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Labor's national welfare card wrong approach: Siewert NATIONAL, May 9, 2008: A debit card quarantining welfare payments, to be rolled out in Indigenous communities before being implemented nationally, is the wrong approach to the problem and risks stigmatising vulnerable Australians, a Greens Senator says.

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Budget needs to start with closing the Aboriginal life expectancy gap CANBERRA, May 8, 2008: Aboriginal people, peak bodies and policy experts are looking to the Rudd government's first budget to make a start on Labor's ambitious goal to "close the gap".

Police accused of racism over handling of KKK attack GRIFFITH, May 7, 2008: Police in the south-western NSW town of Griffith have been accused of racism after a weekend clash that saw more than half a dozen Aboriginal youths arrested but their alleged attacker - a man wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and wielding a tomahawk - allowed to walk free.

Historic Indigenous advisory body to be voted in next month CANBERRA, May 7, 2008: Indigenous people in the Australian Capital Territory will soon have an opportunity to vote for the only elected representative body to advise government in the nation, after an historic bill was passed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday.

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    Opinion

EDITORIAL OPINION: Australia still blind to the black war efforts ISSUE 152, May 1,2 008: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women have contributed to every war effort that Australia has ever been involved in, writes CHRIS GRAHAM.

THE POINTED VIEW: The right wrong on shifting a nation ISSUE 152, May 1, 2008: The old argument that only the ‘right wing’ can convince middle Australia about the merits of helping Indigenous citizens is looking pretty shaky these days, writes PROF LARISSA BEHRENDT.

THE BOX SEAT: Drowning in a sea of predictability ISSUE 152, May 1, 2008: The more things change, the more they stay the same... particularly in Indigenous affairs, writes BRIAN JOHNSTONE*.

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    Business

Queensland graduates deliver for Australia Post Issue 152, May 1, 2008: A postie from the Logan City Delivery Centre is Australia Post’s Indigenous Trainee of the Year in Queensland.

Health advice for youth from the bush Issue 152, May 1, 2008: Helping local communities and approaching health with cultural sensitivity is the intention of a group of young people from around the state who converged on Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE recently.

Local justice workers to assist Koori offenders Issue 152, May 1, 2008: An initiative that will support Koori offenders to complete their community-based orders has been launched in Victoria.

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    Community

BLACK AND WHITE: Taking the Bard to the Bush Issue 152, May 1, 2008: At first pass, a Shakespeare play might seem like a toff’s outing that has little relevance to Indigenous Australia. But Bell Shakespeare Company’s Matt Edgerton tells GRAHAM RING a different tale as he prepares to head to the Northern Territory .

MESSAGE STICK Issue 152, May 1, 2008: Get in touch with lost relatives and friends.

NIT Stars Issue 152, May 1, 2008: Astrology with NIT's Lara Kitten.

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    Sport

Kangaroos injury scare on Test eve SYDNEY, May 8, 2008: Aboriginal halfback Johnathan Thurston remains hopeful of playing but Cooper Cronk says he's again ready to fill the void after making an emergency dash to join the Kangaroos camp in Sydney tonight.

Prince snub 'explained' BRISBANE, May 8, 2008: Kangaroos coach Ricky Stuart took the unusual action of telephoning Aboriginal halfback Scott Prince yesterday to personally explain why he was overlooked as the standby player for injured Test No.7 Johnathan Thurston.

Bird makes his case for getting a fly in pivotal role RUGBY LEAGUE, May 9, 2008: In what may have been a hint to NSW Origin selectors and Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart, Test pivot and rising young Aboriginal star Greg Bird has officially declared himself a five-eighth. Sort of.

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An arts experience in the capital CANBERRA, May 5, 2008: The heady smell of linseed oil and oil paint hits you the minute you enter the M16 Art Space, an exhibition and studio space in Canberra's south, writes JUDY SKATSSOON.

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