Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Turnbull slammed for leaving indigenous health, Close the Gap breakfast early
Daily Telegraph
Mr Turnbull attended for the first two major speeches by June Oscar, Close the Gap Campaign co-chair and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and Rod Little, Co-Chair at the National Congress of Australia's First People ...
Pat Dodson slams Malcolm Turnbull for leaving Close The Gap breakfastABC Online

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Politics Live: Backdown on secrecy laws, citizenship saga gets personal
The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor has hit out at the government over a newly released review of Australia's Closing the Gap strategy to address Indigenous disadvantage. The 10-year review from the Close the Gap steering committee has concluded the policy was "effectively ...

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ABC Online
What happened to the top students of the class of 1998?
ABC Online
Like Dr Irving-Stonebraker, she knew from a young age what she wanted to be: a lawyer and advocate for Indigenous Australians. She said that dream was borne after witnessing racial discrimination towards Indigenous students from teachers at primary ...

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap health goals 'effectively abandoned' for political reasons
The Guardian
A Closing the Gap review said that viewing Indigenous health spending as part of a 25-year program 'was effectively abandoned after five years'. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAP. The Closing the Gap strategy was established in 2008 with the aim of ...
Indigenous health needs more money: reportSBS

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, the Turnbull government stripped Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to hold citizenship ceremonies after they voted to cease holding ceremonies on Australia Day. Cr Byrne instead wants the council to "consult with the ...

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Brisbane Times
Inner west council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations
Brisbane Times
Last year, the Turnbull government stripped Melbourne's Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to hold citizenship ceremonies after they voted to cease holding ceremonies on Australia Day. Cr Byrne instead wants the council to "consult with the ...

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The West Australian
Australia's first indigenous Winter Olympics athlete Harley Windsor arrives in South Korea
The West Australian
An Aussie mum, whose son will become the first indigenous athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics, will head to South Korea to watch her son compete. Harley Windsor's mum Josie worked two jobs to pay for her son's figure skating career, while raising ...
When an Aussie mum's dream comes trueYahoo7 Sport

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The Guardian
Indigenous action needed at COAG: leaders
SBS
"Changing the date of Australia Day is an essential first step ... a new date is needed to avoid division," Mr Mansell told the National Indigenous Times. The group will meet with state and territory leaders on Thursday before representatives address ...
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the ...The Guardian

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Teaching English to Indigenous Australian students
ABC Online
For a number of Indigenous Australian students, Australian English is a new language that they learn in high school. Tanith Margetson is a teacher at Tennant Creek High School in the Northern Territory, where 85 per cent of the students are Indigenous ...

National Indigenous Times
Harley's 'wrong turn' is right on track
National Indigenous Times
Australia's first Indigenous winter Olympian, figure skater Harley Windsor, is due to arrive in South Korea today ahead of his history-making turn on the ice with competition partner and former Russian skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya. The hopes of ...
Meet Australia's First Indigenous Winter OlympianteleSUR English

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National Indigenous Times
Australia Day debate now on COAG agenda
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal leaders are poised to ask all tiers of government to formally change the date of Australia Day before next year. Tasmanian lawyer and Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell said the issue of Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 — the ...

Former PM weighs in on treaty talk
National Indigenous Times
Former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia is “on a trajectory towards a treaty”. In an interview to be aired on NITV current affairs show Living Black tonight, Mr Rudd says Australia won't achieve reconciliation until a treaty is in place ...

National Indigenous Times
Cricket's best take to the field in Alice
National Indigenous Times
Australia's most talented Indigenous cricketers have taken to the fields in Alice Springs this week for the National Indigenous Cricket Championships. Seven men's and six women's state and territory teams are competing for the national titles. The ...
Nate Jones' NSW begin Imparja Cup with wins against Northern Territory and VictoriaSouth Coast Register

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer? - SBS
SBS
SBS News looks at the targets set in 2008 to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous disadvantage, and whether any have been met.
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
Coalition urged to prioritise Indigenous-run services in Closing the Gap program
The Guardian
Victoria will push the federal government to commit to preferencing Indigenous community-controlled service providers under the redesigned Closing the Gap program when ministers meet ahead of the Council of Australian Governments meeting on Friday ...
Closing the Gap: 10 years on, are we any closer?SBS

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Benji Marshall, Johnathan Thurston possible headline players for Maori v Indigenous Australia clash
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Benji Marshall, Johnathan Thurston possible headline players for Maori v Indigenous Australia clash. now. share. Source: 1 NEWS. A proposed rugby league Test played between the New Zealand Maori and an Australian Indigenous side is reportedly on the ...

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The Guardian
Kevin Rudd was advised against opening parliament with apology to stolen generations
The Guardian
Kevin Rudd was advised against making the apology to the stolen generations at the opening of the new parliament after his election in 2007 and was “worried something could go wrong”, according to Jenny Macklin, then minister for Indigenous affairs. In ...

Brisbane Times
The program helping Indigenous students beat the average
Brisbane Times
Combs, who grew up in a rough area of Colorado Springs, was an alumnus of INROADS and saw the need for something similar for Indigenous youth in Australia. Despite being 2.8 per cent of the population, Indigenous Australians only compose 1.7 per cent ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The program helping Indigenous students beat the average
The Sydney Morning Herald
CareerTrackers was founded eight years ago by Michael Combs, an African-American who moved to Australia for a previous job with Hewlett Packard. Combs, who grew up in a rough area of Colorado Springs, was an alumnus of INROADS and saw the need for ...

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NEWS.com.au
Shannon Noll and Danny Green clash over date of Australia Day on I'm a Celebrity ...
NEWS.com.au
Shannon Noll has some big opinions on Australia Day. Picture: Warner Music AustraliaSource:Supplied. ROCKER Shannon Noll says he supports moving Australia Day to a date that reflects the celebration of all Australians. Speaking in the South African ...
'I have no interest in getting into this political conversation': I'm A Celebrity star Kerry Armstrong furiously ...Daily Mail

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