Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous Bodies Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They have also urged the PM to back his words by resourcing targeted services and ...

The Age
Australian push to get more indigenous children involved in cricket
Radio Australia
Now that Australia has reclaimed the Ashes from England, a countrywide campaign is underway to understand why indigenous cricketers are not taking up the sport. Co-funded by Cricket Australia and the Australian National University, the research team ...
Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the GapPro Bono Australia
Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visitsABC Local
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes senseThe Age
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Finding a job the hardest work of all for indigenous men
Warrnambool Standard
Tony Abbott was delivering the federal government's latest Closing the Gap report, speaking of his concerns over indigenous Australia's rising rates of school truancy and unemployment. Being out of work isn't an issue for Trent Clark and brothers Ty ...

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Disappointing sense of deja vu
The Australian
It is further compelling evidence that to achieve real and sustainable improvements in the lives of indigenous Australians, and to avoid the policy failures of the past, governments must invest more faith and funding in indigenous community-controlled ...

Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous students
The Australian
“The evidence of education and, as a consequence, employment outcomes achieved by indigenous children who attend boarding schools is indisputable,” he told The Australian. “There are clear benefits for children attending senior schooling away from ...

Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous students
The Australian
“The evidence of education and, as a consequence, employment outcomes achieved by indigenous children who attend boarding schools is indisputable,” he told The Australian. “There are clear benefits for children attending senior schooling away from ...

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Mundine: get kids out of jail, into jobs
The Australian
THE head of Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, will present colleagues today with a proposal to take indigenous teenagers in juvenile detention into jobs and training in Western Australia, and plans to roll out the model nationally.

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Mundine: get kids out of jail, into jobs
The Australian
THE head of Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, will present colleagues today with a proposal to take indigenous teenagers in juvenile detention into jobs and training in Western Australia, and plans to roll out the model nationally.

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PM says Gove Indigenous jobs 'secure'
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will fulfil an election promise to spend a full week in an indigenous community in East Arnhem Land later this year. During question time on Wednesday, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten challenged Mr Abbott over an ...

Fears over rise in Canberra's indigenous children in care
The Canberra Times
Canberra's indigenous children risk becoming part of another ''stolen generation'', the head of Australia's peak Aboriginal childcare body says. The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care is demanding answers from the ACT government ...

SBS
Indigenous groups give mixed reactions to Closing the Gap report
SBS
Overall, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda, says he's confident Australia is well positioned to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage by 2030. "We're happy with the places, the areas where we're doing ...

Australian PM to spend a week on Aboriginal land
KOIN.com
7, 2014 file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks at a press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at the Commonwealth Parliamentary offices in Sydney, Australia. Abbott says he will spend a week in an Outback Aboriginal ...

Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets
Yahoo!7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal welfare and vowed to work to ensure all indigenous children went through school. In delivering his first "Closing the Gap ...

Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets
Yahoo!7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal welfare and vowed to work to ensure all indigenous children went through school. In delivering his first "Closing the Gap ...

The Guardian
Closing the Gap: Tony Abbott delivers mixed report card on Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The report states that non-Indigenous Australians live about 10 years longer than Aboriginal Australians, that the progress in closing the gap in literacy has improved in only Year 3 and Year 5 Reading (based on NAPLAN results) and that only 30 per ...
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outsThe Australian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobsSydney Morning Herald
Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targetsYahoo!7 News
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Australian PM to spend a week on Aboriginal land
U-T San Diego
7, 2014 file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks at a press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at the Commonwealth Parliamentary offices in Sydney, Australia. Abbott says he will spend a week in an Outback Aboriginal ...

The Province
Australian PM to spend a week on Outback Aboriginal land to focus on ...
The Province
CANBERRA, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday he plans to spend a week in an Outback Aboriginal settlement to focus national attention on the bleak plight of indigenous people. Abbott announced his trip to remote East ...

Australian Teacher Magazine
Mission – to win war on Indigenous truancy
Australian Teacher Magazine
CANBERRA, Feb 12 – On any given school day in some remote Indigenous communities every third classroom seat is empty. Compare that with most schools in urban Australia where nine out of 10 seats are occupied. Making up the difference has become a ...

PM targeting indigenous jobs, schooling
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told parliament that his personal mission is to help Australians open their hearts on indigenous policy. In delivering his first annual Closing the Gap statement as prime minister on Wednesday, Mr Abbott recalled the ...

Australia's PM reports on initiative to cut Indigenous disadvantage
Radio Australia
It's been six years since the government and opposition committed to the 'Closing the Gap' initiative to remove inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030. The annual updates have seen mixed results in areas ranging from life ...