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New NT leader is historic: federal leaders
The Australian
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott say the rise of new Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles is an historic moment for indigenous Australians and the country. Mr Giles rolled Terry Mills for the top job on Wednesday ...

The Canberra Times
MP condemns Amazon over sales tax
The Canberra Times
He and a group of friends banded together to buy 20 kindles to fund a small pilot study to bridge the stark gap in literacy between indigenous and non-indigenous students across Australia. Since the story's publication, Mr Billing has received ...

Concert designed to 'Close the Gap'
West Coast Sentinel
Since 2006, Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations have been working together to secure support of equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The program sets out how ...

Indigenous politician Adam Giles to replace Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister
ABC Online
But this week, with Mr Mills out of the country on a trade mission to Japan, Adam Giles has succeeded by gaining the support of the party's four Indigenous MLAs from bush electorates. It's expected Adam Giles will be sworn in as Chief Minister this ...

Apologies without action likely to fail
UQ News
Apologies without action likely to fail. Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations was a meaningful step for some Indigenous Australians, but action is still needed to progress reconciliation, a University of Queensland researcher has found. Dr ...

SBS Radio News
SBS
Adam Giles is the Northern Territory's new chief minister - and Australia's first indigenous head of government - after rolling Terry Mills from the top job. At a meeting called on Wednesday while Mr Mills was in Japan of all places promoting the ...

Maori highly valued in Aboriginal communities - researcher
Radio New Zealand
A researcher who specialises in Maori in Australia says Maori who work in Aboriginal communities are highly valued by the authorities there because they have an ability to connect with indigenous Australians in a way other people can't. Since ...

APY Lands truancy leaps
The Australian
Picture: Calum Robertson Source: The Advertiser. PARENTS too "lazy" to make their children go to school are in the firing line after attendance rates at a majority of communities on South Australia's Aboriginal lands dropped to their lowest levels in ...

The Age
Sector praises vision and new money
The Australian
Hume commends Creative Australia's indigenous focus and the so-called excellence pool of funding for the major 28 performing arts companies. "The centrality of indigenous culture, that's a wonderful thing, a coming-of-age thing," she says. Sydney's ...
New Creative Australia revealedThe Border Mail
Crean to unveil Creative AustraliaNewcastle Herald
Government Reveals National Cultural Policy, $75M Overhaul To Arts Grants ...Tone Deaf
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TNT Magazine
Indigenous people applaud Adam Giles's rise
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice commissioner Mick Gooda said this was a huge moment for Aboriginal Australia demonstrating that they could be mainstream leaders. "I think Adam got elected in his own right, he hasn't just relied on ...
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leaderTNT Magazine
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief MinisterCourier Mail
Global Times -The West Australian -The Age
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TNT Magazine
Territory coup delivers indigenous history
The Australian
AUSTRALIA has its first indigenous head of government after the Northern Territory became the second Liberal jurisdiction in a week to dump a first-term leader. Adam Giles will be sworn in today as the Territory's new chief minister after succeeding in ...
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leaderTNT Magazine
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief MinisterCourier Mail
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Adam Giles rolls Terry Mills as NT Chief Minister
Courier Mail
Mr Giles becomes the first indigenous Australian to become a state or territory leader. At a media conference in Darwin this afternoon, the incoming NT Chief Minister said colleagues asked him to challenge Mr Mills for the top job, but still counts the ...

Yahoo!7 News
Adam Giles becomes first indigenous Australia state leader
TNT Magazine
In 2009 Giles made an impassioned and controversial statement during a Ministerial Statement on the subject of public housing for indigeounous communities, saying "We have [ex Australian Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd's scum, bringing boat people over, and ...
Giles voted in as new NT chief ministerSBS
Northern Territory has Australia's first indigenous head of governmentGlobal Times
Giles named NT's new leaderThe Age
Yahoo!7 News -ABC Online
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WATCH NITV report: Adam Giles takes NT new chief minister:
SBS
Federal opposition spokesman on indigenous affairs, Nigel Scullion, said Mr Giles' appointment was an historic move by the CLP. "Aboriginal people all over Australia can rightly feel proud on this day," he said in a statement. Senator Scullion paid ...

SBS
Federal funding to help preserve Indigenous languages
SBS
Other new funding for Indigenous arts includes $613,000 to Bangarra Dance Theatre to build community relationships and $12.8 million to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies for digitising their at-risk collections ...

Historic day as Giles made new NT chief
The Australian
ADAM Giles is the Northern Territory's new chief minister - and Australia's first indigenous head of government - after rolling Terry Mills from the top job. At a meeting called on Wednesday while Mr Mills was in Japan of all places promoting the ...

Historic day as Giles made new NT chief
SBS
Adam Giles is the Northern Territory's new chief minister - and Australia's first indigenous head of government - after rolling Terry Mills from the top job. At a meeting called on Wednesday while Mr Mills was in Japan of all places promoting the ...

Northern Territory has Australia's first indigenous head of government
Global Times
Adam Giles, the former Northern Territory's transport minister, becomes the Northern Territory's new Chief Minister and Australia's first indigenous head of government after securing the numbers to roll his opponent and former Chief Minister Terry ...

SBS
NT has Australia's first Indigenous government leader
SBS
Mr Giles, who was the NT's transport minister, becomes Australia's first indigenous head of government after his second challenge to Mr Mills' leadership in less than a week. It is understood Mr Giles took the leadership 11 votes to five during a ...
Giles named NT's new leaderSydney Morning Herald
Mills dumped as Giles takes top Territory jobABC Online
Terry Mills, left, has been replaced as NT Chief Minister by Adam Giles, right ...The Australian

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Brisbane Times
Creative Australia lends extra support to Indigenous languages, but is it enough?
Crikey (blog)
The Federal Government's new Creative Australia policy includes an announcement of nearly $14 million in new funding for Indigenous languages support, over four years. While it's a welcome announcement, Greg Dickson isn't quite jumping up and down ...
New Creative Australia revealedThe Border Mail
arts policy to 'create jobs'The Australian
Crean to unveil Creative AustraliaTasmania Examiner
Tone Deaf -The West Australian -ABC Online
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