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Indigenous affairs minister taking little comfort in report card on disadvantage
The Guardian
“It's extremely disappointing that the incarceration rate continues to go through the roof because the states and the territories aren't focusing on reducing it,” Priscilla Collins, the chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency ...

Australia going backwards on Indigenous mental health
ABC Online (blog)
Even before he was elected, Tony Abbott coined himself the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, but has that talk translated into action? Today the Productivity Commission report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage was released. And while its true ...

ABC Online
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report: NT Aboriginal leaders call for ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal leaders in the Northern Territory have called for more say in how federal programs designed to help their communities are run, after a report showed the gap between Indigenous people and other Australians has increased in many areas.

The Guardian
French president signs agreement on return of Indigenous remains
The Guardian
A joint statement between Hollande and Abbott said: “The governments of the two countries will establish a joint expert committee to coordinate and determine the processes needed to identify and also to ascertain the origin of the Indigenous Australian ...
Trade, climate on Hollande visit agendaThe Australian

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What's the proportion of Indigenous people where you live? | Interactive
SBS
A program on SBS tonight and tomorrow, First Contact, has taken six people with strong opinions and immersed them in Aboriginal cultures for the first time. The map below explores the distribution of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

What's the proportion of Indigenous people where you live? | Interactive
SBS
A program on SBS tonight and tomorrow, First Contact, has taken six people with strong opinions and immersed them in Aboriginal cultures for the first time. The map below explores the distribution of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Interactive: Indigenous Australians, what's the proportion where you live?
SBS
The disconnect between the First Australians and the rest of the nation is vast. A program on SBS tonight and tomorrow, First Contact, has taken six people with strong opinions and immersed them in Aboriginal cultures for the first time.

The Guardian
Interactive: Indigenous Australians, what's the proportion where you live?
SBS
That would mean three per cent of Australians would identify as Indigenous. However, few Australian local government areas had a proportion of Indigenous people around three per cent. In parts of Western Australia, some council areas had no people who ...
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this yearThe Guardian
“If you think that's racist, I don't f***ing care,” she said.NEWS.com.au
First Contact creates social media stormThe Australian
Newcastle Herald -Sydney Morning Herald
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The Guardian
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this year
The Guardian
Hi, my name is Monica Tan and for the first three decades of my life I've had only a cursory understanding of Indigenous Australia. Although I was born and raised in the Sydney district of Ku-ring-gai, I've had no idea what my local Indigenous group is ...

The Guardian
I'm 31 and only had my 'first contact' with Indigenous Australia this year
The Guardian
Hi, my name is Monica Tan and for the first three decades of my life I've had only a cursory understanding of Indigenous Australia. Although I was born and raised in the Sydney district of Ku-ring-gai, I've had no idea what my local Indigenous group is ...
“If you think that's racist, I don't f***ing care,” she said.NEWS.com.au
First Contact's casting reveals Australia's 'festering sore'Sydney Morning Herald
First Contact creates social media stormThe Australian
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First Contact creates social media storm
The Australian
The three-part show takes six non-indigenous people and places them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time, immersing them into homes and communities to have their views challenged explore the big issues in indigenous Australia. The show sparked ...

SBS
Interactive: Indigenous Australians living in remote areas
SBS
That would mean three per cent of Australians would identify as indigenous. However, few Australian local government areas had a proportion of indigenous people around three per cent. In parts of Western Australia, some council areas had no people who ...
Political editor, The AgeSydney Morning Herald
More indigenous Australians at workNEWS.com.au
Self-harm in indigenous Australians has increased almost 50% in the past 10 ...Daily Mail
Business Insider Australia -The Guardian
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The Age
PM's “Nothing but bush” & threats from WA and SA to close down remote ...
Crikey (blog)
South Australia's Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister Ian Hunter also warned the closure of Aboriginal homelands in the state “is a real possibility”. Hunter said remote Aboriginal areas needed special attention because they have no local ...
Australian indigenous disadvantage reportThe Age
Landmark report reveals scale of indigenous disadvantageSydney Morning Herald
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report: NT Aboriginal leaders call for ...ABC Online
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Indigenous Risk for Complacent Companies
Pro Bono Australia
The research also ranked countries based on the risks posed to indigenous people, with the report showing that poor governance and negligible policies for Indigenous peoples in host countries was bad for business. Australia was ranked in the lower risk ...

SBS
Map
SBS
That would mean three per cent of Australians would identify as indigenous. However, few Australian local government areas had a proportion of indigenous people around three per cent. In parts of Western Australia, some council areas had no people who ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Report Card: The Wellbeing Of Aboriginal Australians Is Improving But Jail ...
Business Insider Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have seen some improvement in health, education and economic wellbeing. However, justice and mental health issues continue to cause concern, according to the 2014 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage ...
Overcoming Disadvantage Report shows disadvantage not overcomeThe Stringer
Landmark report reveals scale of indigenous disadvantageSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous employment on the rise: reportSBS
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Sydney Morning Herald
Landmark report reveals scale of indigenous disadvantage
Sydney Morning Herald
Levels of self-harm and incarceration for indigenous Australians have increased at alarming levels despite the efforts of both sides of politics to 'close the gap', the most comprehensive report on indigenous wellbeing has found. The landmark report ...

The Age
Indigenous disadvantage report is a wake-up call for Australia
The Age
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday became the first foreign leader to begin an address to the Australian Parliament by paying his respects to the traditional owners of the land on which he stood, and their elders past and present. If this ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous disadvantage report is a wake-up call for Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
If this was a modest, but welcome, sign of progress, the landmark Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report released on Wednesday is a sobering reality check on a bipartisan project that began more than a decade ago. It started with a move to obtain ...
Australian indigenous disadvantage reportThe Age
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Productivity Commission report identifies ...ABC Online
PM's “Nothing but bush” & threats from WA and SA to close down remote ...Crikey (blog)
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Daily Mail
Self-harm in indigenous Australians has increased almost 50% in the past 10 ...
Daily Mail
Self-harm in indigenous Australians has increased almost 50 per cent in the past 10 years while juveniles are 24 times more likely to be sentenced to detention than their non-indigenous counterparts, according to a new government report. These were ...