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Young Gun
He’s only 21 and he’s already a CEO. This is one fella who’s going places. He’s only 21, but Gladstone’s Matthew Cooke is already playing a pivotal role across a range of organisations promoting the health, culture and wellbeing of Aboriginal people. Matt recently won the Young Leader award in the inaugural 2007 National Excellence […]
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Indigenous arts grants
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts is committed to keeping culture strong by supporting and promoting a strong arts sector that effectively reflects and celebrates cultural diversity through its Grant Programs Section. Grant Funding category’s are as follows: New Work Skills and Arts Development Presentation and […]
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Arts Flying High for Indigenous Kids
Students of the Indigenous communities of Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama in Cape York Peninsula are currently enjoying being creative with artists from Queensland Arts Council, who have toured to the communities to deliver multimedia arts workshops and live performances for the students. The tour, which takes place over two weeks, delivers high quality arts education, as […]
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High Stakes (Gambling)
Gambling can hurt more than just your hip pocket. There are currently more than 300,000 problem gamblers in Australia. For each one of these problem gamblers, many other people are also affected – family, friends, husbands and wives, children, employers and employees. Gambling is basically risking money on an outcome, usually involving chance. People gamble […]
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Cyber Safe
Be cyber-smart – stay safe when you’re online The internet is an amazing way to learn about new things, chat with friends, and keep up to date Trouble is, the internet can sometimes be a dangerous place if you don’t know what to avoid or look out for. The best way to keep safe on […]
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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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ABC series seeks Indigenous talent
The ABC are currently casting for the upcoming series, Escape from Scorpion Island and are encouraging Indigenous school children aged from eleven to thirteen, to apply for a chance to be involved in this exciting opportunity. Escape from Scorpion Island is an amazing adventure show for kids. Sixteen children are marooned for three exciting weeks […]
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Powderfinger encourage action in schools
Kicking off National Reconciliation Week, Australia’s premier rock band Powderfinger today congratulated all Australian schools who have signed up for Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) and encouraged others to get on board. Visiting Lourdes Hill College in Brisbane, one of many Australian schools with a RAP, Powderfinger acknowledged the important role schools play in shaping better […]
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Jimmy Little named among WYD Ambassadors
Indigenous music legend Jimmy Little has been named as one of nine official Ambassadors for World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08). The Ambassadors have generously volunteered their public profile and time to help promote WYD08 around Australia in the lead-up to the July event. The WYD08 Ambassadors are: Carla Zampatti, Fashion Designer Jared Crouch, AFL […]
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Russell Adcock
Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Fair Crack of the Whip! This fella could whip you with one hand tied behind his back ” literally Russell Adcock first picked up a stock whip when he was only four years old, inspired by his grandfather, champion whip-cracker Besley Murray. “I used to pinch my grandfather’s whip […]
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Eddie Mabo
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 An uncommon passion People can make a name for themselves in many ways, such as being a talented sports star, singer or famous actor. Sometimes, however, people become known for far different and less glamorous reasons, yet their names live on to attract reverence and admiration over the course […]
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Leah Purcell
Deadly Vibe Issue 111 May 2004 Irish Eyes Deadly Vibe recently caught up with Leah Purcell and got an insight into the creative processes of one of our most talented directors. Leah Purcell only knows one pace when it comes to anything she turns her hand to, and that’s flat out. Fresh from roles in […]
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Cherisse Buzzacott
Story: She’s TER-iffic! A student from the Northern Territory records a top TER. Finishing year 12 is a pretty deadly achievement. All those years of school, the hours of study required to pass, the pressure and the stress of those final exams – it’s a wonder anyone manages it at all. But one young woman […]
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Permit changes to be reversed in NT
After the permit system was scrapped as part of the coalition government’s controversial intervention into NT Aboriginal communities last year – draft laws reversing the changes will be introduced into Parliament this week. Under legislation introduced by the coalition last year, anyone would have been able to access common areas of Indigenous communities without a […]
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Back Home
Deadly Vibe Issue 109 March 2006 Wild, Wild West Editor-in-Chief Gavin Jones takes a trip Back Home, and discovers another side to Sydney. It’s as telling as Schindler’s List. And it all happens in a Blacktown backyard with a barbeque, a basketball and an acoustic guitar. It’s Back Home, part of the Sydney Festival and […]
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Maude’s Great Advice
Name: Elizabeth Maude Olbor Elizabeth Maude Olbor, or Maude as she is known to her friends, has lived almost her whole life in the small Cape York community of Hopevale. At the moment, Hopevale is dry, dusty and hot, and when it rains it floods. Well, that’s according to Maude, and personally she couldn’t think […]
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