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A big idea for big change in the lives of under-privileged Indigenous youth

A big idea for big change in the lives of under-privileged Indigenous youth - Mr Ebert's big idea is an Indigenous food truck that will operate around Melbourne, working specifically with Indigenous Australian youth who have ...

Victoria says it won't hold Indigenous children in adult jail but 15 others to remain

Victoria says it won't hold Indigenous children in adult jail but 15 others to remain - A deal by the Victorian government means Indigenous children will ... or future, would be transferred to Barwon,” Barson told Guardian Australia .

My experience on First Contact challenged everything I knew about Indigenous Australia

My experience on First Contact challenged everything I knew about Indigenous Australia - First Contact is based on the premise that six out of 10 Australians have little to no meaningful contact with Indigenous Australians . It tries to change ...

In the face of a hostile dominant culture we will continue to share our art, and it will be deadly

In the face of a hostile dominant culture we will continue to share our art, and it will be deadly - When you consider that this continent is home to the oldest living culture in the world, it beggars belief that non- Indigenous Australians mostly refuse to ...

Australian students fall behind Kazakhstan in maths and science rankings

Australian students fall behind Kazakhstan in maths and science rankings - Australia fell from 12th to 17th in year 8 maths and from 12th to 17th in year 8 science while remaining steady at 25th place in year 4 science.

Don't tell us what to do from your government jobs'

Don't tell us what to do from your government jobs' - An indigenous leader involved in Fremantle council's decision to move its Australia Day celebrations has hit back at former West Australian of the Year ...

Aboriginal Australia should have died out'

Aboriginal Australia should have died out' - Six celebrities — talent judge Ian ‘Dicko Dickson’, ex One Nation politician David Oldfield, singer Natalie Imbruglia, comedian Tom Ballard, actor Nicki Wendt and former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris — spent 28 days visiting remote Aboriginal communities.

You say 'kangaroo', I say 'rock wallaby': Children's Ground offers new approach to Indigenous ...

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You say 'kangaroo', I say 'rock wallaby': Children's Ground offers new approach to Indigenous ... - What makes this class unusual is not just that it is happening outdoors; it’s that Naborlhborlh is speaking Kunwinjku, one of the Bininj Kunwok languages of the Kakadu West Arnhem region in the Northern Territory.

First Contact's Renae Ayris slammed by viewers after asking tearful Aboriginal elders if 'alcoholics ...

First Contact's Renae Ayris slammed by viewers after asking tearful Aboriginal elders if 'alcoholics ... - Former Miss Australia Renae listened as the Aboriginal women recalled their harrowing ordeals of being ripped out of their family homes as children ...

Racism is a reality, not just a TV show

Racism is a reality, not just a TV show - It will reveal Aboriginal Australia in all its beauty, hope, culture, history, ... a dark light on the true racism faced by Indigenous people on a daily basis.

Developers moving on new theme park

Developers moving on new theme park - Through a translator he told the Gold Coast Bulletin the parts of the development themed around indigenous Australian culture would not be based on ..

How one school turned Indigenous performance on its head in two years

How one school turned Indigenous performance on its head in two years -  Australian research shows that attendance matters for achievement. The more a child misses school, the worse things get for academic performance.

Alan Joyce of Qantas on being a role model

Alan Joyce of Qantas on being a role model - Alan Joyce never wanted to be known as the gay chief executive. “When ... He is still taking flak, most recently for urging corporate Australia to support ...

Trolls torment mother by posing as her 13-year-old son who killed himself after being bullied

Trolls torment mother by posing as her 13-year-old son who killed himself after being bullied - who killed himself after he was bullied for being gay has been subjected to online abuse. Tyrone Unsworth, from Brisbane in Australia , killed himself ...

Trump Supporter Attacks Two Gay Men In Australia

Trump Supporter Attacks Two Gay Men In Australia - Police in Sydney, Australia arrested two men for allegedly attacking two gay men at a McDonald's. According to the Star Observer, a drunken man was ...

Australia boy's death reignites focus on LGBT bullying

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Australia boy's death reignites focus on LGBT bullying - Much discussion surrounded the merits of a controversial Australian education programme, Safe Schools, that aims to stop LGBT bullying in schools.

More Kiwis turn to generic Hepatitis C meds for cure

More Kiwis turn to generic Hepatitis C meds for cure -  New Zealanders with Hepatitis C are turning to generic, legally-imported treatments that cure the virus and give sufferers a new lease on life.

Young westerners across the world losing faith in democracy - even in New Zealand

Young westerners across the world losing faith in democracy - even in New Zealand - But new research reveals our faith in democracy is faltering in a similar pattern ... "Right now New Zealand , Australia, even the United States are at points of ... the upper limit of people saying that democracy was a bad way to run the ...

Watch Airileke's Powerful Video for West Papuan Independence Day

Watch Airileke's Powerful Video for West Papuan Independence Day - Indonesia promptly invaded and took back control of the region, and ever since the West Papuan people have been fighting for their freedom, battling ...

Group supports referendum for West Papua

Group supports referendum for West Papua - Group supports referendum for West Papua Fight for freedom: Indonesian People's Front for West Papua spokesperson Surya Anta speaks to ...

Maori and Population Health Advisor

Maori and Population Health Advisor - Other, We are looking for a Maori and Population Health advisor to be part of our Maori and Population Health team.

Māori Party reiterates need for land wars history in schools

Māori Party reiterates need for land wars history in schools - The Māori Party reiterated its call for the history of the New Zealand Land Wars to be taught in schools, while supporting Treaty settlements for three ...

Marae disaster role needs recognition in planning

Marae disaster role needs recognition in planning -  Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell says he wants to see more Maori involvement in planning for natural disasters. Mr Flavell, who started ...

Sugar and Obesity Factsheet and links

Sugar and Obesity Factsheet and links - The burden of obesity in New Zealand falls disproportionately on Maori and Pacific Island populations, socio-economically disadvantaged populations ...