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The Guardian (blog)
Black Diggers: challenging Anzac myths
The Guardian (blog)
According to the Australian War Memorial, more than 400 Indigenous Australians fought for the British empire in the first world war. This is probably a conservative estimate: thanks to curious Commonwealth rules about who was eligible to fight ...

New exhibition presents indigenous views from across Aust
Voxy
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o TÄ maki is bringing the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art yet seen in New Zealand to Auckland with My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia from Friday 28 March.

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Dalje.com
Indigenous Peoples Higher Risk Bird Flu
Indian Country Today Media Network
Studies of indigenous populations in Alaska and Australia by researchers at Australia's University of Melbourne have found that genetic differences is the driver that puts Indigenous Peoples at higher risk of severe complications from the new, severe ...
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strainsMENAFN.COM
Study indicates some groups have specific genetic make-up that prevents from ...News-Medical.net

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Food security plan for Aboriginal land bears fruit
ABC Online
It's harvest time at one of Australia's most remote orchards, on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of northwest South Australia. Kenmore Park is an Indigenous community 460 kilometres south west of Alice Springs and is home to about ...

Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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Tackling cancer in indigenous Australians
HealthCanal.com
Over the past 30 years, improvements in cancer treatments have resulted in better cancer survival in the wider community. Unfortunately, these same benefits have not been seen for Indigenous Australians who continue to experience much poorer outcomes ...
It's up to all Aussies to fight for a just societyMackay Daily Mercury

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New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

The Age
The first astronomers
The Age
Ray and Cilla Norris's publication Emu dreaming: An introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy became the message stick to a new generation of teachers, who are now adding the richness of Indigenous observations to astronomy science classes.

New partnerships support Indigenous health
The Age
“I would like to be able to begin this conversation with my family, Wotjobaluk people, to then translate this into positive outcomes for Aboriginal people suffering from dementia in Australia. My ultimate goal is to incorporate a diagnostic approach ...

ABC PM - 8 January 2014 The spotlight is on Western Australia's prison transfer system after the escape of two prisoners triggered the cancellation of some transfers and prevented a mother attending her son's funeral. The two prisoners broke out of a Serco prison van at Geraldton Airport last week. "I can't think of any good reason that would explain why she could not attend the funeral of her son. I think they should offer an apology and get their act together, and look out doing what's right and operating in the culturally appropriate operations for prisoners," said Joyce Capewell, "In Aboriginal culture, it is very important for people to attend funerals and to pay respect to the loved ones. And, if you don't attend it, in some communities, Aboriginal people can face tribal punishment."

UPI.com
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
UPI.com
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Lead author Peter Doherty, a laureate professor from ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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UPI.com
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strains
MENAFN.COM
MELBOURNE, Jan 11, 2014 (Menafn - UPI via COMTEX) --Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, ...
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against fluScience Daily (press release)

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Native Alaskans and Australians may be vulnerable to new bird flu
Futurity: Research News
The genetic make-up of some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia might make them more susceptible to the H7N9 avian flu virus currently found in China. “The findings suggested that there may be ethnic differences in the ability to mount an immune ...

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UPI.com
Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...
Some indigenous people more susceptible to new flu strainsMENAFN.COM

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Indigenous groups more vulnerable in fight against flu
Science Daily (press release)
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...

Indigenous groups more vulnerable in the fight against flu
Science Codex
Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. Published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, senior author, Associate Professor ...
Native Alaskans and Australians may be vulnerable to new bird fluFuturity: Research News

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Suicides amongst indigenous kids at 'alarming' levels
Brisbane Times
An indigenous child in Queensland has 10 times the likelihood of committing of suicide compared to a non-indigenous child anywhere in Australia. The suicide rate is three times the rate of a young female teenager in Guyana (six per 100,000) and twice ...

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Sky News Australia
Perth teacher Marko Vojkovic led opposition to WA's outcomes-based curriculum ...
The Australian
In March 2010, the then prime minister Kevin Rudd and his education minister Julia Gillard announced plans to rework the national curriculum to incorporate themes of Aboriginal histories and culture, sustainability, and Australia's engagement with Asia ...
National curriculum review for ploy more than policyThe Canberra Times
Coalition's call to review school curriculum based on sound reasonsWA today
Govt announces schools curriculum reviewSky News Australia
Courier Mail
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SBS
Curriculum review raises questions over teaching of Aboriginal history
SBS
One of the areas for review that Mr Pyne has asked the two men to focus on is the way Indigenous Australia is taught in schools. "The first part of our story is the Indigenous part, but then there's the other part and that needs to be told as well ...
New curriculum reviewer was an education consultant to tobacco giant Phillip ...Sydney Morning Herald
Perth teacher Marko Vojkovic led opposition to WA's outcomes-based curriculum ...The Australian
Christopher Pyne is on 'brainwashing and propaganda mission', critic claimsThe Guardian

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SBS
Curriculum review raises questions over teaching of Aboriginal history
SBS
One of the areas for review that Mr Pyne has asked the two men to focus on is the way Indigenous Australia is taught in schools. "The first part of our story is the Indigenous part, but then there's the other part and that needs to be told as well ...
Christopher Pyne: curriculum must focus on Anzac Day and western historyThe Guardian
School curriculum review announcedSky News Australia
Pyne defends appointment of Labor education criticsThe Australian Financial Review
The West Australian
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