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Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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The West Australian
Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Truthout Interviews John Pilger on Aborigine Assimilation by Abduction in ...
Truth-Out
According to a report filed by John Pilger on Truthout, Aborigine child abductions are number roughly 14,000 in 2013 alone. It's not family members who are taking these children; it's the Australian government. Under a government program designed to ...

Indigenous MMA athlete Chris Indich fighting for a UFC future at The Ultimate ...
Courier Mail
The 26-year-old is about to become Australia's first indigenous Mixed Martial Arts athlete to compete at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Indich, nicknamed 'the Savage', will have less than 15 minutes to effect five years of ...

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ABC Local
Pilbara Indigenous Media Group Awarded
ABC Local
Mr Mowarin also has big plans for NAIDOC 2014 which he said isn't just about Indigenous Australia celebrating culture and heritage but about sharing it with the rest of Australia. "It's a celebration of who we are and our identity. "Without culture and ...

Making progress: the role of cancer councils in Australia in indigenous cancer ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Indigenous Australians have poorer outcomes from cancer for a variety of reasons including poorer participation in screening programs, later diagnosis, higher rates of cancer with poor prognosis and poorer uptake and completion of treatment. Cancer ...

Ministers worried about indigenous privacy
SBS
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in February he would add school attendance to the "closing the gap" targets aimed at improving the lot of indigenous Australians. The country's education ministers discussed the matter when they met on Friday.

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Sky News Australia
Ministers fret over indigenous privacy
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in February he would add school attendance to the 'closing the gap' targets aimed at improving the lot of indigenous Australians. The country's education ministers discussed the matter when they met on Friday.

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Cricket Australia 2014 Indigenous Scholarship holders announced
TheSportsCampus.com
Cricket Australia has today announced the four players who will receive a 2014 Indigenous Scholarship to help accelerate their cricket development. This year's recipients, Lain Beckett (NSW), Ryan Lees (Tas), Samara Williams (WA) and Natalie Plane (VIC ...

The Guardian (blog)
Samson and Delilah: rewatching classic Australian films
The Guardian (blog)
... had its heart in the right place but its perspective is that of an outsider trying – and failing – to understand. Samson and Delilah is different. Brutal and brilliant, poignant and profound, it's one of our finest – and most painful – portraits of ...

The West Australian
Footy star speaks out on vilification
The West Australian
Larry Kickett, Australia's only indigenous football commissioner, says Federal Government plans to repeal part of the Racial Discrimination Act can only be a backward step - particularly in the eyes of those who still felt regularly vilified. Kickett ...

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Echonetdaily
Wellbeing by Starlight
Echonetdaily
Steve Strong will discuss concrete evidence of pre-Aboriginal inhabitation of Australia and Mary-Louise Myers is offering an in-depth workshop on women's health. This Easter we are also offering three two-hour workshops per day as well as the usual ...

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Samantha Harris: 'Girls with blonde hair always won'
BBC News
"Hard work pays off," according to model Samantha Harris. Described as Australia's first international indigenous model, she has become something of an inspiration after appearing on the covers of major magazines, including Vogue Australia. Now the ...

BBC News
Samantha Harris: 'Girls with blonde hair always won'
BBC News
Described as Australia's first international indigenous model, she has become something of an inspiration after appearing on the covers of major magazines, including Vogue Australia. Now the first ever Australian Indigenous Fashion Week is taking place ...

ABC Online
In the documentary 'Living My Way', Jake Briggs showcases his ability within ...
ABC Online
The First Peoples Disability Network Australia and Aboriginal Disability Network NSW have devised a comprehensive 10-point-plan for the implementation of the NDIS in Aboriginal communities, based on its work across the country in advocating for the ...
Indigenous students skipping school to avoid bullying and racismThe Conversation
Chancellor's Medallist focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educationMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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SBS
Disaster declared in Cooktown as severe Tropical Cyclone Ita threatens to ...
Courier Mail
... as forecast. Latest tracking has it coming ashore at Murdoch Point, 50km north of Cape Flattery. The community of Laura, population about 100, and home to some of Australia's most magnificent Aboriginal art is also in the storm's firing line but ...
Aboriginal mayor demands Cape York cyclone sheltersSBS
Cyclone Ita predicted to reach category four off far north QueenslandRadio Australia

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The Guardian (blog)
The Gods of Wheat Street: where soap opera meets the spirit world
The Guardian (blog)
“Australian Aboriginal stories and spirituality are not Aesop's fables," Bell says. "There's not always a clear moral in the story. They can be a little inaccessible for Western audiences. Sometimes with indigenous cultures, the story is the thing that ...

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Indigenous students skipping school to avoid bullying and racism
The Conversation
More quantitative data is available in Australia about the experiences of racial discrimination for children and young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. In a seminar we gave this week at the Australian Institute of Family ...