Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Mandarin
Closing the Gap: improvements in living standards take root through steady school attendance
The Australian
Apparently it's one rule for them, another for Aboriginal people still living in poverty. End the excuses and resistance or forget about closing the gap. Imagine what Australia's indigenous population would be like if every indigenous child went to ...
Indigenous people can't simply trade their way out of disadvantageThe Mandarin
Sorry – Again!Pro Bono Australia
Australian author speaks out about Indigenous water rightsThe Omega
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The Australian
'Opportunity, not cash, is key to indigenous aid'
The Australian
Outgoing Fortescue Metals Group boss Nev Power says it will take a change in mindset to truly close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, with business opportunities rather than handouts the best way to improve Aboriginal ...

Australian Jewish News
Aus Day Naqba comparison condemned
Australian Jewish News
The controversy arose when Crikey published a January 25 article entitled “How Australia Day echoes the 1948 exodus of Palestine” in which writer Randa Abdel-Fattah stated, “It is little wonder that our government is so quick to emphasise Australia's ...

ABC Online
'I took the leap': Unauthorised Instagram-friendly signage at Aboriginal massacre site prompts outrage
ABC Online
Munanjahli woman and professor at the University of Queensland, Chelsea Bond, said the frame was "appalling" and reflected a wider practice of "disdain" towards Aboriginal historical sites including Uluru and Devil's Marbles. "There is a pattern of ...

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The Mandarin
Indigenous people can't simply trade their way out of disadvantage
The Mandarin
“To find out we are going backwards when it comes to health equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is extremely disappointing,” said O'Mara, who is of Wiradjuri descent. The professor says blank responses to the Redfern Statement ...

The Mandarin
Ken Smith: trust in First Peoples as the guardians of their own futures
The Mandarin
The 2018 Closing the Gap report was our annual reminder that we are not living up to our responsibility to Australia's First Peoples, particularly those in remote communities, where the gap in health and welfare outcomes with non-Indigenous Australia ...

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New Matilda
Behind Bars: Australia's Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In this special three part series for New Matilda, Michael Brull profiles the shocking revelations uncovered in a report written by Human Rights Watch ...

Let those who understand indigenous needs take over control of spending
The Australian
It is clear that current and indeed past government policies and interventions have failed, and it is time to hand responsibility to those who know and understand the needs and wishes of Aboriginal people. Jim Laffer, Bassendean, WA. Bravo, Andrew ...

The Australian Financial Review
Enough symbolism – time for Indigenous programs that work better
The Australian Financial Review
The 2009 Closing the Gaps Report aimed to set concrete goals to bring seven key Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander social statistics in line with or closer to the Australian mainstream. Ten years on, and despite over half a billion dollars a week ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal leaders say PM Malcolm Turnbull was 'deceitful' over ...
ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson accuses Malcolm Turnbull of being duplicitous for privately encouraging Aboriginal leaders to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the ...
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
Next 10 years must deliver more for Indigenous AustraliansCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
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Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
Radio Australia
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...

ABC Online
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
ABC Online
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes historyThe Guardian
History Makers – Aussie pairs skaters put on a showAustralian Olympic Committee

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Australian Aviation
New Qantas Dreamliner artwork honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
PerthNow
QANTAS has unveiled a stunning new colour scheme for its latest 787 to honour the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians at Seattle today. This is the fifth design in Qantas' flying art series, which started more than 20 years ago ...
Qantas unveils indigenous livery Boeing 787-9Australian Aviation

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AFL.com.au
Former B&F, indigenous leader join Pies' board
AFL.com.au
COLLINGWOOD has appointed one of Australia's foremost indigenous leaders Jodie Sizer and two-time Magpies best and fairest winner Paul Licuria to the club's board. Sizer and Licuria will replace Alisa Camplin and Ian McMullin, who have both elected to ...
Changes at the top at Collingwood as club champion returns3AW

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NSW prison officers stop drug runners | The Mercury
The Mercury
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The Age
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisiting
The Age
There is consensus that the lot of Australia's First Peoples will not significantly improve unless they are at the centre of policy formulation and execution. There is therefore merit in the notion, generated last year at the Uluru convention for a ...
Australia former PM talks about indigenous abusesAljazeera.com
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
What good was the apology to Stolen Generations with limited reparations, more kids taken?ABC Online
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The Australian
PoliticsNow: Live news, analysis from House of Representatives, Senate
The Australian
This was interpreted by some as a show of interest in the leadership role, although Mr O'Dowd told The Australian yesterday his comments were made in jest and that he will not be putting his hand up for a vacancy that does not exist. But just in case ...

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The Conversation AU
In Harley Windsor, Australia has its first Indigenous Winter Olympian – why has it taken so long?
The Conversation AU
Jamaica will again compete in Pyeongchang. Its first involvement in the 1988 Calgary Olympics was mythologised in the film Cool Runnings, which (inaccurately) portrayed its participation as somewhat comedic. The country has since participated at ...

Aljazeera.com
Australia former PM talks about indigenous abuses
Aljazeera.com
The man who apologised to indigenous people in Australia for the mistreatment they suffered for centuries, has been speaking to Al Jazeera. Ten years ago, Kevin Rudd, Australia's then-prime minister, apologised in parliament to generations of ...

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The Guardian
Revealed: how Australian spies filmed Indigenous activists during the cold war
The Guardian
While researching a film on other Indigenous activists, multi-award winning filmmaker and scriptwriter Morgan came across the Asio footage of Peckham and Bandler, publicly released under the 50-year rule, in the National Archives of Australia. Asio ...