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RFDS to fly meningococcal vaccinations to Indigenous communities in remote SA
ABC Online
The hospital's Professor Helen Marshall said Aboriginal Australians were more at risk of catching meningococcal disease, although it was not clear why. "Whether it might be overcrowding, or less access to medical services to get diagnosis, and smoking ...

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RFDS to fly meningococcal vaccinations to Indigenous communities in remote SA
ABC Online
The hospital's Professor Helen Marshall said Aboriginal Australians were more at risk of catching meningococcal disease, although it was not clear why. "Whether it might be overcrowding, or less access to medical services to get diagnosis, and smoking ...

Tumut and Adelong Times
Planning underway for Aboriginal referendum anniversary celebrations
Tumut and Adelong Times
May 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the referendum which gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in Australia, and to be counted as Australian citizens. It's an important moment in history, and the Brungle-Tumut Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC ...

Lift GST, says OECD in dismal report card for Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has castigated Australia for inadequate progress on tax, Indigenous affairs and support for business in a report card to be presented to finance ministers from the group of 20 leading ...

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The Stringer
Closing the gap a long way short
Eden Magnet
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released its ninth ...
Australians must hit the streets in a civil rights movement to end the mass incarcerationThe Stringer
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Ararat Advertiser
Closing the gap a long way short
Ararat Advertiser
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released its ninth ...
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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ABC Online
Aboriginal remains in German museum to be returned to Australia
ABC Online
"The timing is subject to a number of factors including consultation with Australian Indigenous communities, agreement from the institutions for the unconditional return of the ancestors, and other international governance and legislative processes.".

ABC Online
Aboriginal remains in German museum to be returned to Australia
ABC Online
"The timing is subject to a number of factors including consultation with Australian Indigenous communities, agreement from the institutions for the unconditional return of the ancestors, and other international governance and legislative processes.".

The Stringer
Australians must hit the streets in a civil rights movement to end the mass incarceration
The Stringer
The mass incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be a civil rights issue, one of the pressing issues of our generation. The descendants of the First Peoples of this continent number a little over 700,000 but at least 80,000 have ...
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Stringer
Australians must hit the streets in a civil rights movement to end the mass incarceration
The Stringer
The mass incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be a civil rights issue, one of the pressing issues of our generation. The descendants of the First Peoples of this continent number a little over 700,000 but at least 80,000 have ...
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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In the Northern Territory, the grandmother of a former Don Dale detainee has told the youth detention royal commission how she thinks the system should change. Her grandson told the commission today he was handcuffed to a fence and forced to sleep in a wet cell without a mattress for 24 hours, after another detainee set off a fire extinguisher. This week the commission's hearings in Alice Springs have focused on people overseeing the youth detention system, along with former detainees. Featured: Tony McAvoy SC, counsel assisting the NT Royal Commission BY, former Don Dale detainee CA, BY's grandmother Commissioner Margaret White, NT Royal Commission Source: Felicity James reported this story on Thursday, March 16, 2017 for ABC RN PM

Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the Gap
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Tens of thousands of Australians are taking part in events on National Close the Gap Day to call for an end to the appalling health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. More than 1000 events are set to take place around the ...

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Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the Gap
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Tens of thousands of Australians are taking part in events on National Close the Gap Day to call for an end to the appalling health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. More than 1000 events are set to take place around the ...

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Bill Leak: a policeman, a father, his son — and the brutal truth
The Australian
Report after report has found indigenous children in communities across Australia plagued by dysfunction, child abuse, family violence and addiction. Telling the truth can never be racist. So those who labelled the cartoon racist believe one of two ...

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Bill Leak: a policeman, a father, his son — and the brutal truth
The Australian
Report after report has found indigenous children in communities across Australia plagued by dysfunction, child abuse, family violence and addiction. Telling the truth can never be racist. So those who labelled the cartoon racist believe one of two ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
We're failing to protect indigenous children for fear of another Stolen Generation
dailytelegraph.com.au
It's the basis of Australia's child protection system and indigenous children have as much right to protection as any other. Of course children should know their culture and have the opportunity to be part of it. But that isn't more important than ...

ABC Online
Ben Wyatt making history as first Aboriginal treasurer in Australian state or federal government
ABC Online
Ben Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration. He follows in the footsteps of his relative Ken Wyatt, the first Indigenous man ...

ABC Online
Ben Wyatt making history as first Aboriginal treasurer in Australian state or federal government
ABC Online
Ben Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration. He follows in the footsteps of his relative Ken Wyatt, the first Indigenous man ...

New Historian
New Study Traces Aboriginal Ancestry Back 50000 Years
New Historian
Results from DNA analysis have shown that Aboriginal people have continuously populated the same Australian regions for as long as 50,000 years. The findings are the first comprehensive genetic map of Aboriginal people in Australia before the arrival ...

SBS
'Governments at all levels failing Australia's First Peoples,' Indigenous leaders
SBS
Another statistic we always see is that the levels of psychological distress, which is somewhat a precursor, or some of the things that contributes to suicide risk are up to 3 times higher in ATSI people, than non-indigenous Australians. Dr Carbonne ...
#ClosetheGap – the solution lies with non-Indigenous AustraliansEternity News
Improved Immunisation Rates Are A Shot In The Arm For Indigenous HealthHuffington Post Australia
Report Shows Way Forward for Closing the GapPro Bono Australia
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