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Indigenous News Update – Legal

Robbo — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:22 +0000

Aboriginal physically restrained by hospital security staff in Townsville & handcuffed by police dies. Investigation? http://bit.ly/c4xJcY

Police wanted to treat death of Aboriginal man as death in Care rather than in Custody even though he was handcuffed http://bit.ly/95Vw3E

South Australia’s Aboriginal legal aid set to close regional offices. Receives only 1.5% of national funds http://bit.ly/9ZU1aU

Birdwatchers banned from seeking Princess parrot in Aboriginal lands after many unauthorised entries http://bit.ly/aW5ss3

Government employees, contractors and journalists will no longer need a permit to enter APY lands. Still need to notify http://bit.ly/9R6GFx

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Indigenous News Update – Culture

Robbo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:00:44 +0000

Hervey Bay’s Indigenous community use modern technology to share traditional ecological knowledge http://bit.ly/aQVWk9

American Indians and Australian Aborigines travel a similar path http://bit.ly/cpgKTS

Garma Festival opens with plea to improve indigenous education rather than the current Mickey Mouse approach http://bit.ly/95o73D

A BRIDGE over an Aboriginal site at Brighton, Tasmania would be akin to a freeway over Stonehenge archaeologist says http://bit.ly/9xiECL

Singing Saltwater Country: songlines of the coastal Yanyuwa people near Borroloola http://bit.ly/a5fBcB

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Indigenous News Update – Sport

Robbo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:00:10 +0000

An indigenous Australian Rules football carnival shows players their potential, in and out of the game http://bit.ly/aQs7ab

Hold The Front Page. Torres News Online reports Australia lost the Indigenous touch football grand final http://bit.ly/9aXCr3

3 Indigenous players will create rugby milestone when they turn out for the Wallabies against New Zealand this weekend http://bit.ly/bxSMNk

Indigenous Australian basketball pioneer Michael AhMatt will also be inducted into Australian Basketball Hall of Fame http://bit.ly/cm4xT2

Annual National Indigenous Rugby Union Championships to commence October. students must have school attendance 100% http://bit.ly/aHutwC

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Indigenous News Update – Art

Robbo — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:00:19 +0000

Kin, a music-filled exploration of the issues facing Aboriginal youth opened in Melbourne http://bit.ly/9XTdTG

Indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae took $3.3 million at the Australian box office during its first week in January http://bit.ly/auhTCU

Australia’s indigenous films have come of age depicting the harsh reality but also their comic streak and rich culture http://bit.ly/cA51rj

WAKARTU artist Cory Surprise is the overall winner of the third Western Australian Indigenous Art Award http://bit.ly/9Q8iSa

A rare collection of Aboriginal bark paintings has been unearthed in a cupboard at a college in Canberra http://bit.ly/cCW2Lo

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Indigenous News Update – Culture

Robbo — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:00:51 +0000

LABOR’S only Aboriginal federal candidate has called for a winnable seat quota system for indigenous people http://bit.ly/db1O5e

Australia’s cultural heritage has been “whitewashed”, Aborigines have claimed http://bit.ly/cyYeVH

Only two Aborigines have been elected to Federal Parliament even though it has existed for more than 100 years http://bit.ly/bR4RAg

Israel honour Aborigine Nazi fighter William Cooper who delivered petition to German consulate in 1938 http://bit.ly/aucj5Q

Co-chairs of Australia’s new National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples visited Thursday Island http://bit.ly/cTLP2T

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Indigenous News Update – Education

Robbo — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:02:52 +0000

View from Singapore: Government to tackle school truancy http://bit.ly/clhfWZ

Labor Party statement on No school No play http://bit.ly/duMObN

Truancy program would involve every level of the main sporting codes from volunteer coaches to celebrity players. http://bit.ly/cYUvjp

Greens hit out at truancy policy – Children who wag school won’t be encouraged back to class by policy http://bit.ly/dnqild

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Indigenous News Update – Education

Robbo — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:00:44 +0000

Northern Territory Indigenous education boarding facility sites named http://bit.ly/c2LlDQ

Labor policy “No school, No Play” proposed to increase number of indigenous kids at school or miss out on weekend sport http://bit.ly/cYUvjp

Garma Festival opens with plea to improve indigenous education rather than the current Mickey Mouse approach http://bit.ly/95o73D

Gillard transcript describing “No school No Play” policy for all australians but funded by indigenous funding http://bit.ly/ddsDRF

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Indigenous News Update – Health

Robbo — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:00:26 +0000

Subsidies are required to tackle spiralling grocery prices on the remote Aboriginal lands of outback South Australia. http://bit.ly/dqqNrX

WA health boss Kim Snowball: health outcomes of the Aborigines is of the highest priority http://bit.ly/bjzNE9

International perspective: Children found starving in rural Australia http://bit.ly/aoG6Nt

Child protection agency Peakcare Queensland says more than a third of all children in the system are Indigenous. http://bit.ly/cUSo22

Indigenous Australians and particularly “Closing the Gap” have been forgotten during the federal election http://bit.ly/awLpi8

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Indigenous News Update – Health

Robbo — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:00:48 +0000

Indigenous campaign to change people’s attitudes to smoking around kids has been more effective than stopping smokers http://bit.ly/du3Ema

Mr Tom Calma appointed as New National Coordinator to Tackle Indigenous Smoking http://bit.ly/9zw4e1

Indigenous graduates enjoy better health http://bit.ly/9jCiod

500 kids participate at an Toowoomba Indigenous event focusing on health http://bit.ly/d9DSKt

CHILD-PROTECTION workers have called for aid to be delivered to starving Aboriginal children in remote communities http://bit.ly/c5iJa7

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Indigenous News Update – Intervention

Robbo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:23 +0000

Home refurbishment ‘rip-off’ in Strategic Indigenous Housing & Infrastructure Program as amt of money for housing cut http://bit.ly/aWpQ6F

Australian Indigenous intervention found to breach race obligations http://bit.ly/af82Zp

St Vinnies scathing of government plan to make reinstatement of racial discrimination Act dependent on income management http://bit.ly/a4ZPte

Alyawarr Aborigines have abandoned their central Australian settlement, and set up new community at Honeymoon Bore. http://bit.ly/diQMyc

UN rapporteur says only limited evidence that Intervention had benefited the isolated and impoverished communities http://bit.ly/buKCLA

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Indigenous News Update – Education

Robbo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:51 +0000

New national history curriculum allows students to look at nation’s story from indigenous & non-indigenous perspective http://bit.ly/curt2m

Students from primary school through to Year 10 be taught the scientific knowledge of indigenous culture http://bit.ly/cvtkg8

THE UNIVERSITY of Southern Queensland has the highest number of indigenous nursing completions in the nation http://bit.ly/bO1z2w

Could MySchool website assist eduction ourcomes in Indigenous education? http://bit.ly/9WKAAX

Wendell Sailor working with the Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education program to reduce school bullying http://bit.ly/9cqkYk

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Indigenous News Update – Legal

Robbo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:44 +0000

Nuclear waste dump plans are dividing an Aboriginal clan $12m to be paid to some ownes of Ngapa clan http://bit.ly/cl1QaB

Broome Aborigines will sign off on a native title deal worth nearly $200 million with the West Australian Government. http://bit.ly/a4VKTY

After 10 years Broome Aborigines will sign off on a native title deal worth nearly $200 million http://bit.ly/dkUICj

Native title agreements signed in Broome will dramatically increase the town’s supply of land http://bit.ly/baCnMp

Sandhills Advancement Aboriginal Corporation links people to community support services. Administrator appointed http://bit.ly/d4vFKX

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Indigenous News Update – Employment

Robbo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:58 +0000

Program to employ Aboriginal high school students at stations in the western NSW will help to recruit more officers http://bit.ly/bfPk9e

Rudd praises business leaders for indigenous jobs’ effort http://bit.ly/9hVGSu

SA Equal Opportunity Tribunal grants exemption Aboriginal Health Worker positions filled only by Aboriginal people http://bit.ly/bDVx5c

AGFORCE meeting the agricultural employee shortage by forging partnerships between indigenous youth & grazing industry http://bit.ly/aTeVld

The country’s only commercial vineyard owned by Aboriginal people has just harvested its first vintage in five years. http://bit.ly/bpWxE1

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Indigenous News Update – Culture

Robbo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:30 +0000

Australian Aborigines are the custodians of some of the oldest performing traditions in the world says Grabowsky http://bit.ly/daKJgd

Aboriginal culture faces perils in the land down under http://bit.ly/clFtsG – video from WorldFocus

Indigenous people to be recognised as ‘first Queenslanders’ http://bit.ly/drbrVn

Recognising indigenous people in Queensland preamble ‘divisive’ according to Qld Opposition leader Langbroek http://bit.ly/aNIJKY

Constitutional preamble opposed by Indigenous leaders and Opposition. Indigenous say it is offensive as symbolic only http://bit.ly/b7XzMa

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Indigenous News Update – Health

Robbo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:21 +0000

Aboriginal Health Workers formally acknowledged as a profession with launch of national association http://bit.ly/9JWD52

Survival rates for dialysis patients rise. NT Govt says proof it is improving lives of Indigenous. http://bit.ly/918PWo How many on country?

‘Gomeroi gaaynggal – Gomeroi Indigenous babies’ program comprises two parts research and ArtsHealth program http://bit.ly/c1gVyL

Research: An ecological approach to health promotion in remote Australian Aboriginal communities http://bit.ly/agRPZ1

The Rioli Fund for Aboriginal Health has a facebook page http://bit.ly/bNUblJ

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Indigenous News Update – Sport

Robbo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:10 +0000

Search has begun to find six Australian Indigenous athletes to run in the New York marathon in 2010 http://bit.ly/8lI17S

Indigenous youth Australian rules team, the Flying Boomerangs to tour South Africa http://bit.ly/55SqVV

Sport has been demonstrated to be a remarkable way to improve well-being of indigenous communities. http://bit.ly/7hOswj

Byron Bay local helps out Australia’s first Indigenous surf club in Gove http://bit.ly/aRZRpc

AARON Davey is in the mix to become the first indigenous captain of the world’s oldest football club. http://bit.ly/a4Ii2T

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Indigenous News Update – Housing

Robbo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:34 +0000

Barkly Shire rejects housing maintenance contract as would be prevented from talking about housing program http://bit.ly/aI4CTP

Aboriginal Town camps revamp better late than never: Snowdon http://bit.ly/d2Pwz5

Town camp’s first house being built http://bit.ly/aYkgt8

WORK has started on the first of 85 houses to be built in the Alice Springs town camps http://bit.ly/bksms5

Town camps revamp better late than never: Snowdon http://bit.ly/d2Pwz5

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Indigenous News Update – Culture

Robbo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:17 +0000

TIME released their list of the worst dressed ice dancers. Russian ‘aboriginal’ costume wins! http://bit.ly/d0EKBc

Aboriginal cultural theft in Olympic ice skating labelled as ridiculous http://bit.ly/do3NZp

The movie Australia has sparked a new international audience for indigenous performing arts. http://bit.ly/a4g4UX

Aboriginal flag was raised in Shoalhaven City Council’s chambers for the first time http://bit.ly/cUV1nO

Indigenous people to be recognised as ‘first Queenslanders’ http://bit.ly/drbrVn

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Indigenous News Update – Health

Robbo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:58 +0000

O’Donoghue launches research institute. Will seek philanthropic funding for research into health problems http://bit.ly/9BaYpr

GPs Fear Consequences Of handing over Indigenous Health Records to crime commission http://bit.ly/dqPzXp

New research program to be launched investigate ways to achieve healthy pregnancies for Aboriginal women. http://bit.ly/c1gVyL

Difficulties of dialysis in the centre for those in the border regions of SA and WA as they move to capital cities http://bit.ly/avFCqa

Moree will receive one new indigenous outreach worker as a result of the outreach positions funded by the government http://bit.ly/cd0t8F

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Indigenous News Update – Employment

Robbo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:05 +0000

Indigenous job agency indigcareers.com.au makes the news http://bit.ly/9kDGPa others are out there such as aboriginaljobz.com.au

APY Indigenous horrified at waste in camel cull and will set up own processing plant to export camel meat http://bit.ly/c1RLDJ

Leaders from APY lands travel with Brough to Tiwi to look at radical changes to employment, education, housing http://bit.ly/dfl2VI

Qld commits to 2800 indigenous public sector jobs as part of Australian Employment Covenant http://bit.ly/d8a7iK

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