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Indigenous recognition is overdue, Australia must act now - Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 10:04pm

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

Indigenous recognition is overdue, Australia must act now
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
A GREAT many of us who do not have indigenous heritage feel a gnawing discomfort when discussing issues that pertain to Australia's first nation people. We worry what we say might be rude, or insensitive or - worse - culturally offensive. And those in ...

Racism likely at play in low Indigenous kidney transplants, AMA says - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 8:15pm

ABC Online

Racism likely at play in low Indigenous kidney transplants, AMA says
ABC Online
"It's certainly not fair, and we, myself and several colleagues, have called — and will continue to call — for fairness as part of our system of allocating the scarce resource of kidney donations," he said. Kidney specialist, Professor Steve Chadban ...

Indigenous recognition long overdue - Courier Mail

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:14pm

Courier Mail

Indigenous recognition long overdue
Courier Mail
Indigenous Australians are at a serious disadvantage in health, education and employment. Among other things, they have the highest incarcerations rates of any First Nation people on the planet. Their children are disproportionately taken from their ...

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Ballet meets indigenous dance in Milngia, Milky Way — River of Stars - The Australian

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Ballet meets indigenous dance in Milngia, Milky Way — River of Stars
The Australian
He arrived in Perth in 2013 with his French ballerina wife Sandy Delasalle and son Matteo to take up the leadership of Australia's oldest ballet company. One of the first people he met in Perth was Northern Territory choreographer Gary Lang, born in ...

Nationals new deputy silent on weekend trip to Gold Coast - The Australian

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Nationals new deputy silent on weekend trip to Gold Coast
The Australian
She also listed additional expenses for her following week in Canberra, starting on September 21, writing she was in the nation's capital because it was a parliamentary sitting week. On other 2014 trips she claimed further allowances. She explained a ...

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Migrant students outperforming native English speakers: NAPLAN results - SBS

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 7:06am

SBS

Migrant students outperforming native English speakers: NAPLAN results
SBS
Nationally, the group had a higher mean scale score by 31 points, compared to the native English speaking students. It is a marked contrast from the Year 1 results for migrant students when hundreds start school with limited or no English language ...
Children from migrant families are standout performers in spelling, NAPLAN results showABC Online
High school reading stalls in NAPLAN 'wake-up call'The Australian
NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continueThe Conversation AU

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Woeful scores for Indigenous NT students - EducationHQ Australia

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 5:40am

EducationHQ Australia

Woeful scores for Indigenous NT students
EducationHQ Australia
The more remote an Aboriginal NT child lives, the less likely they are to attain the national minimum standard, with 92 per cent of Year 9 Indigenous students in very isolated regions failing to reach that benchmark for reading. In stark contrast, 92 ...

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Mundine: 'My mates call me a media tart' - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 3:12am

National Indigenous Times

Mundine: 'My mates call me a media tart'
National Indigenous Times
One of Indigenous Australia's most influential political figures has revealed he doesn't believe Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has “any real interest in Indigenous affairs”. Warren Mundine makes the claim in his new autobiography Warren Mundine: In ...

New song captures Elijah's spirit - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 2:51am

National Indigenous Times

New song captures Elijah's spirit
National Indigenous Times
Some of Australia's most recognisable names in Indigenous music have released a song in memory of 14-year-old Elijah Doughty, whose death in Western Australia last year sparked riots in the Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie and protests around Australia ...

'Rising levels of racism' concern UN - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 2:46am

National Indigenous Times

'Rising levels of racism' concern UN
National Indigenous Times
Pic: Australian Human Rights Commission. The United Nations says it is concerned at rising levels of racism, discrimination and xenophobia in Australia and that Indigenous people, migrants and refugees are bearing the brunt of racist hate speech and ...

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UN report damns widespread discrimination - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 2:41am

National Indigenous Times

UN report damns widespread discrimination
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous Australians face persistent challenges and discrimination in all aspects of their life, a United Nations committee has said in a new report. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said attempts to close the gaps between ...

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25 years on, Karla laments lack of change - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 2:34am

National Indigenous Times

25 years on, Karla laments lack of change
National Indigenous Times
The secret to Australia's queen of Indigenous television Karla Grant's seemingly endless energy may well lie in a treadmill in a Sydney gym. For a decade and a half, Grant has maintained a breakneck pace as one of NITV's most recognisable faces — the ...

Tricia Button breaks new ground at ILC - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:37am

National Indigenous Times

Tricia Button breaks new ground at ILC
National Indigenous Times
Tricia Button has been appointed the new deputy chief executive officer of the Indigenous Land Corporation — the first Indigenous woman to hold the job. Mrs Button joined the ILC in 2015 as the divisional manager of the eastern division and was later ...

Traditional languages bring Pop to life - National Indigenous Times

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:34am

National Indigenous Times

Traditional languages bring Pop to life
National Indigenous Times
She said the project had grown out of the library's Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project. “In 2011 we had linguist Dr Michael Walsh come in and basically mine the original manuscripts of the library,” Ms Thorpe said. “He identified significant ...

Organ transplant system 'tipped towards non-Indigenous patients' - ABC Online

Wed, 2017/12/13 - 1:15am

ABC Online

Organ transplant system 'tipped towards non-Indigenous patients'
ABC Online
Dr Paul Lawton, a specialist at the Menzies School of Health Research, said Australian kidney specialists were "well meaning" but that structural racism had led to unacceptably low transplant rates for Aboriginal patients. He said Australia's system ...
New Vatican publication highlights Indigenous art, cultureCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

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Indigenous festival has magic touch - Riverine Herald

Tue, 2017/12/12 - 9:07pm

Riverine Herald

Indigenous festival has magic touch
Riverine Herald
The festival, organised by Echuca's Clayton Murray-Mitchell, was a celebration of Indigenous culture that saw hundreds of Indigenous Australians, representing the many peoples of Victoria and NSW, come to the town. The centrepoint of the festival was a ...

Civic knowledge, understanding and engagement - Teacher Magazine

Tue, 2017/12/12 - 8:43pm

Teacher Magazine

Civic knowledge, understanding and engagement
Teacher Magazine
There were also achievement gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students nationally. In Year 6, 20 per cent of Indigenous students reached the proficient standard compared to 56 per cent of non-Indigenous students; the percentages for Year 10 ...
Australian students beguiled by allure of the cultural leftThe Australian

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Nurse stood down for racist social media rant, employment lawyer says breaches are common - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/12/12 - 8:17pm

ABC Online

Nurse stood down for racist social media rant, employment lawyer says breaches are common
ABC Online
"Such a person, because of the professional duty that they have, has a duty of care for everybody, and that includes black kids as well as non-black kids." Ms Farrer, herself a Gija woman, said being drunk was no excuse for the comments. She said there ...

Children from migrant families are standout performers in spelling, NAPLAN results show - ABC Online

Tue, 2017/12/12 - 7:36pm

ABC Online

Children from migrant families are standout performers in spelling, NAPLAN results show
ABC Online
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are also standout performers in reading and maths improvement over the past decade. But this year's national picture is mixed, and the Federal Government has described an overall decline in writing and ...
High school reading stalls in NAPLAN 'wake-up call'The Australian
NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continueThe Conversation AU

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Step up man, you're a representative of a proud Indigenous culture - ABC Local

Tue, 2017/12/12 - 7:32pm

ABC Online

Step up man, you're a representative of a proud Indigenous culture
ABC Local
Every day I wake up and know the last name I carry represents a whole lineage of people who have come before me. I am proud to be from an ancient culture. It is time to step up and be a positive role model for the next generation. Maybe one day we will ...
From turtle hunting to a future Aboriginal PM, 10 young Indigenous people share their dreamsABC Online

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