Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Western Advocate
Peter Fitzsimmons awarded Susan Green Memorial Medal on Indigenous Australia Rugby tour
Western Advocate
BATHURST'S Peter Fitzsimmons was left speechless when he was presented with the Susan Green Memorial Medal for outstanding leadership during the recent Indigenous Australian Invitational Rugby Team tour of the USA and Canada.

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous People With Disability Have a Double Disadvantage the NDIS Can't Handle
Pro Bono Australia
The prevalence of disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is twice that experienced by other Australians. It is more complex in terms of more than one disability or health issue occurring together, and it is compressed within a ...

The West Australian
Duo get past last hurdle to NYC run
The West Australian
Crispin also received the Charlie Maher Leadership Award, named for the first indigenous Australian man to run the NYC Marathon in 2010, in recognition of his strong leadership skills. “I was surprised and excited to receive the award,” Crispin said ...

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UQ News
Indigenous fire practice protecting the Gibson Desert's biodiversity
UQ News
Traditional Indigenous burning practices are protecting plant biodiversity in Australia's Gibson Desert, according to University of Queensland research. The study analysed how environments dominated by flammable spinifex grasses and fire-sensitive ...

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The Australian
Indigenous voice to parliament 'can't fail', says Tickner
The Australian
Australia's longest-serving Aboriginal affairs minister has warned that efforts to establish a proposed advisory “voice” for parliament “absolutely must not be allowed to fail” if the gap on indigenous disadvantage is to be closed. Robert Tickner, in ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Eating disorders, youth and Indigenous mental illness priorities of $125m government mission
The Sydney Morning Herald
“More than three-quarters of mental health problems begin before the age of 25, that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders experience higher levels of certain mental illness and higher rates of suicide deaths than other Australians, and that eating ...

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Radioinfo
Spotify launches Sound Up Australia
Radioinfo
Spotify has created and promoted a number of First Nations playlists this year including 'Black Australia', 'Deadly Beats', and 'Original Storytellers', as well as forming partnerships with Barunga Festival and the National Indigenous Music Awards ...

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The Mandarin
Stricter rules welcomed as minister celebrates Indigenous Business Month
The Mandarin
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners thinking of entering into such a joint venture can also take up advisory services from agencies like Indigenous Business Australia. To register, the joint ventures will first have to go through a ...

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ABC News
Arts News: a UNESCO bid for Australia's first Indigenous writer?
ABC News
Ngarrindjeri man David Unaipon, the man on our $50 banknotes, was Australia's first published Indigenous author, an inventor, and an Indigenous rights activist - but his manuscript Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines was published under ...

The Age
Sydney Opera House: Advertising diminishes cultural value of an icon
The Age
The member for Cook, Scott Morrison, is being disingenuous in advocating a separate Indigenous Day for Aboriginal Australians. If Labor has its way in the next Parliament we will have our republic by the time Bill Shorten has ended his term as prime ...

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Indigenous Urban Design 'Not Just a Moral Choice but a Profitable One'
The Urban Developer
Conversations around cities and urban landscape can take cues from Australia's first people and the oldest continuous culture on the planet. There's untapped economic and social potential that exists by embracing Indigenous perspectives within our ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
An Indigenous day has much merit
The Sydney Morning Herald
The perennial, and often divisive, debate about the date of Australia Day will continue. But that should be pushed to one side when it comes to weighing up whether there should be a day to celebrate the culture and history of Australia's Indigenous ...
Indigenous people with disability have a double disadvantage and the NDIS can't handle thatThe Conversation AU
The internet has brought teenage suicide to island communitiesThe Guardian

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ABC Message Stick
Suicide intervention program trains Aboriginal communities to 'ask the question'
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal adults are more than twice as likely than non-Indigenous Australians to commit suicide. It is the biggest killer of Indigenous children, accounting for 40 per cent of all deaths of Aboriginal youth. Robyn Martin knows the pain caused by suicide.

The Age
An Indigenous day has much merit
The Age
In proposing a new national day to recognise and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is advancing a valuable discussion for Australia. The perennial, and often divisive, debate about the date of ...

SBS
Australia needs to deal with hard truth on racism: Indigenous commissioner June Oscar
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner June Oscar said racism is "alive and kicking" and needs to be confronted for the country to move forward. Speaking on ABC TV, Dr Oscar said she disagreed with remarks by newly appointed ...

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Unpacking 'is Australia a racist country?'
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
We have governments spending more than ever on Indigenous businesses, but conversations about self-determination or reparations have entirely disappeared from federal politics. How do we balance the steps forward against the steps backwards to arrive ...

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ABC News
Preventing suicide
ABC News
Each year, around 3,000 people in Australia die at their own hand. More young people die by suicide than in car accidents, and Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to take their own lives. Hear some of the latest thinking in prevention ...

Independent Australia
BOOK REVIEW: A Long Way From No Go by Tjanara Goreng Goreng
Independent Australia
This memoir A Long Way From No Go, outlines Indigenous Australian woman Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng's struggles to overcome myriad adversity. But more than that, it also inspires fierce and unwavering resilience by detailing the fraught childhood Tjanara ...

ABC News
'Racism is alive and kicking': Indigenous commissioner challenges new race appointee's stance
ABC News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner June Oscar has declared that racism in Australia is "alive and it's kicking" in response to comments by the nation's newly appointed race discrimination commissioner that Australia is ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Bakers rise to use of native grains as kangaroo grass hops into recipes
The Sydney Morning Herald
When a group of sustainability and agriculture aficionados were hoping to make bread using native Australian grains, James Partington was just the baker to rise to the occasion. Mr Partington, who owns Staple Bread & Necessities at Seaforth in Sydney's ...

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