Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Can we handle the truth? Indigenous Australians depend on it  The Guardian

From frontier massacres to the theft of children, violence reverberates generationally, which is why a formal truth and justice commission is a crucial step towards ...

Suicide crisis in remote Indigenous communities 'Australia's shame', Senate inquiry finds  The Guardian

A Senate inquiry into mental health in rural and remote areas has found that suicide has long since reached a crisis level in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

The Guardian
Parliamentary barbecue celebrates Indigenous rangers, a good news story in a week of turmoil
The Guardian
In a windy eastern courtyard, Liberal, National, Labor, independent and minor party members gathered with rangers for a very Australian celebration of snags and pavlova to celebrate 20 years of Indigenous protected areas (IPAs), which now cover 67m ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Aussies holding out for a hero on page, stage and screen
The Sydney Morning Herald
Through a deft weaving of Indigenous mythology and superhero convention, Cleverman offers an unambiguously Australian hero. With a largely Indigenous Australian cast and crew, the show was met with critical acclaim and subsequently distributed around ...

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ABC News
Sydney New Year's Eve show to include new firework colours, nod to Indigenous heritage
ABC News
It will include images of Australia's Indigenous heritage being projected onto the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Later, the pylons will be illuminated again with animation inspired by the Australian Icehouse song Great Southern Land. The images ...

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The Advertiser
Kenneth Abrook kicks off inaugural industry scholarship in Adelaide
The Advertiser
The Bridging the Gap Foundation aims to address the urgent issue of the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians' health and education opportunities and outcomes, Richard Ryan, chair of the Foundation and the ICHM, said. “Tourism is one ...

SBS
Did you know emu eggs are a nutritious, chef-approved ingredient with a deep Indigenous connection?
SBS
Emus, arguably Australia's most iconic Indigenous birds, are famous for many things: running relatively fast, but never actually taking flight; representing our country on its official coat of arms alongside the kangaroo; and being unable to walk ...

Vogue Australia
Four Indigenous Australian fashion designers and studios to know now
Vogue Australia
In fact, they're coming from all over Australia — rural Queensland, remote Northern Territory and country Victoria included. Honouring their roots and their country, there are a cache of Indigenous Australian artists and designers who are reimagining ...

The Guardian
Indigenous people face exploitation if illegal credit scheme allowed, Asic warns
The Guardian
Remote Indigenous communities face weaker protections against predatory and exploitative businesses if a court ruling on an illegal credit scheme operating in South Australia is allowed to stand, the corporate regulator has warned. The Australian ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous voice is not a threat to constitution
The Sydney Morning Herald
It is more than a quarter of a century since the Supreme Court's Mabo decision first acknowledged Indigenous Australians as traditional owners of the land of Australia. In that time a whole generation of younger Australians has grown up with a sense ...

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The Age
Indigenous voice needs to be heard
The Age
It is more than a quarter of a century since the Supreme Court's Mabo decision first acknowledged Indigenous Australians as traditional owners of the land of Australia. In that time, a generation of younger Australians has grown up with a sense that ...

ABC Message Stick
AACTA Awards for Sweet Country and Mystery Road put Indigenous stories centre stage
ABC Message Stick
Both Sweet Country and Mystery Road come out of Bunya Productions, capping off a bumper year for the company, which recently won Breakthrough Business of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards. Bunya was founded by producer David ...

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The RiotACT
Bigger than ever: The AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market 2018
The RiotACT
On 7 and 8 December, Canberra will host the largest ever Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Art Market. Artists travelling distances as far as 20,000km will bring beautiful works of art to the market. On ...

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Indigenous Comic Con coming to Australia in 2019
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
All over the world geeks unite a couple times a year to meet guests from their favourite TV shows, movies, books, comics. These are called Comic Conventions. Australia has it's own comic conventions all year round with Supanova and Oz Comic Con. But ...

PerthNow
Dreamtime Dive and Snorkel takes you on Indigenous journey of Great Barrier Reef
PerthNow
This story of how Australia's UNESCO world heritage listed marine sanctuary was created is how the local Aboriginal tribes believe it was formed. It is called a creation story and is being told in Cairns as part of a new dive experience called ...

The Australian
Dumped indigenous welfare program rated 'a success'
The Australian
The 112-page strategic review, obtained by The Australian, was designed to assess the success of the 10-year-old Cape York program and Family Responsibilities Commission, the initiative of indigenous leader Noel Pearson. The conclusions of the QUT ...

Voice of America
Program Tackles Sky High Rates of Aboriginal Smoking in Australia
Voice of America
A new program in Sydney is helping indigenous Australians quit smoking. It's also exploring the deeper reasons why about a third of aboriginal adults smoke, a much higher proportion than the national average. The organizers of the “Talking About ...

Australian Indigenous talent set to shine at World Cup
FTBL Australia
“It's great that the First Nations people of Australia have been invited to be part of it,” he told FTBL. “It's quite exciting times because for a lot of Indigenous players making the Matildas and the Socceroos is a long way off but this way they get ...

Best in Australia
Indigenous voice in constitutional reform backed by bipartisan committee
Best in Australia
This idea was the result of an historic gathering of hundreds of Indigenous Australian delegates during the Uluru Convention in 2017. Scott Morrison argued that the concept would not gain public approval. However, the bipartisan committee now calls on ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Easing of adoption laws is not in the best interests of children
The Sydney Morning Herald
Nearly 18,000 of the 48,000 young people in out-of-home care are Indigenous – 10 times the non-Indigenous rate, as noted in the recent Family Matters Report 2018. Across Australia, only four Indigenous children had adoption orders finalised in 2016-17 ...

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