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home ownership is the key
The Australian
The 75,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living on these lands - the 20 per cent of Australia that has been returned to indigenous ownership and control - have the worst health, shortest life expectancy, more alcohol, drug abuse and violence ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Kevin Rudd snubbed on indigenous apology
The Australian
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has addressed the crowd at a concert in Canberra celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Apology to Indigenous Australians. KEVIN Rudd was left out of a key event marking the fifth anniversary of his historic apology to ...
Indigenous Constitutional Bill sails through Australian parliamentRadio Australia
Nation's 'wound' closer to being healedSydney Morning Herald
New govt bill recognises Australia's indigenous communityThe Sunshine Coast Daily
ABC Online -TNT Magazine -Deutsche Welle
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Myth of Indigenous rural heart health dispelled
Science Network Western Australia
aboriginal todd_river The University of Western Australia's Dr Judith Katzenellenbogen, spokesperson for the ongoing NHMRC-funded project, says the message is clear.. Image: iStockA NEW study has dispelled the belief that heart disease is higher among ...

Australia recognises indigenous peoples
Irish Times
Australia's lower house of parliament yesterday passed legislation recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the country's first inhabitants. The Bill, which coincided with the fifth anniversary of the government's apology to the “stolen ...

Effective Programs Aimed at Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Government figures show that in 2008, nearly one-third (32%) of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over reported high or very high levels of psychological distress-more than twice the proportion for non-Indigenous adults. The Indigenous suicide rate is ...

Indigenous Constitutional Bill sails through Australian parliament
Radio Australia
Five years to the day after the Australian Parliament delivered an apology to the Stolen Generations, indigenous children forcibly taken from their parents in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, the first step's been taken towards Constitutional recognition of ...

Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapter
The Canberra Times
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples board members Les Malezer and Jody Broun respond to the Act of Recognition for Australia's indigenous population. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. I was born when Aboriginal people did not ...

Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapter
The Age
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples board members Les Malezer and Jody Broun respond to the Act of Recognition for Australia's indigenous population. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. I was born when Aboriginal people did not ...

Australia's parliament recognizes indigenous peoples as first inhabitants
Deutsche Welle
The House of Representatives approved the bill in a unanimous vote on Wednesday, giving the nearly 500,000 indigenous Australians legal recognition as the nation's first inhabitants. Prime Minister Julia Gillard stressed the importance of gaining ...

Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapter
Sydney Morning Herald
But many indigenous Australians, and indeed Howard himself, continued to press the importance of constitutional recognition. Howard rededicated himself to the task in 2007, and it has long been the policy for parties across the political spectrum.

Substance abuse inspires celebration of Aboriginal culture
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: It's been an historic day for Indigenous Australians. Legislation acknowledging them as the first inhabitants of Australia has passed the Federal Parliament. The recognition is welcome of course, but there's still a long, long ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Parliamentary bill to acknowledge indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
Australia's lower house of parliament has passed a bill, committing the country to changing the constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians. Parliamentary bill to acknowledge indigenous Australians (Credit: ABC). The symbolic move is aimed at ...
Parliament votes for indigenous recognitionThe Australian
Nation's 'wound' closer to being healedSydney Morning Herald
New govt bill recognises Australia's indigenous communityThe Sunshine Coast Daily
ABC Online -TNT Magazine -Deutsche Welle
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TNT Magazine
Australian parliament unanimously passes indigenous recognition bill for ...
TNT Magazine
"I do believe the community is willing to embrace the justice of this campaign because Australians understand that indigenous culture and history are a source of pride for us all," Ms Gillard said. "This bill seeks to foster momentum for a referendum ...
Australia passes indigenous recognition billBBC News
Constitution needs to include Australia's first chapterThe Age
Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia GillardThe Daily Telegraph
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Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia Gillard
The Australian
There was no mention of indigenous Australians, their connection to the land, their dispossession, their proud and ancient cultures, or the ''unhealed wound that even now lies open at the heart of our national story'' in the document's 128 sections ...

Kevin Rudd led indigenous recognition, says Julia Gillard
NEWS.com.au
There was no mention of indigenous Australians, their connection to the land, their dispossession, their proud and ancient cultures, or the ''unhealed wound that even now lies open at the heart of our national story'' in the document's 128 sections ...

New govt bill recognises Australia's indigenous community
The Sunshine Coast Daily
THE fifth anniversary of former prime minister Kevin Rudd's apology to members of the stolen generation was marked by the passing of a bill through the lower house to recognise "the unique and special place" of indigenous Australians. Prime Minister ...

Making the national apology count for Indigenous children
The Conversation
Fiona Arney at the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia receives research funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Government Department of ...

BBC News
Australia passes indigenous recognition bill
BBC News
Australia's lower house has unanimously passed a bill recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples as the country's first inhabitants. The move came on the fifth anniversary of the historic apology to indigenous Australians for past ...

Politics live: February 13, 2013
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Constitution needs to acknowledge the simple truth that the continent was not empty when the settlers arrived. The absence of recognition has proved a means of entrenching discrimination against indigenous peoples since white settlement.

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Ol politisen sapotim Indigenous luksave vote
Radio Australia
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