Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
How to make your own Indigenous herbs and spices rack
SBS
“We've encouraged and mentored people to have their own micro businesses on community and for First Nations' community to be able to actually own a place within the current native food industry.” And so the Outback Pride Project was born, harvesting ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
I used to love Australia Day. Now I get why it's an issue
The Sydney Morning Herald
A friend replied, "Sorry, Kelly, but my conscience cannot allow me to celebrate the day England invaded Aboriginal Australia and set forth a system based on racism and violence that promotes white rule on black land that our government still ...

The Conversation AU
Pointing to the scoreboard: how Indigenous hip hop keeps talking to white Australia
The Conversation AU
Like A. B. Original's members Briggs (Yorta Yorta man Adam Briggs) and Trials (Ngarrindjeri man Dan Rankine), other Indigenous rappers have been starting public conversations about white Australia's black history and producing various forms of hip hop ...
Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day and the spirit of oppressionThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Central Western Daily
OUR SAY: Australia Day's more than an opportunity for a barbecue
Central Western Daily
Australia Day was routinely moved to the Monday closest to January 26 so everyone could enjoy a long weekend. Most people would accept it as a day off work, to be spent with family – at a barbecue, perhaps. How Australian, was the general feeling – a ...

The Guardian
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownership
The Guardian
Labor governments in Victoria and South Australia have already committed to signing a treaty with Indigenous peoples, with the first to be signed within two months. SA has appointed a treaty commissioner, Roger Thomas, to consult with Aboriginal ...
Australia Day: 'Mixed emotions' as Aboriginal councils reveal opposing views on celebrationsABC Online
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
Will native Australian food ever be mainstream?SBS
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Central Western Daily
COMMENT: 'Whether you're Indigenous or not, this is your history'
Central Western Daily
CALL TO ARMS: Orange resident Tom Goolagong offers his thoughts on the Australia Day debate. I'VE been asked a lot recently about my point of view on changing the date of Australia Day, and whether we should. I've thought about it, hard, and it ...

Shepparton News
Councillors share views on Australia Day date
Shepparton News
She characterised Australia Day as ''a day to celebrate living together in harmony'' and to celebrate ''differences as well as similarity''. Cr Hazelman said the issue was one that would not be going away. For many indigenous Australians, he said ...

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Shepparton News
Councillors share views on Australia Day date
Shepparton News
She characterised Australia Day as ''a day to celebrate living together in harmony'' and to celebrate ''differences as well as similarity''. Cr Hazelman said the issue was one that would not be going away. For many indigenous Australians, he said ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day and the spirit of oppression
The Sydney Morning Herald
What is it that stops us all from celebrating Indigenous culture? Surely the oldest living culture in the world is something we could all celebrate together? "That would mean an acknowledgment of whose land it is, and they can't do that," he says. "You ...

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The Guardian
Australia Day: a guide to changing minds without ruining the barbecue
The Guardian
It was the day the British navy pulled into a bay that would become a penal colony for a country with a poor social safety net and ignored express instructions from the crown to establish a treaty with the native people. Hardly the illustrious birth of ...
Australia Day: If we were to change the date, these are some of our optionsABC Online
If we change Australia Day, to which date should we change it?The New Daily

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NEWS.com.au
Australian of the Year finalists 2018
NEWS.com.au
Theatre director and playwright Scott Rankin set up Big HART as a charity which uses the arts to bring about social justice, and now works with communities in regional, remote and urban Australia to “tell Australia's most invisible stories”. As well as ...

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Crikey
How Australia Day echoes the 1948 exodus of Palestine
Crikey
So tell me this: will non-aboriginal Australians ever be recognised as Australians by the First Australians? If the answer to this is affirmative, then there is no solution. What about mixed-race Australians? Even if they choose to identify as First ...

Crikey
For this migrant, Australia Day echoes the 1948 exodus of Palestine
Crikey
I was nine years' old when the government issued this heritage medallion to Australian students. My family and I were visiting my father's family in Kuwait during the Bicentennial celebrations. We watched the news of the massive Sydney protest march ...

Herald Sun
James Cook statue, and Burke and Wills statute vandalised
Herald Sun
... Williams John Wills who were the first white men to cross Australia from south to north. They died on their return to Melbourne in 1861. It is not yet known who defaced the statues. Police dust a beer bottle for finger prints in St Kilda. Picture ...
Vandals demanding to change the date of Australia Day spray paint the Aboriginal flag and the words 'no pride' on ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Indigenous director Warwick Thornton invites Australia to learn more about its history on January 26
ABC Online
"I don't like films that just let you dribble and you know who's going to win and what's going to happen" he says. It's no wonder then that his latest film is, at times, hard to watch. Released nationally on the eve of Australia Day, Sweet Country is a ...

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SBS
Mum, daughter in running for Aust awards
SBS
Ms Danganbarr respects the views of her fellow indigenous Australians who want to change the date of Australia Day from January 26. But she thinks there are other priorities to focus on, like domestic violence and school attendance. "I would rather ...

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Warwick Daily News
Indigenous elder says its time to get on the same team
Warwick Daily News
INDIGENOUS elder Sam Bonner may be a big fan of the cricket carnival, but when it comes to Australia Day he doesn't share the same passion. Mr Bonner said it was devastating to know Aboriginal history was constantly being erased. "They've completely ...

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Gladstone Observer
Indigenous elder says its time to get on the same team
Gladstone Observer
INDIGENOUS elder Sam Bonner may be a big fan of the cricket carnival, but when it comes to Australia Day he doesn't share the same passion. Mr Bonner said it was devastating to know Aboriginal history was constantly being erased. "They've completely ...

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The Age
State opposition to sack councils for not celebrating Australia Day
The Age
Premier Daniel Andrews has criticised the progressive inner-city councils for voting to change the date and instead advocates celebrations which get the "balance right" and respect Indigenous Australians. Local Government Minister Marlene Kairouz ...
Victorian opposition vows to scrap Safe Schools and teach 'western' principlesThe Guardian
Victorian Liberals vow to teach students 'Australian values'SBS

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SBS
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?
SBS
Australian of the Year finalist Bo Remenyi received the NT's state award for her lifesaving work. AAP. "Seeing women in leadership roles and competing internationally is important. It gives them the sense that anything is possible," she told AAP. Four ...
Quantum physics scientist named 'Australian of Year'Yahoo7 News
Turnbull praises Australian award nomineesRiverine Herald

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