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Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantage

Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantage  - Progress on meeting targets remains slow - with Indigenous life expectancy still well behind non- Indigenous Australia , and Aboriginal incarceration ...

ABS schools data shows men shunning career in teaching

ABS schools data shows men shunning career in teaching  - The ABS schools report also reveals a record number of indigenous ... which hired 4.3 per cent more teachers, and in Western Australia , where the ...

Let's build a powerful people's movement for unity

Let's build a powerful people's movement for unity  -  Indigenous activists all over Australia have forged strong links with other groups fighting the same battle. We are not exclusive in our struggle, for it is ...

Indigenous organisations have been 'disadvantaged' by grants program

Indigenous organisations have been 'disadvantaged' by grants program  - A $4.8bn Indigenous grants program has disadvantaged Indigenous ... Indigenous affairs minister, Shayne Neumann, told Guardian Australia the ...

Packed forum discusses Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Treaty

Packed forum discusses Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Treaty  - A treaty would have to include an acknowledgement that Australia was conquered not settled, and recognition of Aboriginal rights to self-determination ...

Tragic suicide of 10-year-old Aboriginal girl

Tragic suicide of 10-year-old Aboriginal girl  - Earlier this month, a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl took her own life in a small Kimberly community near the town of Derby in Western Australia .

End the silences, they're toxic – pack up the myth and conspiracy of shame and taboo

End the silences, they're toxic – pack up the myth and conspiracy of shame and taboo  - Suicide is an increasing toll for all Australians . For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders it is a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. The internalising of ...

Farm debt mediation schism between Australia and New Zealand

Farm debt mediation schism between Australia and New Zealand  - Ron Mark is scathing about resistance to farm debt mediation. He said: "We have a culture here in New Zealand where people resist something until ...