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Illawarra Mercury
Biggest population surge since 2008
The Australian Financial Review
The figures also confirm the indigenous population is, on average, younger than the rest of the nation. In 2016, the proportion of indigenous Australians younger than 15 years was 34 per cent, compared with 18 per cent for the general population. The ...
Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deathsIllawarra Mercury
Suicide in regional and rural areas twice that in capital citiesDaily Liberal

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ABC Online
The Aboriginal communities smiling again (and saving millions)
ABC Online
He's part of a public health revolution that's costing less and delivering far more to Aboriginal dental patients. The van travels through rural towns — including Mr Talbot's hometown of Boggabilla — to fit patients with the dentures they desperately ...

ABC Online
The Aboriginal communities smiling again (and saving millions)
ABC Online
He's part of a public health revolution that's costing less and delivering far more to Aboriginal dental patients. The van travels through rural towns — including Mr Talbot's hometown of Boggabilla — to fit patients with the dentures they desperately ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal remains exposed by floodwaters repatriated to higher ground
ABC Online
The discovery of a human skull has sparked one of Australia's largest repatriation efforts to save the remains of about 100 Aboriginal people in Western Australia's far north. The bones were found earlier this year outside Fitzroy Crossing's Pioneer ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal remains exposed by floodwaters repatriated to higher ground
ABC Online
The discovery of a human skull has sparked one of Australia's largest repatriation efforts to save the remains of about 100 Aboriginal people in Western Australia's far north. The bones were found earlier this year outside Fitzroy Crossing's Pioneer ...

NEWS.com.au
Australian-themed food chain Outback Steakhouse apologises following accusations it used an Aussie slur
NEWS.com.au
The use of the term “Ab-original” to describe something as trivial as fried vegetables led some social media users to accuse the chain of “making fun” of indigenous Australians. One person said it was “a bit racist”. Outback Steakhouse is owned by ...
The Aussie-themed restaurant chain accused of being 'a bit racist' with its menuYahoo7 News

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NEWS.com.au
Australian-themed food chain Outback Steakhouse apologises following accusations it used an Aussie slur
NEWS.com.au
The use of the term “Ab-original” to describe something as trivial as fried vegetables led some social media users to accuse the chain of “making fun” of indigenous Australians. One person said it was “a bit racist”. Outback Steakhouse is owned by ...

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ABC Online
Meningococcal outbreak prompts vaccine program aimed at Aboriginal people in the NT
ABC Online
The NT Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said it had recorded 17 cases of the disease so far this year, with 10 cases recorded in September alone, mainly among Aboriginal children living in the Central Australia, Barkly and Katherine regions. There were ...

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Illawarra Mercury
Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deaths
Illawarra Mercury
The ABS also released data about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, showing it increased by 19 per cent - or 128,500 people - in the five years to June 2016. That's more than double the 8 per cent increase for the non ...
Deaths from dementia and diabetes risefinder.com.au

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Illawarra Mercury
Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deaths
Illawarra Mercury
The ABS also released data about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, showing it increased by 19 per cent - or 128,500 people - in the five years to June 2016. That's more than double the 8 per cent increase for the non ...

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The Age
Yes, councils can snub Australia Day, ban fizzy drinks and plastic bags
The Age
Lydia Thorne from the local Indigenous community at the Darebin public forum to discuss the decision by the council to stop Australia Day celebrations. Photo: Chris Hopkins. The preamble suggests councils are entitled to make decisions that would ...

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The Age
Yes, councils can snub Australia Day, ban fizzy drinks and plastic bags
The Age
Lydia Thorne from the local Indigenous community at the Darebin public forum to discuss the decision by the council to stop Australia Day celebrations. Photo: Chris Hopkins. The preamble suggests councils are entitled to make decisions that would ...

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SBS
Leading causes of death in Australia revealed
SBS
Deaths among Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased by 19 per cent or 128,000 people over five years to 2016, according to ABS Demography Director Beidar Cho. The Indigenous population is at 798,400, or 3.3 per cent ...

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SBS
Leading causes of death in Australia revealed
SBS
Deaths among Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased by 19 per cent or 128,000 people over five years to 2016, according to ABS Demography Director Beidar Cho. The Indigenous population is at 798,400, or 3.3 per cent ...

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The Guardian
I'm part of the world's oldest living culture, but could I kill a zombie with a boomerang?
The Guardian
In bookstores I found Indigenous speculative fiction novels like the dystopian futurist works of Sam Watson and Alexis Wright, and the adolescent fiction of Palyku writer Ambelin Kwaymullina, creator of the Tribe trilogy – Australia's answer to the ...

Honouring Namatjira's legacy
The Australian
For many Australians, the works of Albert Namatjira were their introduction not only to indigenous paintings but also to art in general. Almost 60 years after his death they remain firm favourites in many living rooms across this continent and around ...

Honouring Namatjira's legacy
The Australian
For many Australians, the works of Albert Namatjira were their introduction not only to indigenous paintings but also to art in general. Almost 60 years after his death they remain firm favourites in many living rooms across this continent and around ...

Action plan to help Indigenous Australians with consumer issues::
Invest in Australia
NICS members are the ACCC, ASIC, state consumer affairs agencies and the Indigenous Consumer Action Network (ICAN). We work together to ensure that issues affecting Indigenous Australians are given a priority within each of our agencies and ...

Sputnik International
Plans to Dump Nuclear Waste on Australian Aboriginal Sacred Site May Be Halted
Sputnik International
Plans to transport nuclear waste from Britain to a sacred Aboriginal site in southern Australia could now be put on hold. Proposals to ship nuclear waste from northern Scotland to a heritage site considered important to indigenous groups in Australia ...

Yahoo7 News
The Aussie-themed restaurant chain accused of being 'a bit racist' with its menu
Yahoo7 News
An Australian-themed restaurant chain has been taken to task for an item on its US menu that some customers say is "racist" and insulting. A number of disgruntled customers have taken to social media to post images of the menu which includes a "Bloomin ...

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