Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in Australia
Businessweek
“There's almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and other Australians –- which is still about a decade,” Abbott told parliament in Canberra today. “There's been very little improvement towards halving the gap in ...

Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in Australia
Bloomberg
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said urgent efforts are needed to improve employment opportunities alongside health and education conditions for Australia's indigenous population. “There's almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap between ...

The Guardian
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
The Guardian
Together we agreed that this would be the generation to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. We committed to close the health and life expectancy gap within a ...
Peris paints grim picture for indigenousSky News Australia
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Free HPV vaccinations now available in schoolsThe Transcontinental
SBS -Crikey (blog)
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Radio Australia
Closing the Gap: Tony Abbott delivers mixed report card on Indigenous ...
Radio Australia
The report states that non-Indigenous Australians live about 10 years longer than Aboriginal Australians, that the progress in closing the gap in literacy has improved in only Year 3 and Year 5 Reading (based on NAPLAN results) and that only 30 per ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBusinessweek
Tony Abbott sets new school attendance target for indigenous studentsSydney Morning Herald
Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurelyThe Guardian
NEWS.com.au
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Sky News Australia
Closing the Gap: Tony Abbott delivers mixed report card on Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The report states that non-Indigenous Australians live about 10 years longer than Aboriginal Australians, that the progress in closing the gap in literacy has improved in only Year 3 and Year 5 Reading (based on NAPLAND results) and that only 30 per ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBloomberg
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobsSydney Morning Herald
Activists urge indigenous health actionThe Australian
Sky News Australia -The Guardian
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Sydney Morning Herald
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employment
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers the annual report on progress towards ...

The Guardian
Australia failing to close gap on indigenous jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has made no progress towards halving the employment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within a decade, six years after the effort began. When he delivers the annual report on progress towards closing the gap in Federal ...
Activists urge indigenous health actionThe Australian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
PS News -The Age
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Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
We need to build on these successes,” said Mr Gooda, who is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. “This is a national effort that can achieve generational change. It is critical ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Activists urge indigenous health action
The Australian
We need to build on these successes,” said Mr Gooda, who is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. “This is a national effort that can achieve generational change. It is critical ...
Failure to narrow gap on Aboriginal employmentSydney Morning Herald
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Indigenous life expectancy gap needs to be closed quicker, says Tony AbbottThe Guardian
Sky News Australia -PS News -ABC Message Stick
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Indigenous Leader Applauds Tough Stand on Corruption
Pro Bono Australia
The successful prosecution of a former CEO of an Aboriginal medical service for embezzling funds has been applauded by the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC). The AILC's CEO Rachelle Towart said many Indigenous leaders across Australia ...

The Guardian
Australia coaxing private sector to aid Aborigines
Helsinki Times
"I never thought I'd have a chance to help build something like this," says Wood, 23, an indigenous Australian whose mother's death was related to alcohol abuse. "I used to smoke marijuana and be pretty heavy on the grog, because I didn't have anything ...
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says reportThe Guardian
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News

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The Guardian
Economy $24bn bigger in 2031 if Indigenous targets met, says report
The Guardian
Australia's economy would be $24bn bigger in 2031 if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the same health outcomes and opportunities in the labour market as non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics.
Funding to preserve Indigenous languagePS News
Should we be doing health assessments?Crikey (blog)

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SBS
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued spending on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, as Natalie Whiting reports. NATALIE WHITING: It currently costs the Government millions of dollars, but a ...
Australia coaxing private sector to aid AboriginesHelsinki Times
Huge economic benefits from Indigenous job action: reportSBS
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
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The Canberra Times
Greater Indigenous employment would make Australia billions: Deloitte
ABC Message Stick
Reconciliation Australia says the study builds the case for continued spending on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, as Natalie Whiting reports. NATALIE WHITING: It currently costs the Government millions of dollars, but a ...
Indigenous employment could create billions for economyThe Canberra Times
Higher indigenous employment could reap $24 billion rewardNorthern Star

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Indigenous firms to flourish with BCA
The Australian
THE biggest indigenous business supplier network in Australia will today announce the "most significant" partnership in its history as it strengthens ties with the Business Council of Australia. Supply Nation and the BCA will today announce a signed ...

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Aboriginal gambling: a question of addiction or resource redistribution?
The Conversation
This article draws on a recent chapter by the authors: Young, M., Markham, F. and Doran, B. (2013) Gambling Spaces and the Paradox of Aboriginal Social Inclusion. In "In Black and White: Australians all at the Crossroads", R. Craven, A. Dillon and N ...

Sydney Morning Herald
With Utopia, John Pilger wrings the heart but objectivity is not his forte
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran Australian journalist John Pilger's new film places Aboriginal Australia's dispossession and Third-World living conditions on the global stage. Indigenous people in remote areas, Pilger says in Utopia, which opened this month, are suffering a ...

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Australia's Aborigines Looking Forward to Job Growth
JDJournal.com
Darwin is a city in the northern territory of Australia. It's city holds about 130,000 people. 1 in 3 people there are of Aboriginal origins. The destruction of Darwin goes back to when Japan bombed the area in World War II, and there was a devastating ...

Radio Australia
Court rejects challenge to Rio Tinto mining lease
Radio Australia
The Federal Court has dismissed a legal challenge to a lease agreement between Aboriginal traditional land owners in the Northern Territory and mining giant Rio Tinto. In 2011, then prime minister Julia Gillard was part of a ceremony held in east ...

Marijuana Swap for Gas Marks Path for Australia Aborigines: Jobs
Businessweek
“I never thought I'd have a chance to help build something like this,” says Wood, 23, an indigenous Australian whose mother's death was related to alcohol abuse. “I used to smoke marijuana and be pretty heavy on the grog, because I didn't have anything ...