Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in Australia
Businessweek
“There's almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and other Australians –- which is still about a decade,” Abbott told parliament in Canberra today. “There's been very little improvement towards halving the gap in ...

Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in Australia
Bloomberg
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said urgent efforts are needed to improve employment opportunities alongside health and education conditions for Australia's indigenous population. “There's almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap between ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott sets goal to close gap on Indigenous school attendance
The Guardian
In 2008 the Council of Australian Governments (Coag) set six targets to bridge the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, including ensuring all Indigenous four-year-olds in remote communities had access to early childhood ...

The Guardian
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
The Guardian
Together we agreed that this would be the generation to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. We committed to close the health and life expectancy gap within a ...

Sky News Australia
PM focuses on 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 ...

Sky News Australia
Peris paints grim picture for indigenous
Sky News Australia
Speaking at a breakfast in Parliament House on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, Ms Peris said life isn't a bed of roses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She says this is especially true for women in ...
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Study reveals benefits in closing Indigenous employment gapABC Message Stick

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Sydney Morning Herald
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employment
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers the annual report on progress towards ...

The Guardian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When he delivers the annual report on progress towards closing the gap in Federal ...
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outsThe Australian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
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Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...

Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
Ms Parker, who is also co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, said health services provided economic benefits for indigenous people. “We know that empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services has broader ...

The Guardian
Twiggy urges action to save indigenous drop-outs
The Australian
He said his bold Australian Employment Covenant project, established when Kevin Rudd was prime minister to create thousands of “real jobs” for indigenous people, had been hampered because the previous government had failed to reform the employment ...
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employmentSydney Morning Herald
Sky News Australia -PS News -ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony Abbott
The Guardian
Abbott will paint a mixed picture of progress when he provides the annual update on the “closing the gap” targets designed to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. He will declare the government's challenge is to “turn good intentions into ...

Free public lecture: Indigenous food in colonial Australia
NewsMaker (press release)
How did colonial Australians experiment with indigenous foods, and what native animals were considered to be fair game for grub? A free public lecture at the University of Adelaide on Tuesday 18 February will explain these fascinating aspects of the ...

Indigenous Leader Applauds Tough Stand on Corruption
Pro Bono Australia
The successful prosecution of a former CEO of an Aboriginal medical service for embezzling funds has been applauded by the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC). The AILC's CEO Rachelle Towart said many Indigenous leaders across Australia ...

SBS
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: report
SBS
The report paints a picture of a hypothetical Australia in the year 2031, where Indigenous Australians face the same health and labour market outcomes as other Australians. The reports finds if the gap is closed, the nation's Gross Domestic Product ...
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: DeloitteABC Message Stick
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardBundaberg News Mail
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin -eTurboNews
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Rocky program boosts indigenous employment statewide
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
And a new report shows investment in indigenous education and training would reap big rewards for the Australian economy. The report, commissioned by Reconciliation Australia, found the Australian GDP would be 1.15%, or $24 billion larger in today's ...

The Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says report
The Guardian
Australia's economy would be $24bn bigger in 2031 if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the same health outcomes and opportunities in the labour market as non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics.
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News

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Cricket Country
Australia must have an indigenous women's team, says Greg Matthews
Cricket Country
Former Australian cricketer Greg Matthews has called for the creation of a separate indigenous women's team in Australian cricket and has also praised the four teams that took part in the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs recently. “At last the girls are ...
Call for national indigenous women's cricket teamThe West Australian
Imparja Cup lures state women's teamsABC Message Stick

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SBS
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
ELEANOR HALL: Research by Deloitte Access Economics suggests that billions of dollars could be added to the Australian economy if the Indigenous employment rate were to be improved. Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued ...
Billions to be reaped in closing the gapThe Australian
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: reportSBS
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardNoosa News

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