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The Guardian (blog)
The stolen generations: an unending disaster for Australia
The Guardian (blog)
I've thought a lot about this conundrum as I've read about Australia's stolen generations and pondered whether removal is currently enacted unduly often with Aboriginal Australians. The rationale for the removal of the original stolen generations was ...

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Aboriginal artists celebrate connection to cattle country
ABC Local
The Indigenous men and women who worked for rations and helped to build Australia's northern cattle industry are at the heart of a special art exhibition launched in the Kimberley last night. 'In the saddle, On the wall' features the works of 13 well ...

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ANTARA
Indigenous Australian art exhibition opens in Bandung
ANTARA
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An exhibition of Indigenous Australian visual art opened Thursday evening at the Galeri Soemardja at Bandung Institute of Technology, according to the Australian Embassy here on its official web site on Friday. Australian ...

The Guardian (blog)
The stolen generations: an unending disaster for Australia
The Guardian (blog)
I've thought a lot about this conundrum as I've read about Australia's stolen generations and pondered whether removal is currently enacted unduly often with Aboriginal Australians. The rationale for the removal of the original stolen generations was ...

Echonetdaily
Australia's top Indigenous surfers to gather at Bells
Echonetdaily
The event is in its third year after a 16-year hiatus and has turned into a showcase of the elite indigenous surfers in the country. Surfing Victoria Indigenous Aquatic Manager and Contest Director, Steve Parker is ecstatic to be holding the event at ...

The Guardian
education lift not matched by jobs
The Australian
... made significant gains in education, but not employment. “What's concerning, though, is these education gains aren't improving employment; we found that since 2008 employment outcomes for indigenous Australians did not improve in any state or ...
Indigenous hit hardest by dole changesDaily Mail

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The Guardian
education lift not matched by jobs
The Australian
... made significant gains in education, but not employment. “What's concerning, though, is these education gains aren't improving employment; we found that since 2008 employment outcomes for indigenous Australians did not improve in any state or ...
Indigenous hit hardest by dole changesDaily Mail

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Abbotts $7 Fee: Big medical chains could charge fees rather than bulk bill Pat McGrath reported this story on ABC RADIO 'PM' Tuesday, May 20, 2014

As Northern Territory tourist numbers double, Indigenous operators prepare
ABC Online
With Asian holidaymakers flocking to Australia's north, Indigenous tour operators in the Top End are readying to reap the rewards. Tourist numbers in the Northern Territory have doubled over the past three years, with visitors from China and its Asian ...

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As NT tourist numbers soar, Indigenous operators prepare
ABC Message Stick
With Asian holidaymakers flocking to Australia's north, Indigenous tour operators in the Top End are readying to reap the rewards. Tourist numbers in the Northern Territory have doubled over the past three years, with visitors from China and its Asian ...

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As Northern Territory tourist numbers double, Indigenous operators prepare
The West Australian
With Asian holidaymakers flocking to Australia's north, Indigenous tour operators in the Top End are readying to reap the rewards. Tourist numbers in the Northern Territory have doubled over the past three years, with visitors from China and its Asian ...

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Fundraising efforts criticised in Australian indigenous community
Radio Australia
Two charities say they acted swiftly to withdraw fundraising efforts in an indigenous community, when it emerged that agents were signing people up to direct debit payment plans. The companies were raising money in Far North Queensland on behalf of Red ...
Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...ABC Message Stick

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The Australian Financial Review
Fears Tony Abbott will widen indigenous gap
The Australian
THE deputy chairman of Tony Abbott's indigenous advisory council, doctor Ngiare Brown, has denounced budget cuts to indigenous affairs and says the $7 GP co-payment will hurt indigenous people and other vulnerable Australians who desperately need ...
Budget: Indigenous Australians among hardest hitABC Local
Long-term approach needed to improve indigenous healthThe Australian Financial Review
This budget could devastate Indigenous AustraliansABC Message Stick
Crikey (blog) -ACTU (press release) -The Canberra Times
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The Australian Financial Review
Fears Tony Abbott will widen indigenous gap
The Australian
THE deputy chairman of Tony Abbott's indigenous advisory council, doctor Ngiare Brown, has denounced budget cuts to indigenous affairs and says the $7 GP co-payment will hurt indigenous people and other vulnerable Australians who desperately need ...
Budget: Indigenous Australians among hardest hitABC Local
Long-term approach needed to improve indigenous healthThe Australian Financial Review
Indigenous health leaders say co-payments must be scrapped, as new ...Crikey (blog)
ABC Message Stick -Sydney Morning Herald
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Australia is still fighting a land war and it's the country's great divide
The Conversation
In Australia there are many different views about the historical and current role of Aboriginal people in the national landscape. This view fluctuates. The successes that Aboriginal people have achieved recently are easily embraced. Australians ...

Australian Aborigines Were Sophisticated Farmers and Land Managers
The Epoch Times
SYDNEY–Australian Aborigines, among the oldest continual inhabitants of their land in the world, have long been depicted as hunters and gatherers. Mounting evidence, however, suggests they were not primitives but sophisticated cultivators and land ...

The Australian Financial Review
Fears Tony Abbott will widen indigenous gap
The Australian
THE deputy chairman of Tony Abbott's indigenous advisory council, doctor Ngiare Brown, has denounced budget cuts to indigenous affairs and says the $7 GP co-payment will hurt indigenous people and other vulnerable Australians who desperately need ...
Budget: Indigenous Australians among hardest hitABC Local
Long-term approach needed to improve indigenous healthThe Australian Financial Review
#Budget2014 risks to 'closing the gap' include Indigenous cancer impactCrikey (blog)
ABC Message Stick -Sydney Morning Herald
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Recycling plant keen to boost Indigenous jobs
ABC Online
A study showed it could be profitable recycling cardboard alone and the South Burnett Regional Council and Indigenous Business Australia are working together on job opportunities. Manager Andrew Beckett says the facility employs four Indigenous people ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Long-term approach needed to improve indigenous health
The Australian Financial Review
The health status of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remains unacceptable, with them experiencing a significantly higher incidence of disease and morbidity, as well as lower life expectancy than the average Australian population.
Budget: Indigenous Australians among hardest hitABC Local
This budget could devastate Indigenous AustraliansABC Message Stick
Indigenous health leaders say co-payments must be scrapped, as new ...Crikey (blog)
ACTU (press release) -Sydney Morning Herald
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The Australian Financial Review
Long-term approach needed to improve indigenous health
The Australian Financial Review
The health status of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remains unacceptable, with them experiencing a significantly higher incidence of disease and morbidity, as well as lower life expectancy than the average Australian population.
Budget: Indigenous Australians among hardest hitABC Local
#Budget2014 risks to 'closing the gap' include Indigenous cancer impactCrikey (blog)
This budget could devastate Indigenous AustraliansABC Message Stick
Sydney Morning Herald
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