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Indigenous mortality rate from cardiac conditions plummets by 41% - The Guardian

Mon, 2015/08/03 - 3:00pm

The Guardian

Indigenous mortality rate from cardiac conditions plummets by 41%
The Guardian
Over the same time period, the proportion of Indigenous Australians who have had a procedure to open an artery after a major heart attack has risen from 25% to 46%. That is compared with 70% of non-Indigenous Australians. The data looks at how cardiac ...
Indigenous have more cardiac conditions9news.com.au

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Recognition hijacked by political class: Stephen Hagan - The Australian

Mon, 2015/08/03 - 2:09pm

The Australian

Recognition hijacked by political class: Stephen Hagan
The Australian
Mr Hagan, a veteran activist and chairman of the Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corp in far- southwest Queensland, said the Prime Minister had made a grave error in rejecting the push for a series of indigenous-only conventions around Australia on ...

The Aboriginal war dance: Welcome and warning - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/08/03 - 10:38am

ABC Online

The Aboriginal war dance: Welcome and warning
ABC Online
In the wake of the Adam Goodes booing saga, Lateline met with Russell Dawson, Cecil McLeod and 'Turtle' of the Koomurri dance group on the shores of Botany Bay to find out what the war dance means to them. By Brigid Andersen and Jason Om.

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Recognise campaign: Tony Abbott sparks fury among Aboriginal leaders - The Australian

Mon, 2015/08/03 - 9:08am

The Australian

Recognise campaign: Tony Abbott sparks fury among Aboriginal leaders
The Australian
Mr Pearson said it was not for mainstream Australia to confer recognition upon indigenous people, but for indigenous people to decide whether that type of recognition was something they wanted first. Mr Dodson said symbolism throughout the process was ...
Indigenous people want 'substantive changeABC Online
Tony Abbott rejects proposal to hold Indigenous conventions on recognitionThe Guardian
Tony Abbott rejects Pearson, Dodson planThe Australian Financial Review
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Garma 2015: Tony Abbott knockback to Indigenous-led consultations plan makes ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2015/08/03 - 7:08am

ABC Online

Garma 2015: Tony Abbott knockback to Indigenous-led consultations plan makes ...
ABC Online
"The question that is unanswered in his letter, how do we go to town hall style meetings without some clarity about where Indigenous Australia stands in relations to the propositions that have been aired over the last three years," Mr Pearson said ...
Recognise campaign: Tony Abbott sparks fury among Aboriginal leadersThe Australian
Australian PM knocks back Indigenous constitution planBBC News
Tony Abbott rejects proposal to hold Indigenous conventions on recognitionThe Guardian
Xinhua -9news.com.au
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Indigenous people want 'substantive change - ABC Online

Sun, 2015/08/02 - 10:45pm

ABC Online

Indigenous people want 'substantive change
ABC Online
Indigenous leaders Noel Pearson and Patrick Dodson are yet to hear if Prime Minister Tony Abbott supports their proposed roadmap for a referendum on recognising Aboriginal Australians in the constitution. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has declared his ...
Elders reject race 'embroidery'The Australian
Garma discusses recognition, discriminationSky News Australia

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Nova Peris says government language around Indigenous people is patronising - The Guardian

Sun, 2015/08/02 - 7:22am

The Guardian

Nova Peris says government language around Indigenous people is patronising
The Guardian
Federal senator Nova Peris has excoriated white Australia's relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, saying the government just gives “hope and aspiration on three-year funding cycles” and won't allow Indigenous people to drive ...
Peris says Aboriginal wounds still rawSBS
Andrew Bolt's claim Stolen Generations a 'myth' spurs Press Council complaintSydney Morning Herald

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Peris says Aboriginal wounds still raw - The Australian (blog)

Sun, 2015/08/02 - 4:38am

The Australian (blog)

Peris says Aboriginal wounds still raw
The Australian (blog)
She said her mother and grandparents were taken from their families, and her grandfather "had chains around his goddamned neck", but Aboriginal people still have to justify themselves to the rest of the country when talking about Australia's past.
Garma Festival 2015: Adam Goodes told to 'get back in his box' by booers, Nova ...ABC Online
Andrew Bolt's claim Stolen Generations a 'myth' spurs Press Council complaintSydney Morning Herald

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Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles vows to boost Indigenous jobs - The Guardian

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 11:36pm

The Guardian

Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles vows to boost Indigenous jobs
The Guardian
Adam Giles used the Indigenous Garma festival being held in Arnhem Land on Saturday to announce a series of new policies intended to create “at least” 3,800 new Aboriginal jobs by 2020. “I support Aboriginal Territorians living on country, and we ...
Indigenous people want role in NT plansSky News Australia
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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Football racism row splits opinion in Australia - Aljazeera.com (blog)

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 9:47pm

Aljazeera.com (blog)

Football racism row splits opinion in Australia
Aljazeera.com (blog)
Aboriginal Australian rules football star Adam Goodes, twice voted the sport's player of the year, has been jeered from coast-to-coast. The controversy began in 2013 when a 13-year-old girl called him an ape during a game and was re-ignited this year ...
Garma Festival 2015: Noel Pearson urges Indigenous people to 'rise above' the ...ABC Online

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Recognise: Dodson in push to ban racial discrimination in constitution - The Australian

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 9:33pm

The Australian

Recognise: Dodson in push to ban racial discrimination in constitution
The Australian
Outsiders visiting sacred Yolngu country in Arnhem Land “may as well be going to Hawaii” if they're not prepared to get behind a push to ban racial discrimination in the constitution, Western Australian indigenous leader Patrick Dodson has told Garma ...
Garma Festival 2015: Galarrwuy Yunupingu awarded honorary doctorate by ...ABC Online

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Bangarra dancers celebrate Aboriginal culture, with or without lights - Business Insider

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 9:05pm

Business Insider

Bangarra dancers celebrate Aboriginal culture, with or without lights
Business Insider
Sydney (AFP) - Deborah Brown has danced at the Sydney Opera House and on other famous stages around the world, but performances on the dirt of remote Australian Aboriginal communities are her most nerve-wracking. It is these stripped back Outback ...
Bangarra dancers celebrate Aboriginal cultureChina Post

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Nicole's secret gift to struggling boy - Perth Now

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 2:52pm

Nicole's secret gift to struggling boy
Perth Now
The photo shoot brought back warm memories of filming Australia, the most precious of which was when she swam in a waterhole believed by the local indigenous community to hold sacred fertility properties. After many years of trying to conceive with her ...

Nicole Kidman reveals secret gesture she made to struggling young boy as part ... - NEWS.com.au

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 2:47pm

NEWS.com.au

Nicole Kidman reveals secret gesture she made to struggling young boy as part ...
NEWS.com.au
The photo shoot brought back warm memories of filming Australia, the most precious of which was when she swam in a waterhole believed by the local indigenous community to hold sacred fertility properties. After many years of trying to conceive with her ...

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Indigenous people want role in NT plans - Sky News Australia

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 5:58am

Sky News Australia

Indigenous people want role in NT plans
Sky News Australia
Aboriginal people need to have a bigger say on how the north of Australia is developed, an indigenous leader says. Speaking at the Garma indigenous festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday, Northern Land Council CEO Joe Morrison said Aboriginal people ...
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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NT govt announces indigenous jobs target - The Australian (blog)

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 5:55am

The Guardian

NT govt announces indigenous jobs target
The Australian (blog)
ADAM Giles used the indigenous Garma Festival being held in Arnhem Land on Saturday to announce a series of new policies intended to create "at least" 3800 new Aboriginal jobs by 2020. "I support Aboriginal Territorians living on country, and we should ...
Northern Territory statehood push is 'a distraction', Indigenous leader saysThe Guardian
Indigenous people want role in NT plansThe West Australian
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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Northern Territory statehood push is 'a distraction', Indigenous leader says - The Guardian

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 4:59am

The Guardian

Northern Territory statehood push is 'a distraction', Indigenous leader says
The Guardian
“Much more important is the consideration by the Northern Territory's Aboriginal people – one third of the total population – of how they will be recognised in the Australian constitution,” Morrison told Garma festival in Gulkula, Arnhem Land on Saturday.
NT govt announces indigenous jobs targetThe Australian (blog)
Indigenous people want role in NT plansSky News Australia
Arnhem Land agreement 'an important step'NT News

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Drum special: Indigenous leaders speak out on Adam Goodes and Australian racism - ABC Online

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 2:51am

ABC Online

Drum special: Indigenous leaders speak out on Adam Goodes and Australian racism
ABC Online
That's the message from the Indigenous community in the wake of the Adam Goodes booing controversy. The co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Kirstie Parker; the head of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren ...
I can tell you how Adam Goodes feels. Every Indigenous person has felt itThe Guardian
Football racism row splits opinion in AustraliaAljazeera.com (blog)
Time to listen to what Indigenous people are sayingSydney Morning Herald
Herald Sun
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Garma Festival 2015: Noel Pearson urges Indigenous people to 'rise above' the ... - ABC Online

Sat, 2015/08/01 - 1:42am

ABC Online

Garma Festival 2015: Noel Pearson urges Indigenous people to 'rise above' the ...
ABC Online
Mr Pearson said Indigenous Australians should not look to the booing of Goodes and accusations of racial slurs as indicative of the progress of reconciliation. He urged to "rise above anger and fear" and "summon up the better Australia we too often ...
NRL stars to begin Indigenous round celebrations early in support of Adam GoodesSydney Morning Herald
Adam Goodes: Noel Pearson consumed with rage over booing commentaryThe Australian
Adam Goodes: Aboriginal men and boys show support at Arnhem Land festivalThe Guardian
SBS
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Major restructure for Newcastle indigenous service provider - ABC Online

Fri, 2015/07/31 - 11:08pm

ABC Online

Major restructure for Newcastle indigenous service provider
ABC Online
A Newcastle indigenous service provider, Awabakal Limited has completed a major restructure saying it is now proud to be truly Aboriginal owned and managed. Awabakal is one of Australia's oldest Aboriginal community organisations, providing health, ...

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