Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous funding: so little to show for $33bn
The Australian
Abolishing Australia — there are days when this seems an attractive option. All the governments falling apart — what an idea, and how very appealing, especially when the business activity statements forms are due. Seriously though, Onus-Williams says ...

The Australian
Labor MP quits over 'yesterday's ideas' for Aboriginal problems
The Australian
Scott McConnell, who was raised with Aboriginal people in Central Australia and who won more than 75 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote in a 2016 battle against the then community services minister, Aboriginal woman Bess Price, will not recontest ...

Daily Telegraph
D'Arcy Short poised for Australian T20 debut | Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
D'ARCY Short will become only the fourth Indigenous man to play cricket for Australia in a debut that ranks as one of the most anticipated in recent seasons. Test great Mark Waugh has already compared Short to captain David Warner, and there is a ...

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Green Left Weekly
Indigenous activists: 'Australian nationalism is dangerous'
Green Left Weekly
On January 24, Victorian Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy said “unpatriotic councils” that do not use January 26 to celebrate would be sacked. He was specifically threatening the Moreland, Darebin and Yarra councils, which have shifted ...

The Guardian
More Indigenous students in school until year 12, ABS says
The Guardian
​Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are staying in school longer but Australia's Indigenous retention rate remains well below that of other students. On Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released new school statistics showing the ...
Indigenous students stick to study: reportSBS

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The Australian
Labor pledges to fly Aboriginal flag permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Australian
“We should all be proud of 60,000 years of indigenous history here,” he said in a statement. “Flying the Aboriginal flag on the great arch that defines Sydney around the world is an appropriate expression of that pride.” Talking to Jones on his 2GB ...
Alan Jones slams Luke Foley's plan to fly Aboriginal flag on Sydney Harbour BrideDaily Telegraph
Aboriginal flag to permanently fly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge if Labor electedTen Eyewitness News
Foley to give Aboriginal flag equal status if elected Premier9news.com.au
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Indigenous footballers create history in New Zealand on clash of cultures tour
South Coast Register
A NUMBER of Shoalhaven top footballers have just returned from New Zealand, where they created history as part of the inaugural clash of cultures trans-Tasman football series tour. Wreck Bay trio Lewis Archibald (Yuin Sharks), Tyrone Nye-Williams ...

SBS
Melbourne council 'bans staff from saying Australia Day'
SBS
All staff are asked to use the words 'January 26 public holiday' rather than 'Australia Day public holiday' when notifying clients or customers of the opening hours of their service or centre on this day." Multicultural Affairs Minister Alan Tudge said ...
Yarra City Council tells staff to stop referring to Australia DayBrisbane Times

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The Australian
Aboriginal bodies handed power to cut record wave of state wards
The Australian
The national peak body for Aboriginal children, SNAICC, is calling on all states and territories to adopt an Aboriginal family-led decision-making program to give vulnerable families a greater say when welfare authorities become involved in their ...

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Daily Telegraph
Luke Foley wants Aboriginal flag next to national flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge every day
Daily Telegraph
With just over a year until polling day, Mr Foley told The Daily Telegraph in an exclusive interview: “I think there is unfinished business when it comes to our relationship with Australia's first people. NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley is shaping his ...

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COAG leaders to talk about Australia Day date change on February 9
The Advocate
Tasmanian Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell has been selected as part of a group to inform Coalition of Australian Government leaders on the next phase of the Closing the Gap agenda. Mr Mansell said the meeting will discuss a demand to change the ...

The Conversation AU
The great Australian plays: The Cake Man and the Indigenous mission experience
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australian activists and artist have consistently utilised the potential for theatre… to create different frames… of Indigenous Australians… In a show like Basically Black (1972), the “gaze” as an expression of racial objectification was ...

B&T
Study: Only 17% Supported Triple J's Hottest 100 Move (& Only 27% Want Australia Day Moved)
B&T
The findings are part of this year's national study about attitudes towards Australia Day conducted among a representative sample of 1001 Australians 18 and older by Review Partners/ Research Now SSI. It also found that when it came to youth network ...

Herald Sun
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood says Melbourne City Council should mark 'atrocities” against Aborigines on Australia Day
Herald Sun
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood wants changes to Australia Day celebrations. But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the ...

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Daily Telegraph
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood says Melbourne City Council should mark 'atrocities” against Aborigines on Australia Day
Daily Telegraph
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood wants changes to Australia Day celebrations. But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the ...

Pro Bono Australia
First Commissioner for Aboriginal Children Steps Down
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous organisations have hailed Australia's first commissioner for Aboriginal children a “fearless advocate” as he steps down from the role. Andrew Jackomos, the inaugural Victorian commissioner for Aboriginal children and young people, stepped ...

ABC Online
Older Indigenous Australians with illness or disability at high risk of depression, study finds
ABC Online
In the month before completing an interview for the study, a fifth of Indigenous patients aged 45 or over had experienced anxiety and depression requiring professional help, as well as feelings of restlessness and hopelessness. "They feel marginalised ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...

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Herald Sun
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people on Australia Day
Brisbane Times
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia DayHerald Sun

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Aboriginal 'warrior' seems tormented by self-hate
The Australian
Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW. Let's just for a moment try to imagine that Dtarneen Onus-Williams's wish has come true and Australia as we know it has been abolished, the settlers have gone back to wherever they and ...

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