Aaron Bloch

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Trailblazing Māori director's touching speech after We Are Still Here award nod

We Are Still Here, a film created and co-produced by Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission with Indigenous Australian, Māori and Pasifika film teams, has won the Dramatic Feature A...

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Aaron Bloch Nov 1, 2022
How a remote Aboriginal community slashed its sugary drink consumption

Residents of Urapanga, a remote Indigenous community 600 kilometres southwest of Darwin, have cut consumption of sugary drinks by 43 per cent in the past year.

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Aaron Bloch Oct 28, 2022
New South Wales launches strategic plan for Aboriginal languages

The New South Wales government and the Aboriginal Languages Trust have launched a five-year strategic plan to increase the use of Indigenous languages in the state.

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Aaron Bloch Oct 28, 2022
What Victorian election hopefuls must do to improve Indigenous health and wellbeing

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation has laid out its platform for the upcoming Victorian election. The health body wants to see improved infrastructure and funding arrang...

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Aaron Bloch Oct 18, 2022
Mental health-focused rugby league carnival tipped to lure thousands to Far North Queensland

Far North Queensland will play host to 16 Indigenous rugby league teams the annual Gubuda (Gordonvale) carnival on October 22 and 23. The carnival is hosted to promote mental and physical health and w...

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Aaron Bloch Oct 3, 2022
IP laws needed to protect Indigenous native foods knowledge from exploitation

The Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations has called on State Government to boost laws protecting the native foods and botanicals industry.

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Aaron Bloch Sep 27, 2022
Star NT trainee Caraline 'Dotty' Repu's ambition to boost literacy and numeracy in her community.

Caraline "Dotty" Repu has been named Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student of the year at the 2022 NT Training Awards last weekend. Ms Repu, from Maningrida in West Arnhem Land, has been under...

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Aaron Bloch Sep 6, 2022
Victorian Government urged to let First Nations group lead healing of popular state forest

A Victorian Aboriginal group has urged the State Government to let it take the lead on healing a 70,000ha national park-earmarked forest on the outskirts of Naarm (Melbourne).

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Aaron Bloch Sep 5, 2022
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