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Warning against poll now on indigenous recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is not ready to vote in favour of recognising Aborigines in the Constitution because of low awareness of the need to change, says former deputy prime minister John Anderson, who soon will deliver a report on preparations for the referendum to ...

Warning against poll now on indigenous recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA is not ready to vote in favour of recognising Aborigines in the Constitution because of low awareness of the need to change, says former deputy prime minister John Anderson, who soon will deliver a report on preparations for the referendum to ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Time to fix a silence at the heart of Australia's constitution
Sydney Morning Herald
A silence lies at the heart of the Australian constitution. The document reflects Australia's history of white settlement, but fails to mention the much longer occupation of the continent by Aboriginal peoples. It is as if their history does not matter ...

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The Age
Time to fix a silence at the heart of Australia's constitution
The Age
A silence lies at the heart of the Australian constitution. The document reflects Australia's history of white settlement, but fails to mention the much longer occupation of the continent by Aboriginal peoples. It is as if their history does not matter ...

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WA today
Time to fix a silence at the heart of Australia's constitution
WA today
A silence lies at the heart of the Australian constitution. The document reflects Australia's history of white settlement, but fails to mention the much longer occupation of the continent by Aboriginal peoples. It is as if their history does not matter ...

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Indigenous remains returned to Torres Strait and WA
ABC Message Stick
MARK COLVIN: The remains of 14 Indigenous people are on their way home to Western Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. Berlin's Charite University Hospital gave them back to their descendants in a ceremony in Germany. It's the second time the ...

Echonetdaily
Indigenous groups at risk of HIV epidemic
Echonetdaily
STIs affect indigenous Australians at higher rates than non-indigenous Australians, with a recent study showing rates of gonorrhoea are 21 times higher, chlamydia four times and syphilis five times. The presence of other STIs increases the chance of ...
Study reveals Aboriginal communities at higher risk of STIs and HIVGay News Network

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Study reveals Aboriginal communities at higher risk of STIs and HIV
Gay News Network
As such, the Baker Institute has developed the Eora Action plan to escalate the Indigenous community response to HIV. The Eora Action Plan sets targets that go above and beyond Australia's newly released National Strategies for blood-borne viruses and ...

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SBS (blog)
Interim Report on Indigenous Recognition Released
Pro Bono Australia
Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, Rachel Siewert, said the interim report provided a foundation for upcoming public consultation, beginning in northern Western Australia next week. "I'm looking forward to ...
A call for action on reducing the risk of HIV to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Crikey (blog)
Comment: Healthy start: closing the gap on Indigenous childhood obesitySBS (blog)
NAIDOC Week a huge hit in Port AugustaThe Transcontinental
Daily Liberal -The Guardian
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SBS (blog)
Interim Report on Indigenous Recognition Released
Pro Bono Australia
Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, Rachel Siewert, said the interim report provided a foundation for upcoming public consultation, beginning in northern Western Australia next week. "I'm looking forward to ...
A call for action on reducing the risk of HIV to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Crikey (blog)
Comment: Healthy start: closing the gap on Indigenous childhood obesitySBS (blog)
Indigenous children at greater risk of abuseDaily Liberal
The Guardian -Coastal Leader
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SBS
Indigenous Aussies most at risk of HIV as rates remain at 20-year high
SBS
Health experts say Indigenous Australians are the most at risk of contracting HIV, with some warning of an "unmanageable" HIV epidemic in Indigenous communities if more isn't done to prevent the disease's spread. The risk factors are four fold: high ...
Indigenous groups at risk of HIV epidemicYahoo!7 News

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Indigenous groups at risk of HIV epidemic
The West Australian
"It's going to happen," deputy head of Aboriginal health at Baker IDI, Associate Professor James Ward told AAP. "The ground is set for escalation to occur." STIs affect indigenous Australians at higher rates than non-indigenous Australians, with a ...

Indigenous groups at risk of HIV epidemic
Daily Mail
"It's going to happen," deputy head of Aboriginal health at Baker IDI, Associate Professor James Ward told AAP. "The ground is set for escalation to occur." STIs affect indigenous Australians at higher rates than non-indigenous Australians, with a ...

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Australian War Memorial should recognise revised Aboriginal death toll ...
Brisbane Times
New research that has calculated an Aboriginal death toll of more than 65,000 in Queensland alone during the so-called frontier wars has renewed calls for formal recognition at the Australian War Memorial. But the AWM in Canberra has dismissed the idea ...

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Australian War Memorial should recognise revised Aboriginal death toll ...
Brisbane Times
New research that has calculated an Aboriginal death toll of more than 65,000 in Queensland alone during the so-called frontier wars has renewed calls for formal recognition at the Australian War Memorial. But the AWM in Canberra has dismissed the idea ...

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Aboriginal AFL star faces uncertain future after jail term
ABC Online
It's always happened up here in the central region, Central Australia, that these blokes come out with so much talent with their football and they just throw it away. MICHAEL COGGAN: Wearing number 11 for his home team, the Yuendumu Magpies, Jurrah ...
Liam Jurrah set for release from jail and his football family want to take him ...Yahoo!7 News

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SBS (blog)
Comment: Healthy start: closing the gap on Indigenous childhood obesity
SBS (blog)
Around 70% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are now overweight or obese compared with 63% of non-Indigenous Australians. While the data is patchy, 30% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children appear to be overweight or obese ...
Indigenous children at greater risk of abuseDaily Liberal
Why this year's Naidoc week will be my last | Nakkiah LuiThe Guardian
Celebrations for NAIDOC weekCoastal Leader
The Transcontinental -Echonetdaily
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Indigenous homelessness rate falls in WA
ABC Local
The percentage of homeless Indigenous people in Western Australia has declined significantly but the state still has one of the nation's highest rates. A report released this morning by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare compares census ...

Aboriginal home ownership lifts
ABC Message Stick
SARAH DINGLE: The stats tell us that home ownership is on the rise for Indigenous Australians and that overcrowding has fallen in the last decade for which we have statistics, so does that make the situation slightly less urgent to your mind? Why do we ...
The long battle for Indigenous equalityThe Guardian (Australia)

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Aboriginal home ownership lifts
ABC Message Stick
SARAH DINGLE: The stats tell us that home ownership is on the rise for Indigenous Australians and that overcrowding has fallen in the last decade for which we have statistics, so does that make the situation slightly less urgent to your mind? Why do we ...
The long battle for Indigenous equalityThe Guardian (Australia)

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