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@jackietrad Indigenous unemployment at 25% in Rockhampton and 75% in Woorabinda. Adani ILUA has $250m of W&J contracting opportunities and 7.5% employment. DATSIP MOU with QRC should include the Galilee Basin!!
Qld Deputy Premier @jackietrad on "attack dog" strategy drawn up by Adani's lawyers. Full story tonight @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2019-02-19/a…
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We're switched on! Adani's Rugby Run solar farm at Moranbah has started supplying renewable power to regional Queensland homes and businesses. The farm will eventually provide the electricity required to power approximately 23,000 homes each year bit.ly/2wuSqE9
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Ken Wyatt became Australia's first Indigenous cabinet minister in a moving ceremony in Canberra on Wednesday. #auspol @TomMcIlroy bit.ly/2YNCidc
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Great to have @nthqldcowboys standing shoulder to shoulder with us & all of regional #QLD pledging their support towards the immediate opening of the #GalileeBasin. #ausvotes #qldpol #mining #jobs townsvillebulletin.com.au/bu…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar celebrates 50 Years! We've translated this classic into Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra for some of the Indigenous communities we work with. Definitely an all round favourite!
bit.ly/2VJVXwz
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Billy Griffiths has won Book of the Year for his history of Australian archaeology, at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards announced on last night at the The State Library of NSW. Congratulations to @billy_griffiths and @BlackIncBooks ! #readingopensdoors ab.co/2V7gxaX
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Welcome back to school everyone! This year we’re aiming to engage 1,000 schools and organisations across Australia in the Great Book Swap this year to help us raise $350,000. Register your school at greatbookswap.org.au #readingopensdoors
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.@billshortenmp: I think it's long overdue for our First Australian's to be included in the nation's birth certificate, the Constitution. I think that we've left it too long.
MORE: bit.ly/2Pw3uJW #SkyLiveNow
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AMMA is today pleased to support this open letter calling on the Qld Premier to support the state’s job-creating coal mining industry & development of the Galilee Basin. Qld's coal industry generates $3.8b p/a in royalties & 20k+ jobs.
When the Galilee prosper, Qld prospers.
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New totem polls at Cherbourg’s Anzac memorial remember the Frontier Wars, along with almost 50 local men who enlisted to fight in WW1 - despite not being recognised as citizens at the time. #AnzacDay2019
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As tourists in Australia are keen to engage with Indigenous art, five Indigenous artists and designers exhibited at the world’s biggest furniture expo in Milan the @iSaloneDelMobile bit.ly/2Us60BK #readingopensdoors
@BobBrownFndn Please read the Federal Court decision "We see no basis for concluding that his interest in bringing proceedings was the proper administration of the Native Title Act or the ADJR Act, rather than the vindication of his own views or advancement of his own interests."
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@BobBrownFndn On the public record if you want to read it judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/ju…
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“Literacy is essential for a quality life in Australia today. It underpins learning outcomes, our health & employment outcomes. The ability to read is a great gift that all should be able to enjoy.”
– Dr @JaredThomas6, ILF Ambassador.
Donate Now: ilf.org.au/donate
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Linguist and anthropologist Bentley James explains Yolngu Sign language, which has been preserved for thousands of years. He shows you how to say ‘Facebook’ in this unique Indigenous sign language ab.co/2KMvw5l #IYIL2019
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Learn how to say ‘crocodile’ in Tiwi or ‘possum’ in Arabana. Understand why languages are so important and help keep Indigenous languages alive by registering for the Great Book Swap at greatbookswap.org.au
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We highly recommend you visit this exhibition to experience one of the world’s oldest oral traditions in a modern context. The Indigenous youth of Australia are telling their stories which you hear in the natural flow of water. #readingopensdoors #IYIL2019 bit.ly/2CojbOf
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Check out these popular nursery rhymes which have been translated into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, including Kunggandji and Mabuiag dialect. bit.ly/2VyBO9a
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.@SmartState1: Any baseload power system, whether it's in Australia or wherever in the world, needs coal to actually fund it and generate it, to keep the lights on if you please, until we transition to new, alternative energies.
MORE: bit.ly/2BuFqi1 #frontpage
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Check out the @statelibrarynsw Rediscovering Indigenous Languages website - featuring historic word lists, records and other documents relating to Indigenous Australian languages! indigenous.sl.nsw.gov.au/
