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The Canberra Times
'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump again
The Canberra Times
Ms Causon described the review as an important opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to "have a real say in how to improve outcomes" and address the "alarming number of our kids involved in the child protection system". Louise ...

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The Canberra Times
'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump again
The Canberra Times
Ms Causon described the review as an important opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to "have a real say in how to improve outcomes" and address the "alarming number of our kids involved in the child protection system". Louise ...

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9news.com.au
Stark protection rates for indigenous kids
9news.com.au
Emotional abuse and neglect were the most common types of substantiated abuse investigations for both indigenous and non-indigenous children. The average age of engagement with child protection services was the same (eight years old) among indigenous ...
'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump againThe Sydney Morning Herald

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9news.com.au
Stark protection rates for indigenous kids
9news.com.au
Emotional abuse and neglect were the most common types of substantiated abuse investigations for both indigenous and non-indigenous children. The average age of engagement with child protection services was the same (eight years old) among indigenous ...
'Out of control': Rates of Indigenous kids in ACT government care jump againThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Weekly Times
Murnong: Indigenous root vegetable a menu pick
The Weekly Times
The murnong, a dandelion-like plant with a bright yellow flower and a nutrient-packed tuber, was cultivated for thousands years by Aboriginal people across Australia's cool, dry south and south east. But their crop was almost immediately wiped out with ...

The Weekly Times
Murnong: Indigenous root vegetable a menu pick
The Weekly Times
The murnong, a dandelion-like plant with a bright yellow flower and a nutrient-packed tuber, was cultivated for thousands years by Aboriginal people across Australia's cool, dry south and south east. But their crop was almost immediately wiped out with ...

The Australian
$8m project to fight syphilis epidemic in outback
The Australian
The majority of under-16s reporting are in the 14- and 15-year-old category, who believe it or not across Australia are having consenting sex, just as they are in indigenous Australia.” Northern Territory Labor MP Warren Snowdon said the scheme “couldn ...

The Australian
David Littleproud says Greens push to end kangaroo trade is treason
The Australian
“The EU could introduce an import ban based on sanitary grounds and denounce the discrepancy with the EU's welfare values.” Australia's Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud, condemned the use of the documentary in a campaign against kangaroo ...

Community Newspaper Group
Cockburn council to consult with residents on moving Australia Day celebrations
Community Newspaper Group
The plan also included a proposal to write to the Federal Government providing the City's Aboriginal community consultation findings, which support a change to the date of national Australia Day celebrations. At tonight's council meeting Corina Abraham ...

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Insights News
Australian women trailblazer edition
Insights News
International Women's day is about celebrating all women are and strive to be but what does an Australian woman look like? You could throw the words around like diverse, vibrant, ambitious, intelligent, compassionate, etc. and you wouldn't even come ...

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The Guardian
Man dies after falling from Sydney Tower
The Guardian
The skywalk is more than 250m above ground. Two paramedic crews responded and treated witnesses for shock. A police spokesman said an operation was under way and a report will be prepared for the coroner. Readers in Australia seeking support and ...

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Red Flag
Pre-colonial society shows humans can live collectively
Red Flag
“If the test of sophistication were whether or not all were fed regardless of rank or whether all contributed to the spiritual and cultural health of the civilisation, Aboriginal Australia might have a much higher rank than some of the nations ...

PerthNow
City of Cockburn to vote on Australia Day change
PerthNow
THE City of Cockburn could follow its neighbour Fremantle and move its Australia Day celebrations from January 26. Cockburn Council will tonight vote on whether to consider moving its annual Coogee Beach Festival from Australia Day because of concerns ...

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The Mandarin
June Oscar ensuring Indigenous women's voices are again heard by government
The Mandarin
“Together with my team, I will be travelling to many places in rural, remote and urban Australia to hear directly from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. Wiyi Yani U Thangani, which means 'Women's Voices' in the Bunuba language is ...

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SBS
Bruce Pascoe celebrated with Australia Council's Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature
SBS
With the 33 books he has written, the Bunurong man incorporates Aboriginal knowledge and different cultural aspects into his storytelling, as he believes it educates people on the true history of Australian colonialism. “One of the things I was pretty ...

EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous Coordinator
EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous Coordinator. Contract full-time job recruited via Department of Education - Northern Territory (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia). Job Reference 034877. Closing date March 11, 2018. LocationGunbalanya NT, Australia. Type Full-Time ...

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ABC Local
Ruby Payne-Scott, Daisy Bindi, Mina Wylie and Fanny Durack: Meet Australia's unsung female trailblazers
ABC Local
'The future is female' has become an International Women's Day catchcry — chanted at marches and endlessly hashtagged on social media. But the slogan was first used in the 1970s on a T-shirt designed at a feminist book shop. And just as the words have ...

EducationHQ Australia
Book swap aims to help Indigenous literacy
EducationHQ Australia
While 88 per cent of Indigenous Year 3 students in major cities met or exceeded the national minimum standard for reading in 2017, only 46 per cent of students in very remote areas did so. The ILF has run the Great Book Swap for the past eight years ...

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The Conversation AU
What writers and publishers must learn from the Deadly Woman Blues fiasco
The Conversation AU
With Deadly Woman Blues, Walker sought to produce a chronologically ordered biographical encyclopedia cataloguing the overlooked histories and achievements of black women in Australian music. This included not only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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The Conversation AU
What writers and publishers must learn from the Deadly Woman Blues fiasco
The Conversation AU
With Deadly Woman Blues, Walker sought to produce a chronologically ordered biographical encyclopedia cataloguing the overlooked histories and achievements of black women in Australian music. This included not only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...