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Experts want review into rate of young Indigenous men missing out on welfare
ABC Online
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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Building better communities for remote Indigenous Australians
FutureGov Magazine
Thousands of economically and socially vulnerable Indigenous Australians living in remote communities in South Australia rely on the Department of Community and Social Inclusion's (DCSI) Aboriginal and Remote Housing (ARH) unit for safe, quality ...

New initiative for Indigenous musicians set to open in Broome
artsHub Australia (subscription)
The inaugural Nurlu Jalbingan opens in Broome tomorrow, Thursday 13 June, just over a week since the death of one of Australia's most successful contemporary Aboriginal singer/songwriter, the internationally successful frontman of Yothu Yindi. Designed ...

Call to honour indigenous servicemen
The Canberra Times
Aborigines have served in every conflict involving Australia, from the Boer War to the present day, and at least five Aboriginal Diggers are buried at Gallipoli with an estimated 500 to 600 enlisting for the ''Great War''. Exact figures are hard to ...

Mining company commits to Indigenous Australia
The Transcontinental
PRESENTATION: Exact Mining Services' human resources manager Mim Saric presents Chad McKenzie with his certificate. Exact Mining Services have reconfirmed their commitment to Indigenous Australians during a presentation at Davenport Community ...

Pop-up studio in Alice Springs to tackle rip-offs in Indigenous art market
ABC Online
Pop-up studio in Alice Springs to tackle rip-offs in Indigenous art market. Updated June 11, 2013 09:07:00. A group of community art centres is creating an innovative pop-up studio for artists visiting Alice Springs from remote communities, to tackle ...

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Hospital painting ends Indigenous artist exploitation
ABC Online
The problem of famous Aboriginal artists being ripped off by unscrupulous dealers continues to plague the indigenous art market. Now a group of community art centres is tackling the issue themselves by creating an innovative pop-up studio for artists ...

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NEC's indigenous traineeship to bridge digital divide
The Australian
Fujitsu launched its indigenous IT traineeship program early last year in Western Australia. The program educates indigenous students in conjunction with their secondary school curriculum to prepare them for a career or further study in the IT sector ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
Courier Mail
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Daily Telegraph
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

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Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Australian
"There is a tri-state area in the middle of Australia which is a Bermuda triangle for domestic violence against Aboriginal women," said South Australian university lecturer and anthropologist, Professor Peter Sutton. "People don't want to know, but how ...

Violence against Aboriginal women 80 times worse
The Australian
Aboriginal women 80 times more likely to be hospitalised for assault; "Disastrous" school attendance rates of remote indigenous children; Australians "don't want to know" about shame in their backyard. DO you want the shocking truth? There's a place in ...

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Australia challenged to match France in promoting indigenous art
News Tribe
PARIS: Australia has been challenged to match France's promotion of Aboriginal art after the inauguration of a landmark work in Paris. Gija artist Lena Nyadbi's Dayiwul Lirlmim (Barramundi Scales) will be seen by millions of visitors to the French ...

Abbott says Coalition would want new engagement with Aboriginal people if ...
The Daily Telegraph
TONY Abbott says the marginalisation of indigenous Australians remains the darkest tale in this nation's story, but says if elected he will work to ensure there is not yet another lapse into complacency. Responding to a News Limited series on chronic ...

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Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Chief executive Andrew Penfold ...
Herald Sun
OVERCOMING gross disadvantage of Australia's indigenous people is surely the greatest moral challenge facing our nation. Paul Keating summed it up in his Redfern speech 20 years ago, when he said it was we who took the traditional lands and smashed ...
Marclene helping to nurse the future of indigenous educationNEWS.com.au

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Abbott says Coalition would want new engagement with Aboriginal people if ...
Herald Sun
TONY Abbott says the marginalisation of indigenous Australians remains the darkest tale in this nation's story, but says if elected he will work to ensure there is not yet another lapse into complacency. Responding to a News Limited series on chronic ...

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Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Chief executive Andrew Penfold ...
NEWS.com.au
Andrew Penfold, Chief executive of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Source: News Limited. OVERCOMING gross disadvantage of Australia's indigenous people is surely the greatest moral challenge facing our nation. Paul Keating summed it ...

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Australia has no culture? You've got to be joking
WA today
In more recent times I had dealings with an English journalist who was granted high office in the Australian media. We were discussing the plight of Aboriginal Australia and he said to me, ''This country has the worst history in the world.'' He said it ...

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Australia has no culture? You've got to be joking
Brisbane Times
In more recent times I had dealings with an English journalist who was granted high office in the Australian media. We were discussing the plight of Aboriginal Australia and he said to me, ''This country has the worst history in the world.'' He said it ...

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