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More Indigenous Australians studying at school than ever before: stats
Xinhua
CANBERRA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- More Indigenous Australians are enrolled in schools than ever before, according to a report on Australian schools from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Friday. The report showed that 200,563 students from an ...
Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universitiesThe Conversation AU

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SA Aboriginal nuclear protest intensifies
NEWS.com.au
We remember the atomic weapons tests at Maralinga and Emu Fields and the ongoing denial around the lost lives and health impacts for Aboriginal people," he said. "We won't become the world's nuclear waste dump." Adnyamathanha woman Enice Marsh ...

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The Conversation AU
Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universities
The Conversation AU
Too few Indigenous Australians are making it as academics in our universities. This has a significant impact on Indigenous development. While the number of research students from Indigenous backgrounds has increased slightly over the years, from 0.84% ...

The Moscow Times (registration)
Yiwarra Kuju: Australian Aboriginal Art at Moscow's Artplay
The Moscow Times (registration)
Artplay Design Center is hosting an exhibition that is rare for Russia called "Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route." It is an international travelling exhibition presented by the National Museum of Australia that lets senior and emerging Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
10 Years On: Just How Close Are We To Closing The Gap?
Huffington Post Australia
The goal was to eliminate the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030. The campaign was built on evidence that significant improvements in the health status of ...
Cancer Council NSW says more Indigenous workers needed in light of disparity in health outcomesABC Online
Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a yearSydney Morning Herald
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local
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ABC Online
Indigenous prime minister of Australia inevitable, Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant says
ABC Online
Mr Grant, 52, is the International Editor for SkyNews, Managing Editor of NITV and Indigenous Affairs Editor at The Guardian. He hosts a nightly news bulletin on NITV titled The Point with Stan Grant. He was born in Griffith to a Wiradjuri father and ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous prime minister of Australia inevitable, Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant says
ABC Online
Mr Grant, 52, is the International Editor for SkyNews, Managing Editor of NITV and Indigenous Affairs Editor at The Guardian. He hosts a nightly news bulletin on NITV titled The Point with Stan Grant. He was born in Griffith to a Wiradjuri father and ...

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New Matilda
For This Crime Writer, A 'Typical Aboriginal' Is A Violent, Thieving, Rapist, Murderer
New Matilda
If you're a fan of Australian crime stories you're likely to have come across the work of Paul B. Kidd; 2UE radio host, 'true crime historian', and self-described big game fisher. Kidd enjoys a regular call-back gig on the weekends and has chalked-up ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Our national shame: Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians is more important than ever
Sydney Morning Herald
Lynore Geia​ is a registered nurse, midwife and proud Bwgcolman​ woman from Palm Island in North Queensland. She is also a PhD and passionate educator, committed to developing the next generation of health professionals. When a team from the ...
Make indigenous health a priority: OxfamSBS
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local

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PRI
'Nude' photos of Australian Aboriginal women trigger Facebook account suspensions
PRI
In a speech honoring International Women's Day, indigenous rights activist Celeste Liddle spoke about women of the central Australian Arrernte Aboriginal group, to which her family belongs, and their representation on the Internet. When the speech was ...
For Men's Eyes Only: A Black History Of How We Depict Aboriginal WomenNew Matilda

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The Age
Our national shame: Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians is more important than ever
The Age
Lynore's efforts, and those of her fellow health professionals working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, are supported by the hundreds of thousands of Australians today marking 10 years of the Close the Gap campaign. The people's ...
Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a yearSydney Morning Herald
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local

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The Age
Our national shame: Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians is more important than ever
The Age
In 2016, the stark reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a life expectancy that is still at least 10 years shorter than non-Indigenous Australians. This is a national shame, but we have the opportunity and obligation to close the ...
Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a yearSydney Morning Herald
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local

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Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a year
Sydney Morning Herald
Locking up Aboriginal children costs Australia almost a quarter of a billion dollars a year, according to new figures compiled by Save the Children and released on the eve of Close the Gap Day. On an average day last June, there were 480 Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal patients self-discharge from hospital at rates 10 times higher than non-Indigenous, figures show
ABC Online
Aboriginal patients are discharging themselves from hospital against medical advice at rates 10 times higher than non-Aboriginal patients, potentially leading to further medical complications and higher death rates, Western Australia figures show.

dailytelegraph.com.au
Offer for indigenous people to work off money owed from penalties
dailytelegraph.com.au
“Through the Work and Development Order scheme, we hope to reduce the rate of indigenous people in custody,” Muru Mittigar general manager Peter Chia said. “Once they are incarcerated, it multiplies the likelihood of re-entering the justice system by ...

ABC Online
Seeing Miss Dhu: Time to Turn a Light on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
ABC Online
And a society in which rates of Aboriginal women jailed for fine default grew by 576% since 2008. As scholars in North America and Australia alike have argued, prisons and policing are central to maintaining inequality at the turn of the twenty-first ...

C-VILLE Weekly
From the outback to the runway: Kluge-Ruhe collaborates on indigenous Australian fashion show
C-VILLE Weekly
On March 19, the museum will host the Culture Couture fashion show and performance at The Jefferson Theater, showcasing one-of-a-kind designs crafted by UVA students with help from some of Australia's indigenous textile and costume designers.

The Canberra Times
National Museum of Australia sparks debate on British Museum's collection of Aboriginal artefacts
The Canberra Times
Should rare Australian Aboriginal artefacts held by the British Museum, and now exhibited in Canberra temporarily, be returned to their place of origin? The objects were collected during a painful, and for many people, shameful period between 1770 and ...

The Canberra Times
National Museum of Australia sparks debate on British Museum's collection of Aboriginal artefacts
The Canberra Times
Should rare Australian Aboriginal artefacts held by the British Museum, and now exhibited in Canberra temporarily, be returned to their place of origin? The objects were collected during a painful, and for many people, shameful period between 1770 and ...