Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous incarceration: reform policy should not compromise equality before the law
The Australian
Indigenous Australians are incarcerated at 12.5 times the rate of the non-indigenous. This statistic should be read against a complex background of higher offending rates, including higher rates of violent offending, and under performance on all ...

Games opening showed how much we embrace indigenous culture
The Australian
If he had been able to witness the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the Gold Coast, Wharton would have been forced to agree it was more than a nod to our indigenous culture; it was three-quarters of the content. Instead of wasting taxpayers ...

The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the ...
Preserving Aboriginal language with technology ​Particle
Indigenous activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremonyDeutsche Welle
Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony celebrates Australia's Indigenous cultureAction News Now
Charlotte Observer
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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of protesters ...
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer

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SBS
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
SBS
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

Eternity News
Aboriginal people do "community" differently
Eternity News
The Cree man was Indigenous theologian Ray Aldred, and what he illuminated for me was that when as Aboriginal peoples we talk about community, and when as Christians – predominantly the non-Indigenous Australian Christians – talk about community, we ...

Community Newspaper Group
Golden Bay law student aiming to reform Australian law and reduce Indigenous over representation in prisons
Community Newspaper Group
GOLDEN Bay resident Dayna Lazarides is one of five Murdoch law students aiming to reform Australian law and reduce the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in prisons. Students from Murdoch's third year Social and Welfare Law ...
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestWBT

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Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant)
Books+Publishing
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant). 3 April 2018. Welcome to Country goes beyond other Australian travel guides; it's also an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture ...

The Guardian
NSW Coalition's public housing ban for drug dealers would hit innocent, experts warn
The Guardian
The Berejiklian government's attempt to lock serious drug offenders out of inner-city public housing estates is unintentionally hurting innocent and vulnerable individuals on the waiting list, social workers say, as new data reveals the policy will ...

ABC Local
Commonwealth Games: Dylan Voller among protesters charged outside opening ceremony
ABC Local
I just want to make certain at the end of the day that they were treated with respect, but they also saw what we were trying to do about reconciliation." Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the protests would not tarnish the opening ceremony. "You know one ...

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
The Conversation AU
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

ABC Online
Parliament must not be 'weak-kneed' on constitutional change for Indigenous people, senator says
ABC Online
Last October, the Federal Government rejected a proposal for a new Indigenous advisory body — dubbed a Voice to Parliament — to be taken to a referendum. Now, a new parliamentary committee is tasked with finding a way towards a referendum on some ...

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Voice of America
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games Protests
Voice of America
As an opening ceremony featuring symbolic tributes to Australia's indigenous people was getting under way, Aboriginal protesters were gathering outside the Commonwealth Games stadium to get a message across, too. Flanked and outnumbered by a heavy ...

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NEWS.com.au
Dylan Voller arrested as Commonwealth Games protests turn ugly
NEWS.com.au
Opening ceremony artistic director David Zolkwer said the ceremony was inclusive and showing “how, as the indigenous people of Australia tell us, we are all custodians of the same world.” Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive David Grevemberg ...
Commonwealth Games: Dylan Voller among protesters charged outside opening ceremonyABC Local

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Deutsche Welle
Aboriginal activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremony
Deutsche Welle
Protesters waved banners that read "Colonization is not a game," as the 21st Commonwealth Games got underway on Australia's Gold Coast. More than 70 nations and territories are competing in the 12-day multi-sport event. Protest against the Commonwealth ...
Aboriginal activities stage Commonwealth Games protestsThe Bellingham Herald

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NEWS.com.au
Yugambeh elders slam indigenous protesters for blocking Queen's Baton Relay
NEWS.com.au
The Stolenwealth Games Protest is being organised by a national committee that includes members of the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) and the Brisbane Aboriginal-Sovereign Embassy. Protesters have travelled from across the country to take ...

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The Australian
Revealed: in the market for indigenous art stars
The Australian
A journey of three days' driving from remote parts of Western Australia to Perth has not deterred indigenous artists from attending the Revealed WA Indigenous Art Market at Fremantle Arts Centre. “It's a really positive event; for a couple of days the ...

ABC Online (blog)
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony celebrates Gold Coast's Indigenous and beach culture
ABC Online (blog)
The 71 competing nations will then march into the stadium, starting with Europe (Scotland as the previous host nation is first), followed by Africa, Americas, Asia, Caribbean and Oceania, with host nation Australia the last to enter the stadium ...
At last, indigenous culture comes first as Commonwealth Games opens in styleBrisbane Times
Protestors, delays and rain backdrop as Commonwealth Games openedSBS
Aboriginal activities stage Commonwealth Games protestsNew Zealand Herald
The Guardian -Economic Times
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NEWS.com.au
Updates from the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast
NEWS.com.au
England's swimmers are ready to fight fire with fire at the Commonwealth Games when they clash with a fearsome Australia team revved up by their home crowd. The English, spearheaded by Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty, expect a rude reception ...

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iNews
Commonwealth Games 2018 opening ceremony – live!
The Guardian
The inclusion of these welcomes is a way in which valuing and respecting appropriate Indigenous ceremonies lead to an increase in the understanding and mutual respect for the cultural practices of Indigenous Australians through observation of protocols ...
Can the Commonwealth Games help mend old wounds in divided Australia?iNews
Not cricket: Australia hit reset at Commonwealth GamesChannel NewsAsia
Commonwealth Games set to begin in AustraliaHonolulu Star-Advertiser
Idaho Statesman
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