Australian Indigenous People

There are about 700,000 Aborigines in a population of 23 million in Australia, but they suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and imprisonment. Constitutional recognition of Aborigines is a complex issue in a country which previously administered its indigenous people under flora and fauna laws.

The Australian government has expressed interest in the model of working adopted by an Indian charity, in a bid to improve the lives of its remote indigenous people.

In this episode of Walk The Talk, former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd candidly bets with Shekhar Gupta over the upcoming Cricket World Cup. He talks about how his first job as PM was to apologise to the indigenous people of Australia. Mr Rudd vividly recollects his days in China where he studied Chinese and even got a Chinese name, Luke Kewen. He hope...

There are about 700,000 Aborigines in a population of 23 million in Australia, but they suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and imprisonment. Constitutional recognition of Aborigines is a complex issue in a country which previously administered its indigenous people under flora and fauna laws.

The Australian government has expressed interest in the model of working adopted by an Indian charity, in a bid to improve the lives of its remote indigenous people.

In this episode of Walk The Talk, former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd candidly bets with Shekhar Gupta over the upcoming Cricket World Cup. He talks about how his first job as PM was to apologise to the indigenous people of Australia. Mr Rudd vividly recollects his days in China where he studied Chinese and even got a Chinese name, Luke Kewen. He hope...