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Greens call for school focus on indigenous Australians THE Greens will introduce a Senate motion today calling for the national history curriculum to be revised to include more content on indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generation. Senator Rachel Siewert will make the motion after indigenous groups ...

The woman tackling workplace ignorance about Indigenous Australians - Djiribul woman Shelley Reys has spent her career trying to bridge the gap between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians . Today she counts ...

Key organiser of Pope John Paul II's meeting with Indigenous Australians recalls blessed day - Key organiser of Pope John Paul II's meeting with Indigenous Australians ... of the pope's meeting with indigenous people from across Australia .

Indigenous Australians and African Americans deserve a 'sentencing discount'  -  Indigenous people living in Australia in 2016 are 13 times more likely than non- Indigenous Australians to be imprisoned. African Americans are six ...

Three charts on: the changing status of Indigenous Australians - A new dataset has shed fresh light on the changing socioeconomic status of Indigenous Australians . It shows that what appears to be slow progress or steady outcomes for the whole population may be masking worsening results. This stems from how the Indigenous population is counted in the census ...

New funding to keep Indigenous Australians active : Community based initiatives giving greater opportunities for Indigenous Australians to participate in sport and recreation have today been announced through the Australian Government's $30.4 million Indigenous Sport and Active Recreation Program ...

New media jobs for Indigenous Australians : The Federal Government is providing just over a million dollars ($1.1m) to create 40 new media jobs for Indigenous Australians over the next two years. Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Minister Julie Collins say the new jobs will be ...

Greens call for school focus on indigenous Australians THE Greens will introduce a Senate motion today calling for the national history curriculum to be revised to include more content on indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generation. Senator Rachel Siewert will make the motion after indigenous groups ...

The woman tackling workplace ignorance about Indigenous Australians - Djiribul woman Shelley Reys has spent her career trying to bridge the gap between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians . Today she counts ...

Indigenous Australians are tired of being spoken for, says actress Shareena Clanton -  In a passionate speech on Q&A, actress Shareena Clanton says non- Indigenous Australians need to “keep their mouths shut and start engaging” the Indigenous community in the political decision-making process. On an episode with plenty of political point-scoring on energy policy and tax cuts, the ...

Get screened early': New Cancer Council campaign targets Indigenous Australians -  Indigenous Australians are 1.4 times more likely to die from cancer than their non- indigenous counterparts. And screening outcomes are poorer too, ...

Will treaties with Indigenous Australians overtake constitutional recognition? - These negotiations follow recent developments toward treaties between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians across the country. These are ...

Appeal to young Indigenous Australians : World News Australia on ... : The key Indigenous representative group is seeking young Indigenous Australians to fight for constitutional recognition.

Find out why Centennial Parklands is so important to indigenous Australians - Find out why Centennial Parklands is so important to indigenous Australians ... ABORIGINAL storyteller Drew Roberts is returning to Centennial Parklands to host a series of tours and classes which will explore the indigenous history of the former wetlands and its significance to Australia's first people.

Indigenous Australians at greater risk of dementia : PETER LLOYD: Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to develop dementia than non-Indigenous population. That's the finding of a new study that suggests head injury may be a contributing factor. Samantha Donovan: SAMANTHA DONOVAN: A ...

Therapeutic drug safety for Indigenous Australians : how do we close the gap?  - In the setting of significant disease burden, lack of data on drug safety for Australia's Indigenous population is concerning. Indigenous Australians ...

Inquiry hears media misrepresents Indigenous Australians as drunks THE media misrepresents Indigenous Australians as drunks when the majority live wholesome lives without alcohol or domestic violence, a senior Indigenous ...

They call us Australians ': Vanuatu descendants of Indigenous Australians search for long lost family - Thousands of people with Indigenous Australian ancestry are believed to be living in Vanuatu. Many are the descendants of blackbirded islanders sent back to Vanuatu at the turn of the 20th Century, in line with the White Australia Policy. Between 1863 and 1904, more than 62,000 Pacific Islanders were ...

Borneo's 37000-year-old Deep Skull not related to Indigenous Australians  - It shows the Deep Skull is from a middle-aged female rather than a teenage boy, and has few similarities to Indigenous Australians . Instead, it more ...

Indigenous Australians call for ban on fishing in traditional waterways -  Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory (NT) have called for a ban on commercial fishing in their waterways.