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Aboriginal political trailblazer Eric Deeral dies aged 79
The Australian
In the 1970s, under the Bjelke-Petersen government, Mr Deeral became only the second Aborigine elected to an Australian parliament - after fellow Queenslander Neville Bonner was elected a senator in 1969 - and the first elected to a State Parliament.
Queensland's first indigenous MP Eric Deeral diesBrisbane Times
first indigenous MP dies, aged 80NEWS.com.au
First state Indigenous MP dies in QueenslandABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Gillard's education crusade flounders
Sydney Morning Herald
Yesterday the 2012 Indigenous Expenditure report said state and federal spending on Aboriginal Australians in 2011-12 was $44,128 per indigenous person, compared with $19,589 for other Australians. About $250,000 per Aboriginal family. It hardly needs ...
Greens' popularity hits three-year lowThe Australian
Gillard calls on states to join 'national crusade' on school fundingThe Age
Gillard pledges schools revampWA today
Gatton Star
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Indigenous education rate soars
Sydney Morning Herald
THE number of indigenous students in higher education has jumped by more than 40 per cent over the past five years, but Aboriginal people remain under-represented at Australian universities. An analysis of figures from last year's census by the ...

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Leaders gather to bury Wild Rivers
The Australian
THE first meeting between indigenous leaders and Queensland ministers since the decision to scrap the Wild Rivers Act started to map out a pro-development regime for Cape York yesterday. Mayors of nine indigenous communities, conservation groups and ...

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Scullion calls for an audit of $25bn
The Australian
THE Coalition has called for an across-the-board audit of indigenous spending by all commonwealth departments following the release of a report showing public expenditure on Aboriginal Australia topping $25 billion. Opposition indigenous affairs ...

When the mine jobs go, Aborigines lose out too
The Australian
There was also speculation about what a wider slowdown might bring for indigenous families in the iron ore town of Karratha, where the Pilbara TAFE is turning out young indigenous tradesman such as Stanley Pitt. The most influential people in Sport ...

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Winds of change must bring legion of indigenous leaders
The Australian
WE are all familiar with the overwhelming statistical evidence that shows substantial gaps in quality of life and other socioeconomic indicators between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. This in itself should have constituted a tipping point ...
A case for changeBrisbane Times
Full transcript: Marcia LangdonThe Age

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Despite $1.5m youth mentoring program, AFL 'short-changing' remote communities
Adelaide Now
Nathan Krakouer and Marlon Motlop with Kaurna Plains School students. AFL players Nathan Krakouer (centre) and Marlon Motlop (right) visiting Kaurna Plains School at Elizabeth in South Australia. Picture: Calum ... But with funding still in limbo ahead ...

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A case for change
The Age
On so many fundamental human measures, indigenous Australians experience lamentable outcomes, to the point where they are the most disadvantaged group in the land. This is tragically transparent in statistics covering health, education, child abuse, ...

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The Canberra Times
Gillard's education crusade flounders
The Canberra Times
Yesterday the 2012 Indigenous Expenditure report said state and federal spending on Aboriginal Australians in 2011-12 was $44,128 per indigenous person, compared with $19,589 for other Australians. About $250,000 per Aboriginal family. It hardly needs ...
Gillard calls on states to join 'national crusade' on school fundingBrisbane Times
Gillard pledges schools revampThe Age
PM unveils education overhaulMackay Daily Mercury
Maribyrnong Weekly
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Indigenous groups debate pros and cons of mining
ABC Online
MICHALE O'CONNOR: Particularly when we still have high levels of unemployment, both in Indigenous communities and other parts of Australia. We've got youth unemployment in parts of Perth of over 20 per cent, Indigenous communities where people have ...

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Sky News Australia
Oppn wants rethink on indigenous spending
Herald Sun
"Governments of all persuasions at all levels have simply been throwing money at indigenous Australia for far too long, hoping it will fix the problems of poverty and disadvantage, and it has proven to have few results." The 2012 expenditure report ...
Indigenous spend topping $25bnThe Australian
Report cites Indigenous services spend disparityABC Online
Report reveals level of indigenous fundingPerth Now

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Sky News Australia
Oppn wants rethink on indigenous spending
The Australian
"Governments of all persuasions at all levels have simply been throwing money at indigenous Australia for far too long, hoping it will fix the problems of poverty and disadvantage, and it has proven to have few results." The 2012 expenditure report ...
Report cites Indigenous services spend disparityABC Online
Report reveals level of indigenous fundingPerth Now
Australia Set To Launch Indigenous Fashion Weekmarie claire magazine Australia

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Indigenous bush bands arrive in Alice
ABC Online
It's one of the highlights of the Alice Desert Festival calendar and each year musicians from all over Central Australia compete for a spot in the line-up. The 2012 Bush Bands Bash is nine years old and this year, two bands joined forces to travel the ...

Indigenous body backs Gillard funding
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chairs said all Aboriginal kids will now benefit from education reforms. "We raised our concerns about the funding model in our submission to the Gonski Review and to the Minister for School ...
IBA - INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AUSTRALIA : 2013 Round of the successful IBA ...4-traders
Education reform targets Indigenous childrenSBS
Gonski reforms need more substanceHerald Sun
Northern Star
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Australian Convention Bureaux get ceNTred
SpiceNews
The innovative program is set to create 350 new jobs for Indigenous Australians at Ayers Rock Resort and in Australia's tourism and hospitality industry. The longer term aim would be for Anangu students graduating from the Nyangatjatjara College to ...

ABC Online
Breaking through bureaucracy in Indigenous governance
ABC Online
Mark Moran is a practitioner in Indigenous and international development and adjunct associate professor at the University of Queensland. View his full profile here. Doug Porter is a public finance specialist and adjunct professor at the Australian ...
Your chance to run a radio showMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Brisbane Times
Greens' popularity hits three-year low
The Australian
The Australian reports: PUBLIC spending on indigenous Australia jumped to $25.4 billion in just two years amid a growing debate over whether the cash is improving education, health and employment for 575,000 people. The Sydney Morning Herald reports: ...
Gillard calls on states to join 'national crusade' on school fundingBrisbane Times
PM unveils education overhaulGatton Star
Gillard pledges schools revampThe Age

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Lack of opportunity leads to poverty on Indigenous lands
On Line opinion
Over the years, I have been struck by the similar problems and experiences of First Nations people in Canada and the Aboriginal people in Australia. Any community that is deprived of individual property rights and decent education (but showered with ...
Private property on reserve no silver bullet for First NationsCanada First Perspective

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Indigenous spending topped $25bn in 2010/11
Business Spectator
The 2012 indigenous expenditure report showed that on average, state, territory and federal governments spent $44,128 per head for indigenous Australians, compared with $19,589 for non-indigenous Australians. The report, which was released by the ...