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National Aboriginal Construction Partners wins $10m Defence contract - The Australian

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 1:01pm

The Australian

National Aboriginal Construction Partners wins $10m Defence contract
The Australian
Badge managing director Jim Whiting says the project brings together Western Australia's Marra Worra Worra and NPC National to build better communities and offer construction scholarships, traineeships and apprenticeships. “We see this as laying an ...

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98five learns more about Australia's Indigenous history at Hilton Primary School - Radioinfo (subscription)

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 5:19am

Radioinfo (subscription)

98five learns more about Australia's Indigenous history at Hilton Primary School
Radioinfo (subscription)
98five learns more about Australia's Indigenous history at Hilton Primary School. Friday 11 November, 2016. 98five's Kirste and Morro took the Brekky show to Hilton Primary School, for the station's fortnightly Free Coffee Friday, where 20 per cent of ...

Scullion honours Indigenous diggers - Yahoo7 News

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 2:30am

Scullion honours Indigenous diggers
Yahoo7 News
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has paid tribute to Aboriginal diggers who gave their lives for their country in overseas wars, despite not having the right to vote at home. Australians have gathered at Remembrance Day services across the ...

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Scullion honours Indigenous diggers - SBS

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 2:30am

Scullion honours Indigenous diggers
SBS
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has paid tribute to Aboriginal diggers who gave their lives for their country in overseas wars, despite not having the right to vote at home. Australians have gathered at Remembrance Day services across the ...

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The world game needs an Indigenous boost - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 1:19am

The Sydney Morning Herald

The world game needs an Indigenous boost
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hopefully, they'll pick up the thread left by Football Federation Australia's decision to axe North Queensland Fury from the A-League five years ago – a knee-jerk move which took a hugely promising Indigenous program with it. Jade North was meant to be ...

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The world game needs an Indigenous boost - The Age

Fri, 2016/11/11 - 1:15am

The Age

The world game needs an Indigenous boost
The Age
Hopefully, they'll pick up the thread left by Football Federation Australia's decision to axe North Queensland Fury from the A-League five years ago – a knee-jerk move which took a hugely promising Indigenous program with it. Jade North was meant to be ...

NoongarPedia created as first Wikipedia site in Aboriginal language - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 11:51pm

ABC Online

NoongarPedia created as first Wikipedia site in Aboriginal language
ABC Online
In Noongar country, in the south-west of Western Australia, researchers are building the first Wikipedia site in an Aboriginal Australian language. The Noongar people spoke their language for thousands of years — until, last century, it started to fade.

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Alice Springs Satellite Gets A Deadly Makeover - Gizmodo Australia

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 8:50pm

Gizmodo Australia

Alice Springs Satellite Gets A Deadly Makeover
Gizmodo Australia
In a world first, Geoscience Australia has painted an Indigenous artwork on its satellite antenna as part of a major upgrade – making the Alice Springs antenna unique in more ways than one. The upgraded Alice Springs antenna was commissioned today in a ...

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Indigenous leader Noel Pearson withdraws support for troubled Aurukun school - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 10:01am

ABC Online

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson withdraws support for troubled Aurukun school
ABC Online
Mr Pearson wrote to the Queensland Government today advising that the non-profit association he founded, Good to Great Schools Australia [GGSA], will cease "all negotiations in relation to Aurukun and any further provision of support to the school ...

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ASIC targets traders exploiting Aboriginal communities through dodgy credit practices - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 9:07am

ABC Online

ASIC targets traders exploiting Aboriginal communities through dodgy credit practices
ABC Online
The court found that the owner of Nobby's Mintabie General Store in South Australia's APY Lands engaged in unconscionable and unlicensed conduct. 'Book up' is an informal credit used in many remote Aboriginal communities, that allows people to buy ...

Emotional Pat Dodson calls for action to stop devastating rate of Indigenous suicide - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 8:11am

ABC Online

Emotional Pat Dodson calls for action to stop devastating rate of Indigenous suicide
ABC Online
"I know it happened in Fitzroy [Crossing], a dear 12-year-old boy whose parents found him. "Whatever caused that, I don't know, and it's very hard for us to understand." Nearly a third of children who take their own lives in Australia are Indigenous.
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Warren's Indigenous Football legacy - FourFourTwo Australia

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 7:41am

Warren's Indigenous Football legacy
FourFourTwo Australia
The late great Johnny Warren was a passionate advocate of the Indigenous community and their potential role that Aboriginal athletes had in growing the game of football in Australia. Jamie Warren, who runs the Australian football legend's foundation ...

Warren's Indigenous Football legacy - FourFourTwo Australia

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 5:06am

FourFourTwo Australia

Warren's Indigenous Football legacy
FourFourTwo Australia
The late great Johnny Warren was a passionate advocate of the Indigenous community and their potential role that Aboriginal athletes had in growing the game of football in Australia. Jamie Warren, who runs the Australian football legend's foundation ...

Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago? - SBS

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 4:19am

SBS

Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago?
SBS
Many people don't know this, but Indigenous Australian children are born with much better eyesight than non-Indigenous children. Yet, at the population level, Indigenous people at the age of 40 have rates of vision loss three times that of non ...

Comment: "I have found strength in the resilience of my people" - SBS

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 3:49am

SBS

Comment: "I have found strength in the resilience of my people"
SBS
What it means for me to be Indigenous is that I had to grow a thick skin as a young kid, all because of the colour of my skin. I have suffered abuse for trying to find out who I really was and what it meant to be Indigenous in Australia for me. While ...

Skill 360 Australia Indigenous pre-employment course boosts skills - The Cairns Post

Thu, 2016/11/10 - 1:44am

Skill 360 Australia Indigenous pre-employment course boosts skills
The Cairns Post
Tori Warkill is a one of the success stories to come out of Skill 360 Australia's Cairns indigenous pre-employment training courses. The two-week program provides resume-building and interview tips. Ms Warkill completed a course in April and started a ...

Oxfam Straight Talk summit focus on domestic violence in indigenous communities - The Australian

Wed, 2016/11/09 - 9:55pm

The Australian

Oxfam Straight Talk summit focus on domestic violence in indigenous communities
The Australian
Eighty indigenous women from all over Australia visited parliament yesterday as part of the annual Oxfam Straight Talk summit, meeting politicians including Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, her Labor counterpart Penny Wong, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert ...

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's Uluru - Daily Mail

Wed, 2016/11/09 - 6:35am

Daily Mail

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's Uluru
Daily Mail
A remote indigenous community near Uluru has threatened to 'close the rock' if their voices aren't heard and people continue to live in poverty. The Northern Territory royal commission into juvenile justice has visited, a small community where the ...

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Indigenous Championships will grow participation - FourFourTwo Australia

Wed, 2016/11/09 - 1:01am

FourFourTwo Australia

Indigenous Championships will grow participation
FourFourTwo Australia
The Inaugural National Indigenous Football Championships held in Nowra over the weekend have been hailed a success. Out of 24 teams from across the country, Illawarra Bungarra defeated Northern Nations 4-0 to win the Women's Division, while SE QLD ...

Lower drug copays lead to reduction in hospitalizations among indigenous people in Australia - News-Medical.net

Tue, 2016/11/08 - 10:06pm

Lower drug copays lead to reduction in hospitalizations among indigenous people in Australia
News-Medical.net
A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to treat the population's chronic conditions declined by 40 percent in just two years. The study ...
Cut copays to improve healthcare for indigenous people?Futurity: Research News

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