fruit and vegetables to low-income Aboriginal families has led to a significant improvement in community health. The project subsidised by the Bulgarr Ngaru health service costs $90,000 a year ...

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Food subsidy program improves health of indigenous kids
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia today shows a significant improvement in the health of children from low-income Indigenous families participating in a subsidised fruit and vegetable program. More than 50 families in ...

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Doctor training deal aims to close gap
Yahoo!7 News
A 2010 UN report on indigenous life expectancies found indigenous Australians die up to 20 years earlier than their non-indigenous counterparts, on par with Nepal. Kate Leslie, chair of the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC), says most ...

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Indigenous community farm boosts tomato production
ABC Online
An Indigenous community farm has expanded its commercial tomato growing operation in the Northern Territory this year. The tomatoes are being harvested at the Kalano Community Farm, near Katherine, to meet a supply contract with a major supermarket ...

New resources for Indigenous dementia
Coffs Coast Advocate
John Watkins, said it is important we support all Australians who are living with dementia, but the work of Professor Tony Broe and the Koori Growing Old Well Study shows dementia prevalence in Aboriginal Australians is three times that of Australia's ...

Food subsidy program improves health of indigenous kids
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia today shows a significant improvement in the health of children from low-income Indigenous families participating in a subsidised fruit and vegetable program. More than 50 families in ...
Subsidised fruit and vegetables aids Aboriginal healthABC Message Stick

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SBS
Comment: Time to draft Aussie Rules to tackle Indigenous mathematic
SBS
When discussing how to embed Indigenous Australian knowledge and practices into the Australian national curriculum effectively – particularly the maths curriculum – there's no better place to start than analysing our own distinctively Australian ...

The Age
Global campaigner represents Indigenous voices
The Age
At 22, Nayuka Gorrie is a savvy but certainly not weary global campaigner for Indigenous and environmental rights. Having already attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference last November as an Indigenous representative of the Australian ...

Remembering Mabo: making a difference
The Age
Known as the Mabo decision, the ruling led to the passage of the Native Title Act the following year, changing the course of Australian history and transforming the ways in which Indigenous ownership of land may be recognised by Australian law. Each ...

Indigenous Job Opportunities Following Agreement Expansion
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Australian job seekers will receive increased employment opportunities under a renewed and expanded National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous Economic Participation. The Federal Government says it will expand its Indigenous ...

Sky News Australia
Indigenous kids' health improves with subsidised fruit and vegetable program
The Australian
... generally," Dr Black and his co-authors wrote. But Dr Black, who is a general practitioner with a NSW Aboriginal health service and a fellow at the University of South Australia, said the proportion of children with iron deficiency and anaemia did ...
Changemaker- Tammy KimptonPro Bono Australia

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Fruit improves health of indigenous kids
The West Australian
But Dr Black, who is a general practitioner with a NSW Aboriginal health service and a fellow at the University of South Australia, said the proportion of children with iron deficiency and anaemia did not change. The study involved children from 55 ...

Fruit improves health of indigenous kids
Ninemsn
But Dr Black, who is a general practitioner with a NSW Aboriginal health service and a fellow at the University of South Australia, said the proportion of children with iron deficiency and anaemia did not change. The study involved children from 55 ...

It's time we draft Aussie Rules to tackle Indigenous mathematics
The Conversation
When discussing how to embed Indigenous Australian knowledge and practices into the Australian national curriculum effectively – particularly the maths curriculum – there's no better place to start than analysing our own distinctively Australian ...

Fruit improves health of indigenous kids
SBS
But Dr Black, who is a general practitioner with a NSW Aboriginal health service and a fellow at the University of South Australia, said the proportion of children with iron deficiency and anaemia did not change. The study involved children from 55 ...

A need to formally recognise first people
The Australian
The constitutional silence about the very existence of indigenous Australians over such a long history holds us back from a more united and productive future. As do the sections that still give governments the power to treat any racial group within our ...