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Aboriginal community without running water for a month
ABC Online
RUBY JONES: After a month of no running water Central Australia's peak Aboriginal health body has raised the alarm. Donna Ah Chee, the chief executive of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, is warning rates of scabies and trachoma could rise ...

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Mass study finds one in 10 Indigenous Australians has diabetes
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Biomedical results National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health Measures Survey, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), also shows Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than ...

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Mass study finds one in 10 Indigenous Australians has diabetes
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Biomedical results National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health Measures Survey, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), also shows Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than ...

Proudly Aboriginal and manic depressive Part 2
ABC Online (blog)
This is Part 2 of audio from Keir Wells' speech at this week's celebrations for the fifth anniversary of The Junction Mental Health Activity and Resource Centre in Mount Gambier. Keir is an ex-journalist, soldier and private investigator, proudly ...

Local artist in touring exhibition for Aboriginal Art Prize
Northern Star
Lismore Regional Gallery director Brett Adlington said Aboriginal artists of NSW held a special place in the lexicon of both Australian and Australian Aboriginal art. While artists based in Northern and Central Australia often focused on traditional ...

Welfare quarantine 'must have Aboriginal community support'
The Australian
... to other indigenous communities. Mr Forrest said in his report to the Abbott government that the commission and its “basics card”, which controls spending of welfare payments, should be the model to be rolled out across Australia's indigenous ...

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia: Early childhood the ...
The Daily Telegraph
“As soon as an aboriginal person gets an education, the disparity ends. “Indigenous women with a degree are in fact more successful than their Australian sisters. “ If you're an indigenous woman you're 30 times more likely to be hospitalised than your ...

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia: Early childhood the ...
The Daily Telegraph
“As soon as an aboriginal person gets an education, the disparity ends. “Indigenous women with a degree are in fact more successful than their Australian sisters. “ If you're an indigenous woman you're 30 times more likely to be hospitalised than your ...

Andrew Forrest plea for indigenous Australia08:00
Courier Mail
Andrew Forrest plea for indigenous Australia08:00. Play videoPremium. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia. news.com.au; 2014-09-11T19:37:03.140+10:00; Premium. To access our premium content, please subscribe or log in. It's quick ...

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Backlash over non-awarding of Indigenous art prize
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Broome locals and the Indigenous community are incensed by Judge Perpetua Durack Clancy's decision to not award the 2014 Shinju Matsuri Art Award. The announcement came as a surprise to the organising committee and art community attending the 8 ...
Art judge declines to award Indigenous prize because quality 'not good enough'The Guardian

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Proudly Aboriginal and manic depressive Part 1
ABC Online (blog)
Keir Wells is a former journalist, soldier and private investigator. He is also proudly Aboriginal and proudly calls himself a manic depressive. Keir spoke at this week's fifth anniversary celebrations for The Junction Mental Health Activity and ...

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Indigenous Australians experience diabetes 20 years earlier: ABS
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Indigenous adults experience diabetes 20 years earlier than non-Indigenous adults: that's just one of the findings in a new release by the Australian Bureau of statistics. It involved the biggest ever survey of blood and urine samples of ...
Suicide prevention: Demolishing the 'appalling' rate of Indigenous suicideSBS
Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Culture is KeyThe Epoch Times (blog)
Corroboree Sydney to educate more kidsWebWire (press release)

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Indigenous Australians experience diabetes 20 years earlier: ABS
ABC Online
PAUL JELFS: Generally, most surveys are based on self-reported information about diabetes or heart disease, or kidney disease, but this survey was able to take blood and urine on a voluntary basis from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Suicide prevention: Demolishing the 'appalling' rate of Indigenous suicideSBS
Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Culture is KeyThe Epoch Times (blog)

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Abolition of Indigenous tutoring scheme will impact on the Government's ...
Crikey (blog)
The Abbott Government's decision to abolish the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS) has been described by Australia's peak Indigenous doctors' representative body as undermining the Government's support for Indigenous education, particularly ...

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Beyond victims: Dr Chris Sarra on the challenge of Indigenous leadership
ABC Online
There is a need for both a new approach to Indigenous leadership and a new relationship between Australia and its Indigenous citizens, argues Indigenous educator Dr Chris Sarra. This relationship needs to be based on respect and high expectations ...

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Shinju Matsuri art award: Judge Perpetua Durack Clancy refuses to award ...
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There has been an angry backlash after the judge of an Indigenous art prize in Broome decided none of the entries were worthy of winning the prize. Local Aboriginal artists are particularly offended because the judge - Perpetua Durack Clancy - is the ...

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