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Rapper Ice Cube shares his words of wisdom for Indigenous Australians - Daily Mail

Thu, 2015/09/03 - 2:11am

Daily Mail

Rapper Ice Cube shares his words of wisdom for Indigenous Australians
Daily Mail
His new film, Straight Outta Compton, highlights some of the racism issues his famous rap group N.W.A dealt with during their career. And American hip hop legend, Ice Cube, has shared words of advice for indigenous Australians. The rapper/actor stated: ...

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Australia launches national approach to indigenous cancer care - International Business Times AU

Thu, 2015/09/03 - 12:04am

Australia launches national approach to indigenous cancer care
International Business Times AU
The Australian government launched its first national approach to resolve gaps in indigenous cancer care. Minister for Health Sussan Ley announced that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Framework establishes seven new priorities to ...

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Aboriginal-owned energy company one-upping Tesla - The Fifth Estate

Thu, 2015/09/03 - 12:02am

The Fifth Estate

Aboriginal-owned energy company one-upping Tesla
The Fifth Estate
The renewable energy storage game is about to be disrupted, with Australian Aboriginal-owned company AllGrid Energy announcing the launch of WattGrid, a new 10kWh solar energy storage system it says is around 30 per cent cheaper than the Tesla ...

Stimulating audiences for Indigenous art - ArtsHub (subscription)

Wed, 2015/09/02 - 7:15am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Stimulating audiences for Indigenous art
ArtsHub (subscription)
Nine in ten Australians believe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts are an important part of Australian culture. But such strong support doesn't necessarily translate into audience attendance, with only one quarter of Australians engaging with ...
Plans for Bourke justice program to roll out across AustraliaABC Message Stick
Govt must act on indigenous suicide: CalmaNT News

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Govt must act on indigenous suicide: Calma - NT News

Wed, 2015/09/02 - 12:36am

NT News

Govt must act on indigenous suicide: Calma
NT News
As joint head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP), Professor Calma is urging the government to develop a multi-party platform to end decades of limited progress for indigenous affairs ...

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Plans for Bourke justice program to roll out across Australia - ABC Message Stick

Tue, 2015/09/01 - 11:05pm

ABC Message Stick

Plans for Bourke justice program to roll out across Australia
ABC Message Stick
The justice reinvestment initiative looks at redirecting funds away from the criminal justice system and putting the money into programs to educate Aboriginal people. Representatives from a not-for-profit group, which focuses on research and community ...

Move to boost number of indigenous accountants - The Australian

Tue, 2015/09/01 - 2:02pm

The Australian

Move to boost number of indigenous accountants
The Australian
Indigenous Accountants Australia is one corporate initiative to push more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into business. Jointly supported by CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the project is headed by Gavin ...

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier. Picture: Marie Nirme Source: News ... - NEWS.com.au

Tue, 2015/09/01 - 9:02am

NEWS.com.au

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier. Picture: Marie Nirme Source: News ...
NEWS.com.au
Its annual meeting is set for September 25 in Yule River, 55km from Port Hedland, where the contentious Aboriginal Heritage Act amendments and community closures will be discussed. The corporation's chief executive Simon Hawkins said more than 200 ...

No excuses for this Indigenous eye health crisis - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/09/01 - 5:54am

ABC Online

No excuses for this Indigenous eye health crisis
ABC Online
Most vision loss could be eradicated essentially overnight. Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people needlessly have poor vision because of a lack of care and concern, writes Hugh Taylor. Australia has some of the most advanced health ...

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Indigenous eye health report: 32000 Indigenous Australians could be blind by 2025 - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/09/01 - 4:24am

ABC Online

Indigenous eye health report: 32000 Indigenous Australians could be blind by 2025
ABC Online
More than 32,000 Indigenous Australians are likely to be blind by 2025 because of treatable eye conditions. A report from the University of Melbourne said the eyesight of those people could be saved if the Federal Government invested an extra $23 ...

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Why today should be Australia Day - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2015/08/31 - 11:36pm

NEWS.com.au

Why today should be Australia Day
NEWS.com.au
Instead, we officially celebrate Australia Day on January 26. For our First Peoples, this is hardly a day to celebrate. It marks the day in 1788 that Captain Arthur Phillip invaded the Eora Nation, landing in Sydney Harbour and claiming the lands of ...

Indigenous eye health researchers call for boost in funding - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/08/31 - 8:36pm

ABC Online

Indigenous eye health researchers call for boost in funding
ABC Online
HUGH TAYLOR: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children start off with much better vision than non-Indigenous children. By the time they reach the age of 40 and above, average Torres Strait Islander adults have six times as much blindness and over ...

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WA Aboriginal Bill historic but overdue - Community Newspaper Group

Mon, 2015/08/31 - 5:02pm

Community Newspaper Group

WA Aboriginal Bill historic but overdue
Community Newspaper Group
TO be classed as flora and fauna still haunts many Noongar people today, WADJAK Northside Aboriginal Community Group chair Shane Garlett says. Mr Garlett said for the older generation of Aboriginal Australians it was very important to be recognised as ...

Set up centre to stop Aboriginal children going into state care, expert says - The Advertiser

Mon, 2015/08/31 - 11:37am

The Advertiser

Set up centre to stop Aboriginal children going into state care, expert says
The Advertiser
SOUTH Australia should set up a research centre dedicated to curbing the spiralling numbers of Aboriginal children being taken into state care, a leading expert says. Australian Centre for Child Protection director Professor Fiona Arney, who is based ...

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Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it - iTWire

Mon, 2015/08/31 - 4:41am

Indigenous 'Welcome to Country' app welcomes you to experience it
iTWire
We've all seen 'Welcome to Country' ceremonies take place at important events, celebrating Australia's indigenous Aboriginal peoples and their custodianship of the land. Now comes an opportunity for anyone with the free 'Welcome to Country' app, local ...

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians - The Australian

Sun, 2015/08/30 - 2:04pm

The Australian

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians
The Australian
Yet for all of these undeniable realities, there is an admirable and perhaps redeeming value in Abbott that has not earned him enough credit from critics: his commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians. It may well be what he is most ...

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Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians - The Australian

Sun, 2015/08/30 - 2:04pm

The Australian

Tony Abbott committed to helping Aboriginal Australians
The Australian
Yet for all of these undeniable realities, there is an admirable and perhaps redeeming value in Abbott that has not earned him enough credit from critics: his commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians. It may well be what he is most ...

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Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ... - Daily Mail

Sun, 2015/08/30 - 3:22am

Daily Mail

Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory have the highest population of ...
Daily Mail
'In my research I have identified that community acceptance for Aboriginal transgender and gender variant identities is an issue facing Aboriginal communities throughout Australia,' he said. 'For many of these communities, categories of 'male' and ...

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Aboriginal art: Telstra awards at Northern Territory gallery, Darwin - The Australian

Fri, 2015/08/28 - 2:14pm

The Australian

Aboriginal art: Telstra awards at Northern Territory gallery, Darwin
The Australian
In difficult environments, such as Australia, barely inhabitable across most of its area — a fact abundantly clear on the flight to Darwin — prone to bushfires in the wooded parts, poor in soil and water and even poorer in fruits and other food ...

brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/08/28 - 11:03am

Sydney Morning Herald

brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott made his annual tour to Northern Australia to spend time in an Indigenous community, he was faced with a bleak reality: the gap in some remote communities is widening. To address the gap between Indigenous and ...
'Institutionalised racism' reason for fewer Indigenous kidney transplantsThe Guardian
Forty-thousand years of Indigenous maths can get kids into numbers todayThe Guardian
Art appreciated but not viewedPS News

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