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Indigenous Elders reeling from suicide deaths
ABC Online
The older people's anguish is palpable and a report out today gives voice to Aboriginal Elders across northern Australia, from the Cape to the Kimberley who have never before witnessed such an epidemic of self-harm. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Indigenous Elders reeling from suicide deaths
ABC Online
The older people's anguish is palpable and a report out today gives voice to Aboriginal Elders across northern Australia, from the Cape to the Kimberley who have never before witnessed such an epidemic of self-harm. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Guardian
Indigenous fashion week: putting the bush into boutiques
The Guardian
The traditional handicrafts of a 60,000-year-old culture found a very modern interpretation on the catwalk in the first ever Australian Indigenous fashion week. With hand-printed silks, woven fabrics and street clothes, Indigenous designers showcased ...

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Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identity
The Guardian
The report features interviews with 30 elders throughout Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland and documents their solutions to prevent self-harm, particularly among younger Indigenous Australians, as part of the Culture is Life ...
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
As Industry Craves Authenticity, Aboriginal Fashion Week Takes FlightThe Business of Fashion
Aboriginal elders lament rise of youth suicidesABC Message Stick
Sydney Morning Herald
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Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identity
The Guardian
The report features interviews with 30 elders throughout Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland and documents their solutions to prevent self-harm, particularly among younger Indigenous Australians, as part of the Culture is Life ...
Aboriginal elders lament loss of culture as Indigenous youth suicides riseABC Online
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders saySydney Morning Herald
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Aboriginal elders lament loss of culture as Indigenous youth suicides rise
ABC Online
Aboriginal elders in northern Australia say a loss of cultural identity is one of the main reasons for rising Indigenous youth suicide rates. The elders have outlined their views on the issue in a new publication. Two years of consultation has gone ...
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders sayWA today

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Aboriginal elders lament loss of culture as Indigenous youth suicides rise
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Aboriginal elders in northern Australia say a loss of cultural identity is one of the main reasons for rising Indigenous youth suicide rates. The elders have outlined their views on the issue in a new publication. Two years of consultation has gone ...
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicideSBS
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders sayWA today

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SBS
Indigenous Elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicide
SBS
Aboriginal Elders from across Australia have united to tackle the alarming rate of Indigenous youth suicide. The Elders have written a report and launched a campaign to lobby Canberra for a new approach they hope could save a generation. In Western ...
Indigenous suicide at 'crisis' numbers after youth lose their cultural identityThe Guardian
As Industry Craves Authenticity, Aboriginal Fashion Week Takes FlightThe Business of Fashion
Aboriginal elders lament rise of youth suicidesABC Message Stick
Sydney Morning Herald
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SBS
Indigenous elders launch campaign to tackle youth suicide
SBS
Hoping to tackle the alarming rate of Indigenous youth suicide, the elders have launched a campaign lobbying the Federal Government for a new approach. In some of Australia's remote Indigenous communities suicide has reached epidemic proportions.
Culture is key to tackling suicide epidemic, elders sayWA today

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Savings seen in indigenous bodies' merger
The Australian
A government ordered review of Indigenous Business Australia, which currently provides discount loans to Aboriginal companies, and the Indigenous Land Corporation has identified significant savings to the organisations' combined $3bn a year budget.

Savings seen in indigenous bodies' merger
The Australian
A government ordered review of Indigenous Business Australia, which currently provides discount loans to Aboriginal companies, and the Indigenous Land Corporation has identified significant savings to the organisations' combined $3bn a year budget.

Indigenous Australian paintings put on display
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of years old indigenous art forms from Australia went on display for the first time here on Sunday. The three-day exhibition, 'Bush Medicine', has been organised at the Nomad Gallery by the Australian High Commission.

Indigenous Australian paintings put on display
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of years old indigenous art forms from Australia went on display for the first time here on Sunday. The three-day exhibition, 'Bush Medicine', has been organised at the Nomad Gallery by the Australian High Commission.

The West Australian
Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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The West Australian
Indigenous call for racism conscience vote
The Australian
THE Board of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples _ the peak indigenous group in the country _ has called for all members of the national parliament to have a conscience vote on the racial discrimination act changes. Section 18C of the ...
What we thinkJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Private enterprise urged to hire more Aboriginal staff
The Australian
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia roundtable, Mr Tudge outlined the challenges of the growing employment gap at a time when more than half of the indigenous population was younger than 20 years of age. Only 46 per cent of ...

Truthout Interviews John Pilger on Aborigine Assimilation by Abduction in ...
Truth-Out
According to a report filed by John Pilger on Truthout, Aborigine child abductions are number roughly 14,000 in 2013 alone. It's not family members who are taking these children; it's the Australian government. Under a government program designed to ...

Indigenous MMA athlete Chris Indich fighting for a UFC future at The Ultimate ...
Courier Mail
The 26-year-old is about to become Australia's first indigenous Mixed Martial Arts athlete to compete at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Indich, nicknamed 'the Savage', will have less than 15 minutes to effect five years of ...

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Pilbara Indigenous Media Group Awarded
ABC Local
Mr Mowarin also has big plans for NAIDOC 2014 which he said isn't just about Indigenous Australia celebrating culture and heritage but about sharing it with the rest of Australia. "It's a celebration of who we are and our identity. "Without culture and ...