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Young Tiwi Island authors tell their stories on Indigenous Literacy Day

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On this National Indigenous Literacy Day, students from a Northern Territory community travelled to Sydney for the first time, with an amazing story to tell. Up to 80 percent of Indigenous children in remote areas are under the minimum standard for reading. But these kids are bucking the trend becoming authors themselves. NITV News reporter Brianna Roberts reports.
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