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The Guardian
Australian prisoners with disabilities subjected to harrowing abuse, report finds
The Guardian
A detailed Human Rights Watch investigation of 14 prisons in Western Australia and Queensland has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia's treatment of prisoners with disabilities, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The report ...
Jails failing prisoners with disabilitiesIllawarra Mercury
Calls to scrap scheme that paid sex offenders to care for prisoners with disabilitiesSBS
Australia: Prisoners with Disabilities Neglected, AbusedHuman Rights Watch
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The Guardian
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer? - SBS
SBS
SBS News looks at the targets set in 2008 to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous disadvantage, and whether any have been met.
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the Gap program
The Guardian
Victoria will push the federal government to commit to preferencing Indigenous community-controlled service providers under the redesigned Closing the Gap program when ministers meet ahead of the Council of Australian Governments meeting on Friday ...
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer?SBS

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The Guardian
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the Gap program
The Guardian
Victoria will push the federal government to commit to preferencing Indigenous community-controlled service providers under the redesigned Closing the Gap program when ministers meet ahead of the Council of Australian Governments meeting on Friday ...
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer?SBS

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Benji Marshall, Johnathan Thurston possible headline players for Maori v Indigenous Australia clash
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Benji Marshall, Johnathan Thurston possible headline players for Maori v Indigenous Australia clash. now. share. Source: 1 NEWS. A proposed rugby league Test played between the New Zealand Maori and an Australian Indigenous side is reportedly on the ...

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The Guardian
Kevin Rudd was advised against opening parliament with apology to stolen generations
The Guardian
Kevin Rudd was advised against making the apology to the stolen generations at the opening of the new parliament after his election in 2007 and was “worried something could go wrong”, according to Jenny Macklin, then minister for Indigenous affairs. In ...

Brisbane Times
The program helping Indigenous students beat the average
Brisbane Times
Combs, who grew up in a rough area of Colorado Springs, was an alumnus of INROADS and saw the need for something similar for Indigenous youth in Australia. Despite being 2.8 per cent of the population, Indigenous Australians only compose 1.7 per cent ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The program helping Indigenous students beat the average
The Sydney Morning Herald
CareerTrackers was founded eight years ago by Michael Combs, an African-American who moved to Australia for a previous job with Hewlett Packard. Combs, who grew up in a rough area of Colorado Springs, was an alumnus of INROADS and saw the need for ...

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NEWS.com.au
Shannon Noll and Danny Green clash over date of Australia Day on I'm a Celebrity ...
NEWS.com.au
Shannon Noll has some big opinions on Australia Day. Picture: Warner Music AustraliaSource:Supplied. ROCKER Shannon Noll says he supports moving Australia Day to a date that reflects the celebration of all Australians. Speaking in the South African ...
'I have no interest in getting into this political conversation': I'm A Celebrity star Kerry Armstrong furiously ...Daily Mail

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The Guardian
Nick Xenophon Team to block cashless welfare card expansion
The Guardian
Labor has already expressed its opposition to an expansion of the card until there is further evidence of its effectiveness. Shadow social services minister Jenny Macklin said a positive evaluation of the cards, conducted by consultancy Orima Research ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Benji Marshall and Johnathan Thurston could headline historic Indigenous Test
The Sydney Morning Herald
Johnathan Thurston and Benji Marshall have been touted as potential superstar opponents in a proposed Test match between an Australian Indigenous side and the New Zealand Maori during this year's representative weekend. The contest is the brainchild of ...
League: Johnathan Thurston to face Benji Marshall in dream Indigenous clash?New Zealand Herald

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SBS
Why are Aboriginal women in Australia hit with racism and sexual threats for sharing their views?
SBS
The incident was the latest in a string of graphic sexual violence and death threats Ms Thorpe received after calling for Australian flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26. “I wasn't shocked. I was more disturbed a little, I think, by the level ...

SBS
Why are Aboriginal women in Australia hit with racism and sexual threats for sharing their views?
SBS
The incident was the latest in a string of graphic sexual violence and death threats Ms Thorpe received after calling for Australian flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26. “I wasn't shocked. I was more disturbed a little, I think, by the level ...

Triple M
Making sports history - Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete
Triple M
Australia loves an underdog story... and there is always a couple murmured around the Winter Olympics, an event we're not known for succeeding at. One such story to watch out for is the history making Harley Windsor who will become the first ever ...
Harley Windsor -- Australia's accidental Winter OlympianYahoo7 News

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InDaily
Labor 'not doing enough' for Aboriginal housing
InDaily
“Labor's response is very descriptive, but we need action because the old ways are clearly not working.” The Labor reply, signed by the party's “Stakeholder Response Team”, revealed the number of Aboriginal employees in the state's public sector ...

MuMbrella
Brands should think carefully about their stance on Australia Day
MuMbrella
The message for brand advertisers from the results is that support for changing the date among the Australian population might not be as strong or changing as fast as you might think. The reality is that attitudes have not changed much since 2017, but ...

New York Times
In Australia, Arsonists May Have Wings
New York Times
DARWIN, Australia — When the dry season spreads over the tropical savannas of Australia's Northern Territories, rangers start watching for the so-called firehawks: flocks of black kites, whistling kites and brown falcons that hunt near bushfires ...

The Australian
Two-thirds reject push for Australia Day switch: Newspoll
The Australian
Only 29 per cent supported Mr Albanese's proposal to hold dual referendums on January 26 to help end divisions over Australia Day. The Greens sparked national protests against January 26, the date marking the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet, when it ...

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The West Australian
On-country work strengthens sense of belonging
The West Australian
One of Australia's more unusual native birds incubates eggs in a huge mound of earth and decaying leaf litter which decomposes, generating heat to keep the eggs warm. A group of Nanda women and children recently helped collect scientific data on ...

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The West Australian
Humour and reverence: Barry Cohen remembered
The Australian
Hawke government minister Barry Cohen has been remembered for his self-deprecating wit, devotion to indigenous Australians, the environment and the state of Israel, at a state memorial service in Canberra. Former and current prime ministers Bob Hawke ...
Wit and grit of Hawke minister rememberedThe West Australian

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