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New media jobs for Indigenous Australians
SBS
The Federal Government is providing just over a million dollars ($1.1m) to create 40 new media jobs for Indigenous Australians over the next two years. Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Minister Julie Collins say the new jobs will be ...

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New media jobs to be created for Indigenous Australians
SBS
The federal government says it's providing $1.1 million to create 40 new media jobs for Indigenous Australians over the next two years. Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Minister Julie Collins say the new jobs will be created in various ...

James Price Point: environmental significance ignored in failed impact assessment
The Conversation
The proposed Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Hub at James Price Point (known locally as Walmadany), 50km north of Broome, has created one of the most fiercely fought environmental and indigenous battles currently occurring in Australia. Despite the ...
Gas hub to smash window to past: GreensBusiness Spectator

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Indigenous Massacres
ABC Local
Among the least known episodes in Australian history is the massacre of indigenous people by the first settlers. Where did this happen, what were the causes and what has been the ramification? Why do we know so little about these events? Trevor ...

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Artists honoured with street names
Gladstone Observer
Tags: albert namatjira, artists, ella rose savage, indigenous, street names. AWARD-WINNING Torres Strait Islander artist Ella Rose Savage and Australia's most famous Aboriginal artist the late Albert Namatjira are to have Gladstone roads named after them.

Tone Deaf
Dan Sultan Announces Indigenous Rights Concert Tour
Tone Deaf
Changing the Australian Constitution to recognise Indigenous communities requires a “successful referendum”, namely – two-thirds of Australians voting on the changes. A landmark feat last achieved in 1967 to recognise Aboriginal people as part of the ...

Indigenous art on display
Toowoomba Chronicle
UNDILUTED will be officially opened by Dr John Williams Mozley, Director of the USQ Centre for Australian Indigenous Knowledges at 5pm on August 28 and continues until September 27 in the USQ Art Gallery, Toowoomba. In conjunction with this exhibition ...

The Age
More indigenous medical students create milestone
Devonport Times
The milestone is being celebrated by medical deans and the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association because 2.5 per cent of Australia's population is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. ''This is a huge step forward,'' said the president of the ...
Staying the course: University attrition rates key to true parityABC Online
Milestone win for indigenous medical studentsThe Age
Record number of Indigenous Australians find careersPRWire
Adelaide Now -Eureka Street
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Mining must respect indigenous rights: UN
Ninemsn
A top United Nations official is investigating how governments can force mining companies into adopting indigenous rights standards from their headquarters, even when operating on foreign soil. James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of ...

Homebrew health risk for remote Indigenous communities
ABC Online
STEPHANIE SMAIL: Fran Hill says diabetes is already a significant health threat for Indigenous Australians. FRAN HILL: A lot of homebrew is made with a lot of sugar and of course diabetes amongst Indigenous people is very high and I guess that's on the ...

Staying the course: University attrition rates key to true parity
ABC Online
According to Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association President Peter O'Mara it is ensuring that students stay the course through to graduation that matters most. Approximately 30 per cent of students don't complete the course - compared to just two ...

The Sapphires Q&A: Keith Thompson and Rhoda Roberts
ABC Message Stick
The Sapphires, the film about a group of young indigenous women singing great Motown hits as they toured Vietnam during the war, is doing great business around Australia right now. The year was 1968 and the casualties were high on both sides; there ...

Sydney Morning Herald
More indigenous medical students create milestone
Sydney Morning Herald
THE number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students has increased dramatically in the past decade and now matches the ratio of indigenous to non-indigenous people in Australia for the first time. Last year, 80 of Australia's 3241 ...
Groups demand real job programsThe Australian
Milestone win for indigenous medical studentsThe Age
First indigenous owned and operated training for South AustraliaAdelaide Now
PRWire -The Canberra Times
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Brisbane Times
More indigenous medical students create milestone
Brisbane Times
The milestone is being celebrated by medical deans and the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association because 2.5 per cent of Australia's population is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. ''This is a huge step forward,'' said the president of the ...
Groups demand real job programsThe Australian
Milestone win for indigenous medical studentsThe Age
Staying the course: University attrition rates key to true parityABC Online
Northern Star
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Money fails indigenous overcrowding
The Australian
... bigger step back and say 'Where are we with Aboriginal housing?'." She said she would release -- after the NT election -- a report that looks at what progress had been made and where, compared with the Council of Australian Governments building blocks.

Groups demand real job programs
The Australian
The call comes as the NSW Coalition government crafts a new direction for indigenous affairs, vowing to beef up accountability, overhaul employment and training programs and transform remote schools. Members of a high-level taskforce will tour from ...

Shabby treatment of loyal Aborigines
The Australian (blog)
SHORTLY before the last Northern Territory election in August 2008, two editorials in The Australian headed "Top End Trickery" and "A Mediocre Contest" deplored the indifference of the Northern Territory government under chief minister Paul Henderson ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
More indigenous doctors create a milestone
Sydney Morning Herald
THE number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students has increased dramatically in the past decade and now matches the ratio of indigenous to non-indigenous people in Australia for the first time. Last year, 80 of Australia's 3241 ...
First indigenous owned and operated training for South AustraliaAdelaide Now
Record number of Indigenous Australians find careersPRWire
Indigenous workers not becoming managersABC Online
Radio Australia
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Aboriginal medical student numbers rising
The Canberra Times
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students has increased dramatically over the last decade and now matches the ratio of indigenous to non-indigenous people in Australia for the first time. Last year, 2.5 per cent or 80 of ...

First indigenous owned and operated training for South Australia
Adelaide Now
Rick Callaghan and Paul Brock. Picture: Jo-anna Robinson Source: The Advertiser. SOUTH Australia's first 100 per cent indigenous owned and operated, registered training business has been officially launched in Adelaide. Carey Training was jointly ...