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The Sydney Morning Herald
Politics Live: Backdown on secrecy laws, citizenship saga gets personal
The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor has hit out at the government over a newly released review of Australia's Closing the Gap strategy to address Indigenous disadvantage. The 10-year review from the Close the Gap steering committee has concluded the policy was "effectively ...

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ABC Online
What happened to the top students of the class of 1998?
ABC Online
Like Dr Irving-Stonebraker, she knew from a young age what she wanted to be: a lawyer and advocate for Indigenous Australians. She said that dream was borne after witnessing racial discrimination towards Indigenous students from teachers at primary ...

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap health goals 'effectively abandoned' for political reasons
The Guardian
A Closing the Gap review said that viewing Indigenous health spending as part of a 25-year program 'was effectively abandoned after five years'. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAP. The Closing the Gap strategy was established in 2008 with the aim of ...
Indigenous health needs more money: reportSBS

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap health goals 'effectively abandoned' for political reasons
The Guardian
A Closing the Gap review said that viewing Indigenous health spending as part of a 25-year program 'was effectively abandoned after five years'. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAP. The Closing the Gap strategy was established in 2008 with the aim of ...
Indigenous health needs more money: reportSBS

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
The Sydney Morning Herald
Inner west council mayor Darcy Byrne wants council to stick with its Australia Day event, but says it should be a day commemoration not celebration. Photo: Edwina Pickles. Mayoral minutes are the first items debated at council meetings. As part of an ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, the Turnbull government stripped Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to hold citizenship ceremonies after they voted to cease holding ceremonies on Australia Day. Cr Byrne instead wants the council to "consult with the ...

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Brisbane Times
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
Brisbane Times
Last year, the Turnbull government stripped Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to hold citizenship ceremonies after they voted to cease holding ceremonies on Australia Day. Cr Byrne instead wants the council to "consult with the ...

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Brisbane Times
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
Brisbane Times
Last year, the Turnbull government stripped Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to hold citizenship ceremonies after they voted to cease holding ceremonies on Australia Day. Cr Byrne instead wants the council to "consult with the ...

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Daily Telegraph
Premier Gladys Berejiklian rejects plan to fly Aboriginal flag on harbour bridge year-round
Daily Telegraph
Mr Foley yesterday called on Ms Berejiklian to meet with Cheree Toka, the woman who has launched a petition which now has 75,000 signatures calling for the government to fly the Aboriginal flag every day. “Flying the flag of our First Peoples alongside ...
Berejiklian won't budge on permanent spot for Indigenous flag on Harbour BridgeSBS

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The West Australian
Australia's first indigenous Winter Olympics athlete Harley Windsor arrives in South Korea
The West Australian
An Aussie mum, whose son will become the first indigenous athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics, will head to South Korea to watch her son compete. Harley Windsor's mum Josie worked two jobs to pay for her son's figure skating career, while raising ...
When an Aussie mum's dream comes trueYahoo7 Sport

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ABC Online
Suspected organised crime group leaders face drug trafficking charges in WA
ABC Online
Two men are facing drug trafficking charges after an eight-month investigation targeting the movement of drugs between Perth and the Midwest and Pilbara regions in Western Australia. The suspected organised crime group Naala Moort was allegedly ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous action needed at COAG: leaders
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"Changing the date of Australia Day is an essential first step ... a new date is needed to avoid division," Mr Mansell told the National Indigenous Times. The group will meet with state and territory leaders on Thursday before representatives address ...
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the ...The Guardian

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Teaching English to Indigenous Australian students
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For a number of Indigenous Australian students, Australian English is a new language that they learn in high school. Tanith Margetson is a teacher at Tennant Creek High School in the Northern Territory, where 85 per cent of the students are Indigenous ...

Teaching English to Indigenous Australian students
ABC Online
For a number of Indigenous Australian students, Australian English is a new language that they learn in high school. Tanith Margetson is a teacher at Tennant Creek High School in the Northern Territory, where 85 per cent of the students are Indigenous ...

National Indigenous Times
Harley's 'wrong turn' is right on track
National Indigenous Times
Australia's first Indigenous winter Olympian, figure skater Harley Windsor, is due to arrive in South Korea today ahead of his history-making turn on the ice with competition partner and former Russian skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya. The hopes of ...
Meet Australia's First Indigenous Winter OlympianteleSUR English

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National Indigenous Times
Australia Day debate now on COAG agenda
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal leaders are poised to ask all tiers of government to formally change the date of Australia Day before next year. Tasmanian lawyer and Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell said the issue of Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 — the ...

National Indigenous Times
Australia Day debate now on COAG agenda
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal leaders are poised to ask all tiers of government to formally change the date of Australia Day before next year. Tasmanian lawyer and Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell said the issue of Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 — the ...

Former PM weighs in on treaty talk
National Indigenous Times
Former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia is “on a trajectory towards a treaty”. In an interview to be aired on NITV current affairs show Living Black tonight, Mr Rudd says Australia won't achieve reconciliation until a treaty is in place ...

National Indigenous Times
Cricket's best take to the field in Alice
National Indigenous Times
Australia's most talented Indigenous cricketers have taken to the fields in Alice Springs this week for the National Indigenous Cricket Championships. Seven men's and six women's state and territory teams are competing for the national titles. The ...
Nate Jones' NSW begin Imparja Cup with wins against Northern Territory and VictoriaSouth Coast Register

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer?
SBS
The pressure is on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he delivers the 10th Closing the Gap report to Parliament next week. It's an annual update on how the federal government is progressing in reducing the significant disadvantage faced by Indigenous ...
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the Gap programThe Guardian

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