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		<title>Closing the Gap Walkabout for Change competition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Closing the Gap mean to you and your community? Closing the Gap is everybody’s business and we want to know what it means to you and your community! So, if you’re aged 18-25, you are invited to submit a poster, audio clip or short video showing us what Closing the Gap means to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wugularr community wins Heritage and Culture category at theTidy Towns Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The community of Wugularr in the Northern Territory has been rewarded for its outstanding efforts by winning the heritage and culture category at the 2012 Keep Australia Beautiful, Australian Tidy Towns awards, presented at Government House in Canberra last week. The community of Wugularr, also known as Beswick, is situated 120 kms south-east of Katherine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving results for students &#8211; School Enrolment and Attendance Measure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communities around Australia have identified education as a key to increasing access to jobs and opportunities in later life. As a result, all governments around Australia have committed to halving the gap for Indigenous children in reading, writing and numeracy by 2018 and to halving the gap for Indigenous  young people in Year 12 (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate National Families Week: helping kids to grow and learn!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Families Week 2012 is held from Tuesday 15 May to Monday 21 May 2012 (coinciding with UN International Day of Families on Tuesday 15 May). The aim of National Families Week 2012 is to celebrate the vital role that families play.  This year’s theme is Families make all the difference: helping kids to grow and learn. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newslines Radio: Clean and sober</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 2012 &#8211; Program two Clean and sober   Broadcast date: 14 &#8211; 20 May Duration: 12 minutes Presenter: Nathan Ramsay Content: Reducing the harm of alcohol on individuals, families and communities. Talent: Tanya Roe, Nyoongar Night Patrol, WA Coral Wilson, Grannies Group, SA Glen Stewart, Oolong House, NSW Andrea Mason, NPY Council coordinator, NT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building stronger relationships with Northern Territory Aboriginal communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Government is investing $427 million over ten years to improve the way governments and communities work together including supporting Aboriginal interpreting services, as part of the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory package. The funding will employ Indigenous Engagement Officers in 24 more remote communities over the next two years, creating additional full and part-time job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terms and Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By completing, submitting and signing the above Closing the Gap 2012 &#8211; Walkabout for Change Competition Entry Form, the Artist/s is bound by the following terms and conditions of entry: 1. The submission must reflect the theme of ‘Closing the Gap’ and why it is important to you and/or your community. 2. This is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012-13 Indigenous Budget Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Government is continuing to invest to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage, with more than $5.2 billion in funding for employment, education, health services, community development and community safety. Key components of the 2012-13 Indigenous Budget Statement include: Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory This is a comprehensive $3.4 billion 10-year package to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Leadership Intensive – a new program for Indigenous leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 06:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have what it takes to be a leader? The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has funded the The Benevolent Society to provide a new program for Indigenous leaders across Australia called the Social Leadership Intensive program. The program has been specially designed for existing and emerging Indigenous leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lights, Camera, ReconciliACTION! &#8211; National Reconciliation Week video competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an aspiring video producer, now is the time to show off your talents by entering the inaugural online reconciliation video competition Lights, Camera, ReconciliACTION! to promote Reconciliation week 2012.   Competitors are asked to submit a 45 second video with a hand held-device that demonstrates the key actions for reconciliation in an [...]]]></description>
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