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Patrick Dodson warns Aboriginal people will be refugees in their own country if communities close <  - The South Australian government has also raised the possibility of closing up to 60 indigenous communities, which are home to more than 4000 ...

WA Government, Fortescue sign agreement to train, employ Aboriginal prisoners  - The mining magnate Andrew Forrest says corporate Australia has a powerful, practical role to play in closing the gap, by helping train and employ more Indigenous people. His company, Fortescue Metals, today signed an agreement with the West Australia Government, to offer a training program for some Aboriginal prisoners in the coming year.

Western Australia to close down Aboriginal communities  - More than half of Western Australia's Aboriginal communities have been earmarked for closure, local media reported, in a policy that some have ...

Terrorists younger, more violent: Bishop  -  Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used an address to the United Nations Security Council to paint a terrifying picture of the young, modern day terrorist. Bishop, who chaired the Security Council meeting on counter-terrorism, said there was no more pressing matter of national and international security for Australia than reducing the threat of terrorism.

Finnish textile company launches exclusive Tom of Finland collection in US  - Finlayson, Finland’s leading textile manufacturer has expanded its operations into the U.S. by launching Tom of Finland X Finlayson, an unprecedented and exclusive collection designed in honor of Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991).  The collection has been developed in ..

Senior Australia politician comes out as gay  - A senior Australian politician publicly came out as gay today (20 November) in an emotional speech to New South Wales state parliament. Liberal MP ...

Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe "ashamed" he didn't come out as gay sooner  -  Australian five-time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe admits that he is a "little bit ashamed" that he did not come out as gay sooner.

Traditional owners rally against changes to WA Aboriginal Heritage Act  - Proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Act in Western Australia could see traditional owners stripped of any say over the heritage listing of ...

Lemon myrtle: Aboriginal functional favourite revived by Sydney Games   -An indigenous Australian tree plant, used for tens of thousands of years by Aborigines before being forgotten after the arrival of Europeans Down ...

WA Traditional Owners converge on Perth to protest Heritage Act changes  - The WA Aboriginal Affairs Minister rejects that but says he'll take a close ... traditional owners from all over Western Australia converged on parliament in Perth today, protesting planned changes to the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act.

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Productivity Commission report identifies mixed results for ...   - "It can assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to hold governments to account, and to develop their own responses to the disadvantage ...

Aboriginal mothers' ill-treatment in jail gives kids a bad start  - The treatment of criminalised and imprisoned women and girls is deteriorating rapidly in Australia . The Productivity Commission's report on ...

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi's demise echoes the fate of Aboriginal art   -The results are plain enough: compare the great private collections built up in recent years with the indigenous displays of Australia's main public ...

White people are pretty bland. The more difference you have in colour, in race - the richer you are ...  - Karl Stefanovic has called for more cultural diversity on Australian television and advised non- Indigenous Australians to 'butt out' from commenting on ...

Modi draws anthropological link with Australia , gifts tribal paintings to Abbott   - The term Australoid is said to denote a broad racial classification representing people across continents, including the Australian aborigines . It could ...

Aboriginal men's centre key to closing gap  - The federal government's recently-released Closing the Gap Report on Aboriginal social trends found across Australia , adult imprisonment rates had ...

Surge in Wellington hospital patients - Wellington Hospital is struggling to cope with an unexpected surge in patients, and wants people with minor injuries and mild sickness to instead go to ...

Scholarship programme for creative young New Zealanders  - Scholarship programme for creative young New Zealanders ... Now they have taken to helping young people follow their passions in a completely ...

Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth named world's sexiest man  - Australian actor and Thor avenger Chris Hemsworth is the world's sexiest man, People magazine says. Hemsworth, who also starred as Formula One ...

App inspires people to make fitness their mission  - We can see that keeping fit and staying healthy is a growing struggle for many New Zealanders , so we felt an obligation to do something to help.