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UN indigenous rep to probe mining impact
The Australian
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, James Anaya, is set to meet 75 people from indigenous communities, the federal government and mining industry officials at a round table in Melbourne. The unofficial visit is part of Mr ...

The Guardian (Australia)
Rates of suicide “a national tragedy”
The Guardian (Australia)
Indigenous wellbeing champion Tom Calma has called on the Australian government to properly resource and implement the nation's first Indigenous suicide prevention strategy once it is finalised. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's suicide ...
Action plan takes off at AirservicesPS News

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Brisbane Times
The hero too many of us still don't know
Brisbane Times
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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AEC still alive in Deadly Awards
PS News
Director of the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program at the AEC, Bob Eckhardt, said the nomination recognised the AEC's work in encouraging Indigenous Australians to enrol and vote through the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP).

Action plan takes off at Airservices
PS News
Mr Clark said the Action Plan took a holistic approach to creating meaningful and sustainable opportunities for Indigenous Australians across a range of roles and locations around Australia. “It raises awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

No new funding for petrol sniffing program
ABC Message Stick
The Federal Government will not renew funding to a pilot program aimed at reducing petrol sniffing on remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's outback. The Petrol Sniffing Strategy program at Indulkana on the APY lands in the state's far north was ...

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ABC Online
Firefighters confident burning off in Central Australia will prevent big blazes
ABC Online
Prescribed burns of more than 2000 square kilometres of Aboriginal land have just been completed across Central Australia, ahead of the upcoming fire season. The burning was done by 11 Indigenous ranger groups from the Central Land Council, using ...

Defense for the indigenous
The Japan Times
According to the United Nations, a native Aboriginal child born in Australia today can expect to die almost 20 years earlier than his or her nonnative compatriot. In countries where indigenous peoples are in sizeable numbers, they still fare poorly as ...

Sydney Morning Herald
The hero too many of us still don't know
Sydney Morning Herald
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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Indigenous outfits sell on world market
The Australian
Indigenous Business Australia and the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council have formed a partnership to help Aboriginal businesses seize the opportunities for growth created by the increasing number of corporate and government buyers wanting ...

Inquiry checks on child safety fears
The Australian
He raised concerns over the fact only 6 per cent of the department's $733 million budget was allocated to "what seems to be the most chronic problem", the over-representation of indigenous children in care. Mr Swan was initially ... Counsel assisting ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
The hero too many of us still don't know
Sydney Morning Herald
The irony of an indigenous Australian being forced to say sorry to Australia for celebrating his culture should not be lost on anyone, nor should this - the Aboriginal flag is an official Australian flag under the Flags Act 1953 (Cth) but is not ...

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Gurrumul Honoured At Australia's National Indigenous Music Awards
Contactmusic.com
Australian musician Gurrumul was given a boost on Saturday (11Aug12) after ongoing health woes forced him to cancel tour dates last month (Jul12) - he won a top award at the National Indigenous Music Awards. The singer/songwriter, full name Geoffrey ...

Sapphires hits the right note
The Australian
The film, based on the true story of an indigenous girl group sent to play for the troops in Vietnam, averaged more than $8000 on each of its 275 screens in a broad release. Including sneak previews ... Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 27 Jun – 16 ...
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Caught in a longterm cycle: homelessness in Australia
The Conversation
Respondents are on average younger, more likely to be single, have no dependent children, born in Australia and much more likely to be Indigenous Australian than in the general population. Journeys Home respondents also have much lower levels of ...

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Aboriginal artefacts uncovered at Rio Tinto coal mine
Australian Mining
According to geoarcheologist Phillip Hughes, the Hunter Valley is one of the most studied areas in the Australia due to the assessments for coal mining approvals. Rio reports that it believes Aboriginal artifact sites are scattered across its tenements ...

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Australian tourism to recruit Chinese students and indigenous Australians
eTurboNews
Early retirees, Chinese students and indigenous Australians will be targeted as employees in a plan to boost often-criticised service standards in the tourism industry. Federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson also wants to facilitate greater foreign ...
Retirees and Chinese students new tourism workersPerth Now

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ABC Online
Olympic chosen ones and Australia's secret past
ABC Online
She is Aboriginal, like Cathy Freeman who won a gold medal in the 400 metres at Sydney. For all their talent, both belong to a carefully constructed façade, behind which Australia's secret Indigenous history is suppressed and denied. The late Charlie ...

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Brisbane Times
Getting down to business
The Australian
THERE are a couple of things you don't expect to see in remote Aboriginal Australia and one is a 72-year-old billionaire barefoot on his hands and knees, laying carpet squares. That was, however, what Gerry Harvey was doing in the dusty town of Aurukun ...
Leading a local learning revolutionSydney Morning Herald

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