WGAR News: Closure of remote communities devastates residents: Miranda Wood, Red Flag Newspaper
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 14/02/2015 - 3:26pmNewsletter date: 18 February 2015
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Close the Gap
WGAR News: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment: NACCHO
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 29/05/2014 - 11:53amNewsletter date: 30 May 2014
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* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* Eduardo Jordan, The Wire: Are we really closing the gap? [Featuring Greg Craven and Justin Mohamed]
* NACCHO: Fears Tony Abbott will widen Indigenous health gap
* The Stringer: Who do we believe? Different findings, Reform Council & Close the Gap
* Marie McInerney, Croakey: Latest 'close the gap' update on Indigenous health underlines alarm over #Budget2014 cuts
* Michael McKenna, The Australian: Health overhaul closes the gap
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WGAR News: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians: Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 22/05/2014 - 9:56amNewsletter date: 22 May 2014
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* Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians
* Joint Press Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders call for scrapping of co-payments
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Aboriginal leaders upset over co-payments [Featuring Jill Gallagher and Justin Mohamed]
* NIRS: Call to give Aboriginal Medical Centres a Co-payment break
* NIRS: GP co-payment 'removes safety net to health'
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WGAR News: CommunityRun Petition: 'Stop the changes to the Racial Discrimination Act: Don't remove Section 18c'.
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 03/05/2014 - 1:45pmNewsletter date: 3 May 2014
Contents:
* Change.org Petition: Racism Ruins Lives - Keep Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
* CommunityRun Petition: 'Stop the changes to the Racial Discrimination Act: Don't remove Section 18c'.
* Michelle Lovegrove, Living Black Radio: Racial Discrimination Is About All Of Us [Featuring Michael Nolan who set up a petition via the community website Community Run]
* Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc.: Proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
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WGAR News: Closing the Gap: we know what works, so why don't we do it?: Eva Cox, The Conversation
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 24/02/2014 - 4:25pmNewsletter date: 25 February 2014
Contents:
* Eva Cox, The Conversation: Closing the Gap: we know what works, so why don't we do it?
* SNAICC News: Disappointing sense of deja vu on closing the gap - Article by Angela Webb in The Australian 13 February 2014
* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): ALS calls for Justice Targets to be incorporated into Closing the Gap
* CAAMA Radio: Working together… [Featuring Barbara Shaw discussing the National Apology and Closing the Gap report]
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WGAR News: Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely: The Guardian
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/02/2014 - 11:00amNewsletter date: 13 February 2014
Contents:
* Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker, The Guardian: Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
* The Wire: Meaningful engagement with Aboriginal communities is key
* The Wire: State cuts to Indigenous Education at odds with Closing the Gap
* NACCHO Press Release CTG report: Investment in Aboriginal community controlled health key to closing the gap
* NACCHO member news: Apunipima Cape York Health Council welcomes the Close the Gap Report and continued investment into Aboriginal health services
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WGAR News: 'Close the Gap' - failed: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/11/2013 - 12:57pmNewsletter date: 23 November 2013
Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 'Close the Gap' - failed
* The Wire: Slowly, closing the gap [Featuring Jack Bulman and Associate Professor Gracelyn Smallwood]
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Policy change needed to close the gap
* SNAICC News: COAG report - Lessons for federal reform
* NACCHO AGM Perth 2013 health news: Aboriginal life expectancy increases to Close the Gap
* ABC The World Today: Positive news from efforts to 'close the gap'
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WGAR News: Let's Talk interviews Gerry Georgatos, Wes Morris & Tauto Sansbury re Aboriginal suicide
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/10/2013 - 12:03pmNewsletter date: 23 October 2013
Contents:
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos, Wes Morris & Tauto Sansbury about suicide in First Nations communities
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: EMPOWERMENT [Featuring Aboriginal suicides around the nation]
* Jeff McMullen, The Stringer: Children of the Sunrise [Featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and fulfillment]
* NACCHO mental health news: Aboriginal mental health gap must be closed: Calma Dudgeon
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
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WGAR News: SNAICC welcomes appointment of first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Youth
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 23/07/2013 - 7:07pmNewsletter date: 24 July 2013
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* SNAICC News: SNAICC welcomes appointment of Mr Andrew Jackomos [as first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Youth]
* Australian Human Rights Commission: Victorian appointment for Aboriginal children and young people
* Tracker: Vic gets commissioner for Koori youth
* SNAICC News: National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - 4 August 2013
* Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) Submission - Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill 2013 (NT)
* Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill
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WGAR News: Protest against NT Intervention and income management: STICS Media Release
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/03/2013 - 4:26pmNewsletter date: 24 March 2013
Contents:
* STICS: Protest against NT Intervention and income management on UN Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
* NITV's coverage of STICS Sydney protest
* NIRS: Sydney rally calls to end racism
* Pip Hinman, Green Left: 'No harmony in income management', say protesters
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison says Richard Trudgen
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