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Indigenous HIV rates double while falling among wider population, new research shows
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The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute's Aboriginal health advisor, Associate Professor James Ward, said the emphasis on treatment and prevention of HIV for the wider population had not reached remote Australia. "These test and ...
Mixed report on Australia's sexual healthYahoo7 News
HIV infection rate in Indigenous men doubles in five yearsThe Guardian
Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald
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Indigenous HIV rates double while falling among wider population, new research shows
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians continue to be disproportionately represented in HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates compared to the wider population, new research has found. An annual report by the University of New South Wales' Kirby Institute ...
Mixed report on Australia's sexual healthYahoo7 News
HIV infection rate in Indigenous men doubles in five yearsThe Guardian
Numbers of Indigenous Men With HIV Have Doubled in Five YearsVICE
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SBS
Healing through words: Indigenous inmates transform through the power of writing
SBS
First Contact (season 2) airs on 29 November, 30 November and 1 December 2016 at 8:30pm on SBS. Across 28 Days, six well-known Aussies take an epic journey into Aboriginal Australia. Watch the trailer here, and catch-up on episodes after the program ...

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Mixed report on Australia's sexual health
NEWS.com.au
Chlamydia is on the rise and the HIV infection rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is at an all-time high but remains stable for non-indigenous Australians, according to the latest report card on the country's sexual health. The ...
High Indigenous cancer rates prompt new approach to close the gapRadio Australia
These are the STIs on the rise in AustraliaBody and Soul
Most of 260,000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald

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ABC Online
Bill Leak was 'uncooperative', says woman who lodged racial discrimination complaint
ABC Online
A WA Aboriginal woman who lodged a racial discrimination complaint against Australian newspaper cartoonist Bill Leak said she dropped the case because she did not think he was going to cooperate with the conciliation process. Melissa Dinnison, 25, said ...
Prompt action could have avoided threat to Australian race lawThe Australian

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Broadsheet
See: A New Documentary on Australian Ballet's First Indigenous Dancer
Broadsheet
When Ella Havelka was accepted into the Australian Ballet in 2012, as the company's first Indigenous dancer in its 50-year history, it attracted a huge amount of positive media nationwide. Havelka herself was thrilled to finally achieve the goal she ...

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New STI report paints mixed picture of Australia's sexual health
NEWS.com.au
“There is some underlying risk factors for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population that make it really susceptible to a rapidly increasing HIV epidemic if it was to take hold,” Ward said. Dr Bridget Haire, president of the Australian ...

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Our sexual health report card released
NEWS.com.au
“In this time period when notifications have stabilised, there's been an expansion in Australia in the delivery of key HIV services, including initiatives to make testing more accessible and easy,” she said. STI rates much higher among indigenous ...

Pro Bono Australia
Spending Time In the Forgotten Corners of Our Nation
Pro Bono Australia
While volunteering for a year in Cape York, Alla listened to the stories of elders and traditional owners and decided to help other young people to have the same opportunity to connect with Indigenous Australia. In 2011, he set up Red Earth, a not-for ...

High Indigenous cancer rates prompt new approach to close the gap
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Yahoo7 News
Mixed report on Australia's sexual health
Yahoo7 News
Sexual contact between men continued to be the main mode of transmission of HIV in Australia, accounting for 68 per cent of notifications in 2015. However, the rate of HIV infection among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men is now more than ...
Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Yahoo7 News
Mixed report on Australia's sexual health
Yahoo7 News
Other sexually transmissible infections in indigenous Australians such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and infectious syphilis are on average 3, 10 and 6 times higher respectively, with hepatitis C 4 times higher, according to the report. Associate Professor ...
Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Worawa College empowering young Aboriginal women with skills and confidence
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Inquiry Can't Overlook NT Housing 'Crisis'
Sourceable
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency chief executive Priscilla Collins says governments can't turn a blind eye to the abysmal state of housing in the Territory. “Homelessness and overcrowding places additional pressure on relationships and makes ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Mixed report on Australia's sexual health
SBS
Chlamydia is on the rise and the HIV infection rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is at an all-time high but remains stable for non-indigenous Australians, according to the latest report card on the country's sexual health. The ...
Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Mixed report on Australia's sexual health
SBS
Chlamydia is on the rise and the HIV infection rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is at an all-time high but remains stable for non-indigenous Australians, according to the latest report card on the country's sexual health. The ...
Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't knowThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
Brandis blasts use of funds to fight Leak cartoon case
The Australian
In Facebook posts, she identified as “a light-skinned indigenous person”. The ALS, which receives all of its grants through the Attorney-General's Department, has declined to answer questions from The Australian, and yesterday a representative said ...

The Australian
Brandis blasts use of funds to fight Leak cartoon case
The Australian
... the service spent thousands of dollars to send a senior lawyer 2500km from Perth to Fitzroy Crossing to take complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act about the cartoon after it was published in The Australian in August. Two Aboriginal men ...

Indigenous treaty more meaningful, says Paul Keating
The Australian
@TroyBramston. Paul Keating does not support recognising indigenous Australians in the Constitution but instead backs a formal document of reconciliation or a treaty he believes would be more meaningful. “I am not a supporter of the so-called ...

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The Advertiser
Grant to help online marketplace IndigiSpace showcase Aboriginal artists
The Advertiser
ABORIGINAL artists from across South Australia will soon be able to showcase their work to Australia and to the world through their own online market place. Greg Hodgkinson started IndigiSpace earlier this year for Adelaide artists and will expand to ...

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