Aboriginal elder Dennis Foley has blasted the federal government's Indigenous Economic Development Strategy, claiming that employing indigenous people in the public sector is not indigenous economic development. The University of Newcastle professor told a national small business forum in Sydney Aboriginal entrepreneurs were the biggest employers of Aborigines and that government needed to move beyond … Continue reading Australian Aboriginals blast indigenous job scheme as “token gesture”
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Australian university allows sex segregation at Islamic events
Australian opposition party leader Tony Abbott has condemned Melbourne University for allowing gender segregation at on-campus Islamic events, branding the practice "a leap back into the dark ages." "I just think it's un-Australian what's happened here and I can't understand for a second why Melbourne University would tolerate it," the Opposition Leader said. "I would … Continue reading Australian university allows sex segregation at Islamic events
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