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Indigenous Groups Question Budget Strategy

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 13th May 2015 - The Federal Government says Indigenous Australians will be the beneficiaries of fresh Budget shakeups in housing and jobs, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives…

Jobs Program for Indigenous People With Disability

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 11th May 2015 - A new program aimed at assisting Indigenous people with disability access and participate in tertiary education so they can gain meaningful employment has been launched in Cairns.…

Thousands of Indigenous Lives Lost Prematurely

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 21st April 2015 - Around 3,000 Indigenous Australians die prematurely each year, resulting in almost 100,000 years of life lost, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health…

Government Looks to India to Help Close the Gap

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 7th April 2015 - Could India hold the key to improving the lives of people living in Australia’s disadvantaged Indigenous communities? The Abbott Government thinks so. According to ABC’s…

Legal Aid Funding Restored

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 26th March 2015 - The Federal Government has reinstated national legal aid assistance, guaranteeing current funding levels for the next two years. The funding reversal comes after strong lobbying…

Petition to Save Indigenous Legal Services

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 17th March 2015 - The Aboriginal Legal Service has resorted to a national online petition via Charge.org to try to stop the Federal Government’s $13.3 million in cuts to Indigenous legal services…

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A Vision for Change

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd March 2015 - The biggest philanthropist in Australia, mining magnate Andrew Forrest, shares his views on the future of giving, the media, Australia’s tall poppy syndrome and religion…

Indigenous Employment Going Backwards

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 16th February 2015 - The Abbott Government’s record on tackling Indigenous unemployment has been called disappointing but unsurprising. The President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions,…

Australia Failing to Close the Gap

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th February 2015 - Australia is failing in its attempts to close the gap of disadvantage between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, according to a major new bipartisan report. The Closing the Gap…

Indigenous Children in Care Up 65 Per Cent Since National Apology

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 3rd February 2015 - Since the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008 the number of indigenous children in care has increased by 65 per cent, according to a new report. The latest Report on Government…

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