Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
No trenches between Aussies: ex-army chief
SBS
Their comments come after Tony Abbott described British settlement as "a very good thing" and attacked Bill Shorten for having a bet each way on the date of Australia Day. The former prime minister said British settlement was something all Australians ...
Australia Day: 'British settlement a good thing': AbbottThe Australian
Australia Day: Tony Abbott says British settlement 'a very good thing'The Guardian

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The West Australian
Australia praised for same-sex marriage
SBS
Human Rights Watch welcomed a royal commission report into ending the systemic abuse of children in youth detention in the Northern Territory. However, it was scathing of staggeringly high incarceration rates among indigenous Australians, as well as ...
Human rights praise for same-sex marriageThe West Australian
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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Townsville Bulletin
Indigenous leader on Australia Day date change: Do Jews celebrate the holocaust?
Townsville Bulletin
The date of Australia Day, January 26, is controversial as it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit it
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians held a Day of Mourning on Australia Day back in 1938. And as Indigenous Labor MP Linda Burney wearily noted on Wednesday, she's been "dealing with this issue" in the weeks prior to January 26 for 30 years. And yet, whenever the ...

NEWS.com.au
Human rights praise for same-sex marriage
SBS
Human Rights Watch was pleased with a royal commission's recommendations aimed at ending systemic abuse against children in detention in the Northern Territory. However, it was scathing of dramatically disproportionate incarceration rates among ...
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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SBS
Australia has 'serious unresolved' human rights problems: HRW report
SBS
"Indigenous Australians are over-represented in the criminal justice system. Half the prison population has a disability, and inmates face violence, neglect, and extended periods of isolation. Abuses in juvenile detention centers and overbroad counter ...
Human rights praise for same-sex marriageThe West Australian
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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Community Newspaper Group
UWA historian suggests moving Australia Day to May 9 to celebrate federation
Community Newspaper Group
“Since 1938 however, Aboriginal Australians have pointed out that, from their perspective, the arrival of the British is not a cause for celebration: on the contrary, it ushered in an era of dispossession,” she said. “We now know that indigenous ...

Australian Aviation
Qantas's fourth Boeing 787-9 to feature indigenous livery
Australian Aviation
Qantas's says its fourth Boeing 787-9 will celebrate Australia's indigenous peoples with a yet-to-be-revealed special livery. The aircraft, registration VH-ZND, is due to arrive from the Boeing final assembly line in Everett, Washington State, in early ...

Herald Sun
Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams on her unconventional background and proud indigenous heritage
Herald Sun
They exchanged letters, she flew over to Australia, they had their honeymoon in a cave. “They both thought it was important for my childhood to incorporate both heritages. Mum being American, Dad being Aboriginal, we also had kangaroo tail and then ...

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Western Sydney doctor to sail solo for 15000km to close indigenous literacy gap
Catholic Leader
The junior doctor, who studied at the University of Queensland, pursued sailing after reading the autobiography of Joshua Slocum, the first man to single-handedly sail around the world, and is now planning a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean to open ...

The Australian
Australia Day: Bill Shorten dismisses call for separate holiday for indigenous
The Australian
Bill Shorten has dismissed his indigenous frontbencher Linda Burney's suggestion of a separate holiday to celebrate Australia's indigenous heritage, saying Australia already has enough public holidays. The comment cams as the Opposition Leader broke ...
Ken Wyatt wants to change the date of Australia Day - when we become a republicThe Sydney Morning Herald
Shorten backs Aust Day but hits out at PMSBS

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous recognition in our Constitution matters – and will need greater political will to achieve
The Conversation AU
It requires a referendum to amend the Australian Constitution to receive majority support in a majority of states. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's view is that for a proposal to succeed it would require “minimal or at least tepid opposition”. The ...

Brisbane Times
'Remove my music': Darren Hayes lashes Cory Bernardi over alternative Hottest 100
Brisbane Times
"It's been a cultural tradition for many people to listen to the Triple J Hottest 100 [and] that's no longer available to them," he said. "Creating a playlist under Spotify is available to anyone. This is nonsensical. Suddenly, artists are saying you ...

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9news.com.au
'Remove my music': Darren Hayes lashes Cory Bernardi over alternative Hottest 100
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, Triple J announced it was shifting the date of its Hottest 100 Australia Day out of respect for Indigenous Australians after an overwhelming majority of listeners flagged their support. On Thursday afternoon, Spotify issued a statement ...
Cory Bernardi creates his own 'alt Hottest 100' playlist for Australia Day9news.com.au
Musicians and Spotify distance themselves from Cory BernardiNEWS.com.au

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Brisbane Times
'Remove my music': Darren Hayes lashes Cory Bernadi over alternative Hottest 100
Brisbane Times
"It's been a cultural tradition for many people to listen to the Triple J Hottest 100 [and] that's no longer available to them," he said. "Creating a playlist under Spotify is available to anyone. This is nonsensical. Suddenly, artists are saying you ...

SBS
My Australia: The rising hip-hop star staying true to his first language
SBS
Last year he won a Triple J Unearthed Indigenous artist contest and performed at the National Indigenous Music Awards. He says he uses his rap to showcase the living nature of Indigenous languages. "It's something different and especially to round the ...

ABC Local
Australia Day dividing Australians and excluding Indigenous people, says Professor Chris Sarra
ABC Local
"Regrettably I don't think Australia Day, and what it represents, is a day that most people in the Aboriginal community want to celebrate," says Professor Chris Sarra, one of Malcolm Turnbull's key Indigenous advisers. "I say that mindful that you get ...

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The Guardian
Celebrating Australia Day on 26 January like dancing on graves, says reconciliation body
The Guardian
It is “impossible” for Australia Day to be an inclusive holiday while it remains held on 26 January, Reconciliation Australia has said. The independent organisation, which is the national expert body on reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Most don't care when Australia Day is held, poll findsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Holiday hubris getting in the way of indigenous issuesThe Australian
Heidi Anderson: Indigenous suicide rates out of controlPerthNow
Daily Mail
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Herald Sun
The Greens leader is trying to divide Australians
The Australian
It's an appropriate national day because it is arguably the most significant day in our country's history for indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. We seem able to manage a degree of duality with how we regard Anzac Day, most assuredly a military ...
James Campbell: Controversy over Australia Day catches Labor between the Greens and the CoalitionHerald Sun
Australia Day: Greens to use local council numbers to lead #changethedate pushInfosurhoy

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Brisbane Times
Holiday hubris getting in the way of indigenous issues
The Australian
But Burney has an idea to break the Australia Day impasse. RN Breakfast, yesterday: Burney: Australia should have a national public holiday that celebrates, that lifts up, that recognises First Nations peoples, First Nations stories ... Hamish McDonald ...
Most don't care when Australia Day is held, poll findsBrisbane Times

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