Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Employment Gap Widening and We Don't Know How to Fix It
Pro Bono Australia
The Closing the Gap framework sought to halve the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, among other targets. But the employment target expired unmet this year. In remote parts of Australia, the gap has actually widened ...

ABC News
Aboriginal microbiome research hopes to help families navigate back to country, record their history
ABC News
Services like Link Up can help Indigenous Australians trace their roots but the three women were excited by the idea of science potentially filling the gaps. "[It's for] our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren," Ms Henaway said. "A lot ...

ABC News
Aboriginal microbiome research hopes to help families navigate back to country, record their history
ABC News
Services like Link Up can help Indigenous Australians trace their roots but the three women were excited by the idea of science potentially filling the gaps. "[It's for] our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren," Ms Henaway said. "A lot ...

The Guardian
Calls intensify for government to act on Indigenous deaths in custody
The Guardian
Labor and the Greens have called on the government to do more about deaths in custody, describing revelations from Guardian Australia's Deaths Inside investigation as “appalling and completely unacceptable”. The shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, ...
Urgent call to end Aboriginal deaths in custodyEternity News

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The Guardian
'In 1788 it was nothing but bush': Tony Abbott on Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
Initially, few could fail to be impressed by the energy with which he approached his role as “the prime minister for Indigenous affairs”. Abbott publicly disagreed with John Howard over the stolen generations. He supported Australia's adoption of the ...
PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous AustraliaSBS
I don't expect extra pay for new indigenous role says Tony AbbottThe Australian
Indigenous groups angry about Abbott role9news.com.au
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The Australian
I don't expect extra pay for new indigenous role says Tony Abbott
The Australian
Scott Morrison has defended his pick of Tony Abbott as special envoy on indigenous affairs, declaring the former prime minister was “passionate” about improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians. The Prime Minister batted off concerns from indigenous ...

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ABC News
Raising of South Sea Islander flag a step towards recognition for Australia's 'forgotten people'
ABC News
For many decades, those with South Sea Islander heritage were absorbed under Aboriginal Protection Acts and many were placed on missions, stations and reserves with Indigenous Australians. Mr Togo says South Sea Islanders are still feeling the effects ...

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Brisbane Times
Telstra slammed after 21 Indigenous Australians left $90000 in debt
Brisbane Times
Telstra has been criticised by a consumer group after more than 20 Indigenous Australians were left with a total of $90,000 in debt when sales staff at one of its branded retail outlets in Western Australia sold them plans they could not afford. This ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra slammed after 21 Indigenous Australians left $90000 in debt
The Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra has been criticised by a consumer group after more than 20 Indigenous Australians were left with a total of $90,000 in debt when sales staff at one of its branded retail outlets in Western Australia sold them plans they could not afford. This ...

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ArtsHub
The rise and rise of Indigenous ceramics
ArtsHub
Yhonnie Scarce has been named the recipient of Shepparton Art Museum's $20,000 Indigenous Ceramic Award (ICA), regarded as the most prestigious national award for Indigenous ceramics in Australia, and one that pushes perceptions of the field.

The Guardian
Tony Abbott accepts job as special envoy on Indigenous affairs
The Guardian
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has accepted an offer to become Scott Morrison's special envoy on Indigenous affairs, saying school attendance and performance will be his major focus. Morrison offered the Liberal backbencher the envoy role after ...
PM Morrison and what he might mean for Indigenous AustraliaSBS
Tony Abbott holds out on Scott Morrison's Indigenous Affairs special ...The Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott accepts indigenous envoy role in Morrison Government9news.com.au
Crikey -Daily Telegraph -The Australian -Daily Telegraph
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The Conversation AU
The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don't know how to fix it
The Conversation AU
The Closing the Gap framework sought to halve the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, among other targets. But the employment target expired unmet this year. In remote parts of Australia, the gap has actually widened ...

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The Guardian
Labor targets Michael Sukkar's seat with Indigenous recognition advocate
The Guardian
So when I say I've reaped the benefits of the amazing opportunities Australia offers, I really have.” On Monday, Morris, a prominent advocate for Indigenous recognition known for her work at Noel Pearson's Cape York Institute, announced another career ...

The Guardian
States failing to take up lifesaving phone service for Indigenous prisoners
The Guardian
The Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, says he is “disappointed” that only two of Australia's states and territories have accepted the federal government's offer to fund a lifesaving custody notification service, two years after he made the ...
'National Shame': 147 Indigenous Deaths in Australian CustodyteleSUR tv HTTPS (press release) (blog)
Almost 150 Indigenous Australians Die In Custody In Country Since 2008 - ReportsUrduPoint News

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The Australian
Leah Purcell credits indigenous unit of Screen Australia for helping her career
The Australian
Purcell is one of many actors and filmmakers whose work has been supported by the indigenous department of Screen Australia, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. Since 1993 more than 160 titles — features, television series and ...

The Weekly Times
Miranda: Pre-settlement Australian history must be preserved locally
The Weekly Times
It's part of an international project called The Relational Museum and Its Objects: Engaging Indigenous Australia With Their Distributed Collections. The idea is to link indigenous people with their material culture and to link small, local and often ...

The Guardian
'National shame': 147 Indigenous people die in custody in Australia in a decade
The Guardian
Australia's shocking treatment of Indigenous people has been laid bare with the publication of new figures by the Guardian showing 147 Indigenous people – some of them children – have died in custody in the past 10 years. Opposition parties have ...

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'National shame': 147 Indigenous people die in custody in Australia in a decade  The Guardian

Australia's shocking treatment of Indigenous people has been laid bare with the publication of new figures by the Guardian showing 147 Indigenous people ...

Deaths inside: every Indigenous death in custody since 2008 tracked – interactive  The Guardian

More than 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the end of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991.

ABC News
Dingoes to no longer be classified as native animals under Western Australian law
ABC News
Dingoes will no longer be classified as native animals under planned changes to Western Australia's biodiversity laws. The iconic animals will be considered no different to wild dogs from 2019 under reforms to the Biodiversity Conservation Act. Dingoes ...