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		<title>Newslines Radio: Working for their future</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 2012 &#8211; Program four Working for their future Broadcast date: 20–26 February, 2012 Duration: 12 minutes Presenter: Nathan Ramsay Content: Indigenous apprentices talk about career pathways. Talent: Joshua Toomey, electrical mechanic, NSW Sharon Sleep, apprentice butcher, SA Dillon McDonough, apprentice gardener, ACT William Beale, Habitat Personnel, ACT. Music: Busby Marou, Underlying Message Stiff Gins, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Australia a powerful presence in the National Year of Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indigenous cultural leaders are throwing their weight behind a campaign to get Australia reading. Kunggadji and Birri-gubba writer and children’s laureate Boori Monty Pryor is inspiring a new generation of readers as an ambassador for the National Year of Reading (NYR). Other Indigenous ambassadors include writers Marie Munkara and Anita Heiss. And Aboriginal singer Shelley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aboriginal art takes Australia to Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Journey Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Exhibitions of Australian Aboriginal art are being showcased in a festival in the Cuban capital of Havana. The Australian Journey Festival – a celebration of Australian Indigenous art – opened in Havana in Cuba on Australia Day, 26 January. The festival features Balgo: Contemporary Australian Art from the Balgo Hills, images of ceremonies, landscapes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inroads made in closing the gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Early childhood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inroads are being made in tackling Indigenous disadvantage, as outlined in the Closing the Gap Prime Minister&#8217;s Report 2012. The Closing the Gap report, which will be tabled by the Prime Minister in Parliament on 15 February 2012, shows that the foundations are now in place to build lasting change across the country. Progress made so far, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Program paves better career pathways for Indigenous trainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1600 Indigenous students across Australia now have the benefit of improved school based traineeships as part of a revamped careers program from the Australian Government. With the school year under way, 16 organisations are working with Year 11 and 12 students, schools and employers to fill 610 new traineeship places funded through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Achieving constitutional recognition</title>
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		<comments>http://www.indigenous.gov.au/in-the-news/achieving-constitutional-recognition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bairnsdale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Government is providing $10 million in funding to continue to build public awareness and community support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Constitutional recognition is a significant step towards recognising the unique and special place of our first peoples. The Australian Government is committed to building momentum for change and understands that the support of the majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apply now for National Indigenous Youth Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for the first National Indigenous Youth Parliament, a new and exciting opportunity for 48 young Indigenous Australians to represent their community and develop skills. The Youth Parliament will bring potential future Indigenous leaders aged 16 to 25 from around the country to Canberra to talk about issues affecting their communities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New website gives Stolen Generations a voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Stolen Generations’ Testimonies website, which gives a voice to the stories of the Stolen Generations, has been launched. The website features the stories of more than 30 members of the Stolen Generations who hope to encourage other Australians to engage in the healing process. Marking the fourth anniversary of the National Apology, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous cricket talent on show at 2012 Imparja Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Imparja Cup in Alice Springs has showcased Indigenous cricket talent, as players looked to impress national selectors or gain bragging rights for their community. While the week-long competition was fierce, with over 250 Indigenous cricketers participating,  both players and coaches lauded the Imparja Cup for its role in developing the next generation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newslines Radio: Art centres and communities</title>
		<link>http://www.indigenous.gov.au/radio/newslines-radio-at-the-heart-of-communities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=newslines-radio-at-the-heart-of-communities</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 2012 &#8211; Program three At the heart of communities Broadcast date: 13–19 February 2012 Duration: 12 minutes Presenter: Nathan Ramsay Content: Many Indigenous art centres are the heart of their communities. Talent: Franchesca Cubillo, senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art, National Gallery of Australia Sharon Anderson, worker, Warnayaka Art, NT Nola Lauch, [...]]]></description>
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