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Opposition seizes on tent embassy riot - The Australian


Opposition seizes on tent embassy riot
The Australian
The ugly scenes had given the public an inaccurate impression of indigenous people, he said. "We will not see at the next election a referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in our constitution. I think that event, as much as any event, has ...

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Australia's Julia Gillard is no feminist hero - On Line opinion


Brisbane Times

Australia's Julia Gillard is no feminist hero
On Line opinion
I have just spent several months in Aboriginal Australia; and the views I have gathered from remarkable, despairing, eloquent indigenous women of Gillard and her "feminisim" are mostly unknown or ignored or dismissed in this country. Watching Gillard ...
Australia PM and team stage cricket clinicTimes of India
Australia honours TendulkarBrisbane Times
PM displays a straight bat by playing the cricket cardSydney Morning Herald
Perth Now -The Australian -Herald Sun
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Gillard staffer 'did not act alone' - The Australian


Gillard staffer 'did not act alone'
The Australian
The ugly scenes had given the public an inaccurate impression of indigenous people, he said. "We will not see at the next election a referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in our constitution. I think that event, as much as any event, has ...

Sustainable Indigenous Housing Forum - Nine to Five


Sustainable Indigenous Housing Forum
Nine to Five
Do you know that less than 10% of repairs needed in Aboriginal Housing in Australia are because of damage caused by the occupants? Would you like every Australian to be able to have a daily shower by 2017? Find out how to provide healthy, safe housing ...

Australia PM and team stage cricket clinic - Times of India


Australia PM and team stage cricket clinic
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Accompanied by members of her country's Indigenous Cricket Development Squad, Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday attended a cricket clinic for the disadvantaged children run in Indian capital by Cricket Australia (CA) and a local ...

Screen Australia Media releases – 2012: Quality Indigenous storytelling ... - Invest in Australia


Screen Australia Media releases – 2012: Quality Indigenous storytelling ...
Invest in Australia
Screen Australia today announced its investment in two outstanding Indigenous productions: the television drama series The Gods of Wheat Street and Inside AFL (working title). To be produced for ABC television, the projects are funded through Screen ...

Esteemed kidney specialist appointed as new Director of Menzies School of ... - Charles Darwin University


Charles Darwin University

Esteemed kidney specialist appointed as new Director of Menzies School of ...
Charles Darwin University
“The burden of chronic disease amongst Indigenous Australians remains extremely heavy,” says Prof Cass. My clinical research career has been about seeing whether I could be part of the solution – working particularly with Indigenous researchers and ...

2012 Indigenous Governance Awards Announced - Pro Bono Australia


2012 Indigenous Governance Awards Announced
Pro Bono Australia
One of Australia's oldest Aboriginal organisations, the NPY Women's Council, and the West Kimberley youth program, the Yiriman Project have won the top two Indigenous Governance Awards (IGAs) for 2012. A record number of over 100 applications from ...

Lucky? Maybe for some - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

Lucky? Maybe for some
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous living and health conditions continue to be pitiful in many parts of Australia and, in many sad aspects, world-beating - take for instance indigenous children's hearing loss ranking as the worst in the world of any given population. Two ...

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Julia Gillard is no feminist hero - The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)

Julia Gillard is no feminist hero
The Guardian (blog)
I have just spent several months in Aboriginal Australia; and the views I have gathered from remarkable, despairing, eloquent indigenous women of Gillard and her "feminism" are mostly unknown, ignored or dismissed in this country. Watching Gillard ...
India, Aus may finalize uranium safeguards agreement next weekINDOlink
Julia Gillard starts long-haul talks on sale of uranium to IndiaThe Australian
It's once more into the speechThe Canberra Times

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Just 53 of the 110 lots offered at auction found buyers of important ... - The Australian


Just 53 of the 110 lots offered at auction found buyers of important ...
The Australian
Just 53 of the 110 lots offered at auction found buyers at Sotheby's Australia's sale of Important Aboriginal and Oceanic Art. The auction house reported sales of $668,400, including buyer's premium, well short of its lower estimate of $1.3 million ...

Lucky? Maybe for some - Brisbane Times


Brisbane Times

Lucky? Maybe for some
Brisbane Times
Indigenous living and health conditions continue to be pitiful in many parts of Australia and, in many sad aspects, world-beating - take for instance indigenous children's hearing loss ranking as the worst in the world of any given population. Two ...

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Swimming pools don't help Indigenous children's hearing - HealthCanal.com


Swimming pools don't help Indigenous children's hearing
HealthCanal.com
The Federally-funded study, conducted in South Australia's Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands and Yalata from 2009-2011, found chlorinated saltwater pools have no direct benefit on the ear health and hearing of school-aged Indigenous ...
Pool policy 'no help to child ear disease'The Australian

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Alarm over Indigenous sexually-transmitted disease rate - SBS


Alarm over Indigenous sexually-transmitted disease rate
SBS
The figures come from a report by the Baker International Diabetes Institute in Alice Springs and show the rates of chlamydia and syphilis are three and five times greater, respectively, among Indigenous Australians. Gonorrhea rates are 30 times ...

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Let's hear more indigenous success stories - Globe and Mail


Let's hear more indigenous success stories
Globe and Mail
... energetic and thoughtful dialogue of the symposium speakers and delegates from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand – form a collective wisdom that we believe can and will help other indigenous leaders in shaping their communities' ...

AFL considers Indigenous education program in other states - ABC Online


AFL considers Indigenous education program in other states
ABC Online
Western Australia and New South Wales could be home to AFL-run Indigenous education programs similar to one currently being launched in far north Queensland. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share. The AFL will closely monitor a $5 million ...

Small but mighty: why Taiwan matters to Australia - The Conversation


Small but mighty: why Taiwan matters to Australia
The Conversation
It is clear that Taiwan shares much in common with Australia. It is an island in the Pacific with a population of 23 million people, a population of indigenous people with a long history, and is a country with a complex relationship with China and the ...

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A Community of Excellence - UNICEF Australia (blog)


A Community of Excellence
UNICEF Australia (blog)
NIYLA is a pilot program run in conjunction with the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, the Foundation for Young Australians and the Stronger, Smarter Institute. The week-long program aims to equip young, outstanding indigenous youth with the ...

The Gods of Wheat Street begins production in NSW - Inside Film


The Gods of Wheat Street begins production in NSW
Inside Film
The series has also received funding assistance from the Indigenous department of Screen Australia and Screen NSW's Regional Filming Fund. Meanwhile, Screen Australia also announced that it had funded ABC TV Indigenous documentary series Inside ...
The Sapphires director Wayne Blair joins team behind Indigenous series The ...MuMbrella

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Indigenous cast for theatre classic - The Australian


Indigenous cast for theatre classic
The Australian
The actress has agreed to perform next year as part of an all-indigenous cast, alongside David Page, in a fresh translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children by Queensland Theatre Company's artistic director Wesley Enoch and actress ...

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