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Aboriginal freehold to generate wealth - The Australian

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 2:02pm

Aboriginal freehold to generate wealth
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Australians will be given the chance to buy and sell their own homes under new Queensland laws that pave the way for freehold title to exist across their communities. After decades of debate and delays, the Newman government will introduce ...

Indigenous bodies not too keen on shotgun wedding - NTNews.com.au

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 10:16am

Indigenous bodies not too keen on shotgun wedding
NTNews.com.au
TWO indigenous corporations – responsible for some of the Territory and Australia's iconic indigenous tourist destinations – have opposed a forced merger, as recommended by an independent study and supported by the minister with the power to push the ...

Aboriginal Australians more likely to suffer dementia: Study - SBS

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 9:59am

SBS

Aboriginal Australians more likely to suffer dementia: Study
SBS
A study conducted by the Northern Territory Department of Health has shown that Aboriginal Australians are three times more likely to suffer from Dementia than the rest of the population. The news has caused serious concerns among health professionals.

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Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ... - Yahoo!7 News

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 4:17am

Yahoo!7 News

Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ...
Yahoo!7 News
"I'm so honoured to have another generation of Indigenous doctors coming through," Mr Hayman said. "When I started, there was only about five or six Aboriginal doctors across Australia. "Now we have about 250, and about 250 Aboriginal medical students ...

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Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ... - Yahoo!7 News

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 4:17am

Yahoo!7 News

Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ...
Yahoo!7 News
"I'm so honoured to have another generation of Indigenous doctors coming through," Mr Hayman said. "When I started, there was only about five or six Aboriginal doctors across Australia. "Now we have about 250, and about 250 Aboriginal medical students ...

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Dad, daughter Queensland's first Indigenous intergenerational doctors - ABC Message Stick

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 4:12am

Dad, daughter Queensland's first Indigenous intergenerational doctors
ABC Message Stick
"When I started, there was only about five or six Aboriginal doctors across Australia. "Now we have about 250, and about 250 Aboriginal medical students studying." Ms Hayman recently finished postgraduate studies in medicine and is now interning at ...

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Aboriginal father, daughter Queensland's first Indigenous intergenerational ... - ABC Online

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 3:40am

Aboriginal father, daughter Queensland's first Indigenous intergenerational ...
ABC Online
"When I started, there was only about five or six Aboriginal doctors across Australia. "Now we have about 250, and about 250 Aboriginal medical students studying." Ms Hayman recently finished postgraduate studies in medicine and is now interning at ...

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Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ... - The West Australian

Wed, 2014/05/07 - 3:22am

The West Australian

Aboriginal father, daughter become Queensland's first Indigenous ...
The West Australian
"I'm so honoured to have another generation of Indigenous doctors coming through," Mr Hayman said. "When I started, there was only about five or six Aboriginal doctors across Australia. "Now we have about 250, and about 250 Aboriginal medical students ...

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Financial Failure Restricting Indigenous Enterprise - Pro Bono Australia

Tue, 2014/05/06 - 11:08pm

Financial Failure Restricting Indigenous Enterprise
Pro Bono Australia
Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reviewed the literature on the key factors that have underpinned successful Indigenous businesses and community-based ...
We've lost 98% of Indigenous music traditions – who cares?The Conversation

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We've lost 98% of Indigenous music traditions – who cares? - The Conversation

Tue, 2014/05/06 - 8:40pm

We've lost 98% of Indigenous music traditions – who cares?
The Conversation
Australian Indigenous performance traditions, among the oldest in the world, are also among the most endangered. According to a Statement on Indigenous Australian Music and Dance endorsed in 2011 by the…

'Aboriginal fighting page' could be allowed under new Racial Discrimination Act - SBS

Tue, 2014/05/06 - 6:17am

SBS

'Aboriginal fighting page' could be allowed under new Racial Discrimination Act
SBS
A Facebook page promoting violent street fights between Indigenous Australians could be permissible under proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, says Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane. By. Stephanie Anderson.

Indigenous people three times more likely to suffer from dementia: study - ABC Message Stick

Mon, 2014/05/05 - 1:37am

Indigenous people three times more likely to suffer from dementia: study
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous people have dementia rates three or four times higher than non-Indigenous people, researchers in the Northern Territory have found. The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, examined 780 cases of dementia in the Territory ...

Indigenous Australians three times more likely to suffer from dementia, NT ... - Yahoo!7 News

Mon, 2014/05/05 - 1:35am

Indigenous Australians three times more likely to suffer from dementia, NT ...
Yahoo!7 News
"It shows that even though the Indigenous population in Australia is relatively small, they're disproportionally affected by dementia so we have to make sure that any program, any service, any research really does pay attention to the Indigenous ...
increased incidence of dementia in indigenous AustraliansRadio Australia
The Indigenous Population Is Getting Dementia At Three Times The Rate Of ...Business Insider Australia
High prevalence of Dementia in NT Indigenous PopulationThe Conversation

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Indigenous Australians three times more likely to suffer from dementia, NT ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2014/05/05 - 1:26am

Indigenous Australians three times more likely to suffer from dementia, NT ...
ABC Online
The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, examined 780 cases of dementia in the Territory between 2008 and 2011 and found it struck Indigenous people at a younger age. Community geriatrician Michael Lowe says the median age of ...
increased incidence of dementia in indigenous AustraliansRadio Australia
The Indigenous Population Is Getting Dementia At Three Times The Rate Of ...Business Insider Australia

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increased incidence of dementia in indigenous Australians - Radio Australia

Sun, 2014/05/04 - 11:00pm

increased incidence of dementia in indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
A Northern Territory study has found Aboriginal people are three times more likely to suffer Dementia than non-Indigenous Australians. and at an earlier age. Researchers say the burden of of the condition will only increase, as the population ages and ...
The Indigenous Population Is Getting Dementia At Three Times The Rate Of ...Business Insider Australia

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Indigenous dementia needs urgent action - ABC Online

Sun, 2014/05/04 - 8:51pm

Indigenous dementia needs urgent action
ABC Online
That's the finding of a Northern Territory study that has prompted calls for urgent action to address the growing number of Indigenous Australians with dementia. And researchers say the burden of the condition will only increase as the population ages ...

The Indigenous Population Is Getting Dementia At Three Times The Rate Of ... - Business Insider Australia

Sun, 2014/05/04 - 2:11pm

The Indigenous Population Is Getting Dementia At Three Times The Rate Of ...
Business Insider Australia
A detail as Prince William shakes hands with a Aboriginal man. Scott Barbour/Getty Images. Australia's indigenous population is getting dementia at a rate three times that of non-indigenous residents, according to research published in the Medical ...

In search of the indigenous little people of northern Australia - The Australian

Fri, 2014/05/02 - 2:38pm

In search of the indigenous little people of northern Australia
The Australian
THEY are everywhere in north Australia, and nowhere. They are real and unreal; mythical and historical. They are depicted in the rock art, they are in the stories, they are in the minds of men and women from Cape York and the Top End right across to ...

Defection of Indigenous MPs poses big challenges - The Australian

Fri, 2014/05/02 - 2:35pm

Defection of Indigenous MPs poses big challenges
The Australian
By attaching herself, as a symbol of Australia's fight against indigenous disadvantage, to Clive Palmer's Punch and Judy show, Anderson may have limited her ability to manoeuvre in a policy area dominated by the intelligentsia. It remains to be seen ...

Scullion rejects report on indigenous body overhaul - The Australian

Fri, 2014/05/02 - 2:18pm

Scullion rejects report on indigenous body overhaul
The Australian
The report has angered Indigenous Minister Nigel Scullion, who said “it presents ambiguous and confused findings” after he requested options for an overhaul of the Indigenous Land Corp and Indigenous Business Australia. “It provides support for both, ...

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