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Please support the preservation of our languages before they are lost forever. Please sign the Petition.
 ABC News
On Tuesday November 18th 2008 ABC News reported the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages are petitioning the Government to step up measures to preserve native languages. Read more at: ABC News
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Don't let our languages fade away, please sign the petition.
Intervention Yes or No? By ABC Media Watch, Watch the Video
 Peggy Brown and Jenny Macklin
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 TO THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER,
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
This petition of citizens from Australia and overseas both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous draws to the attention of the House that we are alarmed at the rate of unchecked language loss in Australia. Over 250 vigorous and vibrant languages on record at the time of European arrival in Australia have been reduced to just 17 which are being transmitted naturally to younger members of their communities. Some other languages are still spoken fluently but the vast majority are in varying states of decline and disrepair. There are also vigorous efforts across the country to maintain and revive languages, in some cases to re-introduce them after many decades of non-use.
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 “The First Australians” Series
"First Australians" - Episode 1 - 4
The first Australians and the British, the most powerful Empire in history, come face to face in Sydney on January 26, 1788.
 Marion Scrymgour
Is There a Need For Such a Policy?
How will it benefit Indigenous peoples and what will be the consequences for mainstream Australians?
Should Languages Be Left To Die Out?
Is There a Benefit In Protecting, Maintaining And Promoting Languages?
The National Indigenous Languages Survey (2005)
The National Indigenous Languages Survey (2005) Issues And Recommendations Since the release of the report, what has changed for Indigenous languages?
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"Same Kinship, Different Languages" is the theme for the 2008 Fatsil National Indigenous Languages Forum, to be held in Surfers Paradise, QLD, from the 29th to the 30th of October 2008.
This year the Federation of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Languages (FATSIL) AGM and Indigenous Languages Forum will be held at the Watermark Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD on the 29th and 30th October 2008.
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