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Make way for more business: Mundine
The Australian
"Just like non-indigenous Australians have taken up the fly-in, fly-out opportunities, indigenous people who also take up these opportunities and then return to their own communities will be supporting their local economies," Mr Mundine said. "Where ...

Dodson's daughter sets sights on change
The Australian
"We're ready for change and we want to see the relationship improve between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians." Independent MP Rob Oakeshott -- who in 2010 insisted Labor commit to a referendum on Aboriginal ...

Gestational diabetes estimates inconsistent among Indigenous, Aboriginal ...
News-Medical.net
There is an increased risk for diabetes in Indigenous populations that is thought to extend to GDM; however, to date, no systematic synthesis of published literature has confirmed this. Searching electronic resources including Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL ...

Plenty Pathways attracts plenty of interest
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: There's a growing effort in Central Australia to get Indigenous people back into the cattle industry. It's familiar work, it's out on country, and it could be one way to keep Indigenous kids in training and out of jail. A new pilot program ...

Head of Corporate Services
Third Sector Magazine
Funded by the Australian Government, this organisation is a not-for-profit membership body supporting the growth of certified Indigenous business. Going from strength to strength they are now looking to expand the team to support this demand.

VIPtel in $2.5m telemarketing fine
The Australian
THE Federal Court has fined telco VIPtel $2.5 million over a telemarketing ruse targeting indigenous Australians living in remote communities. Federal Court Justice John Reeves found that the company breached consumer protection laws when it falsely ...
Telco marketer fined AU$2.5M for misleading indigenous communitiesZDNet
EDirect fined $2.5m for rogue telco conductComputerworld Australia
VIPtel Fined $2.5m For Selling Dodgy Optus Calls to AboriginalsSmartHouse
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Top indigenous corporations shift income balance
ABC Online
Most of the organisations deliver health services to Indigenous people and more than two-thirds of the income was generated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, nt ...

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Indonesian 'ghost nets' entangling turtles in Australian waters
Radio Australia
In remote far north Australia, a group of dedicated indigenous rangers and scientists are working to save endangered turtles. Indonesian 'ghost nets' entangling turtles in Australian waters (Credit: ABC). Each day is a struggle for the animals: many ...

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Income scheme for remote Aboriginal lands
ABC Online
An income management scheme will be introduced in remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's outback by the Federal Government. People on the APY Lands will be able to volunteer for the scheme but others will be referred by child protection ...
APY hit with dole controlsThe Australian

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Tributes for Queensland's first Aboriginal MP
Radio Australia
Eric Deeral was the first Indigenous Australian elected to the Queensland Parliament and the second Aboriginal Australian elected to any Parliament. He died on Wednesday at the age of 80. Yesterday Queenland politicians recognized him as a trailblazer ...

APY hit with dole controls
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin will today announce her plan for the troubled Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands to begin from next month. The $3.8 million scheme will enable Aborigines to volunteer to have welfare payments ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous issue spreads word in US
Sydney Morning Herald
But it's also a nod to the literary journal's last 40 pages, where the energy of the modern indigenous Australian voice has jumped halfway around the world, into one of the world's hottest publications. As any hipster will tell you, in between ...

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ABC Online
Remote community highlights Indigenous youth suicide concerns
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Spending on Indigenous Australia has recently topped $25 billion-a-year, yet in some Aboriginal communities there's a profound sense of despair. It's reflected in a suicide rate that's reaching epidemic proportions. In Western ...
Spate of suicides grips Aboriginal communityABC Message Stick

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Remote community highlights Indigenous youth suicide concerns
ABC Online
Aboriginal communities in Western Australia's Kimberley region represent the key concerns about an epidemic of Indigenous youth suicide with some lateral thinking being used in the search for answers, and a warning to Aboriginal viewers that this ...
Spate of suicides grips Aboriginal communityABC Message Stick

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Australia needs improved regional telecommunications: ACCAN panel
PC Advisor
Indigenous Remote Communications Association interim manager, Daniel Featherstone, questioned if the NBN and its future direction will increase or decrease the digital divide that exists between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia. He said the ...

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Another 30 reasons why Mal Brough should stay out of Indigenous affairs
National Indigenous Times
Mal Brough, the man who brought us the Northern Territory Intervention, has responded to concerns raised by 30 Indigenous leaders throughout Australia by declaring it doesn't matter because they do not represent the views of Indigenous Australia. The ...

Telco marketer fined AU$2.5M for misleading indigenous communities
ZDNet
Summary: The Australian Federal Court has hit VIPtel Mobile with a AU$2.5 million fine for signing up customers in remote indigenous communities where there is no mobile network coverage. Josh Taylor. By Josh Taylor | September 6, 2012 -- 03:55 GMT ...
Telemarketer fined $2.5m over mobile phone pushABC Online

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Can Indigenous education afford to wait for a real response to Gonski?
The Conversation
In all the discussion, media releases, press conferences and TV coverage of this week's government response to the Gonski review, it was fascinating that the issue of Indigenous education rated such little mention. More than the divisions between ...

Miners set the pace on closing the gap
The Australian
But Mr Gooda warns that if mining companies are forced to lay off indigenous workers alternative jobs must be found for those workers or they risk returning to welfare dependency. In comments to The Australian Mr Gooda said governments were letting ...

Canada's indigenous people march for justice
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

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