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Australian aboriginal communities have world's highest dementia incidence
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head injuries and age the greatest contributing factors.

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... that position in an attempt to regain the support of key Aboriginal leaders. .... NOEL PEARSON: Bill Hassell and the Western Australian Liberals.

Medical Xpress
Aboriginal communities have world's highest dementia incidence
Medical Xpress
Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head injuries and age the greatest contributing factors.

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Up until the 1970s, the wages and savings of Aboriginal people were mostly controlled by Australian governments and agencies. Indigenous workers ...

MARK COLVIN: Until the 1970s Australian governments and agencies controlled the wages and savings of a startlingly high proportion of Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Endangered Indigenous languages to be recorded in dictionaries
ABC Online
The Australian National University (ANU) has started forming dictionaries for 10 endangered Indigenous Australian languages, giving undergraduate students the opportunity to take part. ANU Indigenous linguistics chairwoman Jane Simpson told 666 ABC ...
Racing to record Indigenous languages under attack from 'onslaught of English'The Guardian

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Simpson said one of the first things to pique her interest in Aboriginal ... on the biggest dictionary of any Australian language, the Warlpiri dictionary.

The Guardian
Racing to record Indigenous languages under attack from 'onslaught of English'
The Guardian
Professor Jane Simpson from the Australian National University said Australia's Indigenous languages remain “inherently fragile under the onslaught of English and government policies which make it hard to keep [them] going.” A 2014 National Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott facing insider rebellion on referendum to recognise ...
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But the simple historical fact that there were peoples here that came upwards to 53,000 years ago ... that's a question of being Indigenous to Australia." West Australian Liberal senator Chris Back said the question of whether to recognise Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal constitutional recognition back on cards after Australian PM ...Xinhua
Tony Abbott changes mind, supports Indigenous meetings on recognitionThe Guardian
Tony Abbott will today talk with indigenous leaders on a Constitutional ...Business Insider Australia
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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Highest dementia in world in remote Aboriginal communities
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head injuries and age the greatest contributing factors.

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Highest dementia in world in remote Aboriginal communities
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head injuries and age the greatest contributing factors.

Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Indigenous leader: 2017 unlikely for constitutional referendum
ABC Online
The Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been meeting in Canberra today with four indigenous representatives including lawyer and constitutional expert Megan Davis; Cape York representative Noel Pearson; National Congress of Australia's First Peoples ...
Aboriginal constitutional recognition back on cards after Australian PM ...Xinhua
Indigenous leaders to meet with PMThe Australian (blog)
Tony Abbott changes mind, supports Indigenous meetings on recognitionThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Indigenous leader: 2017 unlikely for constitutional referendum
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... four indigenous representatives including lawyer and constitutional expert Megan Davis; Cape York representative Noel Pearson; National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chair Kirstie Parker and West Australian Indigenous leader Patrick Dodson.
Tony Abbott changes mind, supports Indigenous meetings on recognitionThe Guardian
Indigenous leaders to meet with PMThe Australian (blog)
PM to meet indigenous leadersYahoo7 News
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... in what Tony Abbott calls the Australian birth certificate," said Ms Mabo. ... There are concerns Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders won't reach an ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott changes mind, supports Indigenous meetings on recognition
The Guardian
Pearson, who joined the head of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Kirstie Parker; Indigenous constitutional lawyer Megan Davis and Broome leader Patrick Dodson, said the foursome fought hard for the outcome. “It's a rumble we had to ...
PM calls meeting to address impasse on referendum ahead of week in remote ...ABC Online
PM to meet indigenous leadersYahoo7 News
Tony Abbott will today talk with indigenous leaders on a Constitutional ...Business Insider Australia

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Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson leaves after talking to the media in the ... Pearson, who joined the head of the National Congress of Australia's First ...

ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott facing insider rebellion on referendum to recognise ...
ABC Online
West Australian Liberal senator Chris Back said the question of whether to recognise Aboriginal people in the constitution was "very, very vexed." He said he was concerned the process was not rushed and said he was very keen to hear the debate around ...
Indigenous leaders to meet Tony Abbott over constitutional recognitionThe Guardian
Indigenous leaders to meet with PMThe Australian (blog)
Aboriginal constitutional recognition back on cards after Australian PM ...Xinhua
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West Australian Liberal senator Chris Back said the question of whether to recognise Aboriginal people in the constitution was "very, very vexed.".

Tony Abbott has abandoned his opposition to Indigenous-only conferences on constitutional recognition to regain the support of Aboriginal leaders.