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Aboriginal bodies 'ignored violence against women'
The Australian
In a territory "with more Aboriginal controlled land and autonomy or self-determination than any other place in Australia'', the intervention "brought to the surface the (once unspoken) tension between indigenous self-determination and Aboriginal women ...

The Age
Catch 82: we're all living longer … but can we afford to?
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die at any age as non-indigenous. Australians in cities are the least likely to die, suffering only 5.6 deaths per 1000 compared with 8.2 per thousand in very remote places. In NSW the death rate ...
Australian life just keeps getting longerThe Age

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Australian life just keeps getting longer
The Age
... until it runs out. ''What they hell do you do when you turn 87?'' he said. ''You are still spritely and you think you've been frugal, but the money's just not there.'' Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die in any age as non ...

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Indigenous health clinic nearly finished
ABC Online
Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames says final works on an Aboriginal health clinic in Wiluna are set to be completed by this month. The facility faced months of delays when funds ran short during construction in June. Months later, a deal was ...

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Research shows smoking rates declining among Indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
It's not often we hear good news about health indicators for Indigenous Australians, but a new report has found that the number of heavy smokers within Australia's Indigenous population has almost halved in the past 20 years. Australian research shows ...

ABC Online
Peace prize winner condemns NSW Taser use
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Senator Holland is renowned for fighting against apartheid in South Africa, helping create a democratic Zimbabwe and advocating for indigenous Australians. She continues to promote peace in Zimbabwe through her role as minister for reconciliation ...
Sekai Holland to receive Sydney Peace Prize 2012ABC Online

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Express Advocate Wyong
National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge to be held at ...
Express Advocate Wyong
There will be good vibes, fun and plenty of action when the National Indigenous 3on3 Basketball and Hip Hop Challenge is held at Bateau Bay PCYC on November 23. It's a fun free day for indigenous and non-indigenous school students of Wyong Shire to ...

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Sheds Share in New Funding
Invest in Australia
Twenty-six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Sheds and groups, located in every mainland state and the Northern Territory, have won grants for their local community activities in a special $125,000 round funded by the Australian Government.

Australian research shows indigenous heavy smoking rates declining
Radio Australia
It's not often we hear good news about health indicators for indigenous Australians, but a new report has found that the number of indigenous heavy smokers has almost halved in the past 20 years. Australian research shows indigenous heavy smoking rates ...

Buru, Mitsubishi strike Kimberley gas deal
Ninemsn
Last month Buru Energy stopped work at its Ungani oil project in Western Australia after traditional owners said it had destroyed a significant Aboriginal archaeological site. Nyikina Mangala traditional owners had demanded the Perth-based company ...

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Native Title threatened by miner's “war of attrition”
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. Fortescue Metals Group has embarked upon a "war of attrition" using the legal system against the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation and initiating 25 separate actions through the ...

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Mining deal bombshell - Exclusive
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times west Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. A lawyer who spent more than a year representing the interests of the Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has claimed the organisation was a "quickly formed front" to ...

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Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...
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John Flynn dug a hole in the red, sandy soil of outback South Australia in 1911 and planted a palm tree. That small act marked the Inland Mission taking control of a nursing home at Oodnadatta, a speck of a town created as the terminus of the Great ...

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The West Australian
Indigenous win in native title case
The West Australian
In a two to one majority decision, which could still be appealed to Australia's High Court, the Federal Court ruled that if mining activities in the region covered by the native title claim were to cease, the Ngarla people "are free again to exercise ...
Ngarla people call for end to litigation on rightsABC Online

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Minister told to back off on listing
The Australian
During Environment Minister Tony Burke's visit to Aurukun this week, Mayor Dereck Walpo said his community -- on the peninsula's west coast -- was wary of a nomination and wanted to run its own consultation process. "They need to back away, they need ...
No decision yet on Cape World Heritage consultationABC Online

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Biodiversity fund opens for land managers in Northern Australia
Invest in Australia
Mr Burke said the Northern Australia Targeted Investment, the latest round of the Biodiversity Fund, would help Indigenous communities, farmers, environmental groups and land managers protect the unique biodiversity of northern Australia. The ...

$360m investment in uni research to benefit Australians
Invest in Australia
The Australian Research Council's major grants will also increase opportunities for Indigenous researchers and researchers in the early stages of their careers. Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, today announced the 1014 successful ...

Synthetic cannabis spreads to APY Lands
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There are signs a new type of illegal drug is becoming widespread on remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north-west, police have warned. Police say at least half a dozen people in the APY Lands have gone to health clinics recently with ...

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Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage law consultation period open (mp3)

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The Sapphires shines light on Aboriginal Australia
BBC News
A feel-good film based on the true story of an Aboriginal girl group battling prejudice in 1960s Australia wowed Cannes and is now a hit Down Under. The Sapphires is based on the true story of an Aboriginal girl group from the same family who left ...
Movie investors face wait for a glittering prizeSydney Morning Herald

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