Let’s close the gap on indigenous health

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	Let’s close the gap on indigenous health

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4-13-2008 11:45 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/af5de632-23d3-450c-9b48-2c94a4f8e47a/F7378D32-A748-4CD4-8E9E-80C5B67E2690/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory03n.htm" href="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory03n.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nenews.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory03n.htm"><P>WANGARATTA’S Scott DeBresser is appalled that there is a 17 year difference between the life expectancy of indigenous Australians and the rest of the population.</p> <P>And the face of Wangaratta’s Hungry Piranha in Reid Street is looking to do something about it.</p> <P>He is getting involved in Oxfam’s national Close the Gap day, which seeks to keep the pressure on the Federal Government to close this gap.</p> <P>While the national day of action is not until Tuesday, April 22, Scott has a petition to sign, and wrist bands and bumper stickers to publicise the cause available now.</p> <P>"<B>I decided to become involved because it’s not right that in our wealthy country, the health of indigenous people is so poor,</B>" he said.</p> <P>"<B>There is nowhere else in the North East to sign the petition, so I hope we can get lots of signatures.</B></p> <P><B>"<B>I’d like people to pop in, have a chat, and listen to some indigenous music.</B></B></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F7378D32-A748-4CD4-8E9E-80C5B67E2690/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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