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Indigenous health initiative in doubt
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council is calling on the State Government to renew its commitment to an indigenous health initiative, saying lives will be lost if action is not taken. The Closing the Gap programme is a joint funding agreement between the state ...

Indigenous broadcaster panned for 'racist' claims
ABC Online
A Northern Territory Indigenous politician has lashed out at an Aboriginal broadcaster over his comments about racism in a Top End town. Country Liberals MLA Bess Price says Brisbane radio host Tiga Bayles is a hypocrite for saying Katherine "reeks of ...

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Indigenous health initiative in doubt
ABC Local
The Aboriginal Health Council is calling on the State Government to renew its commitment to an indigenous health initiative, saying lives will be lost if action is not taken. The Closing the Gap programme is a joint funding agreement between the state ...

The Indigenous fire project generating carbon credits
ABC Online
CLAIRE MACKAY, PRESENTER: A property in the Northern Territory has become the first Indigenous project in Australia to sell carbon credits. Caltex has bought half a million dollars worth of credits from the Indigenous Land Corporation, which runs Fish ...

Streamlined service to deliver stronger employment and training outcomes for ...
Invest in Australia
The Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Julie Collins, today announced a new process under the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) to further strengthen Indigenous employment and economic development opportunities.

Recent indigenous policy failures can't be pinned on Aborigines
The Australian
Mission Australia, the Smith Family and an array of mainstream bodies have pushed indigenous organisations to extinction. Their vast scale and capacity to win large government tenders mean local and regional indigenous organisations cannot compete.

The good news: the ′Journey to Recognition′ Relay
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has received support from across the political spectrum and resulted in the passing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Peoples Recognition Act 2013 (Cth) (link here) ensuring that a ...

Art from Black Australia calls Brisbane home
ABC Local
... photographs and moving-image works that interrogate and challenge the established history of Australia and installations responding to political and social situations affecting all Australians. "It's not just paintings on canvas; it takes ...

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Indigenous broadcaster panned for 'racist' claims
ABC Local
A Northern Territory Indigenous politician has lashed out at an Aboriginal broadcaster over his comments about racism in a Top End town. Country Liberals MLA Bess Price says Brisbane radio host Tiga Bayles is a hypocrite for saying Katherine "reeks of ...

Indigenous water rights stir ripples in ranks
ABC Online
A second Country Liberals MLA has questioned the Northern Territory Government's stand on strategic Indigenous water reserves. Traditional owners had hoped the Government would set aside water reserves for the future economic development of ...

Project improves conditions for Indigenous communities
UQ News
The University of Queensland is working on a collaborative project to improve health and education conditions for Australia's poorest Indigenous communities. The research explores the link between health and education outcomes and socioeconomic ...

Getting mobile mental health into Indigenous communities
ABC Local
The suicide rate for Indigenous people is four times Australia's national rate. Many Indigenous people live in remote parts of Australia where therapists able to deliver suicide prevention treatments are rare or non-existent. And most treatments have ...

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Getting mobile mental health into Indigenous communities
ABC Local
The suicide rate for Indigenous people is four times Australia's national rate. Many Indigenous people live in remote parts of Australia where therapists able to deliver suicide prevention treatments are rare or non-existent. And most treatments have ...

OPINION: Kidney disease's tragic impact on Indigenous community
Newcastle Herald
THE recent death of the lead singer of Yothu Yindi is a high-profile example of an event all too common in Aboriginal Australia. Older Aboriginal Australians (40 to 60 years old) are more than 15 times more likely to die of kidney disease than non ...

Indigenous water rights stir ripples in ranks
ABC Online
A second Country Liberals MLA has questioned the Northern Territory Government's stand on strategic Indigenous water reserves. Traditional owners had hoped the Government would set aside water reserves for the future economic development of ...

Indigenous Australia's got operatic talent
Limelight Magazine
Australia's National Indigenous Opera Company, Short Black Opera, will continue its annual tradition of mentoring young Indigenous operatic talent when 15 promising Indigenous singers from across the nation come together at the University of Melbourne ...

Indigenous Australia's got operatic talent
Limelight Magazine
Australia's National Indigenous Opera Company, Short Black Opera, will continue its annual tradition of mentoring young Indigenous operatic talent when 15 promising Indigenous singers from across the nation come together at the University of Melbourne ...

Cultural wall sees Indigenous men miss welfare pay
Yahoo!7 News
A culture barrier is leading young Indigenous Australians in remote Northern Territory communities to miss out on welfare payments. Experts are calling on the Federal Government to identify and manage the cultural barriers, concerned domestic abuse ...

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Aborigines thrive in working heart of Australia
The Australian
While the majority of the resort's indigenous employees are from larger urban centres, the resort is slowly emerging as an employment prospect for many of central Australia's remote communities. Yulara sits just north of South Australia's Anangu ...