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1967 original wants youth to find fire in the belly
The Australian
SHIRLEY Peisley was barely 25 when she found herself thrust into the centre of the 1967 referendum campaign that counted Indigenous Australians in the census and gave them basic citizenship. A Ngarrindjeri woman from the southeast of South Australia, ...

From Claymore to Cape York the poverty endures
The Australian
THE ABC's Four Corners program this week on the southwestern Sydney housing commission suburb of Claymore, a humanitarian disaster 36 years in the making, showed that welfare ghettos are not restricted to indigenous Australia. Through the tender ...

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This is indigenous stars' time to shine
NEWS.com.au
Lance Franklin, Cyril Rioli and Shaun Burgoyne are all capable of turning a tight AFL grand final single-handedly in Hawthorn's favour, just as Adam Goodes and Lewis Jetta are for Sydney. All have the capacity to unleash a season-defining burst of ...
Jetts looks to glide across the puddlesSydney Swans

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Stronger Futures employment targets to deliver more local jobs in the Northern ...
Invest in Australia
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today announced the Australian Government's commitment to the employment targets during a visit to Wurli Wurlinjang Aboriginal Health Service in Katherine. “Delivering more local jobs and better ...
Federal Government announces Indigenous jobs targets for intervention spendingABC Online
INTERNATIONAL Australia: State Aboriginal employment targets to be set in ...Recruiter

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Dreamtime at the 'G for grand final day
WA today
The indigenous population of just over half a million represents 2.3 per cent of all Australians, about one in 40. Yet indigenous footballers have claimed about one in five Norm Smith medals, and represent one in nine of Saturday's 44 grand final players.
Indigenous stars loom as MCG match-winnersABC Online

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Indigenous tourism recognised at WA Tourism Awards
NEWS.com.au
So impressive were the awards that, in 1985, the concept was taken further and the Australian Tourism Awards were formed in that year. Now, all state and territory winners go on to compete in the national arena. The winners of the Perth Airport 2012 WA ...

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Indigenous tourism recognised at WA Tourism Awards
Herald Sun
So impressive were the awards that, in 1985, the concept was taken further and the Australian Tourism Awards were formed in that year. Now, all state and territory winners go on to compete in the national arena. The winners of the Perth Airport 2012 WA ...

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Aboriginal suicide prevention resource launched
ABC Online
Fifteen people have become the first graduates of a new program aimed at reducing high levels of suicide in remote Indigenous communities. The program teaches people how to identify others who might be at risk of suicide and the best ways to intervene.
Preventing suicide an artformNTNews.com.au

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National hepatitis B testing policy launched
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Australia's first national hepatitis B testing policy has been launched at the Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference targeting migrants and Indigenous Australians. The launch at an Auckland conference follows the “Auckland Statement” which called for ...

Google doodle honours famous South Australian
ABC Message Stick
He won a posthumous literary award and was later honoured by the University of Queensland Press, which established the David Unaipon Award to support new Aboriginal writers. From time to time, Google changes its standard search page logo to honour ...

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Mandatory code of conduct for Indigenous art industry
Radio Australia
Australian art dealers who run Indigenous galleries could soon be made to sign a code of conduct, that's designed to stamp out fraud in the industry. A voluntary system was set up two years ago. But now the Indigenous Art Code organisation is calling ...

Hunt continues for Aboriginal Boer War trackers - SBS Audio (mp3)

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50 Aboriginal trackers left behind after the Boer War - ABC PM Audio (mp3)

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Australia continues to "lag behind" Wall says
Gay NZ
Wall says Australia continues to lag behind New Zealand on human rights issues. “New Zealand gave women the right to vote in 1893 and this included indigenous women,” she points out. “Australia had full suffrage in 1911 but of note aboriginal people ...

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University of Melbourne researchers urge government to heed indigenous ...
India Education Diary
These included constitutional recognition of indigenous languages, support for interpreter services (especially in the health and justice sectors) and ways of ensuring that Australia's linguistic heritage is protected into the future, by supporting ...

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Australia's Northern Territory
The Economist
The NT covers a largely empty region that, at almost a fifth of Australia's land area, is bigger than South Africa. Yet its 232,000 people comprise just 1% of Australia's population. A big swing against Labor among the territory's indigenous people was ...

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Retirement holes need mending for vulnerable: Vamos
The Australian
THE federal government needs to find ways to widen the superannuation net to include the self-employed, people on paid parental leave and more indigenous Australians, according to a report released yesterday by the Association of Superannuation Funds ...
Flawed super debates overlook true focus: ASFAInvestorDaily
Super industry warns Government against targeting sectorABC Online

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Biggest ever Australian cultural festival in India from October
IBNLive.com
The festival will bring into its fold a series of unique 50-over and 20-over cricket matches between Australia's National Indigenous Cricket Team and the members of local cricket clubs in Mumbai and Pune. Another highlight of the featival is the ...
The other side of Down UnderDeccan Herald

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Australia?s Indigenous Fashion Week Begins
JustLuxe.com
Today in Sydney, Australia the first indigenous fashion week was announced. The event is coined the Australian Indigenous Fashion Week (AIFW), and the organization will be a platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designers to showcase high ...

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Researchers examine Indigenous kidney disease
ABC Online
Posted September 27, 2012 11:48:14. Map: Darwin 0800. Researchers are undertaking the first-ever longitudinal study of kidney disease in remote Australia. Aboriginal Australians are 15 times more likely to suffer kidney failure than the rest of the ...

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