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The Guardian (blog)
Mokuy review – an Indigenous journey with beauty and tenderness
The Guardian (blog)
As one of the most colonised Aboriginal peoples in northern Australia, Larrakia art and culture is usually sidelined in preference for the more “traditional” work of their Top End neighbours. This Garrmalang turnaround is due in no small part to the ...

Rethinking indigenous Australia's agricultural past
ABC Online
Historians, indigenous writers and academics are rethinking Australia's perception of indigenous land management, arguing the first Australians had complex systems of agriculture that went far beyond the the hunter gatherer tag. "I came across repeated ...

Rethinking indigenous Australia's agricultural past
ABC Online
Historians, indigenous writers and academics are rethinking Australia's perception of indigenous land management, arguing the first Australians had complex systems of agriculture that went far beyond the the hunter gatherer tag. "I came across repeated ...

Indigenous schooling in NT a 'human tragedy'
ABC Online
The state of Indigenous schooling in the Northern Territory has been described as a 'human tragedy'. A report into Indigenous education in the Top End has found the system is failing students and things are only getting worse. Caroline Winter. Source ...

REGIONAL PORTS: Gladstone funds boost in indigenous education
Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has set a goal of ensuring a long-term employment rate of 5% of employees are of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Australian South Sea Islander heritage. Currently around 2.6% of its workforce identifies as ...

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UPI.com
Aboriginal art, 60000 years old, vandalized in Australia
UPI.com
DAMPIER, Australia, May 14 (UPI) --Aboriginal art carved into rocks 60,000 years ago in Australia has been vandalized, officials said Wednesday. The rock art on the Burrop Peninsula of Western Australia, now a national heritage-listed part of Murujunga ...

Budget 2014: fuel excise, cuts to Indigenous programs will hurt regional WA ...
ABC Online
The increase in the fuel excise levy and deep cuts to Indigenous funding announced in last night's federal budget will hit regional Western Australia hard, interest groups say. The Federal Government said parts of the budget would be tough on regional ...

$65000 to assist Aboriginal Music Careers
ArtsHub (subscription)
The director's new production of Shakespeare's life-affirming comedy for Black Swan stars an entirely West Australian cast. Fans to perform with ARIA idols at Festival ... Announced today at Parliament House, Sydney, Minister for the Arts Troy Grant ...

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Adam Goodes - Australian Constitution Still Discriminatory Against Aborigines ...
International Business Times AU
Australia may be exerting efforts to ban racism among its residents but these are not enough, at least for Australian of the Year and AFL legend Adam Goodes. For one, the country's very own prevailing constitution remains discriminatory against the ...

SBS
Indigenous Health Budget Slashed
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Not for Profit Reconciliation Australia has asked what programs will need go to make the $165 million savings as part of the Federal Budget's cuts to Indigenous health. And the organisation said the $543 million in savings arising from the ...
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'SBS
Budget 2014: fuel excise, cuts to Indigenous programs will hurt regional WA ...ABC Local
Cuts will hit indigenous people hardNTNews.com.au

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SBS
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'
SBS
He points to two budget announcements which he says will hit Indigenous Australians particularly hard: the seven-dollars it'll cost to visit a GP, and the eventual lifting of the pension eligibility age to 70. Mr Mohamed says many Indigenous families ...
#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & moreCrikey (blog)
Indigenous Health Budget SlashedPro Bono Australia
Federal Budget 2014: A budget not to be proud ofSydney Morning Herald

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SBS
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'
SBS
He points to two budget announcements which he says will hit Indigenous Australians particularly hard: the seven-dollars it'll cost to visit a GP, and the eventual lifting of the pension eligibility age to 70. Mr Mohamed says many Indigenous families ...
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programsABC Online

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Indigenous programs collapsed into five areas
The Australian
The government says it will “transform” delivery of services to indigenous Australians by establishing a Remote Community Advancement Network to deliver demonstrable improvements in school attendance, employment and community safety. Indigenous ...

Radio Australia
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areas
The Australian
The government says it will “transform” delivery of services to indigenous Australians by establishing a Remote Community Advancement Network to deliver demonstrable improvements in school attendance, employment and community safety. Indigenous ...
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programsRadio Australia
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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State slammed over Aboriginal deaths in custody
The Australian
Architectural anthropologist Elizabeth Grant, whose work has been published in the Australian Indigenous Law Review, says South Australia is the worst performer in implementing the royal commission's recommendations. Dr Grant found that while other ...

SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
ABC Online
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS

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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
ABC Online
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'SBS
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
Yahoo!7 News
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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The Guardian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budget
The Guardian
The new Indigenous advancement strategy will be made up for five programs focusing on: jobs, land and the Economy; Children and Schooling; Safety and Wellbeing; Culture and Capability; and Remote Australia Strategies. Daily Email. close ...

SBS
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programs
SBS
It appears the Indigenous Advancement Strategy will have to operate without the country's peak body for Indigenous people. The Labor government promised $15 million to the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples in its Budget last year.

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