Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Illawarra Mercury
Listen to indigenous on reform: Labor
Illawarra Mercury
Australian governments must listen to indigenous solutions to counter the over-incarceration "crisis point" in the nation's jails, Labor says. Indigenous Labor senator Pat Dodson says the findings of an Australian Law Reform Commission report ...

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Australian Mining
Fortescue backs first Aboriginal-owned iron ore mine
Australian Mining
Australian Aboriginal Mining Corp (AAMC) is on track to become Australia's first Indigenous-owned iron ore miner. AAMC plans to acquire the Wonmunna iron ore project, about 80km from Newman in the Pilbara, from Ascot Resources. Perth-based AAMC is ...

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9news.com.au
Listen to indigenous on reform: Labor
9news.com.au
Australian governments must listen to indigenous solutions to counter the over-incarceration "crisis point" in the nation's jails, Labor says. Indigenous Labor senator Pat Dodson says the findings of an Australian Law Reform Commission report ...

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ABC Online
Damien Hirst's latest artworks 'done exactly like my people's story', Indigenous artist claims
ABC Online
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then artists from central Australia should be feeling fantastic about Damien Hirst's latest works — but instead they're experiencing a mixture of hurt and bewilderment. The community of Utopia near Alice ...

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The Australian
Bail overhaul 'needed to cope with indigenous prison rates'
The Australian
Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT chief executive Les Turner believes bail laws unduly harshly affect indigenous people, and reform is overdue. He said it could be particularly devastating for families when Aboriginal women were held on remand for long ...

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Radio Australia
Indigenous Affairs Minister 'appalled' by NT sex abuse allegation
Radio Australia
The Federal Minister for Northern Australia, Matt Canavan, said he had been in discussions with his Northern Territory counterparts about the Ali Curung allegation. "I've spoken to ministerial colleagues in the Northern Territory about the shocking ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister 'appalled' by NT sex abuse allegation
ABC Online
The Federal Minister for Northern Australia, Matt Canavan, said he had been in discussions with his Northern Territory counterparts about the Ali Curung allegation. "I've spoken to ministerial colleagues in the Northern Territory about the shocking ...

The Guardian
Victoria introduces to parliament 'history-making' Indigenous voice legislation
The Guardian
The federal Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has promised to establish the body in legislation if his party wins government, to give voters a chance to see how it would work before putting the proposal to a referendum. Federal joint parliamentary committee ...

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Time Out
NGV's two-part Colony exhibition is a magical and unflinching look at Australia's past
Time Out
In a time when hashtags, triggers, phobias and offended parties are popping up like peanut allergies in every corner, when backlash whips back and forth like a cut snake across the continent faster than the news cycle can handle, an exhibition ...

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The New Daily
Inquiry wants justice system overhaul to address Indigenous incarceration
The New Daily
Commonwealth, state and territory governments must overhaul the justice system to reduce the massive over-representation of Indigenous people in jail, a major inquiry has found. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry, led by federal court ...

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Calls for change amid indigenous 'crisis'
The Australian
Australia has reached "crisis point" when it comes to the rate of indigenous people being sent to jail - especially women, lawyers say. Federal and state governments are facing calls for urgent action as the latest statistics show Aboriginal and Torres ...

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Calls for change amid indigenous 'crisis'
NEWS.com.au
Federal and state governments are facing calls for urgent action as the latest statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders continue to be "alarmingly" over-represented in prison. In a report tabled in federal parliament on Wednesday, the ...

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9news.com.au
Calls for change amid indigenous 'crisis' - 9News
9news.com.au
Australia has reached "crisis point" when it comes to the rate of indigenous people being sent to jail - especially women, lawyers say. Federal and state governments are facing calls for urgent action as the latest statistics show Aboriginal and Torres ...

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Architecture and Design
Droga family donates $1 million to increase Indigenous architect numbers
Architecture and Design
The shortage of Indigenous architects in Australia, with just 28 registered nationally as of 2017, is being addressed by a new Indigenous architecture scholarship made possible with a $1 million donation from cultural philanthropists the Droga Family ...
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Radio Australia
Australia justice system overhaul needed to address Indigenous incarceration, inquiry finds
Radio Australia
Change the Record, the Indigenous advocacy group, said the inquiry was a "once in a generation" chance to reduce the soaring rate of Indigenous incarceration. The ALRC inquiry also pushed for wide-ranging changes to police protocols, so Indigenous ...

Radio Australia
Australia justice system overhaul needed to address Indigenous incarceration: Inquiry
Radio Australia
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry, led by federal court judge Matthew Myers, was commissioned by the Federal Government to investigate whether courts, police and prisons were contributing to the over-incarceration of First Nations ...

BuzzFeed News
Here's How Bad Australia's Indigenous Incarceration Rates Are ...
BuzzFeed News
In 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12.5 times more likely to be in prison than non-Indigenous people.
Calls for change amid indigenous 'crisis' - 9News9news.com.au
Community Groups Call For Action on Indigenous Incarceration RatesPro Bono Australia

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ABC Online
Australia justice system overhaul needed to address Indigenous ...
ABC Online
Commonwealth, state and territory governments must overhaul the justice system to reduce the massive over-representation of Indigenous people in jail, a major inquiry finds.

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The Guardian
Call for national inquiry into protection of Indigenous children
The Guardian
“It is the view of the ALRC that the incarceration rate of adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples cannot be fully and satisfactorily addressed without a national review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection ...