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Culturally appropriate end of life care for indigenous Australians
DPS News
Ms Callaghan says quality palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people occurred in some parts of the country, where services have worked with the community's organisations to develop appropriate models of care, but there are many ...

ABC Online
Federal Government accused of bias after failing to meet with elected Indigenous body
ABC Online
"I find it very disappointing that the Prime Minister of this country has this attitude to the national elected body representing Indigenous people." Greens Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Rachel Siewert said the group deserved Mr Turnbull's time. "It ...

ABC Online
Federal Government accused of bias after failing to meet with elected Indigenous body
ABC Online
Congress promotes itself as a national voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, representing more than 180 member organisations. The elected co-chairs of Congress are ramping up efforts to secure a meeting with the Prime Minister, five ...

The Guardian
Work for the dole scheme accused of discriminating against Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
The ACTU and Jobs Australia said the scheme sets more onerous work conditions in remote areas, which disproportionately affect Indigenous Australians. These include a requirement for 25 hours a week in work or other approved activities year-round.

Karalee Katsambanis: Stop the blame game and fix Aboriginal communities
Sydney Morning Herald
There would not be a person in Western Australia who didn't get a lump in their throat when they heard that a 10-year-old girl had committed suicide in the remote Kimberley township of Looma. Whether someone is black or white should not even come into it.

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RPT-Australian Aboriginal landowners approve manganese mine expansion plan
Reuters
Australia's indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, who must approve any formal deal between traditional owners and South32 said in a statement that he welcomed the progress made by the miner and the traditional owners in their negotiations. He ...
Australian Aboriginal landowners approve manganese mine expansion planTHE BUSINESS TIMES

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Warringari Aboriginal Corporation CEO Desmond Hill said indigenous people were willing to work on farms but jobs had to be ongoing and well paid. "People are interested and are willing to look at working on farms … but it has to be 12 months of the year, not just seasonal," he said." The seasonality of harvest work was also flagged by Miriuwung Gajerrong Corporation CEO Neil Fong. "If they leave State housing and go into transitional housing then the season stops, they're then having to be forced to look for housing again," Mr Fong said. "So there are other social issues rather than just saying that jobs are available for short term or select periods of time."

Ronald D Chrisjohn BSc (Central Michigan), MA, PhD (Western Ontario) Since at least 1977 there has been unquestionable proof that, depending on age, region, and other demographic factors, indigenous peoples in Canada have suicide rates anywhere between three and ten times the rates for non-indigenous Canadians. As a consequence, there has been since that time at least a moderate interest in mainstream Canada, both bureaucratically and academically, not only to explain this difference but to supply interventions into Native centers that will ameliorate this disparity. It is our contention that the existing work ostensibly aimed at resolving the "problem of Native suicide" has been less than useless, in that, not only does it promote a factually and scientifically specious understanding of the issues, it is a continuation and extension of the assault responsible in the first place. Our charge is grounded in the principles and origins of modern suicidology itself, while the traction that oppressive, victim-blaming explanations and interventions have received in even supposed radical-liberal literature is traced to the forces currently destroying everyone's... not just Indian's... worlds. Audio Source; http://fromthemargins.h-a-z.org/podcast/?p=episode&name=2014-06-27_dying_to_please_you_full.mp3 Roland Chrisjohn & Shaunessy McKay are the co-authors of a forthcoming book of the same title as this presentation: Dying to Please You: Indigenous Suicide in Contemporary Canada

Australian Aboriginal landowners approve manganese mine expansion plan
Reuters
Australia's indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, who must approve any formal deal between traditional owners and South32 said in a statement that he welcomed the progress made by the miner and the traditional owners in their negotiations. He ...

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The Guardian
Child sexual abuse and prostitution in formerly secret government report
The Guardian
Queensland's minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Curtis Pitt, said the decision to release a shocking report on child sexual abuse was difficult. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP. Australian Associated Press. Friday 11 March 2016 ...
Report reveals Cairns indigenous children lured into prostitutionThe Cairns Post
Abuse and prostitution of children: reportSky News Australia
Youth sexual violence and abuse report shows high rate of offences in Indigenous far north Queensland communityABC Online
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ABC Online
Aboriginal campaigner and suicide survivor shines light on mental health issues
ABC Online
In looking for different ways to address Western Australia's high rate of Indigenous suicide, some prominent advocates at the conference supported Ms Cumming's view that the most effective services are culturally relevant and also deliver what ...

The Guardian
Live Q&A: How can we better support the rights of indigenous people?
The Guardian
In the last fortnight two deaths have brought the challenges facing indigenous people across the world into sharper focus. In Honduras, environmental and indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, who had campaigned to protect her community's territory from ...
Berta Cáceres - Goldman Environmental Foundation : Goldman Environmental FoundationGoldman Environmental Prize

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Financial Times
Human origins: genetic isolation of Aboriginal Australians
Financial Times
A team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge and La Trobe University in Melbourne obtained the complete DNA sequences of the Y chromosome, which is transmitted from father to son, of 13 Aboriginal men from across Australia.

Herald Sun
Aerial skier Mikayla George aims to be Australia's first indigenous winter Olympian
Herald Sun
Acting on an invitation from the Australian Institute of Sport, Mikayla was among six young Aussies selected for the gruelling three-month training program for aerial skiers. She is now on track to become the first indigenous Australian to compete at ...

CounterPunch
After Paris, Indigenous People Must Take the Lead on Climate Change
CounterPunch
As two of the last three states to sign the 2007 UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the United States and Australia continue to trade off the price of carbon for the lives of indigenous peoples. Canada was the third state that ...

70 Indigenous people being tested for bridging program to enter the army
ABC Local
KATHERINE GREGORY: Segumar is one of 70 Indigenous women and men from around Australia, aged between 18 and 40, who have spent the last week in Darwin learning about life in the army to see if it's a career they want and are capable of taking on.

70 Indigenous people being tested for bridging program to enter the army
ABC Local
KATHERINE GREGORY: Segumar is one of 70 Indigenous women and men from around Australia, aged between 18 and 40, who have spent the last week in Darwin learning about life in the army to see if it's a career they want and are capable of taking on.

70 Indigenous people being tested for bridging program to enter the army
ABC Local
KATHERINE GREGORY: Segumar is one of 70 Indigenous women and men from around Australia, aged between 18 and 40, who have spent the last week in Darwin learning about life in the army to see if it's a career they want and are capable of taking on.

The Guardian
Treaty push should replace Indigenous Recognise campaign, says Yolngu leader
The Guardian
Yingiya Mark Guyula of the Yolngu Nations Assembly is calling for the efforts being put into recognition of Indigenous Australians in the constitution to be redirected to treaties between Australian governments and Indigenous nations. Photograph: Lisa ...

The Guardian
Treaty push should replace Indigenous Recognise campaign, says Yolngu leader
The Guardian
Yingiya Mark Guyula of the Yolngu Nations Assembly is calling for the efforts being put into recognition of Indigenous Australians in the constitution to be redirected to treaties between Australian governments and Indigenous nations. Photograph: Lisa ...