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Dodgy backs linked to psych problems
NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were 25 per cent more likely to report having back problems than non-Indigenous Australians in 2004-05. The snapshot said back problems had a considerable impact on both the sufferer and the community, with people ...
Mental illness more common in those with back problemsThe Conversation

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Redmond slams Labor over APY 'squalor'
The Australian
ABORIGINES in South Australia's remote indigenous communities have been condemned to live in "filth and squalor" by years of successive Labor government failure, says state Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond. Ms Redmond has just returned to Adelaide ...

Mr Clarke's death -Tiga Bayes Interview with daughter Kylie Hampton (mp3)

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Live coverage: London Olympics Day 3
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Hooper, an Indigenous Australian from Dalby, steps into the ring wearing a shirt with an Aboriginal flag on it. He's ripped it off and is in red for the fight. We're about to go. Chris Dutton 4.01pm — Chris Dutton (women's basketball): Uh-oh, The ...

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Michael Anderson Interview following Moree Gathering (mp3)

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Wayne Blair and Deborah Mailman tell the amazing true story behind The ...
ABC Online
The Sapphires tells the story of a group of Indigenous Australian girls dubbed 'Australia's answer to The Supremes' during the late 1960's who travelled to Vietnam to perform for the troops. Deborah says that the films historical setting gave her the ...

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ABC Online
Backing sought for indigenous Constitution push
The Australian
ORGANISATIONS including schools and businesses are being urged to apply for funding to run an activity or campaign to raise awareness and build momentum for a drive to change the Constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians. Funding is now ...
Aboriginal people to install solar systems in remote WA communitiesABC Online
NRL help Close the GapBigPond Sport
Titans unveil 'Close The Gap' jerseyWorld of Rugby League
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ABC Online
Aboriginal people to install solar systems in remote WA communities
ABC Online
An Indigenous mining company has joined forces with a solar power company to build renewable energy systems in remote Western Australia. Carey Power plans to train and employ local Aboriginal people to install and maintain the power systems, which ...

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NRL help Close the Gap
NRL.COM
Rugby League was the first sporting code in Australia to join the Close the Gap campaign with an inaugural Close the Gap Round in 2009 and this year's game-wide activities will again highlight the importance of working to improve Indigenous health ...

Sky News Australia
Comeback trail Brough weighs into policy
The Australian
Mr Brough, who served as indigenous affairs minister and parliamentary secretary for workplace relations in the Howard government, said today the issues were both high on his agenda. “Whatever I do in life, (indigenous affairs) will continue to be a ...
Slipper saga: Brough blames 'media conspiracy'Sydney Morning Herald

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The Age (blog)
Mind the gap
The Age (blog)
In fact, NSW can boast almost three times as many indigenous people as Western Australia. It has well over three times the number in the Northern Territory. You could add the total indigenous population of South Australia and Tasmania to WA and the NT ...

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Sky News Australia
Aboriginal ceremonies overpriced- elder
Sky News Australia
Melbourne councils are paying up to $850 for a 20-minute welcome-to-country ceremony that should only cost a few hundred dollars, says an elder. The paper says it can cost up to $850 for an elder to perform a 20-minute welcome and smoking ceremony.
Too much for ritesHerald Sun

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Aboriginal ceremonies overpriced: elder
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous ceremonies have been performed at council events such as citizenship ceremonies, multicultural and Australia Day celebrations, with most done by the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council. Advertisement ...
Too much for ritesHerald Sun

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Aboriginal ceremonies overpriced: elder
Ninemsn
Indigenous ceremonies have been performed at council events such as citizenship ceremonies, multicultural and Australia Day celebrations, with most done by the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council. But Wurundjeri elder Ian ...
Too much for ritesHerald Sun

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Warning over plans to turn Australia's north into 'Asia's foodbowl'
ABC Online
Indigenous Australian land authorities have warned that any plan to develop northern Australia as a food bowl for Asia needs to be thought about carefully. Andrew Robb - a member of parliament from Australia's opposition Coalition - is finalising a ...

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'No legal barriers' to Canberra forcing roadhouses to sell Opal
The Australian
About 10 such retailers have been criticised for allowing petrol sniffing to continue. After completing a study last week into a Greens-sponsored bill that would allow the government to compel retailers to switch to the non-sniffable fuel, University ...

Macklin may act in land body row
The Australian
A BITTER board dispute at the $1 billion Indigenous Land Corporation has escalated into a legal wrangle involving Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin and thrown the membership of the organisation's audit committee into question. Two of the ILC ...

Michael Anderson Interviewed by Sue Lee 3CR Melbourne (mp3)

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Ocuupy London Speech by Michael Anderson - December 2011 (mp3)

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Radio Australia
Indigenous land officials urge caution on plans to turn the north into 'Asia's ...
Radio Australia
The Northern Land Council is one of Australia's largest bodies overseeing Indigenous land rights. It says there's little difference between the positions of the Coalition opposition, and Australia's Labor federal government, in developing the north as ...