Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC News
The American dream: WA Indigenous stockmen train for college rodeo
ABC News
A group of young Indigenous stockmen from WA's far north is one step closer to competing on the professional bull riding circuit in America, thanks to a training program set up by a local rodeo organiser. After travelling thousands of kilometres to ...

ABC News
Tarnanthi Art Fair shines a light on the next generation of emerging Indigenous artists
ABC News
At the height of the global financial crisis in 2009, the sale of Indigenous art hit an all-time low, galleries around Australia closed their doors and many artists simply stopped painting because they could not sell their work.

ABC News
National Indigenous health staffing reaches crisis point as community relies on 'Panadol clinic'
ABC News
Mr Wyatt told the ABC at the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Alice Springs, federal, state and territory governments "agreed to the immediate preparation of a national Indigenous health workforce plan to increase the number of Aboriginal ...

ABC News
Fake Aboriginal art diminishes authenticity of the whole industry, ACCC says
ABC News
"The problem in the case is that despite that imagery being used, all of those products were made or produced in Indonesia, brought into Australia, [and] then sold as having been made in Australia or hand-painted in Australia by Indigenous artists," Ms ...

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion was not told Tony Abbott appointed Indigenous envoy
The Guardian
“I don't think there was any particular kerfuffle in Indigenous Australia about that and, if there was, it certainly didn't last above a day,” he said. The response from many Indigenous organisations and the communities Abbott visited in the role has ...
Nigel Scullion first heard about Tony Abbott's Indigenous envoy role through the media, not from PM Scott MorrisonABC News
Minister not consulted on Tony Abbott role9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Minister urged to investigate charities commissioner Gary Johns' 'offensive' views
The Guardian
Labor has called on the Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, to investigate the “offensive” views of the charities commissioner, Gary Johns, after the former Labor MP refused to back away from past comments that pregnant Indigenous women were ...

The Guardian
Victoria's Indigenous treaty on course despite Coalition bid to stop it
The Guardian
Victoria's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Natalie Hutchins, told Guardian Australia the government was committed to “true reconciliation” through progressing a treaty with the state's Indigenous peoples. In last year's budget the government committed ...

The Guardian
'Abysmal': Pat Dodson condemns government audit of deaths in custody reform
The Guardian
“If I was minister for Indigenous affairs, I wouldn't be happy with that as a report card,” Dodson told Guardian Australia. Dodson said it was “totally unsatisfactory” that only 55% of recommendations about keeping people out of prison had been ...

The Australian
Jaramer Legal aims to delivers results for indigenous communities
The Australian
Hear from our panel of experts, Alison Kitchen National Chairman KPMG, Elizabeth Proust Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors, John H C Colvin Consultant and Former Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills & Sam Mostyn Chair Citibank Australia.

The Australian
Tasmanian Aboriginal groups divide over land claims
The Australian
However, Rodney Dillon, from the seven-member Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance, said land was best returned to “local people” rather than ALCT. “Local Aboriginal people all around Australia want the land to be given back to local ...

The condition of indigenous Australians is a national disgrace  The Economist

JUST OVER 3% of Australians, around 800000 people, claim indigenous ancestry. They constitute a tiny minority in every part of the country, except the sparsely ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Indigenous end-of-life portal guides carers, policy makers
Australian Ageing Agenda
A new resource has been launched to guide health professionals and policy makers involved in providing end of life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care portal on the Australian Indigenous ...
Have your say on the formation of a National Indigenous Arts and Cultural AuthorityArtsHub
Indigenous Engagement & Research Associate(Identified Position)The Conversation AU

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Australasian Lawyer
NRF helps launch majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia
Australasian Lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is helping launch a majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia. The global law firm is forming Jaramer Legal in a joint venture with Mailman Law principals Bevan Mailman and Brian Bero. The firm will have the best ...

NRF helps launch majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia
Australasian Lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is helping launch a majority Indigenous-owned law firm in Australia. The global law firm is forming Jaramer Legal in a joint venture with Mailman Law principals Bevan Mailman and Brian Bero. The firm will have the best ...

9news.com.au
Aboriginal souvenir vendor Birubi Art facing fines after ACCC investigation into fake artefacts
9news.com.au
One of the nation's biggest Aboriginal souvenir wholesalers is facing hefty fines after passing off boomerangs and didgeridoos as ridgy-didge Australian artefacts despite actually being made in cheap Indonesian factories. The Federal Court found Birubi ...

The Music Network
Music as a universal language & the importance of connection: A trip through Western Australia
The Music Network
I work with a charity called Desert Feet. Our mission is basically to take musical opportunity and inspiration to remote Indigenous communities all across WA. There's no two ways about it, it's an awesome job. We have a massive duel-purpose truck that ...

The Conversation AU
Why DNA tests for Indigenous heritage mean different things in Australia and the US
The Conversation AU
Things would likely have unfolded differently from a similar scenario in Australia. For starters, there isn't enough DNA data of Indigenous Australians to do the kind of genetic test that Warren did here. And Indigenous communities in Australia are ...

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ArtsHub
Indigenous Art Code fights to keep Australia's visual art trade fair and ethical
ArtsHub
While many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artists enjoy profitable and congenial relationships with dealers who sell their works, it's not the case for all. In 2009 the national Indigenous Art Code (IartC) was established to prevent ...
EDITORIAL POLICYNational Indigenous Times
When hasn't it been OK to be white?The Transcontinental

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ArtsHub
Look, can you see her dancing it up…?
ArtsHub
For over 40 years NAISDA has danced, shared, and celebrated Australia's Indigenous knowledge, stories, song and language. It began in 1975 as a six-week workshop at the Black Theatre in Redfern and has grown to its status today as one of Australia's ...

National Indigenous Times
No support from gov—but Aussie kickboxers smash expectations
National Indigenous Times
Their trip was completely self-funded. “The competition was very fast, intense, and for them [competitors from leading nations] it wasn't a game,” Rodrigues told National Indigenous Times. The Australian team arrived two weeks before the competition ...