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Huffington Post Australia
Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position
Huffington Post Australia
At the same time, Aboriginal Australians remained mired in poverty. Unmet need in Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory alone was more than $5 billion, and underfunding of the Aboriginal health budget had reached half a billion dollars every year.

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Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt to be sworn in
The Australian (blog)
THE indigenous Liberal MP will be officially sworn in to his post in the new-look Malcolm Turnbull government by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at a ceremony at Government House in Canberra. Mr Wyatt, Australia's first indigenous frontbench politician ...

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Chief Justice Wayne Martin has demanded that court cases in Western Australia can no longer proceed without Aboriginal interpreters for those who ...

Mr Bergmann writes in The Australian today that some governments remain unsupportive of the economic initiatives of Aboriginal people. He cites the ...

If federal, state and territory governments are to ensure that Aboriginal Australians are included in these “opportunities of the future”, it is obvious their ...

a right to economic development
The Australian (blog)
Across Australia, we're seeing intense pressure on traditional owners from proponents and companies wishing to access, explore or develop on traditional country. I think there is a common misconception that Aboriginal people are a hindrance to ...

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SBS
March to help keep Indigenous girls in school
SBS
Since its inception in 2005, the program, run by Role Models and Leaders Australia, has helped more than 4000 girls. Currently, there are 12 schools across the country that take part in the program. In the last five years alone, the number of girls ...

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A new contemporary Aboriginal art festival featuring the work of 300 artists ... in South Australia's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.

“This wouldn't have happened anywhere else in Australia except for a ... Act which gave the Australian government control of Aboriginal and Torres ...

Perth based entities Primary Securities and GCM Advisory have launched Australia's first Aboriginal investment fund, with an aim to provide 15 per ...

Telegraph.co.uk
England v Australia, Rugby World Cup 2015: Kurtley Beale finds fulfilment in ...
Telegraph.co.uk
There are some fascinating turns and tangents springing off the various branches of Kurtley Beale's family tree. The Beale side of his family came from a convict who was deported to Australia aboard the infamous 1789 Second Fleet for stealing a sheep.
Beale's Journey to His Aborigine Roots is His Road to FulfilmentThe New Indian Express

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Telegraph.co.uk
England v Australia, Rugby World Cup 2015: Kurtley Beale finds fulfilment in ...
Telegraph.co.uk
There are some fascinating turns and tangents springing off the various branches of Kurtley Beale's family tree. The Beale side of his family came from a convict who was deported to Australia aboard the infamous 1789 Second Fleet for stealing a sheep.

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The Beale side of his family came from a convict who was deported to Australia aboard the infamous 1789 Second Fleet for stealing a sheep.

Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children: study
Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays a major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children, including school attendance and grades, new research shows. But racism is not included in the central targets of Australia's overarching measure of Indigenous disadvantage, ...
Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and gradesThe Conversation AU

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Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children: study
Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays a major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children, including school attendance and grades, new research shows. But racism is not included in the central targets of Australia's overarching measure of Indigenous disadvantage, ...
Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and gradesThe Conversation AU

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Racism plays a major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal ... But racism is not included in the central targets of Australia's overarching ...

Perth based entities Primary Securities and GCM Advisory have launched Australia's first Aboriginal fund, with an aim to provide 15 per cent returns for ...

... the Yule River in Australia has been a regional meeting place for Aboriginal ... his office told Guardian Australia he had “a pre-existing appointment”.

... to create a film that acknowledged Billabong got their name from Aborigines,” McCoy told The Huffington Post Australia from his home near Avalon, ...

A pastoralist from Western Australia is calling for Indigenous ranger groups to take a more active role in preventing and fighting bushfires in the Kimberley, saying the number of fires in the region was "absolutely ridiculous".6809606 Gogo Station development manager Phillip Hams wants rangers under the auspices of the Kimberley Land Council to have a greater focus on combating fires which ravage the region. Mr Hams said he would like to initiate discussions between the cattle industry, the KLC and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) to further explore the idea. "What we need to do is explore what portion they (rangers) are doing and maybe one way or another that can be increased," he said. Tom Edwards, ABC - WA Country Hour Read More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-28/pastoralist-wants-indigenous-rangers-to-fight-more-fire/6809606