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Mentoring puts indigenous teens on positive life path
Herald Sun
Some of the game's big names have signed on as ambassadors for the Learn Earn Legend Program, which, according to a federal Department of Education website, aims to motivate young indigenous Australians to "stay at school, get that job and be a ...

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Indigenous welfare attitudes 'unbalanced'
Ninemsn
Prominent Aboriginal leader Gracelyn Smallwood has hit out at her fellow indigenous academics, describing some positions on welfare as "unbalanced". In a keynote speech to a conference on racism in Cairns on Thursday, Professor Smallwood took issue ...

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Stories close to home
NEWS.com.au
Some of the indigenous Pacific writers will explore the influence of European colonists on their cultural stories, others study the interaction among indigenous writers from Pacific nations including Australia, and some compare travelogues of exotic ...

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Stories close to home
Herald Sun
Some of the indigenous Pacific writers will explore the influence of European colonists on their cultural stories, others study the interaction among indigenous writers from Pacific nations including Australia, and some compare travelogues of exotic ...

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Rip-offs spark plea to return Aboriginal land permits
ABC Message Stick
The Central Land Council (CLC) is calling on the Northern Territory and federal governments to bring back mandatory permits to enter remote Aboriginal communities. Under the federal intervention in the Northern Territory, entering an Aboriginal ...

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ACCC moves to scrap ATM fees in remote areas
Sydney Morning Herald
A report by Financial Counselling Australia in 2010 found some people - most of them indigenous - living in remote areas were spending as much as 20 per cent of their incomes on ATM fees. It identified at least one ATM at the time where a fee of $10 ...

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Eggington appeals for more time to prepare cases for Stolen Wages
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. Earlier this year the Western Australian State Government added deep insult to the festering wounds of the families and victims of the Stolen Wages generations when the Indigenous ...

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The rise (and fall?) of Pearson, a 'product of the times'
The Power Index
The Australian continued the narrative in a spoiler article on the same day. This is the way that governments and media characteristically work their way around Aboriginal affairs -- looking for, indeed creating, the new messiah. It can be safely said ...

The Hot Seat: Mark Grose, MD, Skinnyfish Music
The Music Network
Mark Grose and Michael Hohnen have done as much for Australia's Indigenous music community as any current players in the record business. The pair established Skinnyfish Music in 1998, driven by an altruistic desire to make a difference for Indigenous ...

Just another Aboriginal woman who did not warrant the protection of the law
National Indigenous Times
by Dr Hannah McGlade. In January 2009 I was at home when I read a brief news report that a mother of 13 had been stabbed to death by a man, believed to be her former partner, in a Perth northern suburb. For some time I had been following the killings ...

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Aboriginal Music Week fundraising social set for Friday, September 14 in Winnipeg
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

Green Left Weekly
High-profile indigenous woman pulling ahead in vote count
The Australian
HIGH-PROFILE Aboriginal woman Bess Price pulled further ahead of her Labor rival for the Northern Territory seat of Stuart yesterday in counting following Saturday's election. The Country Liberal Party candidate, who on Tuesday was only 78 votes ahead ...
Was the NT election outcome a shockwave or a regional ripple?The Conversation
Aboriginal voters punish NT LaborGreen Left Weekly
NT election another blow to ALPLand
National Indigenous Times
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Bess Price must lead her people
The Australian
The Registrar of Indigenous Corporations has taken action to place the council in administration. All in all, not a lot is happening in native title, just as there is not a lot happening on the South Australian Land Trust lands or NT Land Rights lands ...

A community tells its story
The Australian
When Terracini started developing the musical, he also set up an indigenous advisory committee at Opera Australia to advise on doing these types of productions and help navigate cultural protocols. "You need to make sure you're doing things in the ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Calls for federal law to criminalise racial abuse
Sydney Morning Herald
The indigenous leader Les Malezer recently called for the nation to make racial vilification a criminal offence under federal law, as it was required to under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which ...
Commissioner urges rethink on race lawSBS

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Aboriginal conservation in Arnhem Land
Australian Geographic
THE INDIGENOUS PROTECTED AREA program has been remarkably successful at helping traditional owners contribute to Australia's National Reserve System. A network of 51 IPAs now covers an area similar in size to Japan (365,000sq.km) and make up ...

Call to regain trust of indigenous people
Herald Sun
During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Commissioner Helen Szoke criticised the federal government's continuation of the Northern Territory intervention, which Labor has re-branded as "Stronger Futures". The program, started by the ...
UN concerned about NT interventionBrisbane Times
A progressive declineThe Australian
Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?Canada First Perspective
World Socialist Web Site
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Call to regain trust of indigenous people
The Australian
During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Commissioner Helen Szoke criticised the federal government's continuation of the Northern Territory intervention, which Labor has re-branded as "Stronger Futures". The program, started by the ...
UN concerned about NT interventionHerald Sun
Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?Canada First Perspective
Australia: Labor loses office in the Northern TerritoryWorld Socialist Web Site
gulfnews.com
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Call to regain trust of indigenous people
SBS
Australia's race discrimination commissioner says action to overcome disadvantage in Aboriginal communities must be built on respect and trust, rather than imposed outcomes. During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Commissioner Helen ...