Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Melbourne electorate of Batman renamed after Indigenous activist
The Guardian
The former head of the prime minister's Indigenous advisory council Warren Mundine also welcomed the decision. Cooper helped establish the Australian Aborigines League in 1935, serving as its secretary, and petitioned King George V to give Aboriginal ...
AEC to rename Ged Kearney's Melbourne seat from Batman to CooperThe Australian
Australia Is Saying Goodbye To Batman And Is Renaming The Electorate After An Aboriginal ActivistBuzzFeed News
Verdict in on Victorian electorate name changesHerald Sun
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Foreground
Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture
Foreground
The key contention in Pascoe's book is that the whole distinction between the farming colonist and the hunter-gatherer indigene is based on a radical, and frankly self-serving, misunderstanding of the way that the Indigenous peoples of Australia lived ...

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ABC News
Warakurna welcomes first all-Indigenous police station, aiming to repair a community's mistrust
ABC News
The first entirely Indigenous-run police station in Australia is using cultural ties to gain the trust of a remote Aboriginal community. Not far from the Northern Territory border, Warakurna in Western Australia is policed by two Aboriginal officers ...

Daily Telegraph
Blues bond: The trip to Arnhem Land to learn a lost culture, and Angus Crichton's indigenous mission
Daily Telegraph
He wants you — yes, you, the average Australian — to know more about this country's indigenous history. He doesn't care what colour your skin is or which part of the country you grew up in. He says it's time Australia knows and understands the ...

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Warrnambool Standard
Higher risk of death for indigenous babies | The Standard
Warrnambool Standard
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous Australians. Australia's Health 2018, a report released ...

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Ararat Advertiser
Higher risk of death for indigenous babies | The Ararat Advertiser
Ararat Advertiser
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous Australians. Australia's Health 2018, a report released ...

Cootamundra Herald
Higher risk of death for indigenous babies | Cootamundra Herald
Cootamundra Herald
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous Australians. Australia's Health 2018, a report released ...

SBS
Higher risk of death for indigenous babies
SBS
Australia's Health 2018, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on Wednesday, says indigenous Australians have a shorter life expectancy than non-indigenous Australians and are at least twice as likely to rate their health ...

cricket.com.au
Aussies' special guest continues rare journey
cricket.com.au
Still coming to terms with the blow, Christian led the Australian Aboriginal side with distinction on their trip commemorating the sesquicentenary of the 1868 Indigenous tour, Australia's first-ever sporting team to travel abroad, by topping both the ...

Brisbane Times
Government 'fails' on indigenous housing: mayors
Brisbane Times
Mayors from across Australia have taken the Turnbull government to task for failing to stump up cash for housing in remote Indigenous communities. A motion moved by Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey, which accused the federal government of failing to commit ...

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SBS
Katter 'serves notice' on parties over fake Aboriginal art
SBS
Katter's Australian Party leader @RealBobKatter is joined by a delegation of Indigenous mayors in Canberra this week to push through legislation to stop the sale of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and art products #auspol @NITV ...
Why we need an Indigenous Voice in ParliamentCrikey

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ABC News
'Our kids need proper water': Families plead for action over uranium in drinking water
ABC News
At least three communities in central Australia have levels of uranium in drinking water that exceed health guidelines; Dozens of other communities not meeting aesthetic guidelines, which ensure taste, feel and smell are up to standard; Residents fear ...

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Govt 'fails' on indigenous housing: mayors
SBS
Mayors from across Australia have taken the Turnbull government to task for failing to stump up cash for housing in remote indigenous communities. A motion moved by Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey, which accused the federal government of failing to commit ...

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Travel Weekly
New Aussie travel staple: The guide to Indigenous Australia
Travel Weekly
The ABC reports that a new book, titled Welcome to Country, by Marcia Langton will be the first travel guide to Indigenous Australia, providing tourists with a reference guide to travelling through Australia with respect to culture and sacred lands.

Bite magazine
Indigenous oral health study grant recipients announced
Bite magazine
“The Foundation hopes that the grants will provide these recipients with valuable assistance to help them complete their courses and then embark on delivery of care to help reduce the inequality that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

ABC News
Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia
ABC News
A new book, Welcome to Country by prominent public figure Marcia Langton, could be the first travel guide to Indigenous Australia — a handy reference for how tourists might best travel through different cultures and sacred lands. It could be the ...

The Guardian
Alarm raised over huge number of Indigenous children without birth certificates
The Guardian
“It is well established that there is a gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in outcomes of child mortality, life expectancy, education, literacy, numeracy and employment. The presence of barriers to easily accessing the above services ...

ABC Local
NT Country Liberal Party leader calls for Prime Minister to be more 'hands on'
ABC Local
The leader of the NT Country Liberal Party has called on the Prime Minister "to take a greater interest" in northern Australia's Indigenous issues, as pressure mounts on Malcolm Turnbull to visit the Northern Territory. The comments came as the Prime ...

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Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia  ABC News

When can you take a photo on sacred Indigenous land? What about asking elders questions? Marcia Langton's landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia ...

The Canberra Times
ACT treaty needed to right past wrongs made against Indigenous people
The Canberra Times
Regrettably, the incoming Liberal government in South Australia has terminated the process for a treaty in that state. However Luke Foley, the Opposition Leader in New South Wales, the jurisdiction with the largest Indigenous population in Australia ...

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