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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.
Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schoolsABC Online
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Indigenous programs on chopping blockSky News Australia

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SBS
#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & more
Crikey (blog)
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) welcomed continued funding for the 150 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services around Australia announced/confirmed in the Budget, saying it means “we can ...
Comment: Why the federal budget is bad for health and worse for societySBS (blog)
Why the federal budget is bad for health and worse for societyThe Conversation

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#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & more
Crikey (blog)
It certainly flies in the face of the Government's purported commitment to prevention and Closing the Gap in health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. “Cutting nearly $54 million over the next two years from the Partners in Recovery mental health ...

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Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schools
ABC Online
Some savings in the Indigenous Health area will be invested in the new Medical Research Future Fund. Another $15 million will be saved by ending funding for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. The government says these moves will reduce ...

Federal budget 2014: At a glance
Sydney Morning Herald
Four more government-owned businesses to be sold: Australian Hearing, Defence Housing Australia, the Royal Australian Mint, and the registry arm of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Proceeds will be reinvested into the government's ...

Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schools
ABC Online
Some savings in the Indigenous Health area will be invested in the new Medical Research Future Fund. Another $15 million will be saved by ending funding for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. The government says these moves will reduce ...

Federal budget 2014: Winners and losers
Sydney Morning Herald
More expensive petrol with a fuel levy. 11. Indigenous people. A $500 million cut to indigenous programs over five years. 12. Local councils. Cuts of nearly $1 billion over four years. 13. ABC and SBS. Cuts of $43.5 million and Australia Network abandoned.

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Adam Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
Yahoo!7 News
Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has urged fellow Australians to get behind a campaign for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution. The AFL star spoke at the We Want Recognition event at Sydney's Wayside Chapel ...
Is the media making us sick?Crikey (blog)
Adam Goodes seeks Aboriginal recognition in constitutionSydney Morning Herald
Sydney Swans AFL champion and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes brands ...NEWS.com.au
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Radio Australia
Adam Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
Radio Australia
Back when it was written, officialdom thought of Aboriginal people as a dying race, today the majority of Australians know how essential the unique Indigenous cultures are to our nation's very identity, so we need our constitution to catch up. "So we ...
Is the media making us sick?Crikey (blog)
Adam Goodes seeks Aboriginal recognition in constitutionSydney Morning Herald
Sydney Swans AFL champion and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes brands ...NEWS.com.au
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Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
ABC Online
Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has urged fellow Australians to get behind a campaign for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution. The AFL star spoke at the We Want Recognition event at Sydney's Wayside Chapel ...

Building relations between police and the Aboriginal community
ABC Local
Western Australia continues to record the highest Indigenous imprisonment rate with over four per cent of the state's Indigenous population in jail in the December quarter of 2013. The Kimberley region in the far north regularly tops the state for ...

Building relations between police and the Aboriginal community
ABC Local
Stories around Aboriginal people and policing are typically dominated by issues of alcohol and drug abuse, violence, arrests and prison. Western Australia continues to record the highest Indigenous imprisonment rate with over four per cent of the WA ...

SBS
Constitution is discriminatory: Adam Goodes
SBS
"We need to fix the parts of it that still allow discrimination against Australians based on their race," Goodes said. He said it was "dear to my heart" to have a constitution that recognised the continuing cultures, languages and heritage of Australia ...
Constitution labelled 'discriminatory'Sky News Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
Adam Goodes seeks Aboriginal recognition in constitution
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian of the Year Adam Goodes remembers learning in school that “nobody was here before Captain Cook”. Now the AFL player and “proud” Adnyamathanha Aboriginal man is calling on all Australians to correct that wrong by backing a referendum to ...
Is the media making us sick?Crikey (blog)

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Adam Goodes says Australian constitution is discriminatory
The Australian
Senior Australian of the Year Fred Chaney, a former federal minister for Aboriginal Affairs and a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition, said change would be a “logical next step” for Australia. He said recent comments made by ...

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The Age
Federal Budget 2014: What we know so far
Yahoo!7 News
In 2011-12, Australia spent $130 billion, or $5,796 per Australian, on health. Still, Australians living in rural and regional areas have worse access to medical care than their city counterparts, and rates of chronic illness in Indigenous communities ...
What Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey should do in tomorrow's federal budgetThe Age

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Is the media making us sick?
Crikey (blog)
Risky drinking occurs at a similar rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to that in the broader community (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). In addition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to abstain from ...

Is the media making us sick?
Crikey (blog)
Risky drinking occurs at a similar rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to that in the broader community (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). In addition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to abstain from ...

Federal Budget 2014: What we know so far
Yahoo!7 News
In 2011-12, Australia spent $130 billion, or $5,796 per Australian, on health. Still, Australians living in rural and regional areas have worse access to medical care than their city counterparts, and rates of chronic illness in Indigenous communities ...

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The Age
What Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey should do in tomorrow's federal budget
The Age
For indigenous Australians, I hope to see a massive clean up of a plethora of small programs that mean a plethora of non-indigenous people monitoring them. All the savings found from cleaning up that bureaucratic smorgasbord or nightmare should go ...
Budget 2014: what we know and what to expectThe West Australian

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