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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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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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A Culture of Excellence
Outstanding Year 12 students from Belmont City College and Kelmscott Senior High School were among 11 winners announced at the 2008 Aboriginal Education Awards of Achievement last month. Timed to coincide with NAIDOC Week celebrations, the awards recognise outstanding achievements by Aboriginal students and educators across the state. Elainah Coffin, from Belmont City College and […]
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Hearing loss no barrier for this Elder
A hearing loss can easily stop some people from socialising with friends and family and performing day-to-day activities. For Edmund Thomas, doing something about hearing loss has helped him reconnect with life, family and friends and achieve some awesome things that he had never dreamt possible. Edmund was the Tasmanian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
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Kyle Vander-Kuyp the Master Mentor
Deadly Vibe Issue 137 On the eve of the Beijing Games, Deadly Vibe caught up with champion hurdler Kyle Vander-Kuyp to talk about his new role as a mentor for our next generation of track stars. STORY: The eyes of the word turn to Beijing this month, and to the 2008 Olympics games. But as […]
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Napanangka wins Telstra Art Award
Makinti Napanangka has won the 2008 Telstra Art Award – Australia’s leading Indigenous art prize. Naoanangka’s untitled painting depicting a rockhole near her remote western desert community of Kintore, in Central Australia, was deemed the best work of 117 pieces made up of 12 bark paintings, 15 works on paper, 29 three-dimensional works and 61 […]
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Rainforest handed back to traditional owners
Almost 182,000 hectares of land on Cape York has been handed back to its traditional owners, creating a new national park in the process. The KULLA (McIlwraith Range) National Park is about the size of Fraser Island, and will be jointly managed by the state and Indigenous people. KULLA is an acronym for the Kaanju, […]
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Isaac Parsons (B-Boy 2 Ezy)
Isaac Parsons (AKA B-Boy 2 Ezy) was born in 1984 in Brewarrina, New South Wales. He began breaking at the age of 16 after watching the movie ‘Breaking’ and began perfecting his moves with friends. In 2001, Isaac won the Under 18 Victorian Break Dancing Championship and then came runner up in the National Championship […]
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Indigenous health scholarships on offer
Royal College of Nursing, Australia is proud to act as the fund administrator for this scholarship scheme funded through the Department of Health and Ageing. The Scheme was established in recognition of Dr Arnold (‘Puggy’) Hunter’s significant contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and in his previous role as Chair of the National […]
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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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A Life in Song – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
It’s the kind of voice that stops people in their tracks. From the moment you hear the haunting, lilting tones of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in Wiarthul, the first track off his debut album Gurrumul, you know that you are listening to something truly special. The reaction to this intensely shy but incredibly gifted young musician […]
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NAIDOC Ball winners announced
More than 1000 people attended the 2008 NAIDOC Ball at the Canberra Convention Centre last night and were entertained by some of the nation’s best Indigenous performers. The sweet sounds of Jessica Mauboy, Casey Donovan, Archie Roach, Blue King Brown and Dave Huddleston and the Riverbank Band delighted the audience as well as the talents […]
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Award offers $5000 for creative youth
Cemented in its fourth year, the annual Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth, is a national award offering $5000 to aid in the creative future potential of a talented young Indigenous Australian artist 30 years of age or younger. This award empowers Indigenous Australian youth in pursuit of their creative endeavours and is […]
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Volunteers – We Need You!
The team at Vibe Australia are looking for volunteers to be part of Vibe Alive – a special two-day youth festival that incorporates music, sport, dance and art in a high-energy, youth-friendly setting. Vibe Alive is a chance for the young people of your community to express themselves and show their school, their family and […]
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Voices from the inside
Indigenous people in three Victorian prisons will speak out in live radio broadcasts during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week. Melbourne’s community radio station, 3CR 855AM, will conduct live radio broadcasts with Indigenous prisoners in Port Phillip Prison, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Fulham Prison. Part of 3CR’s Beyond the Bars project, […]
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Doin’ it Our Way!
A groundbreaking exhibition of Indigenous artwork is making a real impact overseas. Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River is an exhibition of 42 works by a group of artists formally known as the Lockhart River Art Gang. This group of 24 artists were originally part of a Queensland government education and training initiative […]
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