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06 Aug B.C. First Nations leader has demand for new federal Indian affairs minister (Straight)

Posted at 08:34h in News, Posts

The newly appointed federal minister of Indian affairs needs to convince Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fully endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says the president of the B.C. Union of Indian Chiefs. “At this point the Harper government...

04 Aug Abbott banking on indigenous candidate for key to Lodge (Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 08:20h in News, Posts

The marginal seat stands on the precipice of history, writes Peter Ker. SUPPORTERS of all political persuasions pass through the Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal health centre in the Perth suburb of Maddington, but clinic worker Rex Harradine reckons there might be one common thread. ''Most...

04 Aug Election has ‘forgotten’ Indigenous Australians (ABC News)

Posted at 08:17h in News, Posts

A far north Queensland health group says Indigenous Australians have been forgotten during the federal election. The Apunipima Cape York Health Council will represent far north Queensland at a remote health summit in Brisbane this weekend that will look at how federal health reforms...