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The Age
Australian students go backwards in maths, reading and science: report
The Age
Only 50 per cent of Aboriginal students met the baseline in maths, down from 60 per cent in 2009. In science, 57 per cent of Aboriginal students reached the baseline in 2015, down from 65 per cent in 2009, and 59 per cent of students reached the ...

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Daily Advertiser
Data shows more Indigenous students are attending university than ever before
Daily Advertiser
LEADER: Proud Wiradjuri man Ellerey Harris says he hopes he can inspire other young Indigenous Australians to finish school and pursue further study. Picture: Les Smith. While this year's Close the Gap progress report showed Australia is behind in four ...

Daily Advertiser
Data shows more Indigenous students are attending university than ever before
Daily Advertiser
LEADER: Proud Wiradjuri man Ellerey Harris says he hopes he can inspire other young Indigenous Australians to finish school and pursue further study. Picture: Les Smith. While this year's Close the Gap progress report showed Australia is behind in four ...

The Guardian
Report revealing Australia's educational decline a 'real worry', says Birmingham
The Guardian
The rate of parents reading to their two-year-olds at least once a week has stayed static, although there was an encouraging lift among Indigenous families. The education minister, Simon Birmingham, said the concerning figures underscore what the ...
Mental illness among Australian children rises, immunisation rates fallThe Australian

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The Australian
Mental illness among Australian children rises, immunisation rates fall
The Australian
The ARACY report also showed Australian children are falling behind in immunisation rates while facing rising rates of mental illness, and highlighted the vulnerability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in particular. The good news is ...
Report revealing Australia's educational decline a 'real worry', says BirminghamThe Guardian
Australian children falling behind on immunisation: reportThe Sydney Morning Herald
It's time to close the chasm in our national education systemBallarat Courier

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ABC Online
Fifty skeletons still boxed up after being exhumed from eroding cemetery in Fitzroy Crossing
ABC Online
A photo of a digger searching for human remains at Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's far Photo: A digger searches for human remains outside the Pioneer Cemetery. (Supplied: Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre). It is thought as many as 20 ...

ABC Online
Dry creek bed reveals rare Aboriginal artefacts
ABC Online
Dry creek bed reveals rare Aboriginal artefacts in north-east South Australia. ABC North and West. By Khama Reid. Posted February 24, 2018 10:29:09. A man with dark facial hair, a cap, and an AC/DC shirt Photo: Ranger Jason Litherland with one of the ...

TasWeekend: Time to deliver a perfect pitch, bro
The Mercury
Maori is taught in all New Zealand schools, city streets have dual names and Maori phrases such as the greeting “kia ora” have become part of New Zealand English. In Australia, a common argument against teaching Aboriginal language in schools is the ...

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NT police made 16 alerts about home in which toddler was allegedly raped
The Guardian
“I suspect if there were three [non-Indigenous] suicides in Darwin, Alice Springs or anywhere else in Australia in three weeks, all hell would break loose,” a letter from Elliot McAdam in November said. “Three black suicides and two violence-related ...

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The Advertiser
Australia names its beach volleyball team for Commonwealth Games debut
The Advertiser
INDIGENOUS trailblazer Taliqua Clancy and Peruvian-born Mariafe Artacho del Solar will create beach volleyball history on the Gold Coast in April when they represent Australia in the sport's Commonwealth Games debut. Clancy was Australia's first ...

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NEWS.com.au
Australia names its beach volleyball team for Commonwealth Games debut
NEWS.com.au
INDIGENOUS trailblazer Taliqua Clancy and Peruvian-born Mariafe Artacho del Solar will create beach volleyball history on the Gold Coast in April when they represent Australia in the sport's Commonwealth Games debut. Reece Homfray. The ...

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Shepparton News
Aboriginal vision to the fore
Shepparton News
Both Yorta Yorta elders made their marks in the form of activism, government and midwifery. Aunty Tucker was one of Australia's first female Aboriginal rights activists and spent her childhood at the Cummeragunja and Monnacullah missions, but was taken ...

Turnbull and Shorten quibble over the 'vibe' on indigenous identity
The Australian
During last week's Closing the Gap address, Mr Turnbull pleaded with Labor to pass the long-delayed enabling legislation “to apply greater rigour to assessing what works and why” in indigenous affairs spending. The government says the standoff could go ...

Turnbull and Shorten quibble over the 'vibe' on indigenous identity
The Australian
During last week's Closing the Gap address, Mr Turnbull pleaded with Labor to pass the long-delayed enabling legislation “to apply greater rigour to assessing what works and why” in indigenous affairs spending. The government says the standoff could go ...

Daily Telegraph
Grandson of the legendary Arthur Beetson named in Queensland Indigenous U/16s side
Daily Telegraph
Quizzed on plotting against his nephew, the NSWRL employee laughed: “Mate, I'm from NSW and I'm a NSW supporter. Arthur Beetson representing Queensland in the first State of Origin match in 1980. “So I was hoping we could get somebody to rip into him ...

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The West Australian
Super Pit operator hits diversity milestone
The West Australian
“We've increased our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce to around 4 per cent, which is about double from what we were a couple of years ago,” he said. “We've had more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders take apprenticeships onsite last ...

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Brisbane Times
Sir Doug Nicholls round to start in Alice Springs
AFL.com.au
The round 10 match, to be played at TIO Traeger Park on Sunday, May 27, will mark the start of a week-long celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and their contributions to Australian Football. Speaking at Desert Park in Alice ...
Melbourne hopes for greater dee-light from Sir Doug Nicholls roundThe Age

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Brisbane Times
Sir Doug Nicholls round to start in Alice Springs
AFL.com.au
The round 10 match, to be played at TIO Traeger Park on Sunday, May 27, will mark the start of a week-long celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and their contributions to Australian Football. Speaking at Desert Park in Alice ...
Melbourne hopes for greater dee-light from Sir Doug Nicholls roundThe Age

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The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous Business Australia performance bond a 'game changer' for builders
The Australian Financial Review
"The near unanimous feedback we have heard from indigenous construction firms is that they can't grow their businesses and put on more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tradies and apprentices because the up-front costs of performance bonds lock ...

The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous Business Australia performance bond a 'game changer' for builders
The Australian Financial Review
"I think it will be a game-changer. Most indigenous businesses have very few assets," says Kennelly, second from left with (from left) Ted O'Brien, MP, and Nigel Scullion. Supplied. Sally Patten AFR Woodcut. Share on twitter · Share on Google Plus. by ...