Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC News
Canberra Aboriginal driving program changing lives — and not just of the students
ABC News
While 70 per cent of non-Indigenous Australians get their licences, fewer than half of Aboriginal people do, according to the ALS. Indigenous people are also overrepresented in prisons for serving driving offences and more likely to have their licences ...

ABC News
The forgotten Aboriginal names for 10 of Melbourne's suburbs
ABC News
Ten previously forgotten Aboriginal names for 19th century sites and suburbs of Melbourne have been recently unearthed at the Melbourne Museum. These include the names for Fitzroy (Ngár-go), Richmond (Quo-yung), Collingwood (Yálla-birr-ang) and ...

ABC News
Kurnai elder's supersized work lights up Loy Yang power station for NAIDOC week
ABC News
A spokesperson for power company AGL said that it chose to display the artwork on one of the cooling towers at its Loy Yang power station as a show of support and recognition of the achievements of Indigenous Australians. It's the first time Aboriginal ...

SBS
Outstanding contribution of Indigenous women in ADF acknowledged
SBS
The contribution of Indigenous women to Australia's Defence services remains a little-known aspect of Australia's military history. Among them renowned poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, who enlisted in the Australian women's army service during WWII. Minister ...
Ashleigh proudly serves nationGrafton Daily Examiner

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SBS
Indigenous women in the Australian Defence Force
SBS
The contribution of Indigenous women to Australia's Defence services remains a little known aspect of Australia's military history. Among them renowned poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, who enlisted in the Australian womens army service during WW2. Minister for ...
Ashleigh proudly serves nationGrafton Daily Examiner

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The World Game
Matildas coach Stajcic to take historic trip to view Indigenous football talent in remote NT
The World Game
JMF Board member and SBS chief football analyst Craig Foster stressed the importance of Stajcic's historic trip not only for the young players but for Australia's national teams. “It is important for Aboriginal Australians to have the chance to show ...

Townsville Bulletin
Meet the Townsville women empowering indigenous females across Australia to live their best life
Townsville Bulletin
TWO Townsville women are empowering indigenous females to discover their potential and live their best life. Long-time friends Melisa Drummond-Anderson and Bernice Willes started Blaq Diamonds in 2017 after both suffered domestic violence. “We just ...

The Ripple effect: Improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Internationally-recognised leader in Indigenous cancer research, Professor Gail Garvey, will share her insights on the role Indigenous medical education can play in improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians, in a keynote lecture at the ...

The World Game
Matildas coach Stajcic to take historical trip to view Indigenous football talent in remote NT
The World Game
JMF Board member and SBS chief football analyst Craig Foster stressed the importance of Stajcic's historical trip not only for the young players but for Australia's national teams. “It is important for Aboriginal Australians to have the chance to show ...

ABC News
Alice Springs raises Aboriginal flag for the first time as NAIDOC celebrations get underway
ABC News
"Every year we make people Australians who come from overseas, so now we have to bring forward the treaty and an inclusion within the constitution [of Indigenous people] and then we really will be a multicultural society in Australia," he said. The ...

The Women's Game
Stajcic the first national coach to look at remote Indigenous footballers
The Women's Game
... a two-day coaching clinic with more than 50 Aboriginal children who train every week in the JMF program. The program is named after Borroloola-born John Moriarty, the first Aboriginal footballer selected for Australia and the program is in its ...
Westfield Matildas boss to view Indigenous football talent in remote NTMatildas (press release)

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Matildas (press release)
Westfield Matildas boss to view Indigenous football talent in remote NT
Matildas (press release)
Westfield Matildas Head Coach Alen Stajcic will become Australia's first national football coach to take a look at remote region Indigenous talent when he visits the tiny town of Borroloola, NT on 11-12 July 2018. He will run a two-day coaching clinic ...
Stajcic the first national coach to look at remote Indigenous footballersThe Women's Game

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The Guardian
Welcoming babies to country: the Indigenous ceremony revived after 80 years
The Guardian
Jessica McLean says the couple became involved with the First 1,000 Days Australia program, which organised the “welcome baby to country” ceremony, to help pass down that Indigenous culture to Donaro. “My husband has missed out on connecting with ...

Meet three women making a difference in Indigenous society
Telstra Exchange (blog)
IDX is a partnership between the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) and Telstra Foundation that connects the ideas, perspectives and talent of Australia's First Peoples to explore new technology: from robotics, coding and 3D printing to ...

The West Australian
Indigenous path paved with gold
The West Australian
Not so long ago it was a rarity to see indigenous people in Australian film and television, and it was even rarer to see them accurately represented. Thanks in part to the establishment 25 years ago of Screen Australia's indigenous department, stories ...

Daily Telegraph
National Indigenous Music Awards: Jessica Mauboy, Baker Boy, Gurrumul, Dan Sultan nominated
Daily Telegraph
Now he is one of the leading nominees for the 2018 NIMAs, alongside the late great Gurrumul with his historic No.1 final studio record Djarimirri. Baker Boy has captured Australia's heart with his single Marryuna, performed in his native language ...
The performers and finalists for the National Indigenous Music Awards have been announcedThe Industry Observer

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Pro Bono Australia
'How could you have blonde hair, fair skin, and a connection to country?' Meet the woman connecting Indigenous and ...
Women's Agenda
Naidoc Week 2018: Because of Her, We Can. Australia is fortunate to have the oldest continuing cultures on earth. For Rona Glynn-McDonald, a Kaytetye woman raised in Alice Springs, this knowledge is a source of great strength and pride. It also served ...
Rising Indigenous Voice Ready to Lead if ChosenPro Bono Australia
Google marks NAIDOC Week with indigenous voices on Assistant, doodleCIO Australia
Fear of loss and false promises: dodgy insurance tactics used on Indigenous peopleThe Guardian
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Women's Agenda
Blonde, fair-skinned and Aboriginal? One woman's mission to strengthen understanding between Indigenous and non ...
Women's Agenda
Naidoc Week 2018: Because of Her, We Can. Australia is fortunate to have the oldest continuing cultures on earth. For Rona Glynn-McDonald, a Kaytetye woman raised in Alice Springs, this knowledge is a source of great strength and pride. It also served ...
Fear of loss and false promises: dodgy insurance tactics used on Indigenous peopleThe Guardian
'We're leading the way': Access to justice for Aboriginal womenThe Canberra Times
NAIDOC Week puts Tasmanian women in the spotlightTasmania Examiner
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The Conversation AU
The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians
The Conversation AU
Although the 2018 Closing the Gap report on Indigenous disadvantage highlighted the importance of literacy for Indigenous Australians, progress remains slow. But, while reading is widely considered an unmitigated good and a marker of prestige, it is ...

The Women's Game
Faith Thomas: First Indigenous Australian to play test cricket
The Women's Game
Faith grew up in Colebrook mission in Quorn in South Australia's Flinders Ranges. "Had I not been in Colebrook, I would never have got the opportunities I did have so I consider myself not stolen but chosen," she said. Growing up, Faith would play ...