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They Say: Indigenous Children Up To Seven times More Likely to be Abused or Neglected
A new report shows that Aboriginal disadvantage is worse than previously thought, with indigenous children almost seven times more likely to be abused or neglected. This is despite a massive government effort to close the gap with the rest of the population. The Productivity Commission report, 'Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage', released every...
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Is Australia Really the Lucky Country?
An international prosperity index published just last week had Australia the number one country in the world for life satisfaction, yet the the health and wellbeing of our children lag behind those of many developed countries. An international comparison of 42 measures of childhood wellbeing to be published for the first time today by the Australi...
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Good News Story: More Indigenous Students Attend Uni
The participation rate of Aboriginies and Torres Strait islanders in tertiary education ahs long been a source of shame for Australia. But new figures show that a record 9,370 indigenous students were enrolled in universities last year, with 1,495 students graduating. The increase has prompting hope that a new generation of Aboriginal leaders wil...
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Didgeridoo Not For Girls After All
The publisher of The Daring Book for Girls will remove a section which teaches girls how to play the didgeridoo after criticism from indigenous commentators. Academic and Aboriginal education advocate Mark Rose said it was an "extreme faux pas" on the part of publisher HarperCollins as cultural protocols around the instrument include a ban on f...
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Buy a Book, Help a Child
It's shocking, but by the age of 15, more than one-third of Australia's Indigenous students do not have the adequate skills and knowledge in reading literacy to get by in many real-life situations. The Indigenous Literacy Project has been set up to turn that around. A joint partnership between the Fred Hollows foundation and the The Australian Bo...
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