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Australia Increases Support for Aboriginal Health Programs in 2015
Sputnik International
The Australian Human Rights Commission has repeatedly stated that the country's indigenous peoples have on average poorer health status than other Australians. Aborigines live on average 10-17 years less than other Australians, and children born in ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal people denied access to cyclone shelter
ABC Online
Category three Severe Tropical Cyclone Olwyn was moving south towards the West Australian coastline north of Carnarvon on Thursday 12th March. Authorities had ordered the evacuation of the tourism community of Coral Bay, 240 kilometres north of the ...

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Ray Martin in First Contact Source: SBS
NEWS.com.au
Tony Abbott knows that for many, if not most who live in remote Australia, it's not a 'lifestyle choice'. That was just another Tony Abbott 'foot-in-mouth' gaffe. He's a serial offender. Abbott knows indigenous people live in these out-of-the-way spots ...
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
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Consultation to begin with Aboriginal communities slated for closure in WA
The Guardian
The Western Australian government will begin consultation with remote Aboriginal communities on 30 June, seven months after the premier, Colin Barnett, said up to 150 of the state's 274 communities faced closure because of federal funding changes.
Iran-US nuclear talks resume in Lausanne 1:00NEWS.com.au
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
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Free flu vaccines for Indigenous children as experts warn of dangerous season ...
Yahoo7 News
Indigenous children will benefit from the Federal Government's free flu vaccine program for the first time this year as authorities brace for a virulent strain of flu heading for Australia. The Government announced it would extend its free flu program ...

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Petition to Save Indigenous Legal Services
Pro Bono Australia
Law Council of Australia (LCA) President Duncan McConnel called for the Federal Government to immediately re-commit funding to Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS). “Given what we know – that Indigenous people are ...

Petition to Save Indigenous Legal Services
Pro Bono Australia
Law Council of Australia (LCA) President Duncan McConnel called for the Federal Government to immediately re-commit funding to Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS). “Given what we know – that Indigenous people are ...

ABC Online
Free flu vaccines for Indigenous children as experts warn of dangerous season ...
ABC Online
Indigenous children will benefit from the Federal Government's free flu vaccine program for the first time this year as authorities brace for a virulent strain of flu heading for Australia. The Government announced it would extend its free flu program ...

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'First Aboriginal-owned' iron ore mine in Pilbara gets environmental approval
ABC Online
An iron ore mine believed to be Australia's first owned and operated by Aboriginal people is one step closer to becoming a reality after WA's environmental watchdog gave operators the green light. Perth-based company Australian Aboriginal Mining ...

The Conversation AU
Aboriginal lifestyles could fix the hole in the heart of Australia
The Conversation AU
The prime minister's recent assertion that the government cannot afford to fund the “lifestyle choices” of remotely based Aboriginal people is an opportunity to increase the debate about the future of outback Australia. Tony Abbott was repeating that ...
Consultation to begin with Aboriginal communities slated for closure in WAThe Guardian
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
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The Conversation AU
Aboriginal lifestyles could fix the hole in the heart of Australia
The Conversation AU
The prime minister's recent assertion that the government cannot afford to fund the “lifestyle choices” of remotely based Aboriginal people is an opportunity to increase the debate about the future of outback Australia. Tony Abbott was repeating that ...
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
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Call for global support against Indigenous community removal
Echonetdaily
'On Thursday March 19, Australians across the nation are being asked to celebrate Close the Gap Day, but for many of our countrymen the gap has been significantly widened, placing increasing pressure and trauma on our people. 'Starting in the Kimberley ...
Aboriginal lifestyles could fix the hole in the heart of AustraliaThe Conversation AU
A multi-faith congregation in Tunis honors the victims of the Bardo museum ...NEWS.com.au
Consultation to begin with Aboriginal communities slated for closure in WAThe Guardian
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The Australian
Dave Maher, from the Aboriginal Health Service in the NSW Hunter, and ...
The Australian
The Acting Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies, said the MOU was part of the air force's commitment to “playing our part in closing the gap for Aboriginal Australians” and maximising “opportunities for our future workforce, which must ...

Joining CAAMA radio is Mitch Torres from the Kimberley, Western Australia Remote Aboriginal Communities in Western Australia’s Kimberley region have announced a global call to action to stop the forced closure of Aboriginal communities which are causing people to leave their homelands due to state and federal governments withdrawal of support of basic essential services. People all over Australia have been show their support for those that have been effected by the proposals to shut down 150 remote Aboriginal in Western Australia and Thursday the 19th of March across the nation will be celebrating close the gap day, yet for many people they feel the gap has significantly widened.

The Guardian
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...
The Guardian
An acknowledgment of country may not seem like much, but its value is enhanced if one can understand that this very gesture has been occurring on this land with Indigenous Australians for many thousands of years. It is an ancient and serious gesture ...
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Choosing is hard, but it's still a lifestyle choiceThe Age
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Six survivors of Australia's longest-running Indigenous mission – in pictures
The Guardian
Artist Asher Milgate documents the experiences of 18 Wiradjuri elders and elders-in-waiting connected to Nanima Mission, established in the early 1800s in Wellington, in the central west of New South Wales. There is nostalgia in the memories of Uncle ...

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Light-skinned indigenous people face discrimination: Michelle Lovegrove
CBC.ca
Judging aboriginal people by their skin colour — whether light or dark — is wrong, asserted an indigenous Australian broadcast journalist in a public talk last week at the University of British Columbia. "Australia has this obsession with colour and ...

Light-skinned indigenous people face discrimination: Michelle Lovegrove
CBC.ca
Judging aboriginal people by their skin colour — whether light or dark — is wrong, asserted an indigenous Australian broadcast journalist in a public talk last week at the University of British Columbia. "Australia has this obsession with colour and ...

Brisbane Times
Sharing a country with Aborigines a privilege
Brisbane Times
When will non-indigenous Australia wake up to and celebrate the enormous privilege of sharing a country with the world's oldest continuing culture? This is the question I found myself pondering in the wake of the Prime Minister's distressing statement ...

The Diplomat
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous Australians
The Diplomat
With his throwaway “lifestyle choice” comment about those who live in remote communities Tony Abbott has angered indigenous Australia. The prime minister's recent track record on gaffes may well be laughable, but in this case things are a little more ...
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Australia's remote indigenous communities fear closureNewsfirst
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