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Yuwali connects young offenders with culture
A culturally based juvenile justice program which focuses on the relationship between drugs and alcohol and offending has won the NSW Juvenile Justice’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) recognition award. ‘Dthina Yuwali’ which means tracking footprints in the Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay language, is NSW Juvenile Justice’s flagship program for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) […]
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Women’s council changes remote health for the better
Thirty years ago, women from three remote communities decided it was time to take their health and their concerns for their communities into their own hands and so the NPY (Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Women’s Council was born. Body: Today the women of the NPY Council remain just as dedicated to ensuring a strong, healthy future […]
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New data collection guidelines for Indigenous status
All Australians should soon become accustomed to being asked ‘Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?’ when they visit a health service, following today’s release of new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data collection guidelines. The National best practice guidelines for collecting Indigenous status in health data sets stress that the question, […]
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Jobs For The Mob
Vibe Worker is a new job search engine specifically for Indigenous Australian job seekers, and employers seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff. For more info, to register as a job seeker or to advertise a position call 1800 623 430. You can use Vibe Worker to search hundreds of vacancies from employers seeking Indigenous […]
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Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment
Traditional Credit Union (TCU), Northern Territory Developed by a group of Aboriginal elders, TCU provides financial services, employment and education to remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. * TCU has 13 Arnhemland branches, employing more than 65 staff, 85 per cent of whom are Aboriginal. All remote branches and agencies are managed and staffed […]
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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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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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Tiger Town: New institute to boost skills for Indigenous youth
The Rudd Government are supporting Richmond Football Club’s development of a new education and training facility for young Indigenous people at Punt Road Oval in Melbourne The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced the Government’s contribution of $6.75 million toward the establishment of the Australian Institute for Indigenous Learning and Skills Development. The institute […]
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Health clinics commence in NSW
A group of the country’s top medics will travel to the New South Wales towns of Brewarrina and Bourke tomorrow (11 June) for the first of the newly established Indigenous clinics run by Sydney University’s Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. The team, which includes a cardiologist, physiotherapist, adolescent health expert and a rheumatologist, will fill […]
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Kimberley Satellite Dialysis Service
Service gives real hope to remote kidney patients The Kimberley Satellite Dialysis Service is truly unique. Run by the Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (BRAMS), it’s the first community-controlled, Aboriginal health organisation-operated tertiary dialysis unit in Australia. This groundbreaking service employs Aboriginal health workers to look after Aboriginal kidney patients. Aboriginal health workers work side-by-side […]
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Bringing Them Home – You Don’t Have To Do It Alone
Bringing Them Home counsellors came into existence in the late ’90s in response to the growing number of Indigenous families dealing with the effects of the Stolen Generations. Sandy Laughton is a Bringing Them Home (BTH) counsellor at the Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Dalby, Queensland. Goondir Health Service looks after […]
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David Wirrpunda
Deadly Vibe Issue 94 December 2004 Just a country boy AFL star David Wirrpunda might live on the West Coast but his heart lies in country Victoria. While David Wirrpunda may be a nine-season veteran for the West Coast Eagles and one of the most celebrated and recognised Indigenous footballers in the country, for the […]
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Redfern AMS
Deadly Vibe Issue 81 The health and living standards of Indigenous communities in Australia has for too long been below acceptable standards. Thankfully, there is an increasing number of Indigenous organisations that are working hard to address this situation. One of the most important of these organisations is the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service, which won […]
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Interview Techniques
PURPOSE OF THE INTERVIEW The interview gives you and the employer the opportunity to discuss your interest in, and ability to, undertake the job. For you: An opportunity to convince the employer of your potential as an employee. An opportunity to find out more about the job you want and about the employer and his […]
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Noonga Reconciliation Group (NRG)
Deadly Vibe Issue 103 September 2005 Sharing the Spirit Thinking nationally by acting locally ” reconciliation is alive and kicking in Brisbane. A special reconciliation group in Brisbane is bringing reconciliation alive through education, healthy debate and good old fashioned fun. Noonga Reconciliation Group (NRG) was established in August 1997 during the time of the […]
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