Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Senator questions whether racism exists
NEWS.com.au
"I might live in a bubble perhaps, but I find it very difficult to find any but very rare cases of racism in Australia," Senator Macdonald said during a committee hearing in Canberra on Thursday. "I mean, in this building, we have two senior ministers ...
Senator questions whether racism exists in AustraliaSBS
Senator slammed for saying Australia can't be racist because Johnathan Thurston has succeeded at football - as he ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Indigenous girls and women have hope but need help, says social justice chief June Oscar
ABC Online
Next month, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians will celebrate NAIDOC week — with the theme Because of Her We Can. It's because of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO that Indigenous women ...

The Guardian
Victorian Labor conference to consider changing Australia Day date
The Australian
The urgency motion says that celebrating the day that marks the arrival of the First Fleet is offensive to indigenous Australians. “The date of Australia Day be moved as the date of 26 January 1788 is offensive to indigenous people,” the urgency motion ...
Morning mail: Victorian ALP to debate moving Australia DayThe Guardian
Victorian Labour debating to change Australia Day to May 9Mixdown

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Pursuit
It's time to 'big note' Indigenous health leaders
Pursuit
Indigenous leadership is also demonstrated more formally in Australia. Pat Anderson AO from the Lowitja Institute and June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, are both examples of strong leadership - giving ...

SpiceNews
Australia's oldest Indigenous tourism business welcomes new GM
SpiceNews
A female Traditional Owner will be at the helm of one of Australia's oldest Aboriginal tourism businesses following the appointment of Djabugay descendant Shirley Hollingsworth as Tjapukai General Manager. Tjapukai Board Chair Michael Nemarich ...

Western Advocate
Giants will sport Indigenous jersey for match against Demons
Western Advocate
“The three flags in the middle of the jumper are the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and the Australian flags, representing all people that make up Australia,” he said. “The footprints are paying respect to the elders gone before us and also ...

Crikey
The 'new' scheme to prevent Indigenous deaths in custody
Crikey
Police in Western Australia will now be required to notify Aboriginal legal service solicitors whenever an Indigenous person is detained after the state government finally committed to a new program this week that is designed to stop deaths in custody ...

Grafton Daily Examiner
Still striving for reconciliation
Grafton Daily Examiner
WE have all probably heard of the term "reconciliation" in relation to the relationship between Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people. But what does it really mean for Aboriginal people and what does "Reconciliation Australia" do? The Oxford ...

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ABC Online
'It's not a great birthday present': Australians aren't using the DIY bowel cancer test sent out to 50-year-olds
ABC Online
Some of the lowest home-screening participation rates in Australia are in the Indigenous and non-English speaking communities, and Professor McCaffery believes the complexity of the test instructions could be in part to blame. "I think what we need to ...

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The Guardian
Victorian Labor to debate plan to move Australia Day to 9 May
The Guardian
Party sources have confirmed there is discussion behind the scenes about drafting an Australia Day motion for the ALP national conference on the basis that 26 January is, as the Victorian resolution notes, “offensive to Indigenous people”. The ...

The Australian
Minions denigrate penetrating legacy of the West
The Australian
Monash University has a Centre of Southeast Asian Studies and Charles Sturt University the school of indigenous Australian studies where the intention is to provide opportunities to build “social, human and economic identity for indigenous peoples ...

ABC Local
Your travel guide to Australia's best indigenous sites
ABC Local
How do you avoid the typical tourist traps and see the some of the best kept secrets that trace back more than 60,000 years? University of Melbourne's Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies Professor Marcia Langton has written a travel book Welcome to ...

The Canberra Times
6 ways to celebrate Reconciliation Day on our new public holiday
The Canberra Times
The day at the NGA includes tours of The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania's Black War and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Galleries. Reconciliation Day celebrations, Monday, May 28, 9.30am to 5pm, National Gallery of Australia. Free entry.

Pursuit
Joining the big data dots on indigenous health policy
Pursuit
Research conclusions can appear obvious in retrospect. But until the data is actually crunched we can't know, and it is the knowing that is crucial for generating evidence-informed policy. Indigenous Australians aged 45 and up report high levels of ...

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Sunshine Coast Daily
Aussie honoured with game's highest accolade
Sunshine Coast Daily
Since returning to Australia, Goolagong Cawley has worked with Tennis Australia to increase female participation in tennis and for more than two decades has acted in many capacities as an ambassador, advocate and role model for young indigenous ...

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The Conversation AU
A record $340 million lost to fraud in Australia, says latest ACCC report
The Conversation AU
The report also details that A$1.6 million was lost by Indigenous Australians, representing a 12% increase from 2016. It is important to note that not all victims are individuals. Businesses were also targeted in scams, with A$22.1 million losses ...

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PerthNow
Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
PerthNow
Goolagong Cawley was part of three of Australia's Fed Cup-winning teams in '71, '73 and '74. After retiring in 1983 with 92 singles titles, Goolagong Cawley began to learn more about her Aboriginal heritage and, having spent time living in Florida ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeMackay Daily Mercury

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Herald Sun
Evonne Goolagong Cawley honoured with tennis's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
Herald Sun
The program gives more indigenous children access to tennis through its 'come and try' days which run throughout Australia and provide a route for the best to attend state development camps. ITF President David Haggerty said: “The ITF is delighted to ...
Aussie honoured with game's highest accoladeSunshine Coast Daily

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News Mail
Academies unveiled in Bundaberg
News Mail
STATE Member for Bundaberg David Batt will be unveiling the plaques at all three Girls Academy launches in Bundaberg this week. The Girls Academy program, an initiative of Role Models and Leaders Australia, is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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ABC Online
Nakkiah Lui unleashes vigilante Aboriginal superhero 'Blackie Blackie Brown' in her new comedy
ABC Online
Lui's comedy is the origin story of Blackie (played by Megan Wilding), an Aboriginal Australian superhero with a mission: to kill all the living descendants of the four white men who massacred her great-great grandmother's people. This synopsis alone ...