Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC News
Woodenbong in Yowie Country is a good place to start if you're looking for Australia's Big Foot
ABC News
Tony Healy, a cryptozoologist and author of books including The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Big Foot, said the first sightings could be traced back to ancient Aboriginal stories about "hairy men". (In case you're wondering, cryptozoology is the ...

ABC News
Indigenous community starts evening curfew to tackle youth crime
ABC News
A remote Indigenous community that was "running out of options" to control youth crime has brought in a nightly curfew for children and teenagers. The curfew in the ... Woorabinda has been identified as one of the poorest postcodes in Australia. Local ...

The Guardian
'Not a soft-on-crime option': NSW debates plan for Indigenous sentencing court
The Guardian
“I'm very concerned that Labor's bill would empower a court to allow offenders guilty of offences like child sex offences and sexual assault to serve their sentences at home,” a spokesman told Guardian Australia. “In the meantime, the government's ...

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Medical Xpress
Indigenous suicide rates double the rest of the Australian population
Medical Xpress
A study led by The University of Western Australia that compared suicide rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people across the globe has revealed suicide rates are around two times higher in Indigenous populations, with the impact of ...

Indigenous Support - School Officer Southern Cross Catholic Campus, Redcliffe
EducationHQ Australia
The role supports the mission and ethos of the College through the establishment and implementation of initiatives and programs, primarily focusing upon the diverse needs of Indigenous students and families. Essential to the position is the application ...

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SBS
'Worlds apart': What happened when the outback came to Lakemba
The Sydney Morning Herald
She arrived in Australia aged 15 and is now principal of Belmore Boys' High, where 80 per cent of the students are Muslim. Her friend Fiona Kelly is a Barkindji/Ngiyampaa woman, who grew up in Menindee, near Broken Hill, and returned years later as the ...
Indigenous women travel 1000km for western Sydney cultural exchangeSBS

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Closing the Gap strategy for Indigenous health has 'all but unravelled', doctors say  The Guardian

Exclusive: Australian Medical Association says stubborn 'institutional racism' still challenges Aboriginal health.

Update on constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians - Government, Public Sector - Australia  Mondaq News Alerts

Article discusses the current situation regarding constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. Australia Government, Public Sector Carroll & O'Dea 21 ...

Closing the Gap strategy for Indigenous health has 'all but unravelled', doctors say  The Guardian

Exclusive: Australian Medical Association says stubborn 'institutional racism' still challenges Aboriginal health.

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Indigenous Rocky filmmaker awarded top industry fellowship
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
... Indigenous Australians in media. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk congratulated Mrs Butler who will receive a one-year professional placement with Screen Queensland and National Indigenous Television (NITV), Australia's home of Indigenous storytelling.

Mondaq News Alerts
Australia: Update on constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians
Mondaq News Alerts
The issue of constitutional recognition remains unresolved. Where is it up to? With the 20 year anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report in 2017, and subsequent enquiries, the rights of Indigenous Australians have been at the forefront of politics ...
Tony Abbott's lament that prayer needs a greater role ignores a history of Christian invasionThe Guardian
Homelessness issues among indigenous peoples under spotlightMāori Television

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Bicycling Australia
Brian Mansell: The One And Only
Bicycling Australia
Bicycling Australia is saddened to report the passing of national cycling legend Brian Mansell, the first Indigenous Australian to become a State cycling champion and first Indigenous Australian to medal at the National Championships. During 2017 ...

National Indigenous Times
Native title groups swindled of millions by trustees
National Indigenous Times
These practices also ensure that Aboriginal people are not being treated in the same way as mainstream Australians, such as clients of trustees for superannuation. If it's not acceptable for the average Australian to suffer this kind of fee gouging ...

Google News

RACGP
Closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health
RACGP
The roadmap report is based on results from the 2008 National Indigenous Eye Health Survey, which outlines the scope of the issue in Australia, the availability and quality of eye health services, and recommendations for policy change to improve the ...

The Conversation AU
Colonial Australia was surprisingly concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custody
The Conversation AU
When the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody's report was tabled in 1991, it was not the first official inquiry into this tragic phenomenon. The disproportionately high rate of mortality among Aboriginal convicts in colonial New South ...

ABC News
Banksias a worthwhile challenge for curators of new display at National Botanic Gardens
ABC News
Indigenous Australians soaked the flower cones in water to extract nectar for sweet drinks and used dry flowers to strain water. Some banksia flowers open to the north, providing a handy compass in the bush. "They're such a tactile and engaging group ...

Pro Bono Australia
Peak Indigenous Bodies Plead For Close the Gap Involvement
Pro Bono Australia
Ngarra Murray, Oxfam Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples program national manager, told Pro Bono News Oxfam were also supporting calls for a formal partnership. “When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are included and ...

The Conversation AU
Getting clean drinking water into remote Indigenous communities means overcoming city thinking
The Conversation AU
Many people in Australia do not have access to safe drinking water. It's particularly difficult in Indigenous communities because they are small, remote and challenged by additional issues to secure essential power and water services. To make sure ...

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The Australian
Monash sets target for more indigenous students
The Australian
... and Professor Elston thought the first two were probably the most important: growing indigenous student numbers and developing content and curriculums that help strengthen ongoing conversations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia.

NEWS.com.au
Why the former prime minister wants more prayer time
NEWS.com.au
Tony Abbott says we're showing respect for indigenous culture at the expense of acknowledging Australia's Christian roots. The former prime minister argued Christian prayer should have as great a role in public ceremonies as “welcome to country ...

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