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The Government had promised greater autonomy for the people of the Torres Strait and, as a first step, had passed legislation giving the Torres Strait Regional Authority a separate budget allocation from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

62. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission reiterated the statement of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of indigenous delegations from Australia.

By the end of the year 2000 the Torres Strait people were expected to determine their own priorities.

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Aboriginal Hostels provide 3,300 beds for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.

The focus of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is on indigenous people.

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The Commission manages the Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees, which is aimed at

The maternal mortality ratio for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women continues to be higher than that for non indigenous women.

(b) The Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders, by those laws or customs, have a connection with the land or waters and

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005 2008 was developed to continue to guide Australia's response to HIV AIDS, blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

The indigenous education programmes are based on the 21 goals of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women continue to have their first and subsequent babies at significantly younger ages than non indigenous mothers.

203. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission indicated that there was a clear link between article 19 and article 4.

In this respect the Working Group warmly welcomed Senator John Herron, the Minister of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs of Australia.

Moreover, 20 million had been set aside for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health action plan, which will improve training of indigenous health and mental health workers and provide accessible and appropriate specialist mental health and clinical care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Committee suggests that the Convention be disseminated also in languages that are used by Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, and by persons from non English speaking backgrounds.

The Committee suggests that the Convention be disseminated also in languages that are used by Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, and by persons from non English speaking backgrounds.

146. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission expressed his strong support for articles 5, 9 and 32 as currently drafted.

Indigenous health was a matter of grave concern, and the Government was committed to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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The author, however, was not present at that hearing as he was at a meeting of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in Canberra.

(a) The rights and interests are possessed under the traditional laws acknowledged, and the traditional customs observed, by the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders

Compared with non indigenous women, indigenous women experienced high rates of mortality in every age group.8

In July 2004, programmes previously administered by the Indigenous Law and Justice Branch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services were transferred to the Attorney General's Department.

The Committee is also of the view that there is a need for measures to address the causes of the high rate of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

The Committee is also of the view that there is a need for measures to address the causes of the high rate of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Stabilizing numbers over the next two years, then increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' employment in the mainstream Australian Public Service

To help address the fact that the incidence of and deaths from cervical cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is significantly and disproportionately high compared to non indigenous women, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Forum has been supported by the Department of Health and Ageing since 2000.

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In 2001 2002, total expenditure on health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was AUS 1.8 billion, or 2.8 per cent of total national health expenditure.

The Act defines native title as the communal, group or individual rights and interests of the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders in relation to land or water where

A 15 page booklet containing information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, families and the community is available, in addition to posters featuring the indigenous ambassadors.

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5 Information on the Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees is taken from the Australian Public Service Commission website www.apsc.gov.au indigenousemployment index.html.

The Committee suggests that cooperation in the field of the rights of the child between the authorities and non governmental organizations as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should also be further strengthened.

16. The Grand Council of the Crees would also endorse the recommendation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to establish the forum as a functional commission of ECOSOC.

The Committee suggests that cooperation in the field of the rights of the child between the authorities and non governmental organizations, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, should also be further strengthened.

82. Despite these steps to recognize and protect the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their land and sacred sites, however, it had been argued that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are unable to benefit from these improvements because in the past they have been dispossessed of their land which has been alienated, their ties to it have been broken and their traditional land lore has been lost.

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Please provide information on what other strategies, including awareness raising, are in place to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's access to health care services.

83. It has also been argued that the Mabo decision and the Native Title Act do not provide sufficient protection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to own and control their culture and heritage.