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Barnett unveils remote plan
The Australian
The Barnett government has unveiled a radical overhaul of services and spending in the state's 274 remote communities, declaring the $4.9 billion rolled out each year on indigenous programs in Western Australia was like a “noodle nation” of duplication ...
Lift the shackles and remote communities will thriveHerald Sun
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
WA Govt to outline indigenous communities closure planNEWS.com.au
ABC Message Stick -Radio Australia
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There are about 12,000 Aboriginal people currently living in 274 communities in Western Australia, some with only one house and one family in them.

Two of Australia's top legal minds are calling for a major rethink of the ... broad “people” power to make laws specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

... AFL round celebrating Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait cultures? ... designed by a player drawing inspiration from his Aboriginal forebears.

Indeed, the ongoing fight for justice among modern Aboriginal communities against crimes committed by the British over 200 years ago shows how ...

Perth Now
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous plan
Perth Now
“Imagine the situation for an Aboriginal family who must be almost every day (facing) someone knocking on their door saying `we're here to help you',” Mr Barnett said. “That is inefficient, ineffective use of public money and totally confusing for the ...
Aboriginal people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA GovernmentRadio Australia
WA backs away on “up to 150″ remote communities to close, outlines process ...Crikey (blog)
WA Premier flags changes to remote community fundingABC Message Stick
NEWS.com.au
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MARK COLVIN: The West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the days of what he calls "pouring billions into remote Aboriginal communities for little ...

The Guardian
Remote Aboriginal communities still in limbo despite release of 'major reforms'
The Guardian
The Western Australian government has released what it is describing as a “major reform” of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities, but did not provide details about which communities would be affected, how many might have to close, and what ...
Barnett unveils remote planThe Australian
WA Govt 'braves' remote indigenous planPerth Now
WA Premier flags changes to remote community fundingABC Message Stick
Radio Australia -NEWS.com.au
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The Western Australian government has released what it is describing as a “major reform” of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities, but did ...

Indigenous teen's 'trust experiment' makes global impact after beach video ...
Radio Australia
The brave teen said it was part of a larger social experiment to raise awareness about the level of distrust towards Indigenous Australians. "It was pretty confronting to learn that only 13 per cent of Australians trusted Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Indigenous teen's 'trust experiment' makes global impact after beach video ...
Radio Australia
The brave teen said it was part of a larger social experiment to raise awareness about the level of distrust towards Indigenous Australians. "It was pretty confronting to learn that only 13 per cent of Australians trusted Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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“Imagine the situation for an Aboriginal family who must be almost every day ... Aboriginal affairs minister Peter Collier said there would be “enormous” ...

Aboriginal people will be consulted on changes to service delivery in remote communities, the WA Government says, under plans it expects to result in ...

The exact number of Aboriginal Australians who fought in WWI is difficult to pin down as they were not included in the census and generally not ...

Dr John Boffa, from the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, described the trial of a seven-week program designed to increase attendance and ...

He then pointed to social problems in the communities, including child abuse, drawing the ire of opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman Ben Wyatt, ...

"Bickering" about the source of statistics on sexual abuse of children in remote Aboriginal communities is missing the point, West Australian Police ...

... who are helping to close the gap in health outcomes for Māori, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. ... nose and throat surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Western Australia, and Dr Ollapallil Jacob, ...

A Ngurrara Ranger with a boy in the Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Indigenous protected area in Western Australia. Photograph: Kimberley Land Council/Pew ...

NEWS.com.au
Blame booze, not the past: Pearson
NEWS.com.au
The Australian reports that the noted academic used a speech in Brisbane to urge indigenous people to “rise above historic trauma”, likening that process to the way in which Jewish people have endured after the Holocaust. “I have to push back against ...

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