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GG to visit Canada with indigenous leaders
The West Australian
Governor-General Quentin Bryce will join a trio of indigenous Australian leaders on a trip to Canada. Ms Bryce will visit Canada on Tuesday and will be accompanied by Aboriginal leaders Dr Dawn Casey, Tony Wurramarrba and Jack Manning Bancroft.

South Australia takes the first step to overcome entrenched racism
National Indigenous Times
Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South South Australian Greens Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation spokesperson Tammy Franks has told the State's Parliament the Government's Constitution (Recognition of Aboriginal Peoples) ...

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Aboriginal tourism to converge on Alice Springs
eTurboNews
Just one year after the promulgation of the Larrakia Declaration on March 30, 2012 in Darwin, proposals are now being put in place for the next major gathering of Australian indigenous tourism, this time in Alice Springs in October 2013. In March 2012 ...

Indigenous kids removed from families 'in record numbers'
SBS
Muriel Bamblett from the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency says Indigenous Australia is over-represented in child protection and under-represented in family services. She called for the "failed government policies" dealing with child abuse to be ...
Study finds Indigenous children 8 times more likely to be abusedNational Indigenous Times

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White Australia second only to Norway for quality of life but 122nd for First ...
National Indigenous Times
Once again the United Nations has ranked Australia second behind Norway in its annual Human Development Index for public health, social wealth, education, even happiness. But if Aboriginal peoples stand alone Australia would not rank second - it would ...

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Leaders welcome Giles as Chief Minister with hope of change
National Indigenous Times
... the appointment with the hope Mr Giles will make achieve a positive difference for the lives of Indigenous Australians in the Territory. Mr Giles is the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed as a leader of government at either Federal, State ...
Territory of few people and more crowded housesABC Message Stick

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Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders
SBS
Young Indigenous Australians are being called on to educate and agitate as the spirit of the Black Power movement swept through Melbourne today. Former Black Panther representatives met with some of the country's most renowned Aboriginal activists to ...

SBS
Recognise movement hails South Australia's constitutional change
National Indigenous Times
The passage of South Australia's Constitution (Recognition of Aboriginal Peoples) Amendment Bill through the State's Lower House last week should speed the pace for a referendum on federal recognition. Recognise, the movement to recognise the first ...
Indigenous recognition in SA constitutionSBS

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New names in the running to lead indigenous body
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Congress is headed by co-chairs Jody Broun and Les Malezer, neither of whom will reveal if they will stand again. But young indigenous Brisbane woman Elise Wall and Indigenous Land Corporation director ...

Radio Australia
Indigenous health report sparks calls for funding overhaul
Radio Australia
... also revealed nearly half of the Indigenous population still smoke. Professor Jake Najman from the University of Queensland's School of Population Health says they are worrying statistics. "Smoking is the major contributor to death and disease in ...

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Mauboy treasures tale of Aboriginal singers who toured in Vietnam in '60s
Boston Herald
'The Sapphires,” an unlikely salute to Motown from Down Under, celebrates the true story of four young Aboriginal Australian women who toured Vietnam in the late '60s to entertain U.S. troops. The most sparkling Sapphire is Jessica Mauboy, 23, who ...
Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens talk ...Examiner.com

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James Packer's plan for indigenous employment: Gaming tycoon grand plans
StreetCorner
Crown Limited long along made everyone aware of its plan to create long-term job opportunities for indigenous Australians - it first signed up to the Australian Employment Covenant - the indigenous employment initiative founded by mining magnate Andrew ...

BBC News
The programme has a small crew, with just three video journalists
BBC News
Australia's trailblazing indigenous TV programme "Living Black" is celebrating a decade of bringing stories of triumph, resilience and tragedy to a national audience. The country's longest-running indigenous news and current affairs show has survived ...

Roadshow to showcase mining jobs for indigenous Australians
Australian Mining
Today's Gidarjil Roadshow in Bundaberg promise to be a good opportunity for local indigenous people to learn about employment in the state's booming energy sector. As NewsMail reports, the roadshow also aims to develop an accurate database of the ...

SBS
Indigenous recognition in SA constitution
SBS
Sir, in passing this Bill, we ensure that our constitution remains a living document that responds to our times. In relation to Aboriginal people, it means certain historical facts can now be included; that respect for Aboriginal spiritual, social and ...

Avoidable indigenous deaths fall: report
NEWS.com.au
In Western Australia, there was no improvement in incidence rates of treated end-stage renal disease in recent years - currently 12 times the rate for non-indigenous Australians. But there was a 35 per cent fall in the overall mortality of indigenous ...

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Avoidable indigenous deaths fall: report
The Australian
In Western Australia, there was no improvement in incidence rates of treated end-stage renal disease in recent years - currently 12 times the rate for non-indigenous Australians. But there was a 35 per cent fall in the overall mortality of indigenous ...

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The Good Kidney Riddle: Preventing Disease and Dialysis in the Younger ...
Crikey (blog)
Recently Donna Ah Chee, CEO , Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, gave a speech at the launch of the Kidney Action Network, examining progress in managing this major health threat to indigenous communities and the work still ahead. Many thanks to ...

Almost half all indigenous people older than 14 smoke daily
The Australian
A study released by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand found that almost half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged over 14 smoked on a daily basis, with kids as young as nine using tobacco. Overall, indigenous youth were twice ...

High hopes for new high-price NT resort
ABC Online
"This is a market that people are looking for if you have a high-end quality in an iconic site," chief executive of Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), Chris Fry, said. If all goes to plan, the Jawoyn will eventually buy-out IBA's share of the resort ...

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