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Budget 2018 boosts aged care, rural health and medical research: health experts respond - The Conversation AU

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 11:28am

The Conversation AU

Budget 2018 boosts aged care, rural health and medical research: health experts respond
The Conversation AU
Additional commitments around trials for physical activities for older people, initiatives to improve connections to communities and protections for older people against abuse will bolster those remaining in homes and communities. Commitments made for ...

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Mobile phone footage of man struck by unmarked police car spurs internal WA Police investigation - ABC Online

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 7:10am

ABC Online

Mobile phone footage of man struck by unmarked police car spurs internal WA Police investigation
ABC Online
West Australian Police are conducting an internal investigation into the actions of officers after a bystander filmed an 18-year-old man being hit by a police car and injured in the south-eastern Perth suburb of Thornlie. Video posted to social media ...

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Deborah Cheetham's Songs of Belonging brings our Indigenous past into focus - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 4:17am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Deborah Cheetham's Songs of Belonging brings our Indigenous past into focus
The Sydney Morning Herald
The celebrated Indigenous soprano and composer is looking forward to a time when Australians are mature enough to say: "There's 70,000 years of history here that, if I'm conversant enough in it, I can be a continuation of it". Deborah Cheetham says ...

Why the Art Gallery and SA Museum must join forces - InDaily

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 3:01am

InDaily

Why the Art Gallery and SA Museum must join forces
InDaily
In late February 2018, Steven Marshall personally announced an election pledge to build a National Aboriginal Art and Culture Gallery on the old RAH site. The then-Opposition Leader's proposal was slated as an alternative to Adelaide Contemporary ...

Teenager arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 2:15am

Daily Mail

Teenager arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy
NEWS.com.au
Associate Professor Leah Bromfield, who works as the Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia, said the incidents like the one in Halls Creek were not uncommon. “When I hear a case like this I ...
Teenager is charged with 'raping a four-year-old Aboriginal boy in dense bushland' in a remote Outback town plagued ...Daily Mail

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Aboriginal Gathang language brought to life for Taree school students - ABC Local

Tue, 2018/05/08 - 1:56am

ABC Local

Aboriginal Gathang language brought to life for Taree school students
ABC Local
In Coffs Harbour, the Muurrbay Language School CEO, Uncle Gary Williams, said the Aboriginal languages legislation had opened lines of communication. "Well for New South Wales, I think it will work because you have a way communities can talk to the ...

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Four-year-old Aboriginal boy allegedly raped by teen in 'disturbing' outback case - ABC Online

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 10:13pm

ABC Online

Four-year-old Aboriginal boy allegedly raped by teen in 'disturbing' outback case
ABC Online
A teenager has been charged with sexually assaulting a four-year-old Aboriginal boy in a remote Western Australian town. The alleged assault, described by investigators as "disturbing", occurred last Thursday afternoon in bushland near the Kimberley ...

Australia's oldest scientist arrives in Switzerland to die - 9news.com.au

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 8:59pm

9news.com.au

Australia's oldest scientist arrives in Switzerland to die
9news.com.au
... than six months left to live. There are, however, voluntary euthanasia advocacy pushes in multiple states around the country aiming for further legislation to be passed. Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact ...

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The Real Mystery Behind Spreading Australian Virus is Why it's Been Ignored - Inverse

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 8:55pm

Inverse

The Real Mystery Behind Spreading Australian Virus is Why it's Been Ignored
Inverse
In one of the first community-scale studies of HTLV-1 in Central Australia, Dr. Lloyd Einsiedel, the head of infection and chronic disease at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has found that infection rates among ...
How A Virus Called HTLV-1 From 1500-Year-Old Mummies Infected 40 Percent of Adults In Rural AustraliaTech Times

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Lance Franklin takes step closer to return, eyes old friends on Friday night - Daily Telegraph

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 10:19am

Daily Telegraph

Lance Franklin takes step closer to return, eyes old friends on Friday night
Daily Telegraph
The previous Swans Indigenous guernsey was designed by Goodes' mum Lisa May. The new one has been designed by noted artist Cheryl Davidson. “To see Lance and all the fellas run out with my design on their guernsey's will be such an honour for me and ...

Australia's first 'national survey' of Indigenous design - Architecture AU

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 6:36am

Architecture AU

Australia's first 'national survey' of Indigenous design
Architecture AU
A “national survey” of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander design will feature in an exhibition that will take place at the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne's Federation Square from July. Blak Design Matters is curated by Jefa Greenaway ...

STORIES: private collection of Aboriginal art on display at Fremantle's Kidogo Arthouse - Community Newspaper Group

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 4:56am

Community Newspaper Group

STORIES: private collection of Aboriginal art on display at Fremantle's Kidogo Arthouse
Community Newspaper Group
A PRIVATE collection of Aboriginal art will be on display this Friday at Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle. The collection labelled STORIES includes paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics and textiles that have been collected from throughout Australia over ...

Knights star Pearce hails Indigenous Round - NRL.COM

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 4:45am

NRL.COM

Knights star Pearce hails Indigenous Round
NRL.COM
Injured Newcastle Knights halfback Mitchell Pearce has lauded the contribution Indigenous players have made to rugby league at Monday's launch of the Indigenous Round. Players from all 16 clubs will this weekend wear jerseys with Indigenous-inspired ...

Fascinating French depictions of colonial Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 2:47am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Fascinating French depictions of colonial Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
While making one's way around the exhibition, it is sobering to see, time and again, species that existed in Australia for thousands of years but first recorded by Europeans only 200 years ago, now declared extinct because of the impact of these same ...

Social media post lands Cr Novak in hot water - Grafton Daily Examiner

Mon, 2018/05/07 - 2:23am

Grafton Daily Examiner

Social media post lands Cr Novak in hot water
Grafton Daily Examiner
COUNCILLOR Debrah Novak has drawn the attention of some in the Clarence Valley Aboriginal community following Facebook posts referring to the Australia Day corroboree by the Clarence River. In the latest Environment Planning and Community committee ...

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia - ABC Online

Sun, 2018/05/06 - 10:43pm

ABC Online

Growing up Aboriginal in Australia
ABC Online
If you are an Aboriginal person in this country, it is highly likely you have experienced racism and prejudice at some stage. Maybe you were called an "abo" or an ABC - "an Aboriginal bum cleaner" - in the schoolyard as a kid. Or perhaps people have ...

Nine charged over stabbing death of woman in Toowoomba - ABC Online

Sun, 2018/05/06 - 9:56pm

ABC Online

Nine charged over stabbing death of woman in Toowoomba
ABC Online
Three men and six women have been charged over the stabbing death of a 37-year-old woman in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs. Detectives charged the nine people after the woman was found with stab wounds to the chest in a unit on McGregor Street ...

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Indigenous elders urge expanded Koori courts after juvenile detention time cut - The Guardian

Sun, 2018/05/06 - 5:59pm

The Guardian

Indigenous elders urge expanded Koori courts after juvenile detention time cut
The Guardian
Elders who worked on the project told Guardian Australia that it had been successful in reaching children who had little family support and had disconnected from the community. Kamilaroi elder Uncle Rex Sorby said the Koori court model, which allowed ...

Walkabout Wickets part of new Australia Post issue - Warrnambool Standard

Sun, 2018/05/06 - 5:22am

Warrnambool Standard

Walkabout Wickets part of new Australia Post issue
Warrnambool Standard
Entitled The First Cricket Tour: 150 years, the Australia Post release celebrates the Aboriginal XI's ground-breaking tour of England by 13 Aboriginal cricketers, mainly from the Western District. The first Australian sporting team to tour ...

Australia's top eight Indigenous travel destinations - The Guardian

Sat, 2018/05/05 - 10:00pm

The Guardian

Australia's top eight Indigenous travel destinations
The Guardian
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Stretching for more than 2,300km along the Queensland coast and covering 35m hectares, it features brilliantly coloured corals living beneath aquamarine waters, a profusion of ...

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