Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Plan to lift indigenous school attendance
Ninemsn
Prime Minister Tony Abbott used the annual Closing the Gap speech in February to set a new target of lifting indigenous school attendance to the same level as non-indigenous children within five years. Of the 184,000 indigenous students in Australia ...

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The Guardian
Education vouchers in plan for indigenous affairs overhaul
The Australian
The radical proposal comes as the audit commission argues that disadvantage faced by indigenous Australians be better targeted, with programs that are failing to be slashed. It also calls for the merger of Indigenous Business Australia and the ...
Indigenous programs should be consolidated, audit report saysThe Guardian
Condemnation over audit's proposed welfare cutsSBS
Cut early, cut often: where the Commission of Audit wants the axe to fall on ...Government News
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The Guardian
Five questions to Eugenia Flynn on racism, and loving Australia | IndigenousX
The Guardian
I feel like if we can work to reduce systemic racism it will lead to the betterment of our (Indigenous Australian's) position and therefore the betterment of Australia as a whole. The very document that gives Australia its mandate, the Constitution of ...

The Australian Financial Review
Hipsters take over Aboriginal Redfern
The Australian Financial Review
Across Australia's biggest cities, where most indigenous people live, soaring property prices are increasing the marginalisation of Australia's most disadvantaged group, whose home-ownership rate is half the national average. The pattern is part of a ...

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Nathan Lovett-Murray's top 5songs by Indigenous artists
FasterLouder
To highlight the growth of the Indigenous hip-hop scene in Australia it was announced this morning that Lovett-Murray will present a showcase concert at the 2014 National Indigenous Music Awards ceremony in Darwin to draw attention to some of the most ...
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Indigenous deafness under the microscope
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians have one of the highest levels of ear disease and hearing loss in the world. Rates are up to ten times more than non-Indigenous Australians and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation estimates Indigenous ...

Brisbane Times
Education vouchers in plan for indigenous affairs overhaul
The Australian
The radical proposal comes as the audit commission argues that disadvantage faced by indigenous Australians be better targeted, with programs that are failing to be slashed. It also calls for the merger of Indigenous Business Australia and the ...
Commission of Audit: major recommendationsSydney Morning Herald
Proposed merger of Screen Australia and Australia Council spells … incoherenceThe Conversation

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Social impact fund to assist indigenous company with Thiess/QGC contract
Gas Today
Indigenous company Iman Operations has secured an $800,000 impact investment funding package from Social Ventures Australia to enable the company to deliver on a large commercial cleaning contract valued at approximately $5 million over 12 months ...

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The Guardian
Our country needs Indigenous rangers
The Guardian
We are fast approaching the first budget of the Abbott government – a critical time for Indigenous land and sea management. Millions of hectares of Australia are not actively covered and as a result, destructive fire, feral animals and invasive weeds ...

Daily Life
ABS projects Australia's Indigenous population to grow by a third by 2026
Daily Life
According to new projections by the Bureau of Statistics, Australia's Indigenous population is set to grow by a third by 2026, topping 900,000. Based on recent trends in fertility, mortality and internal migration, the bureau projects the Aboriginal ...
Close the Gap group recommends no change to racial discrimination actThe Australian
Fears Aboriginal services won't be able to meet demand from growing populationThe Canberra Times
Indigenous population to grow by a third by 2026, ABS projectsThe Age

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous population to grow by a third by 2026
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's indigenous population is set to increase by a third to top 900,000 by 2026, according to new projections from the Bureau of Statistics. Based on recent trends in fertility, mortality and internal migration, the bureau projects the ...

Clive Palmer firm Mineralogy's 'poor' indigenous relations
The Australian
But an examination by The Australian of findings by magistrates in mining court and native title cases show his main company has failed to act in good faith, flouted rules, operated combatively, had little regard for indigenous landowners and may even ...

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Clive Palmer firm Mineraology's 'poor' indigenous relations
The Australian
But an examination by The Australian of findings by magistrates in mining court and native title cases show his main company has failed to act in good faith, flouted rules, operated combatively, had little regard for indigenous landowners and may even ...

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Possible merger of indigenous bodies sparks call for clarity
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Business Australia (IBA) Chair Dr Dawn Casey and the IBA Board have called for an end to the “ongoing speculation” on the possible merger of IBA and the Indigenous Land Corporation and is calling for the release of an Ernst & Young Report ...
Treaties are agreements between equalsIntercontinental Cry

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Close the Gap group recommends no change to racial discrimination act
The Australian
The Close the Gap Campaign is Australia's biggest public movement for health equality. It is a coalition of Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-indigenous health and human rights organisations. At this year's National ...

Wellington shines for NSW at indigenous championships
South Coast Register
NOWRA High School's Slade Wellington experienced what it is like to play Australian football for NSW/ACT when he was selected for the team to contest the 2014 Under 15 National Kickstart Championships. Over 150 players from all states participated in ...

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Indigenous bodies face merger
The Australian
The report says Indigenous Business Australia, which provides discount loans to Aboriginal companies, and the Indigenous Land Corporation, which has a huge land fund, should be merged with a much “sharper” focus to deliver economic opportunities for ...

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SBS
Improving Aboriginal health on foot and online
SBS
But Mr Coen said the chance to raise awareness about Indigenous Australia was just as important. "Living in Sydney I find - at least with the people I know - what they know about Aboriginal people and Aboriginal issues is very much framed or very much ...

Five million steps taken to improve Aboriginal health
SBS
But Mr Coen said the chance to raise awareness about Indigenous Australia was just as important. "Living in Sydney I find - at least with the people I know - what they know about Aboriginal people and Aboriginal issues is very much framed or very much ...

SBS
Indigenous ambassadors assess climate impact on native land
SBS
Two young Indigenous climate ambassadors have been touring Australia to document the impact of the changing natural environment on traditional communities. By. Gary Cox. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 34 MINS AGO. Narelle Long and Malcolm Lynch ...