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Assange getting an Aboriginal passport
Perth Now
His father, John Shipton, accepted the document at a celebration in Darlington on Saturday. He said his son had been jilted by the Australian government, and the passport ceremony - which follows Ecuador's decision to grant Mr Assange diplomatic asylum ...

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Assange getting an Aboriginal passport
The Australian
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has been offered an Aboriginal Nations passport in an inner-city Sydney ceremony after he was "abandoned" by Australian authorities. His father, John Shipton, accepted the document at a celebration in Darlington on ...
Assange gets Aboriginal passportSBS

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Rewards for those who help themselves
The Australian
WESTERN Australia's East Kimberley is poised to become the first region outside of Cape York to institute a radical program of Aboriginal-led welfare reform, as community leaders push a social responsibility agenda that "rewards those who are willing ...

Welfare control gets thumbs up
The Australian
NEW research from a major study of indigenous children and their families in 11 sites around Australia shows overwhelming support for income management, with 77 per cent of respondents saying income management had led to positive changes to ...

Aborigines will bleed from cuts
The Australian
I was privileged and proud to be part of that process, which resulted in what arguably might have been the best population health and mental health services for remote indigenous Australia. During the past two decades there have been enormous changes ...

Make it an open day all round
The Australian
Inequality is evident already at school, with a Year 12 completion rate barely half that for non-indigenous Australians. The pattern continues through life - indigenous Australians remain poorly represented in the professions and managerial workforce.

Dry spell forces feral camels to water holes in Australian outback
Radio Australia
TERENCE ABBOTT: They're not only drinking it but pooing on it, pissing in it. You can smell it from long way too. It's a big problem out here in Central Australia. CADDIE BRAIN: Indigenous ranger Terence Abbott is standing beside a muddy spring, deep ...

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New NT chief settles into office
The Australian
He grew up on a farm in a remote part of Western Australia, but drought and low wool prices saw him leave the land in the late 1970s. He became a mature-age student and trained as an educator, working as a ... Last month's landslide win, in which the ...

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boosting Indigenous participation in the art world
ABC Online
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra is tackling that task head-on by inviting a group of artistically-minded Indigenous people from around the country to learn how things work at the top end of town. For many of the participants, it is ...

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Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
Perth Now
Professor Larissa Behrendt, whose father is an indigenous Australian, knows better than most what a difference an education can make. "I was lucky to be part of the first generation of indigenous Australians able to go straight from high school into ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
Herald Sun
"I was lucky to be part of the first generation of indigenous Australians able to go straight from high school into university," said Prof Behrendt, who chaired a review of higher education access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Call for doubling of Aboriginal university student numbersSydney Morning Herald
Make it an open day all roundThe Australian
Govt looks at Indigenous uni participationSBS
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Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
NEWS.com.au
Professor Larissa Behrendt, whose father is an indigenous Australian, knows better than most what a difference an education can make. "I was lucky to be part of the first generation of indigenous Australians able to go straight from high school into ...
Call for doubling of Aboriginal university student numbersSydney Morning Herald
Make it an open day all roundThe Australian
Govt to lift indigenous uni enrolmentSky News Australia
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Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
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"I was lucky to be part of the first generation of indigenous Australians able to go straight from high school into university," said Prof Behrendt, who chaired a review of higher education access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
The Australian
"I was lucky to be part of the first generation of indigenous Australians able to go straight from high school into university," said Prof Behrendt, who chaired a review of higher education access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Call for doubling of Aboriginal university student numbersSydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal higher education report set for releaseABC Online
UQ develops strategic roadmap for Indigenous educationUQ News

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Sovereign Aboriginal nations consider sanctuary for Julian Assange
Green Left Weekly
It was argued that as Julian is an Australian citizen he should be allowed to seek sanctuary in one of the sovereign Aboriginal nations in the lands known as Australia. Whilst the federal government is held in thrall to the dictates of the US, we are ...

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Govt aims to lift indigenous uni enrolment
SBS
The university participation rate for indigenous Australians is just 1.4 per cent, against 2.2 per cent representation in the Australian working-age population, Prof Behrendt said. Federal Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans said that figure put ...

Waterholes fall foul to feral camels in dry spell
Radio Australia
TERENCE ABBOTT: They're not only drinking it but pooing on it, pissing in it. You can smell it from long way too. It's a big problem out here in Central Australia. CADDIE BRAIN: Indigenous ranger Terence Abbott is standing beside a muddy spring, deep ...

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Call for doubling of Aboriginal university student numbers
The Canberra Times
Professor Behrendt said the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians would only be closed when Aboriginal people were empowered to find solutions to ''seemingly intractable problems'' themselves. ''We wonder how it is that we can spend ...
Govt looks at indigenous uni participationPerth Now
Aboriginal higher education report set for releaseABC Online
Unis fail to close the gap on parityThe Australian
Business Spectator
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WA today
Indigenous flair with feeling
WA today
The results will go on show in September next year as part of the new Australian Indigenous Fashion Week, which will promote the best of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent. The mentoring program and fashion week have been established by All ...

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Aboriginal higher education report set for release
ABC Online
A Federal Government review has found higher targets and better use of money will get more Indigenous students to university. The review into Indigenous higher education, chaired by lawyer Larissa Behrendt, is due to be released later today. It has ...
Unis fail to close the gap on parityThe Australian
Rock star life leads to ministerial driveBusiness Spectator

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