Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney slams 'joke' Tony Abbott envoy appointment
SBS
The Indigenous MP is scathing about the former prime minister's new role as details emerge about what the job entails. "This is just a joke. They are making it up as they go along with Tony Abbott as the special envoy for Indigenous Australians," Ms ...

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The Australian
PoliticsNow: Liberals still have a good fighting chance: Tony Abbott
The Australian
The indigenous MP is scathing about the former prime minister's new role as details emerge about what the job entails. “This is just a joke. They are making it up as they go along with Tony Abbott as the special envoy for indigenous Australians,” Ms ...

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A new way to recognise an Indigenous nation in Australia  The Conversation AU

A federal system could deliver on three of the four key elements of the Uluru Statement. Plus, all the elements already exist or are in the works in Australia.

ABC News
Reconciling the dark history of slavery and murder in Australian pearling, points to a brighter future
ABC News
But he's also the descendent of the Bardi and Jawi, the Aboriginal people who live at the tip of the Dampier Peninsula where crystal clear oceans swirl over rugged rock and coral reef of Australia's north-west. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Mercury
Census figures show more Tasmanians are identifying with their indigenous heritage
The Mercury
Newly released census figures show Tasmania has one of the nation's highest rates of people who identify as being of Aboriginal origin, and the numbers are rising. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the estimated residential population of ...

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ABC News
Indigenous parents homeschooling children in face of literacy and numeracy gap
ABC News
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

The Australian
Eternal treasures
The Australian
From its contested custodianship of Greece's Elgin Marbles to Australian indigenous artefacts collected through acts of exploitation or violence, the museum is often accused of being a repository of treasures obtained in questionable circumstances. But ...

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SBS
Indigenous modelling agency launches at Melbourne Fashion Week
SBS
Jira Models' debut at Melbourne Fashion Week on Friday features Indigenous designers and models discovered during Perina's travels across Australia - from desert country Junjuwa in the Kimberley to Gapuwiyak in East Arnhem Land. The show will see ...

The Conversation AU
Media watchdog's finding on Sunrise's Indigenous adoption segment is justified
The Conversation AU
While “censorship” is a label that is often used by the media in response to criticism, actual censorship in Australia by government or media watchdogs is thankfully rare to nonexistent. Other issue such as defamation law are greater sources of censorship.

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EducationHQ Australia
Bush settings boost wellbeing in Aboriginal students
EducationHQ Australia
“Presently, schooling in Australia tends towards separating Aboriginal children's academic learning from their identity as Aboriginal children. The curriculum operates in a way that fundamentally overlooks the Aboriginal child's identity. We seek to ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson wary of 'progressives'
The Australian
Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson has warned against blindly adopting progressive ideology in indigenous affairs, questioned the value of state-based treaty discussions and unveiled a form of words for a formal “Declaration of Australia” that would tie ...

The Australian
Andrew Forrest's jobs program goes directly to jail
The Australian
So far, 9000 indigenous Australians have been helped to find work through the federally funded VTEC program, based on the employment model of Mr Forrest's GenerationOne, an initiative of his charitable organisation, the Minderoo Foundation. Of those ...

Armidale Express
Goolagong opens indigenous tennis event
Armidale Express
In the same week John Millman gave Australian tennis a boost by defeating Roger Federer, former world No.1 Evonne Goolagong Cawley has opened the inaugural National Indigenous Tennis Carnival in Darwin. Goolagong Cawley welcomed some of the ...

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Indigenous group bids to halt coal project
NEWS.com.au
"We are outraged that this dangerous technology has been given the go ahead in South Australia." Linc Energy - now in liquidation - was earlier this year found guilty of serious environmental harm over at its UCG plant on Queensland's western Darling ...

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Indigenous group bids to halt coal project
The Australian
A South Australian indigenous group says it was not properly consulted on plans for a controversial mining trial and has launched Supreme Court action to halt the project. Leigh Creek Energy announced this week it had received approval from the state's ...

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Katherine Times
Tax support for Indigenous people
Katherine Times
Throughout 2018 we have continued to work across government and with the community to better understand the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ATO is continuing to tailor its existing range of free products and services including:.
Swinburne reflects on reconciliation at RAP halfway markSwinburne University of Technology

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Katherine Times
Tax support for Indigenous people
Katherine Times
Throughout 2018 we have continued to work across government and with the community to better understand the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ATO is continuing to tailor its existing range of free products and services including:.

Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne reflects on reconciliation at RAP halfway mark
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne was the first university in Australia to achieve Elevate RAP status, awarded by Reconciliation Australia. This recognises the university's commitment to drive engagement and visibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, culture ...

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SBS
These sweet Australian ants are "the best honey you've ever tasted"
SBS
In Australia, they're mainly found in desert areas of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and Indigenous people were eating them long before they received any famous chef's attention. The community of Papunya, in the Northern Territory, is ...

National Indigenous Times
Appointment of Abbott as envoy 'disrespectful' says peak rep body
National Indigenous Times
The peak representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia says if new special envoy Tony Abbott wants their advice on Indigenous affairs he can pay for it. But the National Congress of Australia's First People's co ...
Indigenous council wary of new Abbott roleThe West Australian

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