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Savings identified in Australian indigenous justice reform agenda
Radio Australia
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is this week scheduled to deliver the government's annual report card on Indigenous affairs - the so-called 'close the gap' initiatives. Savings identified in Australian indigenous justice reform agenda (Credit ...

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Plan to tackle cancer among indigenous
The Australian
She said the agency was mainly an online network, which would provide evidence-based information on cancer among indigenous people, and "get researchers around Australia on the same page". "We know that indigenous people are less likely to get ...

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Engineering Summer School Fosters Indigenous Participation
DesignBuild Source
Curtin University's Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School (IAESS) is a week-long program which provides 24 indigenous students from around the country with the opportunity to experience different aspects of the engineering profession ...

The Canberra Times
Call to keep non-violent Indigenous criminals out of jail
ABC Online
A new report says Indigenous people convicted of non-violent crimes should be sent to treatment programs rather than prison. Deloitte Access Economics compiled a report for the Australian National Council on Drugs which shows more than $100,000 could ...
Rehab 'a $110k saving over jail'The Australian
Rehab, not jail, can reap rewardsThe Canberra Times
Tackling racism in health care: it requires some self-reflectionCrikey (blog)

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Big dollar savings identified in Indigenous justice reform agenda
ABC Online
PETER LLOYD: David Leha's worst fear for his children is that shared by any parent and all of those fighting for better quality of life for Indigenous Australians. Ted Wilkes is one of them. He's a Nyungar man from Western Australia, which has the ...

better voice for indigenous
Sydney Morning Herald
But if our mainstream parties were serious about dismantling barriers to indigenous representation, they would reform Australia's electoral system. This is the only realistic way to establish a meaningful parliamentary presence for indigenous Australians.
Who is Nova Peris?The Border Mail

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Agency goes online to tackle remote cancer
The Australian
The National Indigenous Cancer Network (NICaN), which will research and highlight the extent of cancer among indigenous Australians, and help deliver care, is being co-ordinated by Gail Garvey, Brisbane-based associate professor at the Menzies School ...

The Canberra Times
Rehab 'a $110k saving over jail'
The Australian
The report also confirms the over-representation of Aboriginal people in jail, the relationship between drug and alcohol addiction and crime and the high rates of recidivism among Australia's indigenous jail population. National Indigenous Drugs and ...
Rehab, not jail, can reap rewardsThe Canberra Times
Tackling racism in health care: it requires some self-reflectionCrikey (blog)

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A better voice for indigenous Australians
The Age
But if our mainstream parties were serious about dismantling barriers to indigenous representation, they would reform Australia's electoral system. This is the only realistic way to establish a meaningful parliamentary presence for indigenous Australians.

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Get on board All Stars concept, Choc
Fox Sports
I don't know what Anthony experienced personally but it's been a long time since he played NRL, and in that time a lot of indigenous players have been picked for Origin and Australia. "I walked into camp and was in awe of the calibre of indigenous ...

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New stolen generation fear 'perpetuates violence'
The Australian
'If you don't co-operate with Child Safety they use that against you'. Picture: Brian Cassey Source: The Australian. INDIGENOUS mothers have labelled Queensland's fractured child protection system "a stolen generation with another name" and are ...

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The great unmentionables of remote life
The Australian
The short summary: if policy experts from progressive and centrist camps could debate for once in unguarded candour, they would be forced to agree: the human landscape is no better across large tracts of remote indigenous Australia; in some areas it is ...

Aboriginal leader reflects on pain, and hope, of Australia Day
ABC Message Stick
Armidale-Dumaresq Council's Aboriginal Liaison Officer, Steve Widders, has been asked to be Moree's Australia Day Ambassador. He says he'll be making a speech about the benefits and opportunities of Australian life. Mr Widders says he's not asking ...

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Native title, mining and myths of reporting on indigenous Australia
Crikey
This was well demonstrated in Jennifer Mills' incisive 2011 piece “How to write about Aboriginal Australia”. Explorations of the native title system are a small subset of this tendency, and the scaremongering about losing one's backyard is yesterday's ...

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Indigenous Olympian prepares for Australian Senate
Radio Australia
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to make Ms Peris Australia's first Indigenous woman in federal parliament hasn't been without controversy - but it's now looking more certain after the ALP National Executive endorsed the former athlete to run for a ...

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Indigenous sex abuse services lacking: Ombudsman
ABC Online
His report looked at 12 Indigenous communities and found only a quarter of children reported at risk in Aboriginal communities receive a face-to-face visit from a child protection worker, because of high vacancy rates in remote areas. But Mr Barbour ...

Business Opportunities With Aboriginees
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), an organization that economically empowers Indigenous Australians through commercial ventures, reported that the number of Indigenous Australians interested in starting businesses through IBA increased by 30 percent ...

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Calma calls for debate on Australia Day date
National Indigenous Times
Dr Calma, who was named Australian of the Year for the Australian Capital Territory for his work as an inspirational advocate for human rights and social justice and is a well known and highly respected Elder, also served as Aboriginal and Torres ...

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Awards shine bright light on Indigenous talent
Yahoo!7 News
Darwin writer and film director Steve McGregor has been recognised for his work, picking up an award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards McGregor won the award for the Best Screenplay for Television for his work on the ABC ...

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Australia: Gillard imposes Aboriginal celebrity as Senate candidate
World Socialist Web Site
Peris is an Olympic and Commonwealth games gold medal winner—in 1996 and in 1998 for hockey and athletics respectively—and was named Young Australian of the Year in 1997. Apart from being a “treaty ambassador” for the former Aboriginal and ...

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