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ABC Local
Gonski funding concerns in New England North West
ABC Local
"Every student in every school in Australia would be funded in an identical way and if they meet the criteria such as students of Aboriginal background, students in isolated areas, there would be additional funding." Her concerns have been echoed by ...
Fears schools' money may be forever GonskiThe Advertiser

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ABC Online
Calls for Government to introduce no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme
ABC Online
... there's still time to get their children up to date. And for those parents it's really important that they go to their GP, their immunisation nurse or Aboriginal health worker and check what they need to do get their child caught up and put onto a ...

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The Guardian
A testing year for Australia's social cohesion as multiculturalism debate ...
The Guardian
Confronting the country's prejudices towards Indigenous Australians will loom large again in 2016, as it prepares for a debate on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people. A referendum to change the constitution is ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
Saltwater Freshwater cut for Australia Day 2016
Coffs Coast Advocate
Over the last six years, the one-day event showcases the breadth of Aboriginal talent and culture across the Mid North Coast through dance, music, workshops, theatre, cinema, forums as well as arts and crafts stalls. Last year, the Saltwater Freshwater ...

Lawyers Weekly
Human rights in Australia: what to expect in 2016
Lawyers Weekly
The problem of indigenous imprisonment was acknowledged as a national crisis in 1991 following the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission. At that time indigenous people were being imprisoned at seven times the rate of the rest of the population.

Lawyers Weekly
Human rights in Australia: what to expect in 2016
Lawyers Weekly
The launch of the Australian Medical Association's Indigenous Health Report Card — demonstrating the destructive impact of imprisonment on indigenous health outcomes — and the release of the Change the Record Blueprint for Change has added further ...

Perth Now
Why I became a politician
Perth Now
For me, I 'looked' at the biggest injustice — racism in South Africa and here in Australia. Racism wrecks the lives and rights of Aboriginal people and other disadvantaged groups in our community. My 'involvement' was to be part of a land rights ...

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Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
Medical Xpress
Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.

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Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
Medical Xpress
Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.

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The Stringer
Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
EurekAlert (press release)
29, 2015 - Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.
Plain cigarette packaging helps smokers quit the habit, new study revealsMirror.co.uk
Smoking Cessation: Plain Packaging Better in Reducing Misconceptions About ...Latinos Health

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The Australian
Art of APY survival puts youth in the frame
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Kyam Maher, says the centres' viability was important. “People talk to me about two things on the APY Lands — keeping culture strong and making sure there's opportunities in jobs and economic development ...

The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull urged to block dairy sale to China
The Australian
“The Aboriginal heritage issues are being dealt with.” Mr Shwe said Mr Lu was engaging with Brand Tasmania, land clearing was “not a high priority” and the devil proof fence plans were “well advanced”. Mr Hunt said foreign investment was “a matter for ...

The Canberra Times
More than one quarter of children in care are Indigenous
The Canberra Times
More than one quarter of children in care are Indigenous, but no data on Aboriginal foster families. Date: December 29, 2015 - 11:30PM. (29) ... The ACT government cannot say how many of Canberra's foster carers are Indigenous, despite a vast over ...

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The Advertiser
Fears schools' money may be forever Gonski
The Advertiser
The state Education Department said the funding calculation for each school considered factors such as socio-economic background and numbers of Aboriginal children. Of the $31 million for 2016, $28.6 million will go straight to schools and the rest ...

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Newcastle Herald
World War 1: December 27, 1915 to January 2, 1916
Newcastle Herald
Extracts from The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, for December 27, 1915 to January 2, 1916. A total of 4984 Hunter Valley men and women had enlisted in the Australian Defence Forces and nursing service up to the beginning of this week ...

ABC Online
Gonorrhoea superbug crisis looms as Australian caseload jumps 60 per cent
ABC Online
"The highest notification rates remain in Indigenous people in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. "The overall Australian age standardised gonorrhoea notification rates in 2012 for Indigenous compared with non Indigenous Australians were 933 ...

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Courier Mail
Bob Hawke: abolish absurd state borders
The Australian
Mr Hawke elevated the need to tackle aboriginal disadvantage, saying it was a critical moral issue for the nation's leaders which reflected on Australia's values. “We will not be able to call ourselves a decent society until these gaps are eliminated ...
Hawke gives his vision of ideal AustraliaCourier Mail
Thus Spake Mungo: Grasping for the big ideasEchonetdaily

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The Straits Times
Australia's Aboriginal soldiers are military's eyes and ears in the north
The Straits Times
In the vast expanse of bush land across northern Australia, the nation's security is in the hands of an unusual military force whose local Aboriginal soldiers are renowned for their unique hunting and survival skills. Entrusted with surveillance and ...

ABC Online
Indigenous reconciliation could be our agile PM's greatest test
ABC Online
Many Indigenous Australians reject the mere concept: what do you mean re-conciliation? There was never any conciliation to begin with. But Abbott, to his credit, was determined to try to get back on track; his self-styled title of the Prime Minister ...
Malcolm Turnbull a threat to the Labor Party: Bob HawkeSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott was not a great prime minister: Hawke9news.com.au
Thus Spake Mungo: Grasping for the big ideasEchonetdaily
Courier Mail
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ABC Online
Concerns about evolution of gonorrhea 'superbug' in Australia
ABC Online
Around 500 Indigenous people fought in the First World War, and as many as 5,000 in the second. But many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers who made it home received little or no recognition for their contribution. On Anzac Day, 2007, the ...

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