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ANTaR welcomes renewed focus on Indigenous Australia
ANTaR National media release, September 8, 2010. Welcoming the formation of the new Government, ANTaR hopes that minority Government will lead to better outcomes for Indigenous Australians, wherever they live. "ANTaR is really encouraged by the focus brought by the Independents to Indigenous Australia in their negotiations", said Dr Janet Hunt, ANTaR President. Click here to view the full release.
ANTaR congratulates Professor Ken Wyatt AM on becoming the first Indigenous person to be elected to the Federal House of Representatives after claiming the seat of Hasluck
ANTaR National media release, September 1, 2010
"This is an historic event in Australia's history and will pave the way for other Indigenous people to enter Federal Parliament", said Dr Janet Hunt, ANTaR President. Click here to view the full release.
NGOs SLAM AUSTRALIA OVER INDIGENOUS HEALTH
ABC Radio 7.30 Report, September 1, 2010
The United Nations Conference on Advancing Global Health has come to a close after three days of spirited debate among more than seventeen hundred participants from NGOs around the world.
It was the largest UN conference ever held in Australia and, among other issues, focused attention on the problems in Australia's own back yard - namely, the gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The Northern Territory intervention also came in for scrutiny a week after a United Nations report found it breached Australia's international obligations. Click here to listen to the report with your favourite media player.
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