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Some vital signs for Aboriginal languages</h1><p style="margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:17px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:26px;color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif">
Attitudes and policies relating to Australian Indigenous languages are in a state of flux. The Northern Territory government is <a href="http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2014/02/07/indigenous-education-review-no-more-biliteracy-boarding-for-secondary-students/" style="color:rgb(85,117,133);text-decoration:none;outline:none;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-line;word-wrap:break-word">reportedly</a> again aiming to banish Aboriginal languages from the classroom.</p>
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<div><a href="http://theconversation.com/some-vital-signs-for-aboriginal-languages-25148">http://theconversation.com/some-vital-signs-for-aboriginal-languages-25148</a><br></div></div></div>