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Andrew Forrest's report on opportunities for Aboriginal Australians falls short
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The billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest has long been noted for his passion for Aboriginal advancement and in programs that help create jobs and opportunities for Aboriginal Australians. His report on the subject last week reveals all of his passion ...
Welfare 2.0? Abbott, Forrest and the “Healthy Welfare Card”Practical Ethics (blog)

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NT nuclear waste dump could 'close the gap' for Aboriginal people: Bob Hawke
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"In creating a safer energy cycle in a world facing a threat of global warming, we would not only be doing good for the rest of the world, we would be doing enormously well for Australia, as the world would pay handsomely for this service," Mr Hawke said.

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NT nuclear waste dump could 'close the gap' for Aboriginal people: Bob Hawke
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... global warming, we would not only be doing good for the rest of the world, we would be doing enormously well for Australia, as the world would pay handsomely for this service," Mr Hawke said. "And we would do particularly well for Aboriginal ...
Garma Festival is held every year at Gulkula in north-east Arnhem Land in the ...Daily Mail
Indigenous festival kicks off in Arnhem LandABC Message Stick

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NT nuclear waste dump could 'close the gap' for Aboriginal people: Bob Hawke
ABC Online
... global warming, we would not only be doing good for the rest of the world, we would be doing enormously well for Australia, as the world would pay handsomely for this service," Mr Hawke said. "And we would do particularly well for Aboriginal ...
Bob Hawke: nuclear waste storage could end indigenous disadvantageThe Guardian
Federal WA Aboriginal MP Ken Wyatt calls for Andrew Forrest's report on ...Perth Now
Don't cherry-pick Forrest report, says MPThe Australian
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Could Australia's floral emblem hold answers for a hungry world?
ABC Online
As food security becomes an increasing challenge into the future, experts believe indigenous foods may hold the key to feeding hungry nations. Australia's acacias, commonly known as wattles, are leading the charge. Cathy Pryor reports.

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Rock art vandalism, including graffiti, imitation carvings, devastates WA ...
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Vandals have permanently damaged ancient Aboriginal rock art in Western Australia's Pilbara region, leaving elders devastated and forcing rangers to document graffiti and imitation carvings. The damage has been discovered at the site of some of the ...

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Hawke campaigns for indigenous rights
The Australian
"It will be a chance for all Australians to acknowledge the inspiring achievements of the First Australians, reflected in the world's oldest living cultures, are the rightful opening chapter of Australia's story, and it will be a chance for us to say ...

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NT indigenous bauxite exploration approved
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An indigenous-owned mining company has been given the go-ahead to begin bauxite exploration in northeastern Arnhem Land. The Gulkula Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation, received the nod from the Northern Land ...

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Indigenous bauxite exploration approved
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An indigenous-owned mining company has been given the go-ahead to begin bauxite exploration in northeastern Arnhem Land. The Gulkula Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation, received the nod from the Northern Land ...
Traditional owners and Rio to set up mine training centre in NTThe Australian
Rio Tinto-funded training centre to help Aboriginal miners, Gumatj Corporation ...ABC Online

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Aboriginal leader chides Prime Minister Tony Abbott for absence at NT Garma ...
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Former Australian of the Year Galarrwuy Yunupingu was speaking during the main forum at the Garma Festival near the mining town of Nhulunbuy. Mr Yunupingu, the Yothu Yindi Foundation chairman, told the crowd - which included Federal Indigenous ...
Scullion uses Garma to challenge Shorten on land rights changesThe Australian
Elder calls for NLC to step asideSky News Australia

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Australia in the grip of a 'new stolen generation', indigenous children ...
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According to Mr Gibson, Australia has essentially returned to an “assimilation policy” where mass removal of Aboriginal children is being used as a strategy to “deal with questions of Aboriginal disadvantage, just as it was in the Stolen Generations era”.

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Australia in the grip of a 'new stolen generation', indigenous children ...
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According to Mr Gibson, Australia has essentially returned to an “assimilation policy” where mass removal of Aboriginal children is being used as a strategy to “deal with questions of Aboriginal disadvantage, just as it was in the Stolen Generations era”.

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Andrew Forrest calls for extensive reforms to ease crisis in indigenous employment
Sydney Morning Herald
In one of the more controversial elements of the report, Mr Forrest recommends a ''Healthy Welfare Card'' that would see welfare payments for indigenous and non-indigenous Australians – not including age or veterans' payments – paid into savings ...

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Forrest report a 'launch pad'
The Australian
Forrest has told The Australian that indigenous people in remote communities are being “economically jailed” and suffering the “blight of disparity”. Immediate, dramatic action must be taken to reverse the disturbing trend of substance abuse and idleness.
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson backs Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's 'healthy ...Courier Mail
Forrest Indigenous Jobs Review ReleasedPro Bono Australia
Andrew Forrest has a positive history of working with indigenous Australians ...Herald Sun
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These stories offer telling windows into the First contact and the attitude of the British. These castaways were living with the Indigenous people before the trauma of colonisation—and sometimes during it. Their accounts provide a fascinating record of that time. They come to us via Iain McCalman's book charting human interaction along the Great Barrier Reef, 'The Reef: a Passionate History'. Radio National - Hindsight July 2014

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Empowered Communities take the initiative on Indigenous funding
The Guardian
The dismantling of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commission (Atsic) in 2004 amid allegations of corruption, financial mismanagement and improper nepotism, tightly re-centralised responsibility for Indigenous Australia with state, territory ...

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Empowered Communities take the initiative on Indigenous funding
The Guardian
A group of prominent Indigenous leaders, bureaucrats and business chiefs is working to redefine the role of government in battling the enduring social dysfunction, third-world poverty, illness and deprivation that blights Indigenous Australia. The ...

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Pride of Australia nominee Elijah Douglas preserving far north's indigenous ...
Courier Mail
“I want to help to make a change in Australia, especially help Aboriginal people,” he said, adding education, health, employment and reconnecting with culture were the keys to change for indigenous communities. “A lot of indigenous young people, they ...

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Pride of Australia nominee Elijah Douglas preserving far north's indigenous ...
Herald Sun
“I want to help to make a change in Australia, especially help Aboriginal people,” he said, adding education, health, employment and reconnecting with culture were the keys to change for indigenous communities. “A lot of indigenous young people, they ...

Pride of Australia nominee Elijah Douglas preserving far north's indigenous ...
Herald Sun
“I want to help to make a change in Australia, especially help Aboriginal people,” he said, adding education, health, employment and reconnecting with culture were the keys to change for indigenous communities. “A lot of indigenous young people, they ...