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Here's the reality of Australia's Apartheid
National Indigenous Times
You won't see photos like this published in mainstream media and you won't hear the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott or Indigenous Affairs Minister, Senator Nigel Scullion even acknowledge they exist. But they should. You won't see or hear Warren Mundine or ...

Murrumu Walubara Yidindji in a frank, informative and inspiring conversation with Michelle Lovegrove - SBS Living Black Radio 30 September 2014

The Guardian
Indigenous dementia rates three times higher than general population
The Guardian
Indigenous people experience dementia at a rate at least three times higher than the non-Indigenous population in Australia, but a lack of awareness of the seriousness of the issue means not enough is being done to combat a “looming epidemic”, the peak ...
Mental Health Campaign for Indigenous YouthPro Bono Australia

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Living in the Shadows: The Australian aboriginal community in New South Wales
Washington Post
In 1835, the town now known as Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia, was “discovered” by explorer Maj. Thomas Mitchell. Located far inland on the shores of the Darling river, the name originates from the language of the local Barkindji people and is ...

WA traditional owners concerned about Aboriginal Heritage Act changes
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MATTHEW KEOGH: The Government has spoken about the idea that the regulations that will go with this legislation will require the CEO to have regard to certain matters, such as consulting with the relevant Aboriginal communities, but it hasn't actually ...

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Traditional owners, scientists and cat gizzards key to Kiwirrkurra Indigenous ...
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IPAs recognise that the best people to manage country in Australia are the people that have been managing it for thousands of years." Indigenous Protected Areas are an Aboriginal-led agreement on how country should be managed and by whom. They need ...

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Traditional owners, scientists and cat gizzards key to Kiwirrkurra Indigenous ...
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IPAs recognise that the best people to manage country in Australia are the people that have been managing it for thousands of years." Indigenous Protected Areas are an Aboriginal-led agreement on how country should be managed and by whom. They need ...

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Kimberley Aboriginal law and culture festival - in pictures
ABC Local
During the day, it's the business of three of the region's biggest organisations: the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), the Kimberley Language Resource Centre, and the Kimberley Land Council. By night, it's the cultural business of ...

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Coal getting its 'mojo' back: Mackenzie
Yahoo!7 News
... to educate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in science and technology. The company recently announced it was cutting 700 workers across its Queensland metallurgical coal business as it struggles with low prices and a high Australian ...

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Australian Mining
BHP funds Indigenous scholarship
Australian Mining
"Our partnership with BHP Billiton will enhance and expand our education programs to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across Australia. We are really excited about this opportunity to reach so many new students, and get them ...
Coal getting its 'mojo' back: MackenzieYahoo!7 News

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Australian Mining
BHP funds Indigenous scholarship
Australian Mining
"Our partnership with BHP Billiton will enhance and expand our education programs to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across Australia. We are really excited about this opportunity to reach so many new students, and get them ...

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Ferret
BHP funds Indigenous scholarship
Ferret
"Our partnership with BHP Billiton will enhance and expand our education programs to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across Australia. We are really excited about this opportunity to reach so many new students, and get them ...

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Ferret
BHP funds Indigenous scholarship
Ferret
"Our partnership with BHP Billiton will enhance and expand our education programs to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across Australia. We are really excited about this opportunity to reach so many new students, and get them ...

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Mental Health Campaign for Indigenous Youth
Pro Bono Australia
'Yarn safe' was developed with a group of 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from across Australia, including Elcho Island, Brisbane, Darwin, Broome, Melbourne and Perth. headspace said the campaign was created to improve mental ...

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Mental Health Campaign for Indigenous Youth
Pro Bono Australia
'Yarn safe' was developed with a group of 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from across Australia, including Elcho Island, Brisbane, Darwin, Broome, Melbourne and Perth. headspace said the campaign was created to improve mental ...
Do opponents even know what the changes are?Fraser Coast Chronicle

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“Speaking with one voice” – WA's changes to Aboriginal Heritage law rejected ...
Crikey (blog)
in some ways the worst in mainland Australia. (although a bill has recently been introduced into Tasmanian Parliament's to revamp the State's current outdated heritage legislation) Victoria and Queensland upgraded their Aboriginal cultural heritage ...

Sydney Morning Herald
The price Aboriginal children paid at Retta Dixon
Sydney Morning Herald
The royal commission into child sexual abuse has asked searing questions about the behaviour of people in power across Australian society, writes Greg Pemberton. In Darwin this week, it turns its attention to the homes for Aboriginal children run by ...

Spike in numbers of NT children in care
9news.com.au
The NT has the lowest placement rate of Aboriginal children with Aboriginal carers in Australia. Ms Jackson said carers receive training every 12 months, but not specifically to do with protective behaviours and grooming for sexual assault. She said ...

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Mental illness campaign reaches out to indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
But Australian mental health foundation Headspace hopes to improve the situation with Yarn Safe, a campaign which aims to reduce stigma and meet specific challenges found within indigenous communities. Headspace has been working with a team of ...

The Australian
Aborigines still have little say
The Australian
The first wave of the reform current a decade ago had its special features: precise detail, high fantasy. Few now remember the Council of Australian Governments' June 2004 “national framework of principles for delivering services to indigenous ...