Keywords: Closing The Gap
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AUSTRALIA
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 07 July 2010
1 Comment
Not yet 40, she must live in Perth, hundreds of kilometres from home, to receive
dialysis. She is currently in hospital recovering from spinal surgery,
and so is separated even from her city-based loved ones. Yet she appears always with a beaming smile.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 18 May 2010
5 Comments
Seven houses — not bad for three and a half years work and hundreds of millions of dollars. At that rate the gap will be closed in about 7000 years. Minster Macklin frequently redefines what she is pretending to be doing, or uses weasel words.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Sarah Burnside
- 19 February 2010
3 Comments
In 2009, the Federal Government embarked on consultations with
Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory about the Northern
Territory Emergency Response, commonly referred to as the Intervention. This is what they said.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 15 February 2010
6 Comments
On the second anniversary of the apology to Indigenous Australians, we
look instinctively to the Prime Minister to tell us what he's done. He presented his report card to Parliament on Thursday. But he's not the only one who needs to account.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 03 September 2009
4 Comments
The Rudd Government would be wise to ignore calls to 'bin' UN Special Rapporteur
on Indigenous Human Rights' James Anaya's statement on the Intervention. Sometimes it takes an international body to condemn an obnoxious law or practice.
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AUSTRALIA
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 08 July 2009
2 Comments
The focus on the sensational when discussing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health tends to obscure
some positives. Many families are dealing with problems of abuse and neglect
with remarkable success.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 30 April 2008
7 Comments
The abuse of children in remote communities has been the catalyst for revising
romantic notion of land rights and self-determination. 2020 summiteers were allowed to dream and strategise about closing gaps while wondering how best to recognise the enduring rights of
indigenous Australians.
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AUSTRALIA
Will America take over the world? Not necessarily, says David Glanz.
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