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WA remote closures 'apartheid', says Warren Mundine
The Australian
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has admitted his government would be forced to close up to 150 of the state's remote Aboriginal homelands after accepting a one-off $90 million payment from the Abbott government to take over responsibility for ...
Cost of closing remote communities greater than tackling issues, Aboriginal ...ABC Online
SA Government warns Indigenous communities could close without federal ...Yahoo!7 News
WA's remote communities plan condemnedThe West Australian
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The 3 Stooges: Marcia Langton, mining magnate Twiggy Forrest and the Coalition Parliamentary Secretary, Alan Tudge hatch a plan for the employment of First Nations people. A key player in the Abbott Government review into Aboriginal and Islander employment says both incentives (Mining Companies) and disincentives of the welfare system (First Nations people) are in their plans. Alan Tudge, who is in charge of the Indigenous employment review says the review panel is taking advice from Twiggy and it appears that Marcia will undertake the propaganda. In this interview with CAAMA, Tudge says despite all the efforts and goodwill of previous Governments… things need to change. The complete interview here: http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Adam-Tudge.mp3

Sydney Morning Herald
First Contact challenges white preconceptions about first Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
"We wanted to make something about indigenous Australians, but we wanted something that has not been told before," says Dale, a director of Blackfella Films. "We wanted something that was going to cut through and connect with Australians in a different ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
First Contact challenges white preconceptions about first Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
"We wanted to make something about indigenous Australians, but we wanted something that has not been told before," says Dale, a director of Blackfella Films. "We wanted something that was going to cut through and connect with Australians in a different ...

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UN Told Indigenous Deaths in Custody Worsen
Pro Bono Australia
The CEO of First Peoples Disability Network, Damian Griffis told the hearing there are many concerns for indigenous peoples in relation to Australia's compliance with the Treaty including the rate of incarceration of Indigenous people and secondly, the ...

UN Told Indigenous Deaths in Custody Worsen
Pro Bono Australia
The CEO of First Peoples Disability Network, Damian Griffis told the hearing there are many concerns for indigenous peoples in relation to Australia's compliance with the Treaty including the rate of incarceration of Indigenous people and secondly, the ...

ABC Online
Plan to close more than 100 remote communities would have severe ...
ABC Online
A plan to close more than 100 of Western Australia's remote Indigenous communities will have severe consequences, the Premier says, but added his hands were tied. Premier Colin Barnett revealed plans to close between 100 and 150 of the 274 remote ...
Remote WA communities face closureNEWS.com.au

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The West Australian
Plan to close more than 100 remote communities would have severe ...
ABC Online
A plan to close more than 100 of Western Australia's remote Indigenous communities will have severe consequences, the Premier says, but added his hands were tied. Premier Colin Barnett revealed plans to close between 100 and 150 of the 274 remote ...
Remote communities face closureThe West Australian
Remote WA communities face closureNEWS.com.au

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A First Nations health service in South Australia says claims of an ice crisis in remote Indigenous communities are overblown and could harm the fight against drugs. The APY Lands in the far north-west of South Australia, the Nganampa Health Service covers eight remote clinics and the director says if the drug ice was being widely used in the region, the clinics would probably know. - 12 November 2014 - ABC AM AUDIO TRANSCRIPT - CHRIS UHLMANN: An Indigenous health service in South Australia says claims of an ice crisis in remote Indigenous communities are overblown and could harm the fight against drugs. - University of Melbourne Professor Marcia Langton recently told The Australian newspaper she'd heard many reports of crystal methamphetamine use in remote Indigenous communities. - But she's been accused by a Northern Territory politician of generalising about all Indigenous remote communities to win support for a major welfare change. - Sara Everingham reports. - SARA EVERINGHAM: On the APY Lands in the far north-west of South Australia, the Nganampa Health Service covers eight remote clinics. The director John Singer says if the drug ice was being widely used in the region, the clinics would probably know. - JOHN SINGER: And as far as I know we've had no reports of ice use amongst Anangu in the APY lands. - SARA EVERINGHAM: Last month the Melbourne University academic Marcia Langton told The Weekend Australia newspaper, "We heard many reports of ice or methamphetamines in remote communities. Whereas it was once marijuana and Kava," she said, "now there is a youth epidemic of amphetamine use." - Her comments were based on consultations while working on the review of Indigenous affairs by mining magnate Andrew Forrest. He has backed Marcia Langton's statements about ice, saying she spent countless days reviewing the information and that her academic reputation is beyond reproach. - But John Singer fears her comments could make it harder to deal with the problems his clinics already know about, such as marijuana and alcohol abuse. He says they also won't help if ice takes hold. - JOHN SINGER: It does put people off, in terms of if you want to make a change, if you want to do things in remote areas, you need to take people with you on that journey as a collective. - And automatically now people are on the defensive in the communities because they see these sort of extreme headlines with no real basis or evidence. - The peak body for the Aboriginal-run medical services in the Northern Territory says there are serious concerns about ice in urban areas such as Alice Springs and Darwin, where a community meeting was held about a month ago to discuss it. - The chief executive John Paterson says he fears the drug could end up in remote Indigenous communities but has not heard about widespread use there for now. - JOHN PATERSON: It is a major concern to the Aboriginal community, particularly in Darwin. I don't know how widespread. I am not hearing too much from our remote communities at this point in time, but that's not to say that, you know, it might be finding its way out there. - SARA EVERINGHAM: Ted Wilkes is a Perth-based drug and alcohol researcher and the chairman of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee. He says there's a lack of solid evidence about ice use in remote Indigenous communities. - TED WILKES: I say to many Australians, this is a thing where not one size fits all, where some communities are more vulnerable and others may well and truly be safe. - But if we were to create a hysteria or a knowledge that Aboriginal Australians throughout Australia are using drugs of this nature, it would certainly be an unknown. We don't know what the evidence is. We need to make sure we get the evidence before we start saying things like this. - CHRIS UHLMANN: Associate Professor Ted Wilkes ending Sara Everingham's report.

The Guardian
Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson hits out at Abbott government
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...
Mick Dodson blasts Tony Abbott for 'negativity' towards Indigenous peopleThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson hits out at Abbott government
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...
Mick Dodson blasts Tony Abbott for 'negativity' towards Indigenous peopleThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Bill to recognise Aboriginal people in West Australian constitution unlikely ...
ABC Online
Legislation to recognise Aboriginal people in Western Australia's constitution is unlikely to be passed today after the Premier revealed he will not be voting in favour. The private members bill was introduced by Kimberley MLA Josie Farrer three months ...

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ABC Online
Bill to recognise Aboriginal people in West Australian constitution unlikely ...
ABC Online
Legislation to recognise Aboriginal people in Western Australia's constitution is unlikely to be passed today after the Premier revealed he will not be voting in favour. The private members bill was introduced by Kimberley MLA Josie Farrer three months ...

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Student Support Executive
Pro Bono Australia
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is a private sector led, non-profit organisation focused on empowering Indigenous children to build a future through quality education and careers. A product of strong partnership between the ...

Indigenous health service contests claims of ice use in remote communities
ABC Online
But if we were to create a hysteria or a knowledge that Aboriginal Australians throughout Australia are using drugs of this nature, it would certainly be an unknown. We don't know what the evidence is. We need to make sure we get the evidence before we ...

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Indigenous health service contests claims of ice use in remote communities
ABC Online
But if we were to create a hysteria or a knowledge that Aboriginal Australians throughout Australia are using drugs of this nature, it would certainly be an unknown. We don't know what the evidence is. We need to make sure we get the evidence before we ...

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Mick Dodson appeals to save indigenous heritage
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...

Mick Dodson appeals to save indigenous heritage
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...

WA today
VCE's Australian History Study Design snubs indigenous perspectives
WA today
Thus, the content of the proposed VCE Australian History Study Design is extremely important to those who recognise that widespread ignorance of indigenous matters in mainstream Australia is an underlying cause of the acute disadvantage indigenous ...

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WA today
VCE's Australian History Study Design snubs indigenous perspectives
WA today
Thus, the content of the proposed VCE Australian History Study Design is extremely important to those who recognise that widespread ignorance of indigenous matters in mainstream Australia is an underlying cause of the acute disadvantage indigenous ...

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