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New report shows economic benefits for Aboriginal Community Controlled ...
Crikey (blog)
“Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations are major contributors to closing the appalling health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians by providing culturally appropriate primary health care to Aboriginal people,” Mr Mohamed ...

Recognise This pushes for youth engagement in referendum
The Australian
So great are their numbers — and so massive their disengagement — that young people are seen as key to a successful referendum as the campaign to recognise indigenous Australians in the nation's constitution inches closer. Recognise This hopes its ...

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Aboriginal flag set to fly
inmycommunity
THE installation of an extra flagpole to permanently fly the Aboriginal flag at the City of Rockingham council building is just one proposal put forward in the City's draft Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is open for public comment. The ...

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Indigenous war stories get a wider audience
Warrnambool Standard
The exhibition's curator, Jean McAuslan, told a major museums' conference in Warrnambool yesterday that Aboriginal elders John Lovett and Keith Saunders had approached her at the 2009 launch of the Indigenous Australians at War exhibition at ...

Indigenous war stories get a wider audience
Warrnambool Standard
The exhibition's curator, Jean McAuslan, told a major museums' conference in Warrnambool yesterday that Aboriginal elders John Lovett and Keith Saunders had approached her at the 2009 launch of the Indigenous Australians at War exhibition at ...

John Moriarty backs George Brandis on rights
The Australian
The Aboriginal artist, activist and businessman, whose studio designed Qantas's distinctive plane livery, fought for Aboriginal rights in the 1967 referendum — and now he's standing up for freedom of speech. He's backing moves by ... “I have devoted ...

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Bush Aborigines are fed up
The Australian
The imminent departure from the ruling Country Liberal Party of three traditional, culturally respected indigenous members not only plunges the government into crisis but could create a watershed for indigenous representation in Australia. Aboriginal ...
Former Labor maverick Marion Scrymgour calls on rebel backbenchers to leave ...Yahoo!7 News
Alison Anderson, Larisa Lee and Francis Xavier to quit the Country Liberal ...Herald Sun
Alison Anderson a 'sideshow': NT chiefSBS

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The Guardian
Bush Aborigines are fed up
The Australian
The imminent departure from the ruling Country Liberal Party of three traditional, culturally respected indigenous members not only plunges the government into crisis but could create a watershed for indigenous representation in Australia. Aboriginal ...
Former Labor maverick Marion Scrymgour calls on rebel backbenchers to leave ...Yahoo!7 News
Alison Anderson a 'sideshow': NT chiefNEWS.com.au

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How to be deadly safe online
PS News
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is to launch a new Cybersmart program today (4 April 2014) responding to Indigenous community concerns about the impact of social media on family and community relationships. Tackling cyberbullying ...

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New project works to preserve the stories of Aboriginal diggers
SBS
The personal stories of Aboriginal men who fought for Australia in World War Two are being preserved through a nationwide project worth more than $1 million. By. David Liddle, NITV. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 3 MINS AGO. Serving Our Country, a ...

Court approves controversial exhibit
NEWS.com.au
A MAJOR Aboriginal exhibition at the South Australian Museum is allowed to proceed as planned, after the Supreme Court today dismissed an application to ban parts of the exhibit. The court had previously granted two temporary injunctions after a group ...

Inquiry reveals grim NT alcohol statistics
The Daily Telegraph
... $45 million for its first year of operation, and only five per cent, or 40 of the 800 people passing through it, are expected to succeed in reducing their drinking, said Jonathon Hunyor, principal legal officer for the North Australian Aboriginal ...

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Inquiry reveals grim NT alcohol statistics
The Australian
... $45 million for its first year of operation, and only five per cent, or 40 of the 800 people passing through it, are expected to succeed in reducing their drinking, said Jonathon Hunyor, principal legal officer for the North Australian Aboriginal ...

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Indigenous band B2M renews ancestral links with Indonesia
Radio Australia
(Credit: ABC). During those trips, they shared their language, culture and music with local indigenous peoples. Now, those ancestral links between Indonesia and indigenous Australia have been rekindled by an indigenous band. Reporter: Erwin Renaldi ...

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First Hand Aboriginal Workshops and Market Day
Sydney City News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons comprise 2.4 per cent of the population, however they currently make up 22 per cent of the Australian Prisoner population. Cooley believes this is partly due to a disconnect amongst Aboriginal peoples from ...

The Vine
Top 5 acts of racial discrimination in Australia
The Vine
While K.Rudd's parliamentary speech of apology was a formal step towards recognition of the Stolen Generations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still aren't given much of a mention in the Australia Constitution (though fingers crossed this ...
Australian Multiculturalism in an Asian Century: The Case for Racial ToleranceABC Online
Racism on the rise in Australia: migrants report cultural shiftIllawarra Mercury

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Top 5 acts of racial discrimination in Australia
The Vine
... naught a memorial in sight to commemorate the victims. The best bit? This was just the start of what would become a series of massacres not just of Indigenous Australians but a bunch of other non-whities including the 1861 anti-Chinese Lambing Flat ...

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It's only rock 'n' roll but singer-songwriter Dan Sultan says he likes it
The Australian
What Sultan is addressing is twofold: his Aboriginal heritage, and how he fits into the music world. Since releasing his debut album, Homemade Biscuits, in 2006, Sultan has slowly built a following in Australia, and to a lesser extent overseas ...

Calls for fresh look at indigenous health
Australian Times
Currently, indigenous Australians can expect to live 10 to 17 years less than other Australians and babies born to Aboriginal mothers die at more than twice the rate of other babies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people also experience higher ...

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Calls for fresh look at indigenous health
Australian Times
Currently, indigenous Australians can expect to live 10 to 17 years less than other Australians and babies born to Aboriginal mothers die at more than twice the rate of other babies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people also experience higher ...

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