Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Plea from 35 groups for action on Indigenous Australians in prison  The Guardian

'Unfair justice systems will let another generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people down'

The Age
Indigenous past players group baffled by Winmar statue uncertainty
The Age
The Indigenous Past Players Association has labelled the uncertainty surrounding the location of Nicky Winmar's statue as confusing and frustrating, questioning whether the process would have dragged on if it had been a white athlete in question.

The Canberra Times
Indigenous past players group baffled by Winmar statue uncertainty
The Canberra Times
The Indigenous Past Players Association has labelled the uncertainty surrounding the location of Nicky Winmar's statue as confusing and frustrating, questioning whether the process would have dragged on if it had been a white athlete in question.

Bega District News
Giiyong Festival the first of its kind in Yuin Nation
Bega District News
Also, she recommended the “incredible” talk panel featuring co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Jackie Huggins as well as Uncle Noel Butler's traditional cooking demonstration and tasting, and the women's dance ceremony by ...

The Guardian
Indigenous campaign's Deadly Questions revealed as Victoria pushes for treaty
The Guardian
“[They have asked] how our quality of life is going in Australia because they actually want to know. It's odd to me that some people have gone through their life without actually having a conversation with an Aboriginal person, but apparently they exist.”.
Vic project spurs indigenous treaty debateSBS

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Vic project spurs indigenous treaty debate
SBS
Looking back on her own schooling, she knows most people's education about indigenous Australia is limited. "We never got to hear about our mob doing great things and achieving things," Ms Lee said. The Victorian parliament passed legislation in June ...

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The Australian
Health system struggling with organ donation success
The Australian
Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt in June announced an expert panel would investigate and identify any barriers faced by First Nations people in need of kidney donations. A study in the Medical Journal of Australia today confirms indigenous people ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
'Advance Australia Fair is an anthem that is racist at so many levels'
The Sydney Morning Herald
“When it says 'we are young' it completely disregards the Indigenous Australians who were here before us for over 50,000 years," she said. “When it was originally written, Advance Australia Fair meant advance the white people of Australia." So for ...

Pursuit
Truth telling at Garma
Pursuit
Professor Langton is a descendant of an Iman ancestor from the Upper Dawson Valley in Queensland and holds the University's Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies. “The partnership of the Yothu Yindi Foundation and the University of ...

Indigenous campaign's Deadly Questions revealed as Victoria pushes for treaty  The Guardian

Organisers feared the project might amplify racist opinions but were pleasantly surprised by the results.

The Guardian
'I just want answers': Mr Yeeda's death in custody and the health warnings that failed to save him
The Guardian
The Miriuwung and Gajerrong man had rheumatic heart disease, a preventable condition that affects 400 people in the Kimberley and about 6,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. Before he was jailed he received regular ...

ABC News
WA remote community offers money for feral cat killing to protect native Australian bilby
ABC News
The desert community in the heart of Western Australia has experienced a spike in the number of the pests in recent years, according to Kate Crossing from the Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protection Agency. "Over the last four years that we've been recording ...

Real estate boss Janusz Hooker and the weight of a famous name
The Canberra Times
He maintains a keen interest in Indigenous Australia through his philanthropic support for the Culture College, which provides educational and cultural links between schools in Arnhem Land and mainly top private schools. Hooker later went to Beijing to ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Real estate boss Janusz Hooker and the weight of a famous name
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hooker says he had no plan B and went “walkabout”: “I drove across country and lived with an Indigenous family in the Kimberleys for three months, which was quite an extraordinary experience.” He maintains a keen interest in Indigenous Australia ...

The Conversation AU
Outrage over schoolgirl refusing to stand for anthem shows rise of aggressive nationalism
The Conversation AU
According to Nielsen and her parents, her refusal was intended as a gesture of solidarity with Indigenous Australians, whom she felt were marginalised and disrespected by a song that glorifies white Australia in its declaration that we “are young and ...

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Wellington Times
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Wellington Times
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Your weekend: our guide to what's on
The Sydney Morning Herald
FILM Ranger to Ranger follows Indigenous Australian rangers and Indigenous musician Dan Sultan, as they travel to Kenya and exchange knowledge, culture and music with Maasai community rangers. Following the documentary, Massai ranger Joseph ...

August Margaret River Mail
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
August Margaret River Mail
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...

Avon Valley Advocate
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Avon Valley Advocate
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...
Valley's cancer mortality rate explainedGrafton Daily Examiner

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Avon Valley Advocate
Cancer rates across Australia mapped: search for your postcode here
Avon Valley Advocate
“For Indigenous populations in general, cancer survival is poor. Lower average socioeconomic status is part of that,” said Professor English. “You tend to have people being diagnosed at much more advanced stages of cancer and Indigenous Australians ...