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Jacks road to success
His own life experiences are the inspiration for Jack Manning-Bancroft’s plans for maximising Indigenous student retention across the nation. There is a simple clarity and matter-of-factness about everything Jack Manning-Bancroft says and does that is at the heart of his youthful success. The son of Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft and actor/playwright Ned Manning was fortunate […]
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Linda Burney – And now for an Aboriginal President
More leaders moving forward in all walks of life is the way to go. NSW Minister for Community Services Linda Burney thinks an Aboriginal Prime Minister is still a long way into the future. An Aboriginal President of an Australian republic though is another matter. “I think we will have a republic in the next […]
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Aden Ridgeway and Warren Mundine – Leading the Party
Aden Ridgeway and Warren Mundine have both been national political party leaders, an important step towards electing our first Indigenous Australian Prime Minister. You don’t just get a black US President out of nowhere. Barack Obama’s victory was possible because of the many African American leaders who paved the way for him. When we finally […]
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Rudd rules out Australia Day change
Speaking at a citizenship ceremony in Canberra, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has flatly rejected calls by Australian of the Year Mick Dodson and several other Indigenous leaders to change the date of Australia Day. After being named Australian of the Year on Sunday, Professor Mick Dodson called for a debate on whether Australia Day, which […]
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No housing without jobs, says former Minister
Housing should not be provided to remote Aboriginal communities where people are unable to pay rent or service a mortgage, according to former Labor Minister Gary Johns. Writing in a paper released today by the Menzies Research Centre, Dr Johns argues that money spent on remote community housing, while “generous and well-targeted”, has resulted in […]
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WA housing in need of urgent upgrades
According to a government audit, Aboriginal housing in outback Western Australia is in need of a $540 million upgrade. The audit found that over 90 per cent of the 2,400 houses that were inspected in remote Aboriginal communities in WA required urgent upgrade work. The costs of the upgraded averages out at more than $225,000 […]
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Share Our Pride – The First Australians
Reconciliation Australia has developed a ground-breaking new resource for workplaces, schools and individual Australians in an attempt to meet the huge, post-apology demand for information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their history and cultures. The site is being launched this month, to coincide with the first episode of SBS TV’s series The First […]
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New health services announced
Australian families will have access to a whole range of new health services – including a $150 voucher for teen dental care, a free health check for kids about to start school and a guide to kids’ health and development for parents under a new initiative announced by the Federal Government. New health services include: […]
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Blueprint Presented.
The Close the Gap coalition has presented the Federal Government and Opposition with a set of National Indigenous Health Equality Targets to address the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. “The targets are specific, time-bound commitments that will keep us on track to close the gap,” says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
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Young Australians encouraged to enrol to vote
The Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, is urging young people to ensure they are enrolled to vote as part of the Australian Electoral Commission’s national Enrol to Vote Week. http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/enrol_to_vote_week.htm National Enrol to Vote Week runs from July 28 to August 3. This year’s event highlights the importance of enrolment outside of federal election years, […]
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NT govt pledges 11 million to Indig education
One week into its election campaign, The Northern Territory government has promised $11.7 million over five years to employ 20 early childhood educators. NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson says he wants to boost Aboriginal literacy and numeracy and also wants the educators to improve health standards and “general wellbeing”. The NT heads to the polls […]
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PM holds community cabinet in Yirkalla
Surrounded by children from his community, Galarrwuy Yunupingu today handed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a petition on behalf of 13 of Arnhem Lands’s most senior traditional men calling for their “self-evident” rights to be recognised in the Constitution. In Arnhem Land for a historic cabinet meeting, Mr Rudd said the Government would “give attention to […]
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‘Historic’ opportunity on native title, McClellan
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClellan has described a meeting of commonwealth and state government ministers in Perth as an “historic opportunity” to advance the interests of Indigenous Australians. Ministers responsible for native title met today to discuss a planned overhaul of native title law, which Mr McClelland believes will make it simpler and more effective in […]
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Brough calls for independant review
Former federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has joined the chorus for an independent review of how the Northern Territory Government spends federal grants. Accusations the NT Government annually misspends hundreds of millions of dollars meant for remote and regional Aboriginal communities, on Darwin centric projects, has been denied by Territory Treasurer Delia Lawrie. Brough […]
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Ban racist fans for life, says Thurston
Australian half back Johnathan Thurston yesterday demanded NRL officials impose “life bans” on fans who racially abuse players from the stands. Thurston’s comments come in the wake Penrith prop Petero Civoniceva reacting to racial abuse from a group of Parramatta fans during his clubs clash with the Eels at Parramatta stadium. One of the fans […]
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AIHW report says health gap is widening
A report on the nation’s health delivered yesterday has reveled data suggesting the gap in mortality rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is widening. Delivered at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) conference in Canberra, the report stated that seventy-one per cent of Indigenous people die before they reach 65, compared with just […]
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