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<p>The Australian</p>
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<p>More support needed for first languages</p>
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<p>Teaching indigenous children in their mother tongue will help lift literacy rates and school attendance, a federal parliamentary committee says.
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<p>The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs committee has spent more than 12 months looking into language learning in indigenous communities.</p>
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<p>Its report, tabled in parliament on Monday, made 30 recommendations and called on federal, state and territory governments to offer bilingual education programs from the earliest years of learning.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/more-support-needed-for-first-languages/story-fn3dxiwe-1226475717085">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/more-support-needed-for-first-languages/story-fn3dxiwe-1226475717085</a></p>
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