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Scholarship Programme Aims to Give Australia 1st Indigenous PM
International Business Times AU
The ad is part of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation's (AIEF) ambitious dream to make that scenario a reality one day. However, to reach that goal, the foundation is raising $100 million to send 7,000 indigenous youth on scholarships for ...
Indigenous PM on the way: MundineThe Australian
Campaign to educate thousands of Indigenous studentsABC Message Stick
Plan for indigenous scholarshipsSky News Australia
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Campaign to educate thousands of Indigenous students
ABC Message Stick
But we do know that we've got great results and proven outcomes and we want to build on those and meet some of the demand from Indigenous mothers and children and families and communities across the country to have access to these great schools, ...

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Indigenous PM on the way: Mundine
The Australian
MANY Australians don't expect to see an indigenous prime minister in their lifetime but an educational foundation hopes to change that. About 90 per cent of the students granted scholarships by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation finish year ...
Plan for indigenous scholarshipsSky News Australia
An Indigenous PM: This can happenSBS

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Indigenous teens optimistic about future: survey
ABC Online
A closer look at Australia's largest annual youth survey shows Indigenous teenagers are overwhelmingly optimistic about the future. Mission Australia has released analysis of the responses of more than 600 Indigenous young people from its 2012 Youth ...
Indigenous youth see a less safe and more worrying worldThe Australian
Drive and ambition, but lacking opportunityABC Local
Having a job 'more important' to indigenous Generation Ys - The AgeThe Age
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Plan for indigenous scholarships
Sky News Australia
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) has unveiled a new fundraising target of $100 million to pay for the 7000 scholarships. Chief executive Andrew Penfold says AIEF scholarships have not only brought success for indigenous high school ...
An Indigenous PM: This can happenSBS
Indigenous scholarship recipient Thanasi Tiliakos at Scots College in Sydney's ...The Australian

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John Pilger: Suffering of Aboriginal people continues
Green Left Weekly
When I was at school in Sydney, standard texts often dismissed the most enduring human entity on earth: the indigenous first Australians. "It was quite useless to treat them fairly," wrote the historian Stephen Roberts, "since they were completely ...

Ambitious plan for indigenous scholarships
The Australian
A PRIVATE-SECTOR group is setting its sights high with a plan to send more than 7000 indigenous children to some of Australia's best schools. The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) has unveiled a new fundraising target of $100 million to ...

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An Indigenous PM: This can happen
SBS
Two thirds of Australians believe this country will never have an Indigenous Prime Minister during their lifetime, according to a recent Newspoll survey, and the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is on a mission to prove them wrong.
Indigenous scholarship recipient Thanasi Tiliakos at Scots College in Sydney's ...The Australian

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Boulevard honours indigenous leader
Geelong Advertiser
THE road connecting the Geelong Ring Road to the Surfcoast Highway has been named after a revered local indigenous man. Previously known as Stage 4C of the ring road project, the $90 million link will be known as Baanip Boulevard with work to start ...

Mission Australia's Youth Survey shows indigenous Australians are keen to work ...
The Daily Telegraph
Mission Australia's Youth Survey found Aboriginals aged 15 to 19 felt less likely than their non indigenous peers to feel they could choose to go to university (45 per cent v 74 per cent) or travel (24 per cent v 43 per cent). They worry about drugs ...

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Mission Australia's Youth Survey shows indigenous Australians are keen to work ...
NEWS.com.au
But a nationwide snapshot of indigenous young Australians also reveals their optimism and ambition comes despite feeling life offers fewer options and 20 per cent admitting they have no-one to turn to for support in times of crisis. Mission Australia's ...
Indigenous youth see a less safe and more worrying worldThe Australian
Having a job 'more important' to indigenous Generation Ys - The AgeThe Age
Ceremony welcomes ancestral remainsABC Local

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Indigenous youth see a less safe and more worrying world
The Australian
Mission Australia chief executive Toby Hall said while differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people remained stark, the survey uncovered a number of areas of common ground. "Unsurprisingly, the results show significant gaps between ...
Having a job 'more important' to indigenous Generation Ys - WA TodayWA today
Ceremony welcomes ancestral remainsABC Local

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Australia's first Indigenous ambassador
SBS
Australia's first indigenous ambassador, Damien Miller, flies out to his new post in Denmark tomorrow. Australia's first Indigenous ambassador flies out to his new post in Denmark tomorrow. Damien Miller has previously worked in the Australia High ...

Reviving Indigenous languages
SBS
6 May 2013, 12:40 pm - Source: Andy Park, SBS. Share This. 23 1 0. + Comment. 2. Around 93 percent of Australian Indigenous languages have become extinct, but one South Australian community is working to make sure they don't become a statistic.

Call to make NDIS indigenous friendly
The Australian
For the scheme, dubbed DisabilityCare Australia, to be successful for indigenous people there needed to be practical discussions about the support and assistance on offer. Deaf Australia spokeswoman Kim Curtis said as an indigenous woman, she often ...

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Victorian community reclaims Indigenous remains
SBS
The remains of thousands of Indigenous Australians are still in museums around Australia and overseas. Robin Hirst from the Museum of Victoria says the museum works with descendants of the bodies wherever possible. "We contact various traditional ...

Pride and identity: Reviving Indigenous languages
SBS
6 May 2013, 12:40 pm - Source: Andy Park, SBS. Share This. 0 0 0. + Comment. 0. Around 93 percent of Australian Indigenous languages have become extinct, but one South Australian community is working to make sure they don't become a statistic.

Cyber Safety Committee to meet with Brisbane indigenous schools
Computerworld Australia
The visits are part of the Committee's Inquiry, which began on 20 March 2013, into issues which affect indigenous Australians such as online racism. The Inquiry is particularly interested in how this affects young people in remote and rural communities.

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Emerging Indigenous Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
The Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership is looking to appoint its next two emerging leaders for those applicants who are at the beginning of their leadership journey. The Fellowship provides support to recognised leaders and opportunities to emerging ...