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Interim Liberal leader discusses Aboriginal poverty : On Saturday at the YWCA in Vancouver, Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae told the audience that gaps in education, housing, and health care between Aboriginal communities and the rest of Canada needs to be addressed by the government, CBC News reported.

Illiteracy Points to Deeper Woes in Papua : Elementary school students during a recess in Papua , where student achievement lags behind the rest of Indonesia. (Antara Photo/Anang Budiono) Jayapura. Education experts and officials have decried the poor state of schools in Papua in the wake of a ... Jakarta Globe

Papuans indicted for treason : Symbol of independence: An Indonesian policeman takes down the banned Morning Star flag raised by Papuan demonstrators in Jayapura on December 1, 2011. Picture: AFP Source: AFP FIVE activists have been indicted for treason in Indonesia's Papua region ...

Mutineers lay down weapons after amnesty : SOLDIERS who mutinied in Papua New Guinea have handed over their weapons to the nation's Deputy Prime Minister, who has declared a general amnesty for all of the troops involved. The announcement comes as the shadow cabinet of ousted leader Sir Michael ...

health policy 'fails to show results' In a scathing critique of current policy, the three experts say mental health's share of the overall health budget is shrinking instead of rising. This is the reverse of the outcome sought by peak mental health organisations, which have long argued ...

Indigenous Recognition in the Australian Constitution : Recognizing Australia's indigenous peoples in the Australian Constitution would seem to be a relatively straightforward task, but the challenge is a large one. This is in part due to the constitutional complexity of proposals to do so and the need to ... JURIST

Cover-up claims on tie to tent activists JULIA Gillard faces opposition claims of a government cover-up over last week's Aboriginal tent embassy protest despite the Australian Federal Police ruling out an official investigation. The Prime Minister has stood firm on her handling of the affair ...

Aboriginals of Australia: Positive Change Of Attitude : During the past years, Australians have positively changed their opinion of the government's assistance to its indigenous population. Australians ' once-hard attitudes against Aborigines have softened remarkably over the past two decades, ... UNPO