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University of Newcastle's talented graduates recognised at 2018 Alumni Awards - Newcastle Herald

Fri, 2018/09/14 - 4:16am

Newcastle Herald

University of Newcastle's talented graduates recognised at 2018 Alumni Awards
Newcastle Herald
Australia's first Indigenous ophthalmologist, Dr Kristopher Rallah-Baker, received the Indigenous Alumni Award for delivering quality eye care to Indigenous communities. Dr Rallah- Baker has undertaken work in Alice Springs and Fiji through the Fred ...

Cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here - SBS (blog)

Fri, 2018/09/14 - 2:07am

SBS (blog)

Cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
SBS (blog)
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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Nine-year-old Harper Nielsen got attacked by politicians for taking a stand. She's now making international headlines - Women's Agenda

Fri, 2018/09/14 - 1:09am

SBS (blog)

Nine-year-old Harper Nielsen got attacked by politicians for taking a stand. She's now making international headlines
Women's Agenda
It completely disregards the Indigenous Australians who were here before us,” Nielsen told Nine on why she didn't want to participate in singing the national anthem. “I'm not someone who obliges by the rules of older people, just because they are older.”.
Indigenous community 'sits with' anthem schoolgirlSBS (blog)
Harper is not an impudent child, she is hopeThe Sydney Morning Herald
Why doesn't Hanson's free speech extend to kids?Courier Mail
Bustle -fox6now.com -National Post
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How Indigenous women have become targets in a domestic violence system intended to protect them - The Conversation AU

Fri, 2018/09/14 - 12:08am

The Conversation AU

How Indigenous women have become targets in a domestic violence system intended to protect them
The Conversation AU
A domestic violence protection order is the most common legal response to domestic and family violence in Australia. Every year, Queensland courts issue about 25,000 orders to protect people from domestic violence. But in a system originally intended ...

Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here - Tasmania Examiner

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 10:52pm

Tasmania Examiner

Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Tasmania Examiner
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here - Illawarra Mercury

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 10:50pm

Illawarra Mercury

Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Illawarra Mercury
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here - Illawarra Mercury

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 10:48pm

Illawarra Mercury

Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Illawarra Mercury
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

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The bush magistrate - ABC News

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 9:38pm

ABC News

The bush magistrate
ABC News
It's a habit the West Australian magistrate has developed during her visits to the Ngaanyatjarra Lands — an area almost twice the size of Tasmania and the nation's single largest determination of native title. In Blackstone, a community of roughly 200 ...

INTERACTIVE: We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here - The Conversation AU

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 8:34pm

The Conversation AU

INTERACTIVE: We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
The Conversation AU
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

Should learning an Indigenous language be compulsory at school? - ABC News

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 8:05pm

ABC News

Should learning an Indigenous language be compulsory at school?
ABC News
The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants the Maori language taught in all primary schools in the country by 2025. Is that something we should be doing here in Australia with Indigenous languages? Maori is an officially recognised language in ...

Crime scenes: Aboriginal deaths in custody continue - Red Flag

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 7:43pm

Red Flag

Crime scenes: Aboriginal deaths in custody continue
Red Flag
At less than 3 percent of the Australian population, Indigenous adults are 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Indigenous people; juveniles are 24 times more likely. The fastest-growing prison population is Indigenous women. The database ...

Ikea executive says he is a 'bit ashamed' of below par ranges that don't fit with Australian lifestyles - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 4:59pm

NEWS.com.au

Ikea executive says he is a 'bit ashamed' of below par ranges that don't fit with Australian lifestyles
NEWS.com.au
Mr Engman also flagged that we may soon see products featuring indigenous art with the company collaborating with the renowned Pwerle Gallery. “We're going to do a collection with Pwerle, do something with indigenous art in Australia and give that back ...

Silence is golden but not when it's permanent - The Australian

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 2:14pm

The Australian

Silence is golden but not when it's permanent
The Australian
In Australia, about 10 in every 10,000 births involves a child who will be diagnosed with a moderate or greater hearing loss in both ears. By the age of 17, another 23 children in 10,000 will acquire a hearing impairment. The indigenous are most at risk.

Black Rainbow reaches out to gay indigenous mob - The Australian

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 2:02pm

The Australian

Black Rainbow reaches out to gay indigenous mob
The Australian
Dameyon Bonson had a light bulb moment a few years ago, while working in the fraught area of indigenous suicide in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Why, he suddenly wondered while pondering the grim monotony of continuing deaths, was ...

Advance Australia to a place where ex-PMs don't re-Joyce at losing government - The Australian

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 2:00pm

The Australian

Advance Australia to a place where ex-PMs don't re-Joyce at losing government
The Australian
All adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in South Australia from 1856, in Victoria from 1857, New South Wales from 1858, and Tasmania from 1896 including indigenous people … (In 1895) all adult women in South Australia ...

Harper is not an impudent child, she is hope - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 1:42pm

Times Now

Harper is not an impudent child, she is hope
The Sydney Morning Herald
“[The anthem] says 'Advance Australia Fair', which when it was originally written meant advance white Australia. It says we are young, but we're not young if we count the Indigenous Australians, who were here for over 50,000 before the British ...
Nine-yr-old Australian girl threatened by politicians after her refusal to stand for 'racist' national anthemTimes Now
9-year-old Australian girl punished for refusing to stand for anthem in 'racism' protestWAPT Jackson
Aust schoolgirl's national anthem protestPOST-COURIER

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Indigenous community 'sits with' anthem schoolgirl - SBS (blog)

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 8:23am

SBS (blog)

Indigenous community 'sits with' anthem schoolgirl
SBS (blog)
Indigenous people from around Australia, including high profile sports stars and TV personalities have banded together to support the Queensland schoolgirl who refused to stand for the national anthem last week. The nine-year-old Harper Nielsen ...
Harper is not an impudent child, she is hopeThe Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Politicians Threaten Schoolgirl Over National Anthem ProtestWRAL.com
Prominent Australian politicians attack 9-year-old for not standing during national anthemfox6now.com
Times Now -National Post -The Mary Sue
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NT pipeline to make substantial contribution, says industry - Alice Springs News Online

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 5:07am

Alice Springs News Online

NT pipeline to make substantial contribution, says industry
Alice Springs News Online
The MCA says the mining industry is a large employer of Indigenous Australians. In 2016, Indigenous Australians were 3.8% of the mining industry workforce – more than double the national average of 1.7% and the highest Indigenous employment share of ...

News - Manning River Times

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 2:29am

Manning River Times

News
Manning River Times
“All Australians have access now to a resource that teaches them about Indigenous Australia and also provides a great engagement tool for those Indigenous students who are disengaging with the education system and have fallen through the cracks, ...

Noel Pearson envisages an Australia unified through the pursuit of self-interest - UNSW Newsroom

Thu, 2018/09/13 - 12:36am

UNSW Newsroom

Noel Pearson envisages an Australia unified through the pursuit of self-interest
UNSW Newsroom
His proposed declaration put words to a unified vision of Australia that threaded together the nation's Indigenous, white colonial and multicultural immigrant heritage for the first time, providing an unexpected cherry to his characteristic serving of ...

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