Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Radio Australia
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areas
The Australian
The government says it will “transform” delivery of services to indigenous Australians by establishing a Remote Community Advancement Network to deliver demonstrable improvements in school attendance, employment and community safety. Indigenous ...
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programsRadio Australia
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
ABC Online
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous affairs hit by 'savage budget cuts'SBS
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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SBS
Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
Yahoo!7 News
Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesman Shayne Neumann says Tony Abbott can no longer be considered the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australia as "the close the gap strategy is in tatters". Mr Neumann has also criticised the Government for failing to ...
Indigenous programs collapsed into five areasThe Australian
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programsSBS
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Sky News Australia
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The Guardian
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budget
The Guardian
The new Indigenous advancement strategy will be made up for five programs focusing on: jobs, land and the Economy; Children and Schooling; Safety and Wellbeing; Culture and Capability; and Remote Australia Strategies. Daily Email. close ...

SBS
Government to dramatically reduce Indigenous programs
SBS
It appears the Indigenous Advancement Strategy will have to operate without the country's peak body for Indigenous people. The Labor government promised $15 million to the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples in its Budget last year.
Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schoolsABC Online
More than $500m to be cut from Indigenous programs in budgetThe Guardian
Indigenous programs on chopping blockSky News Australia

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#Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & more
Crikey (blog)
It certainly flies in the face of the Government's purported commitment to prevention and Closing the Gap in health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. “Cutting nearly $54 million over the next two years from the Partners in Recovery mental health ...

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Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schools
ABC Online
Some savings in the Indigenous Health area will be invested in the new Medical Research Future Fund. Another $15 million will be saved by ending funding for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. The government says these moves will reduce ...

Federal budget 2014: At a glance
Sydney Morning Herald
Four more government-owned businesses to be sold: Australian Hearing, Defence Housing Australia, the Royal Australian Mint, and the registry arm of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Proceeds will be reinvested into the government's ...

Indigenous programs cut, but funds for boarding schools
ABC Online
Some savings in the Indigenous Health area will be invested in the new Medical Research Future Fund. Another $15 million will be saved by ending funding for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. The government says these moves will reduce ...

Federal budget 2014: Winners and losers
Sydney Morning Herald
More expensive petrol with a fuel levy. 11. Indigenous people. A $500 million cut to indigenous programs over five years. 12. Local councils. Cuts of nearly $1 billion over four years. 13. ABC and SBS. Cuts of $43.5 million and Australia Network abandoned.

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Adam Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
Yahoo!7 News
Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has urged fellow Australians to get behind a campaign for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution. The AFL star spoke at the We Want Recognition event at Sydney's Wayside Chapel ...
Is the media making us sick?Crikey (blog)
Adam Goodes seeks Aboriginal recognition in constitutionSydney Morning Herald
Sydney Swans AFL champion and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes brands ...NEWS.com.au
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Radio Australia
Adam Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
Radio Australia
Back when it was written, officialdom thought of Aboriginal people as a dying race, today the majority of Australians know how essential the unique Indigenous cultures are to our nation's very identity, so we need our constitution to catch up. "So we ...
Is the media making us sick?Crikey (blog)
Adam Goodes seeks Aboriginal recognition in constitutionSydney Morning Herald
Sydney Swans AFL champion and Australian of the Year Adam Goodes brands ...NEWS.com.au
The Australian
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Goodes urges support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
ABC Online
Australian of the Year Adam Goodes has urged fellow Australians to get behind a campaign for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution. The AFL star spoke at the We Want Recognition event at Sydney's Wayside Chapel ...

The Age
Federal Budget 2014: What we know so far
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In 2011-12, Australia spent $130 billion, or $5,796 per Australian, on health. Still, Australians living in rural and regional areas have worse access to medical care than their city counterparts, and rates of chronic illness in Indigenous communities ...
What Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey should do in tomorrow's federal budgetThe Age

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Is the media making us sick?
Crikey (blog)
Risky drinking occurs at a similar rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to that in the broader community (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). In addition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to abstain from ...

The Age
What Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey should do in tomorrow's federal budget
The Age
For indigenous Australians, I hope to see a massive clean up of a plethora of small programs that mean a plethora of non-indigenous people monitoring them. All the savings found from cleaning up that bureaucratic smorgasbord or nightmare should go ...
Budget 2014: what we know and what to expectThe West Australian

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Indigenous support aired for Dingo Gas Field start
ABC Message Stick
Traditional owners have welcomed the start of construction on a $20 million gas project in central Australia. The Dingo Gas Field is only the second project in the past three decades to secure a production licence in the Northern Territory. Central ...

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Indigenous prisoners still at risk
Radio Australia
Indigenous people make up 27 per cent of the prison population, and that figure continues to rise. Adelaide University researcher Elizabeth Grant has revisited the recommendations made after Australia's Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in ...

Women's business: traditional life for indigenous women
ABC Local
The Burrunju Art Gallery mostly displays contemporary pieces by local artists, but this week they're holding a special exhibition of traditional artworks from South Australia. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share. The Anangu Tjutaku Tjukurpa ...

The Guardian
Five questions to Charles Prouse: on Indigenous business and leadership ...
The Guardian
While there I completed the Indigenous leadership program with the Australian Indigenous leadership centre and afterwards was invited to join the Board – then chaired by professor Mick Dodson. I am still a director of the AILC, and I'm delighted that ...