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Sydney Morning Herald
Coalition MPs stage walkout after Bill Shorten raises budget in Closing the ...
Sydney Morning Herald
"When having a lawyer can determine whether a first-time offender gets a second chance or a prison sentence, these cuts will rob Indigenous Australians of legal aid." Victorian Liberal MP Russell Broadbent was first to show his anger by leaving the ...

Australia failing to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage: Abbott
The Japan Times
SYDNEY – Australia is failing to meet most of its targets to end the entrenched disadvantage of Aboriginal people, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday, as he delivered what he described as a “profoundly disappointing” annual assessment.

The Guardian
Some Indigenous leaders considered quitting Abbott's Closing the Gap speech
The Guardian
But Priscilla Collins, the chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja), said she “totally agreed” with Abbott that “government programs can be a catalyst but success – where it is achieved – is due to Aboriginal and Torres ...

The Guardian
Some Indigenous leaders considered quitting Abbott's Closing the Gap speech
The Guardian
But Priscilla Collins, the chief executive of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja), said she “totally agreed” with Abbott that “government programs can be a catalyst but success – where it is achieved – is due to Aboriginal and Torres ...

The Guardian
Submarines, terrorism and Indigenous disadvantage preoccupy Canberra ...
The Guardian
In this new era of good government, can the foreign minister advise whether she will be allowed to represent Australia at the UN climate change meeting in Paris unsupervised? Julie Bishop: I thank the member for her question but that is so yesterday!

BBC News
Australia 'failing to end indigenous disadvantage' says PM
BBC News
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said progress on improving the lives of indigenous Australians is "profoundly disappointing". "We are not on track to meet most of the targets," he said, in a speech to parliament launching the seventh annual ...

The Conversation AU
Australia falling down on progress to close the gap for Indigenous people
The Conversation AU
The latest Closing the Gap report, tabled in federal parliament on Wednesday, shows poor progress on improving the situation of Indigenous Australians on many key indicators. Only two of the targets set in 2008 by the Council of Australian Governments ...
Australia failing to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage: AbbottThe Japan Times
Australia failing to end indigenous disadvantage, says PM Tony AbbottEconomic Times
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Yahoo!7 News
Australia failing to end indigenous disadvantage: PM
Yahoo!7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia's failure to end the entrenched disadvantage of Aboriginal people was described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott Wednesday as "profoundly disappointing" with key targets missed and employment levels actually worsening.

NEWS.com.au
Kylie Minogue petition to represent Australia in Eurovision Song Contest this ...
NEWS.com.au
And if we want to represent Australia internationally, what better than an indigenous Australian with one of our most unique voices? Eurovision isn't all colour, movement and flags, and he could be a pretty special point of difference. JOHN FARNHAM.
Australia is in the Eurovision – please adjust your mapsThe Conversation AU
Eurovision 2015: Australia unlikely to host even if we winSydney Morning Herald

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BBC News
Australia's indigenous people: 'Gap still remains'
BBC News
A senior adviser to Australian PM Tony Abbott has said that more needs to be done to improve the lives of indigenous people as Mr Abbott prepares a key speech on the issue in parliament. His annual "Closing the Gap" speech is expected to conclude that ...

First Nations man appointed South Australia's Minister for Aboriginal affairs
National Indigenous Times
P2 Kyam Maher South Australia has a new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, a minister with an Aboriginal heritage who says one of his key roles is to "empower Aboriginal communities". Kyam Maher, who acknowledges Aboriginal heritage on his mother's side, was ...

First Nations man appointed South Australia's Minister for Aboriginal affairs
National Indigenous Times
P2 Kyam Maher South Australia has a new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, a minister with an Aboriginal heritage who says one of his key roles is to "empower Aboriginal communities". Kyam Maher, who acknowledges Aboriginal heritage on his mother's side, was ...

SBS
Closing the Gap: Indigenous health outcomes an 'embarrassment for far too long'
SBS
Tony Abbott has outlined the government's aim to achieve spiritual and practical reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia at a breakfast event ahead of his annual Closing the Gap speech in Parliament. Speaking today in Canberra, Mr ...

The Guardian
Indigenous jail population has risen due to cuts, Close the Gap committee says
The Guardian
The Close the Gap Progress and Priorities 2015 report made a number of recommendations to reduce the inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, including realignment and investment in primary healthcare, and comparing Australian ...

The Guardian
Closing the Gap: poor progress on most Indigenous disadvantage measures
The Guardian
Australia is failing to close the gap in the disadvantage of Indigenous people, with little to no progress being made in improving life expectancy, education for Indigenous four-year-olds, reading, writing and numeracy rates and employment outcomes.

GOOD Magazine
Australia's Anti-Gentrification Aboriginal Tent Embassy Perseveres
GOOD Magazine
Residents of Redfern, an impoverished inner-city suburb in Sydney, Australia, are fighting against gentrification with an Aboriginal tent embassy situated on The Block, a piece of land allocated to Australia's indigenous people in 1973. The tent ...

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ABC Online
Closing the Gap initiatives failing in key areas, chief Indigenous adviser ...
ABC Online
In an opinion piece published today, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion acknowledged the continuing deep divide between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. "There is no point pretending things are better than they are. The report will ...

The Guardian
Adam Giles brings back Dave Tollner
The Australian
Mr Giles also reversed a decision made when he took over his party's leadership in a coup in early 2013 to scrap the indigenous affairs portfolio and a stand alone department on the basis that he wanted all arms of government to deliver for ...
NT chief becomes indigenous ministerPerth Now
Dave Tollner reinstated as NT Treasurer by Adam Giles in Cabinet reshuffleABC Online
Controversial MP Dave Tollner big winner in Northern Territory reshuffleThe Guardian

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Recognition for indigenous Australians a prize subject
The Australian
CEFA chief executive Kerry Jones said the prize would contribute to the community's understanding of Australia's democracy ahead of the referendum on constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians. “Too many Australians feel cynical about the ...

The Australian
Nation failing to close the indigenous gap
The Australian
The push to ensure that 95 per cent of indigenous four-year-olds in remote Australia had access to early childhood education by 2013 failed. Only 85 per cent were enrolled. “It is profoundly disappointing that most Closing the Gap targets are not on ...
We must keep striving to close the gap in Indigenous healthWA today
Change the constitution for a fairer futureBrisbane Times

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