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Aboriginal medical student numbers rising - The Canberra Times


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


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 ...

The Sapphires hits $5.6m at the box office - Inside Film


The Sapphires hits $5.6m at the box office
Inside Film
Hopscotch managing director Troy Lum thanked an audience of cinema owners at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast for their support. He said the film was one of the few Indigenous Australian breakout hits and its success came ...
The Sapphires adds $2m at box office as The Bourne Legacy debutsMuMbrella

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Five horrendous pages Facebook didn't ban - Ninemsn


Five horrendous pages Facebook didn't ban
Ninemsn
But the offensive material remains online on the website Meme Generator and has been reposted on a new page, Aboriginal and Australian Memes, which was set up on August 8 purporting to be "a place for humour, not hate." Four: James Holmes Fan Page ...

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Record number of Indigenous Australians find careers - PRWire


Record number of Indigenous Australians find careers
PRWire
​20 August 2012 – Sydney: National, not-for-profit employment organisation, the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), has reported its most successful year since inception in 1997, placing 1957 Indigenous Australians into careers between July 2011 and ...
Indigenous workers not becoming managersABC Online
Lack of education limiting careers for Australia's indigenous workersRadio Australia

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Debate over Australia welfare 'credit card' - BBC News


BBC News

Debate over Australia welfare 'credit card'
BBC News
According to a recent Federal Parliamentary report, of the 17000 people subject to income management in the Northern Territories, 90% are indigenous. In Western Australia, of the 232 people on the scheme, 60% are indigenous. The government argues that ...

BHP inks massive native title deal - Australian Mining


The West Australian

BHP inks massive native title deal
Australian Mining
The agreement has been signed between the company and the Nyiyaparli people, and was led by the Yamatji Marlpa Malbra Aboriginal Corporation over the past four years. While the exact details ... Services Manager. Bond RecruitmentAustralia 6 days ago ...
BHP strikes native title deal in the PilbaraYahoo!7 News

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Indigenous workers not becoming managers - ABC Online


Indigenous workers not becoming managers
ABC Online
AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. AM sets the ... The not-for-profit job placement and mentoring organisation says last financial year it helped almost 2000 Indigenous people find traineeships or jobs across a range of ...

Lack of education limiting careers for Australia's indigenous workers - Radio Australia


Lack of education limiting careers for Australia's indigenous workers
Radio Australia
Education is still a key factor in why Australia's indigenous people don't become managers, according to the head of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy. Lack of education limiting careers for Australia's indigenous workers (Credit: ABC). The not-for ...

The battle for James Price Point - SBS


The battle for James Price Point
SBS
... Francis, SBS. Share This. 0 0 0. + Comment. 0. Woodside's controversial plan for a gas hub at James Price Point in the pristine Kimberley region of Western Australia has pitched Indigenous communities against each other, reports Jeannette Francis.

Show attuned to remote need for news - The Australian


Show attuned to remote need for news
The Australian
AN Aboriginal language radio show is attempting to transform the way government interacts with South Australia's most isolated communities. The Paper Tracker radio program, launched by welfare agency Uniting Communities a year ago, has established a ...

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Vanishing APY funds prompt urgent audit - The Australian


Vanishing APY funds prompt urgent audit
The Australian
KPMG auditors commissioned by the South Australian Labor government have issued a draft report, which has not been released, that called for much tighter controls on spending at the Aboriginal land council. Nearly all of the land council's money comes ...

$27 a week for a bed by the chook house - The Australian


$27 a week for a bed by the chook house
The Australian
Asked why he was paying rent to sleep outside, the 65-year-old replied: "I'd like to know that myself - I don't think it's fair." Mr Mulladad said the payments of $54 a fortnight were deducted automatically by Centrelink from his welfare payments and ...

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Megan Davis delivers Wentworth Lecture - National Indigenous Times


Megan Davis delivers Wentworth Lecture
National Indigenous Times
Professor Megan Davis, Australia's expert member on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, delivered a free public lecture in Canberra last week highlighting the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' in the Australian Constitution.

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A long-awaited tourism boon - WA today


WA today

A long-awaited tourism boon
WA today
From the outback to the Gold Coast, investment is pouring into indigenous tourism, with results so far proving popular with local and overseas visitors. Is Australia finally getting serious about indigenous tourism? From the Red Centre to the theme ...

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A long-awaited tourism boon - The Age


The Age

A long-awaited tourism boon
The Age
From the outback to the Gold Coast, investment is pouring into indigenous tourism, with results so far proving popular with local and overseas visitors. Is Australia finally getting serious about indigenous tourism? From the Red Centre to the theme ...

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A long-awaited tourism boon - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

A long-awaited tourism boon
Sydney Morning Herald
From the outback to the Gold Coast, investment is pouring into indigenous tourism, with results so far proving popular with local and overseas visitors. Is Australia finally getting serious about indigenous tourism? From the Red Centre to the theme ...

A long-awaited tourism boon - Brisbane Times (blog)


Brisbane Times (blog)

A long-awaited tourism boon
Brisbane Times (blog)
From the outback to the Gold Coast, investment is pouring into indigenous tourism, with results so far proving popular with local and overseas visitors. Is Australia finally getting serious about indigenous tourism? From the Red Centre to the theme ...

Paradox of plenty: boom for some, bust for others - WA today


WA today

Paradox of plenty: boom for some, bust for others
WA today
And then there is the opportunity lost with indigenous Australia. The boom, together with the ability to negotiate substantial mining royalties and payments through native title agreements, should be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our most ...

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In Abuja, Urban Lifestyle Thrills Nigeria, Australian Artists - The Guardian Nigeria


In Abuja, Urban Lifestyle Thrills Nigeria, Australian Artists
The Guardian Nigeria
With the theme, Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia, the Australian section of the exhibition, went back memory lane to capture, through cameras and strokes of young Aboriginal urban artists, issues of loss, dislocation, stolen ...

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