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Indigenous cultural focus in health plan
Sky News Australia
It will call for housing, education and employment prospects to be improved to help eliminate causes of health inequality. The life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is 11.5 years for men and 9.7 years for women. This ...
Top NT magistrate says placement policy neglects human rights of Indigenous ...ABC Online
Government pushes ahead with 10-year Indigenous health planThe Guardian
Asylum solution is building bridges, not putting up wallsSydney Morning Herald

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Federal Government announces 10-year policy framework for Indigenous health
ABC Online
The Federal Government says its new 10-year policy framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health will make a real difference to people's lives. The blueprint builds on the Federal Government's 2008 Closing the Gap health objectives and ...

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New federal indigenous health plan launched
Sky News Australia
The federal government has released a 10-year plan to close the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The life expectancy gap is 11.5 years for men and 9.7 years for women. The Labor government wants to close the gap by 2031.

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Indigenous exercise trends
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“The peer-reviewed literature suggests that some of the indigenous communities in Australia believe that taking time out to exercise alone was seen as selfish and therefore they didn't make the effort,” he said. “Other reasons, such as the expensive ...

Top NT magistrate says placement policy neglects human rights of Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The Northern Territory's chief magistrate says the pendulum has swung too far towards protecting Indigenous culture, at the expense of the basic human rights of Indigenous children. Hilary Hannam will soon leave the territory to take a seat on the ...

Indigenous education program for Port Stephens
ABC Online
Port Stephens is one of 25 sites across Australia chosen to be part of an education program that is designed to help parents become their children's first teacher. The Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters is designed to develop and ...

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Top NT magistrate says placement policy neglects human rights of Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The Northern Territory's chief magistrate says the pendulum has swung too far towards protecting Indigenous culture, at the expense of the basic human rights of Indigenous children. Hilary Hannam will soon leave the territory to take a seat on the ...

Indigenous entrepreneurs get a head start in Coffs this week
Coffs Coast Advocate
INDIGENOUS Business Australia (IBA) is running free Into Business workshops to assist indigenous Australians in the Coffs Harbour area who are interested in going into business. IBA chair Dr Dawn Casey said indigenous entrepreneurs who have business ...

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Australia: Fears Over New 'Stolen Generation'
Sky News
Campaigners are asking for the law to be changed to help rescue thousands of Aboriginal children in Australia from extreme neglect. Alcohol abuse is rife amongst indigenous communities and children are being abandoned while their parents drink. In some ...
Top NT magistrate says placement policy neglects human rights of Indigenous ...Yahoo!7 News

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Indigenous Australian game offers many lessons for Muay Thai
Bangkok Post
Muay Thai, like Australian rules football, is facing up to new challenges of expanding globally while retaining its national heritage. In terms of international marketing, the Australian Football League (AFL) won't compromise on what it perceives as ...

Legal conference looks at improving Indigenous justice
ABC Local
Judges and magistrates from across Australia and New Zealand are in Adelaide to discuss ways to improve the justice system's dealings with Indigenous people. The two-day Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration conference will consider the ...

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National Indigenous Music Award nominations announced
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Celebrated for promoting Indigenous music to the world stage, Yothu Yindi have also been nominated for Artist of the Year alongside prodigal former band member Gurrumul Yunupingu and pop singer/actress Jessica Mauboy. 'This year's nominations ...

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Aboriginal prisoners build outback community homes
ABC Message Stick
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that across the country, 74 per cent of Indigenous inmates have been in jail before. The Clarke brothers are proud of their educational achievements since joining the program and are happy to be ...

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Aboriginal prisoners build homes for outback communities to improve post ...
ABC Online
It is a baking hot day at Muswellbrook, in the upper Hunter Valley, where Indigenous inmates at the St Helliers Correctional Centre are building modular homes for Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales. It looks like any other construction ...

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Is the Australian resale royalty scheme benefiting indigenous artists?
Art Newspaper
Australia's artist resale royalty scheme, which came into effect in June 2010 and is currently being reviewed, seems to be offering increased protection to indigenous artists, with 60% of the artists who have been paid royalties being Aboriginal or ...

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Sydney Festival takes action on reconciliation
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'Given the track record of Sydney Festival in embracing Indigenous culture and trying to establish sound and sustainable bridges with Aboriginal Australia, I think this is certainly not a token gesture; it's not the first step but it is an important ...

Aboriginal-green link to fight gas projects
The Australian
Gavan McFadzean, The Wilderness Society's northern Australia campaign manager, said his organisation was keen to use iconic sites in the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula to develop a national campaign around the dangers of resource ...
Federal intervention 'demonised' Aboriginal menABC Online

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Uni body bans outspoken indigenous leader as 'unhealthy' for staff
The Australian
Ms Price, an outspoken campaigner against violence in Central Australia and a supporter of the Northern Territory intervention, says the episode raised serious issues of freedom of speech in academia and in indigenous communities. She had been due to ...

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Mind the gap: lessons for parents
The Australian
She will reveal the next 25 locations - from Palm Island in Queensland to East Kimberley in Western Australia, Mildura in Victoria and Riverland in South Australia - chosen for the program to focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families ...