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More funding for indigenous program
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has welcomed the State Government's announcement it will continue to fund an initiative aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. The Health Minister Kim Hames has ...

More funding for indigenous program
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has welcomed the State Government's announcement it will continue to fund an initiative aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of indigenous Australians. The Health Minister Kim Hames has ...

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New Language Discovery in Remote Indigenous Community in Australia ...
Science Daily (press release)
June 18, 2013 — A new language has been discovered in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia that is generated from a unique combination of elements from other languages. Light Warlpiri has been documented by University of Michigan ...
Scientists discover new language in AustraliaHindustan Times

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Qld Indigenous legal service 'disappointed' with High Court ruling
ABC Local
Queensland's Indigenous legal service says it is disappointed to have lost a High Court appeal against sly-grogging charges on Palm Island off the state's north. Palm Island woman Joan Maloney was challenging a fine she received after being found with ...

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Qld Indigenous legal service 'disappointed' with High Court ruling
ABC Local
Queensland's Indigenous legal service says it is disappointed to have lost a High Court appeal against sly-grogging charges on Palm Island off the state's north. Palm Island woman Joan Maloney was challenging a fine she received after being found with ...
Alcohol bans not racist: High CourtThe North West Star
High Court backs alcohol ban targeting indigenous peopleSydney Morning Herald
Booze bans 'don't breach race laws'Sky News Australia
The Australian -ABC Online
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Aboriginal alcohol bans ruled "not discriminatory" by Australian High Court
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
SYDNEY, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Australian High Court Wednesday ruled in favor of indigenous alcohol bans for the Aboriginal community of Palm Island on the Great Barrier Reef in northern Queensland. The court found that alcohol management plans in ...
Grog bans are legalABC Online
Qld indigenous leaders hail alcohol reviewHerald Sun
Alcohol bans not racist: High CourtThe North West Star
The Australian
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Kado Muir 1 (mp3)

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The Guardian
Alcohol restrictions protect Aboriginal people, high court rules
The Guardian
Alcohol management plans do not breach racial discrimination laws because they are "special measures" designed to protect vulnerable Indigenous communities, Australia's high court has ruled. In a ruling handed down in Canberra on Wednesday, the court ...
Qld indigenous to have a say on alcoholNinemsn
Qld booze bans don't breach race lawsThe West Australian
High Court rejects challenge to alcohol restriction laws over smuggling convictionABC Local

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Audio: Kado Muir talks on the Walkajurra Walkabout journey - 3CR (mp3)

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Canberra work experience for future indigenous Australian leaders
Recruiter
Over 100 indigenous secondary school students from across Australia are undertaking a week of work experience with the Australian government in the nation's capital city of Canberra. The Learn Earn Legend! Work Exposure with Government programme is ...

Audio: Is the White Australia policy still being used on refugee selection? (mp3)

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Indigenous Fellowship for Emerging Leaders
Pro Bono Australia
Emerging Indigenous Leaders in Victoria are encouraged to apply for the Australian Communities Foundation's fellowship. Two leaders will be chosen as part of the leadership program which provides people with the support they need to achieve their ...

New Govt Advisors on Indigenous Health
Pro Bono Australia
Australia's first Indigenous psychologist Prof Pat Dudgeon and human rights campaigner Dr Tom Calma AO, the new chancellor of the University of Canberra will chair the advisory group who will advise on practical and strategic ways to improve Indigenous ...

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Audio - Ms. Marta Mauras, Former UN Committee member on the Rights of the Child - CAAMA News (mp3)

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Indigenous housing in urgent need of repair
ABC Online
A Canberra community housing provider says most of its properties are run down or badly in need of repair because of funding shortages. The independent Southside Housing Aboriginal Corporation (SHAC) rents seven houses to Indigenous people on low ...

Indigenous housing in urgent need of repair
ABC Online
A Canberra community housing provider says most of its properties are run down or badly in need of repair because of funding shortages. The independent Southside Housing Aboriginal Corporation (SHAC) rents seven houses to Indigenous people on low ...

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Photography workshop trains lens on lives of Indigenous young people
UNICEF Australia (blog)
In May, well-known international UNICEF photographer Giacomo Pirozzi visited communities outside of Darwin to run photography workshops with 20 Indigenous children and youth. Giacomo has run these EYE SEE photography workshops, supported by ...

Audio: Michael Mansell - PHASE ONE of Treaty/Sovereignty Talks Brisbane (May 18/19 (mp3)

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Australia's indigenous animals and birds have a surprising knack of visiting ...
ChristianToday
A recent AdelaideNow.com news article detailed how a Koala on a very hot day, climbed the garden and pool fence, had it's fill of water being so hot, and then took its rest under the jetty on the cool rocks all afternoon, moreover with the householders ...

Amnesty takes aim at Australia ignoring “rights for all” agenda
National Indigenous Times
Amnesty International's annual State of the World's Human Rights report has taken aim at Australia's neglect of Aboriginal peoples and its maltreatment of asylum seekers declaring Australia was now a country ignoring the "rights for all" agenda. The ...