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Indigenous recognition poll 'doubtful'
Ninemsn
The federal opposition doubts a referendum on constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians will be held before the next election. Labor agreed to hold the referendum as part of a deal with the Australian Greens following the 2010 election to ...
Too late for Indigenous referendum, Opposition saysABC Message Stick

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Aboriginal language gets app of life
The Australian
A SMARTPHONE app has been designed specifically for the documentation of an endangered Australian indigenous language. The Ma! Iwaidja smartphone app has been developed as part of the Minjilang Endangered Languages Publication Project.
Phone app helps save indigenous languageHerald Sun

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Phone app helps save indigenous language
Ninemsn
A project team on Croker Island in remote northwestern Arnhem Land worked with Bruce Birch, a linguist from the Australian National University, to develop a smartphone dictionary application called Ma! Iwaidja (pronounced "ee-WHY-jah"). The application ...

Desert Mob lays out the legacy
The Australian
Desert Mob remains the most engaging and successful of the myriad indigenous art exhibitions staged each year across Australia, its catch-all quality lies at the heart of its appeal, at every turn its different works seem to murmur of the Aboriginal ...

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Cruel indigenous hunters to face penalties
The Australian
The state government passed amendments to the Animal Care and Protection Act on Wednesday, bringing Queensland into line with other Australian states. The legislative changes remove exemptions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, fulfilling a ...

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Too late for Indigenous referendum, Opposition says
ABC Message Stick
The Opposition says much more work needs to be done before Australia can hold a referendum to recognise Aboriginal people in the constitution. Related Story: Oakeshott: Time running out on Aboriginal vote · Map: Australia. The Opposition has given up ...

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Problem petrol sniffers resurface
New Zealand Herald
More than a decade after Australia was shocked by images of Aboriginal children stumbling through the desert with petrol canisters clamped to their faces, youth workers say the problem of sniffing has reappeared because some retailers are still ...

The Guardian
Sydney's top restaurants open kitchens to train indigenous chefs
The Guardian
Less than half of Australia's indigenous students finish high school, compared with 88% of the non-indigenous population. Unemployment is four times the national average and the average weekly wage of indigenous people is a third less than that of ...

Call for health warnings on grog
The Australian
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples is also calling on the government to include foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the definition of disability so people with FASD can get support and individuals and families affected by it are ...

Desert Mob lays out the legacy
The Australian
Desert Mob remains the most engaging and successful of the myriad indigenous art exhibitions staged each year across Australia, its catch-all quality lies at the heart of its appeal, at every turn its different works seem to murmur of the Aboriginal ...

The Secret Cave
UNICEF Australia (blog)
Through no fault of their own, they are three times more likely to suffer from mental health issues, 30% more likely to suffer from heart disease, and two to three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than Australia's non-Indigenous ...

Films to document Indigenous stories
ABC Local
Map: WA. A team of filmmakers is visiting Aboriginal communities throughout Western Australia to ensure important Indigenous stories are not lost forever. The Indigenous Community Stories initiative, funded through the State Government and several ...

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Negotiations continue over Ampilatwatja lease
ABC Online
The Federal Government says it is not aware that the remote Central Australian community of Ampilatwatja has rejected a Commonwealth lease over their land. Jim Hampson from the community's Aboriginal corporation says residents are not going to sign the ...

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Singer shares cancer story with Narrandera women
ABC Online
Australian singer Christine Anu is hoping her own family's cancer story will encourage Aboriginal families in the region to be more aware about the disease. Ms Anu was special guest at a women's health and cancer information day in Narrandera yesterday ...

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Miner admits Indigenous sites were damaged
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The miner, Fortescue Metals Group, has admitted to the destruction of Aboriginal sites at its Solomon Hub project in Western Australia's Pilbara. In November last year, Indigenous people said sites had been damaged but FMG dismissed the claims as ...

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Miner admits Indigenous sites were damaged
ABC Online
Fortescue Metals Group has admitted one of its contractors disturbed three Aboriginal heritage sites while carrying out works near its Solomon Hub project in Western Australia's Pilbara last year. The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has released ...

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Those who've cared the longest should have the most say
On Line opinion
In this context, it is important to recognise that Indigenous Australians have been occupying, managing and caring for this country, Australia, for well over 60,000 years. It is time Australia recognise the contribution of Indigenous cultural heritage ...

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Inuit hold more answers for MP John Gazzola who prefers to avoid APY
The Australian
A LABOR member of the South Australian government's Aboriginal lands committee claimed a $5000 taxpayer-funded trip to Canada to help his understanding of indigenous issues. This is despite the MP, John Gazzola, having visited the state's remote ...

Food boom 'needs foreign cash'
The Australian
"We need to develop northern Australia," he said. "We need capital infrastructure and foreign investment that will generate employment opportunities for indigenous Australians beyond the life of these mines. "As long as we don't become a land or water ...

Future Indigenous leaders experience life in Parliament
Invest in Australia
The program is funded through the Australian Government's $650 million Indigenous Employment Program - one of the most successful programs helping Indigenous Australians get the training they need to get a job and supporting them to keep it. The IEP ...