Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Investigation finds Perth detention centre put teenagers in solitary confinement
The Guardian
Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre breached international standards by holding two teenagers in “solitary confinement” for 10 days in 2017, an independent investigation by the Western Australian office of custodial services has found. The ...

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NT News
Hearing health epidemic limiting indigenous NT kids' educational opportunities
NT News
Charles Darwin University chancellor Neil Balnaves said an infection called otitis media was one of the biggest health issues currently affecting indigenous Australians. “Ninety per cent of indigenous children that are not in major cities suffer from ...

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nestegg.com.au
'Equal isn't the same for everybody', royal commission hears
nestegg.com.au
This in turn has led to the superannuation balances 23 per cent lower than non-Indigenous Australians and mean balances at retirement 46 per cent lower than the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) comfortable retirement benchmark.

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The Guardian
Fraser Anning: criticism of 'final solution' wording a bid to shut down debate – as it happened
The Guardian
Just in case I have to fact-check Fraser Anning's speech for anyone, Muslims have been in Australia since before federation. There is evidence Muslims from south-east Asia traded with Indigenous people as far back as the 1600s. If you want to talk ...

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ABC News
Bag searches and death threats: When unconscious bias becomes something sinister
ABC News
Ms Piota has had no complaints about the police but as an Indigenous woman who did not grow up in her mother's country she has an outsider's perspective on the question of unconscious bias. She said when she first moved to Australia, Aboriginal people ...

The Conversation AU
Too many Australians have to choose between heating or eating this winter
The Conversation AU
But once the cost of housing, transport and school are covered, too many Australians are having to choose between heating or eating. We've long known the price of food is a problem for refugees, Indigenous Australians, people who are homeless and other ...

NEWS.com.au
Australia's most racist college: St Mark's College in Adelaide under fire for offensive costumes
NEWS.com.au
“That students can view this sort of behaviour as acceptable, or even funny, demonstrates the necessity for better antisemitism and anti-racism education in Australia and on our university campuses.” PHOTOS OF STUDENTS IN BLACKFACE UNEARTHED.

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Genia wants Wallabies to wear indigenous jerseys in every Test
The Sydney Morning Herald
Will Genia has urged Rugby Australia to consider putting the Wallabies in their indigenous jersey for every Test match. As debate swirls in New Zealand over the modern value of the haka, the veteran Test halfback revealed the indigenous jersey had fast ...
Call for permanent Wallabies indigenous jersey, haka defendedRugby.com.au
Wallaby halfback Will Genia says indigenous jersey could counter NZ's hakaDaily Telegraph

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Rugby.com.au
Call for permanent Wallabies indigenous jersey, haka defended
Rugby.com.au
VETERAN halfback Will Genia has called for the Wallabies' indigenous jersey to be worn in every Test match to represent Australia's being a proudly multi-cultural society. Genia's suggestion came as Australian and New Zealand players both leapt to the ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Banking royal commission day 45: Q Super, Suncorp, NAB
The Australian Financial Review
The royal commission spent the day extracting whether NAB hid the size of its fee scandal from the regulator. And the super system is entirely failing Indigenous Australia. How today unfolded. Andrew Hagger of NAB bank leaves court after giving ...

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Assisting indigenous Australians no extra burden: QSuper
Investment Magazine
Providing more flexible arrangements to help indigenous people access their super was not an “extra impost” on super funds Lyn Melcer, head of technical advice at QSuper, told the Hayne royal commission. Research shows a retirement wealth gap between ...

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NSW Indigenous Coalition Reunites to Push Change for Aboriginal People
Pro Bono Australia
“The beauty of CAPO is it's the seven largest Aboriginal organisations in NSW, and our membership therefore covers so many more Aboriginal people, more than any other organisation can do on their own,” Chenery said. While CAPO first launched in 2007, ...

New public art in Sydney to honour Australia's Indigenous community
Architecture and Design
A major artwork is being planned in Sydney by city authorities to celebrate and honour the First Peoples of Australia. Announced recently by governor David Hurley and lord mayor Clover Moore, the proposed 6-metre tall artwork, bara by Aboriginal artist ...

Investment Magazine
Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission
Financial Standard
The Royal Commission heard today of the difficulties indigenous Australians face in engaging with the superannuation system. Introducing the topic of this morning's hearing, counsel assisting Rowena Orr outlined the systemic issues indigenous ...
Assisting indigenous Australians no extra burden: QSuper ...Investment Magazine

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Indigenous Australians face super challenges: Royal Commission
Financial Standard
The Royal Commission heard today of the difficulties indigenous Australians face in engaging with the superannuation system. Introducing the topic of this morning's hearing, counsel assisting Rowena Orr outlined the systemic issues indigenous ...

Banking royal commission: Superannuation has failed indigenous Australia
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous Australians have been failed by the superannuation system with balances that are 23 per cent lower than non-indigenous Australians and mean balances at retirement that are 46 per cent lower than what is needed for a comfortable retirement.

B&T
BWM Dentsu Group Launches Reconciliation Action Plan To Address Industry Inequality
B&T
BWM Dentsu Group's RAP framework will help to review and enhance existing relationships, respect and trust between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians, through a series of tangible, long-term commitments.

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ABC Local
Government-controlled supermarkets accused of ripping off remote shoppers
ABC Local
The "inflated" prices were recorded last month at remote stores in Queensland, many of which are run by a group controlled by the State Government. Lockhart River Mayor Wayne Butcher said shoppers in remote Indigenous communities were being ripped ...

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Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Details announced for 2018 Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference
Australasian Leisure Management (press release)
Initial program details have been released for the 2018 Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference (AITC), set to take place in Lorne from 30th October to 1st November. Current features on the program include a chance to hear about the Camping with ...

ABC News
National Indigenous Music Awards 2018: Gurrumul and Baker Boy win big
ABC News
The Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir was awarded a NIMA Special Achievement Award. The B-Town Warriors from Bourke High School in north-western New South Wales won Community Clip of the Year for their Thundercloud video.