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Renal dialysis patients in central Australia continue to suffer as the SA and NT Governments argue over who should care for them....
Wednesday 10 March 2010 -
A Federal Government plan to dump nuclear waste near Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory, is being met with opposition by local Indigenous representatives....
Friday 5 March 2010 -
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott visited Kings Canyon, in central Australia, to meet with traditional land owners....
Wednesday 3 March 2010 -
Less than 40 years ago, as Australia farewelled the swinging sixties, young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were still being forcibly taken from their families. On Wednesday February the 13th, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will formally apologise to those generations who were stolen from ...
Monday 1 March 2010 -
The CEO of the Centre for Appropriate Technology in Alice Springs says he hopes a new set of guidelines for dealing with infrastructure in remote Aboriginal communities will be a blueprint to improve services across the board....Tuesday 23 February 2010
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The Landcare model that began in Australia 25 years ago, now operates in 12 other countries. The success of the program is thought to be "a universal model.. the ability of government and civil society to support communities and to empower them to solve their own problems by bringing in resources ...Thursday 18 March 2010
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The mayor of Katherine says the council is powerless to help an Aboriginal Community on the edge of town dealing with alcohol issues....
Thursday 18 March 2010 -
Generation One is a national campaign to challenge Australians to end indigenous disadvantage. It's the latest initiative from mining magnate Andrew Forrest, who launched the Australian Employment Covenant two years ago, with the aim of creating fifty-thousand indigenous jobs. Andrew ...Thursday 18 March 2010
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There's a call today for more initiatives to be introduced to increase Indigenous representation in medical schools. Indigenous people make up 2.5 per cent of the population, but less than one per cent of all medical practitioners are of Indigenous descent. ...
Wednesday 17 March 2010 -
Queensland police say they're concerned about the increasing use of cannabis in remote communities, with a report showing that up to 60 per cent of Indigenous residents on the Cape York Peninsular and the Torres Strait islands might now be regularly using the drug. ...
Wednesday 17 March 2010

