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Exploring Australia's forgotten Aboriginal rock art
BBC News
We'd come to Stanley Island, off Australia's Cape York Peninsula, to learn about the Aboriginal Australians who once resided here. But we found the main sign marking Flinders Group National Park concealed by mangroves and the guestbook had recorded ...

SBS
Comment: 'Work with us not for us' to end the Indigenous policy chaos
SBS
The very substantial record of statistical gaps between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous people does not inspire confidence that programs and policies are working well. The latest Close the Gap – Progress and Priorities report documents some ...
Australia's indigenous incarceration crisisYahoo! Maktoob News

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Record number of Indigenous doctors graduate from the University of New South ...
ABC Online
The largest cohort of Aboriginal graduate doctors will begin working in hospitals around Australia next year. Six Indigenous students graduated this year with a medicine degree at the University of New South Wales. Justine Brindle from the university's ...

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The Age
Record number of Indigenous doctors graduate from the University of New South ...
ABC Online
The largest cohort of Aboriginal graduate doctors will begin working in hospitals around Australia next year. Six Indigenous students graduated this year with a medicine degree at the University of New South Wales. Justine Brindle from the university's ...
Indigenous doctors graduate from UNSW: 'An opportunity to give back to the ...The Age

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Indigenous doctors graduate from UNSW: 'An opportunity to give back to the ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Six new Indigenous Australian doctors graduated from the University of NSW on Monday, the highest number in a single year and a record the university is already planning to beat with another 10 on track to graduate next year. "Having Indigenous doctors ...

The Age
Indigenous doctors graduate from UNSW: 'An opportunity to give back to the ...
The Age
Six new Indigenous Australian doctors graduated from the University of NSW on Monday, the highest number in a single year and a record the university is already planning to beat with another 10 on track to graduate next year. "Having Indigenous doctors ...

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Indigenous doctors graduate in record numbers from University of New South ...
ABC Online
NICK GRIMM: Aboriginal people are almost twice as likely to end up in hospital as non-Indigenous Australians. But, they're much less likely to be treated by an Indigenous doctor, since only a tiny percentage of medical practitioners in Australia are ...

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Indigenous doctors graduate in record numbers from University of New South ...
ABC Online
NICK GRIMM: Aboriginal people are almost twice as likely to end up in hospital as non-Indigenous Australians. But, they're much less likely to be treated by an Indigenous doctor, since only a tiny percentage of medical practitioners in Australia are ...

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The Conversation AU
'Work with us not for us' to end the Indigenous policy chaos
The Conversation AU
The inequitable status of Indigenous Australians is broadly recognised. “Closing the Gap” is an officially declared policy priority. However, the results, as recorded in the latest government report, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, are not impressive.
Stop peddling lies – “$30 billion spent on Indigenous disadvantage” is a lieThe Stringer

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Aljazeera.com
Australia's indigenous incarceration crisis
Aljazeera.com
The rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration is now 18 times higher than that of non-indigenous Australians. Last month, the Law Council of Australia declared the rate of indigenous imprisonment, which has grown by more than 50 ...
Stop peddling lies – “$30 billion spent on Indigenous disadvantage” is a lieThe Stringer

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Aljazeera.com
Australia's indigenous incarceration crisis
Aljazeera.com
The rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration is now 18 times higher than that of non-indigenous Australians. Last month, the Law Council of Australia declared the rate of indigenous imprisonment, which has grown by more than 50 ...
Stop peddling lies – “$30 billion spent on Indigenous disadvantage” is a lieThe Stringer

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The Guardian
Indigenous and community groups condemn cashless welfare card plan
The Guardian
In a joint statement the 37 groups – including Mission Australia, Homelessness Australia, St Vincent de Paul Society, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander Legal Services and several state councils of social service – called on the federal ...

Scullion defends review as NT traditional owners sound alarm on Northern ...
The West Australian
Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has rejected suggestions from Australia's largest Aboriginal land council that he is attacking Aboriginal land rights. Senator Scullion was accused by the Northern Land Council (NLC) of breaking an ...

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The Age
Rachel Perkins speaks out on the need to stand up for Aboriginal Australians
The Age
The question Noel Pearson decisively asks: do you believe that it is important that indigenous Australians have a rightful place in this, their own nation? This is a question for you. My people know we want a rightful place in this nation and we have ...

ABC Online
Scullion defends review as NT traditional owners sound alarm on Northern ...
ABC Online
Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has rejected suggestions from Australia's largest Aboriginal land council that he is attacking Aboriginal land rights. Senator Scullion was accused by the Northern Land Council (NLC) of breaking an ...

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Proposed WA remote community closures labelled "ethnic cleansing" - National Indigenous Radio Service The CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) has described the state Government's decision to close about 150 remote communities as "ethnic cleansing". The WA Government flagged the closure of homeland communities after the Commonwealth shifted responsibility for remote municipal service funding to the state. Premier Colin Barnett says the state will not be able to afford to take up the costs of services. ALSWA's Dennis Eggington told Koori Radio the move is discriminatory and will lead to more social problems.

Australia's Abbott Plans Aboriginals Constitutional Acknowledgement in 2017
Sputnik International
A 1967 referendum with a 90.77-percent Yes vote has allowed for the unique status of Aboriginal people in Australia. However, the Aboriginal people remain unacknowledged by the Australian constitution. A protester demanding human rights for Australia's ...

The Canberra Times
Rachel Perkins speaks out on the need to stand up for Aboriginal Australians
The Canberra Times
The question Noel Pearson decisively asks: do you believe that it is important that indigenous Australians have a rightful place in this, their own nation? This is a question for you. My people know we want a rightful place in this nation and we have ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner numbers soar, ABS reportsThe Australian
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
Spending on targeted Indigenous services falling, says reportThe Guardian
Pro Bono Australia -SBS -ABC Message Stick
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Charity Kindles boost reading skills of indigenous children
The Australian
“We'll be reaching out to Australia's top CEOs soon to see how we can get our digital library launched. We want young indigenous readers to be among the first to take advantage of the best technology available. We will get this done. It is simply a ...

Charity Kindles boost reading skills of indigenous children
The Australian
“We'll be reaching out to Australia's top CEOs soon to see how we can get our digital library launched. We want young indigenous readers to be among the first to take advantage of the best technology available. We will get this done. It is simply a ...