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Drugs, mental health problems and alcohol lay the pathway to prison Half of the 610 people who entered prison in October and November last year reported drinking alcohol at risky levels and one in three had been told they had a mental illness . In its report The Health of Australia's Prisoners, the Australian Institute ...

The first farmers : Henry Reynolds, the historian who has written extensively on the effect of white settlement on indigenous Australians , says in a foreword: ''He [Gammage] establishes without question the scale of Aboriginal land management, the intelligence, ... Sydney Morning Herald

Repeal dusty sections of Racial Discrimination Act If not, then Australia is entering a world where Aboriginal people, especially those of light colour and claiming discrimination (or favours) based upon their race, become a laughing-stock. Is this what the activists wanted? ...

Next step for cultural warriors : Filmmaker Rachel Perkins argued at the 2020 summit, that as home to the oldest continuous civilisation there was a unique opportunity for Australia to put indigenous culture at the centre of cultural policy. No one objected overtly, but there was a bit ... Sydney Morning Herald

Up north, footy conquers all : Gapuwiyak, a remote community deep within Arnhem Land of about a thousand indigenous Australians , supports a thriving seniors contest as well as competitions for under 13s, under 15s and girls. In Groote Eyelandt, a tropical island about 50kms from ... The Age

The tide of desert art money lifts no boats : Critics, Aboriginal intellectuals and cultural interpreters agree that the emergence of desert art has transformed mainstream Australia's understanding of indigenous civilisation. It has provided a window; it has given the nation a view on to the ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

From land rights to gas, Noonkanbah elder John Watson fights for his people Aboriginal leader John Watson at the remote Nyumpan community in Western Australia . Picture: Colin Murty Source: The Australian Aborigines from 29 tribal groups across the Kimberley perform a corroboree during their yearly gathering to discuss ...

The first farmers : Photo: courtesy of the National Library Far from being hunters and gatherers, the first Australians may have managed the biggest farming estate on Earth, writes Tony Stephens. THE still common assumption is that Aboriginal Australians in 1788 were ... Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Anti-Gambling Forces Embrace Vietnamese Drug Dealer Study Perhaps in Vietnam, crooked mafia operated underground casinos entrap gullible Vietnamese gamblers, and given the choice between playing Russian roulette or trafficking drugs to Australia , most chose the latter. Pre-commitment technology is a fancy ...

Aboriginal bones to return home from Sweden : The skeletons and skulls belonging to a number of Australian aborigines are set to return to Australia after a request was sent out from the Australian Embassy in Sweden. In 2008, the Department of Education asked for archival provenance investigations ... IceNews

Australia to Help 300000 Children Go to School : The program builds on the highly successful Australia - Indonesia Basic Education Program which built more than 2000 schools between 2006 -2010. “Education is a fundamental human right and critical for individuals to lift themselves out of poverty . ...

Indonesia pledges forest conservation JAKARTA , Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he will dedicate the final three years of his presidency to protect his country's rainforest. Indonesia has the world's third largest area of tropical forest after Brazil and ...

In Singapore, it's save and be saved Yet Singapore has excellent health care, exceptionally low unemployment, minimal poverty , high literacy and one of the world's most dynamic economies. How did it get so many things so right? Henry Kissinger once described colonial Singapore as “located ...