Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Sport bringing Australian and African communities together in challenging times
ABC Online
You reflexively gag at the thought of another themed round where a major sports organisation extols the virtues of Indigenous or women's rights in order to justify lavish government funding or sponsorship. You cringe at the sight of a young footballer ...

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Politician's outback adventure
The Australian
Mr Laming said he travelled with his family to Kununurra for NAIDOC Week, when they met indigenous leaders and visited an arts centre and school. The accommodation costs claimed by Mr Laming are yet to be declared publicly. It is admirable that Mr ...

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ESPN
Patty Mills wearing Under Armour Mabo Day kicks to educate people
ESPN
Ever since he entered the NBA in 2009, Patty Mills has used the platform that professional basketball has afforded him to spread the culture and traditions of Indigenous Australians. From teammates, to members of the Spurs organization, to even the ...

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Snapshot of Australian wellbeing
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
5. The proportion of Indigenous people aged 20–24 who had attained Year 12 or an equivalent level of education rose significantly from 45% in 2008 to 62% in 2014–15. 6. In 2017, an estimated 3.8 million Australians (15% of the population) are aged 65 ...

SBS
Why there is no 'New Year': The seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia
SBS
The key to understanding this temporal reality is the shape of the stone calendar. It is round, not a continuum. There is no beginning or end, and as such, there is no “New Year”. Seasons do not serve as a basis for linear metaphors of new life in ...

Brisbane Times
How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers
Brisbane Times
Four white promoters pooled their resources, assembled an Aboriginal team and decided to take them to England. It was a business speculation, just like the first white Australian cricket tour of England 10 years later. The difference was that the 1878 ...

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The Australian
Taxpayer picks up Liberal Andrew Laming's $13000 travel bill
The Australian
Mr Laming said he tried to spend a week in an indigenous community each year — with visits to Cape York and Ramingining over the last three years — and his family usually accompanied him. Since July 2014 Mr Laming has claimed $48,884.78 for family ...

The battle of ideas is being lost in our classrooms
The Australian
At Year 10 the results of the survey are similar, with 94 per cent supporting the “cultural traditions and languages of indigenous Australians”, 88 per cent that “Australia has a responsibility to improve the quality of life of indigenous Australians ...

Herald Sun
John Batman descendant given honorary name Kuboroo by Aboriginal elder in spirit of reconciliation
Herald Sun
Murrundindi, who is the sanctuary's indigenous cultural adviser, is upset with the move by Darebin Council to rename Northcote's Batman Park after his late mother Gumbri. “Me and my brothers were not consulted about this — politics, power and money ...

UNSW Newsroom
Sydney Festival exhibitions at UNSW Galleries highlights plight of displaced people
UNSW Newsroom
His work has little details of western life that allows us to recognise aspects of our own existence within an alien existence," Fenner said. Closer to home, local artist Raphaela Rosella documents social stories, such as the lives of young mothers in ...

Google News

Riverine Herald
Ice sneaks under indigenous radar
Riverine Herald
Mr Calleja was responding to Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council chief executive Scott Wilson's comments that the ice problem is significantly bigger than the community realises and is tearing many indigenous communities apart. Mr Wilson also said in ...

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Riverine Herald
Ice sneaks under indigenous radar
Riverine Herald
Mr Calleja was responding to Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council chief executive Scott Wilson's comments that the ice problem is significantly bigger than the community realises and is tearing many indigenous communities apart. Mr Wilson also said in ...

ABC Online
Living and loving life on a cattle station in northern Australia
ABC Online
The young cattlewoman juggles station life with motherhood and her other passion — working as an Indigenous alcohol and drug worker for Kimberley Mental Health. Ms Gordon said she wanted Lamboo to become a place of hope for young people in Halls Creek ...

The Conversation AU
Explainer: the seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia
The Conversation AU
The key to understanding this temporal reality is the shape of the stone calendar. It is round, not a continuum. There is no beginning or end, and as such, there is no “New Year”. Seasons do not serve as a basis for linear metaphors of new life in ...

America Magazine
Indigenous communities in Australia press for a national voice despite setbacks
America Magazine
In Australia, Indigenous and settler relations are at a political low point, following the dismissal of a proposed First Nations “voice” in federal parliament. The voice has become part of the architecture of Aboriginal (mainland) and Torres Strait ...

Lawyers Weekly
The scores are in: Aus' 2017 human rights efforts revealed
Lawyers Weekly
“While the federal government can be awarded a couple of gold stars for ratifying OPCAT and legalising marriage equality (through a quite traumatic process), Australia has been repeatedly slammed at multiple United Nations forums this year in its ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
2017 Sport Rewind: In tune in both May and June
Coffs Coast Advocate
Coffs Harbour surfer Otis Carey claimed his second Australian Indigenous Surfing Title, putting together multiple carves and turns in the final at Bells Beach. Small in number but big on performance, the CASS Energy athletes showed their domination ...

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2017 Sport Rewind: In tune in both May and June
Coffs Coast Advocate
Coffs Harbour surfer Otis Carey claimed his second Australian Indigenous Surfing Title, putting together multiple carves and turns in the final at Bells Beach. Small in number but big on performance, the CASS Energy athletes showed their domination ...

Ballarat Courier
It Takes Courage creates links between culturally-diverse women
Ballarat Courier
The Womens Health Grampians It Takes Courage project meets weekly, hosting women from refugee and migrant backgrounds for discussion and cooked meals from each of their respective countries. Fourteen different cultures are represented, including ...

Fox Sports
Adelaide Strikers unveil Aboriginal-inspired playing shirts for Alice Springs debut
Fox Sports
THE Adelaide Strikers have unveiled unique playing shirts designed by Aboriginal artists to be worn during the Big Bash League's inaugural fixtures in Alice Springs later this month. Adelaide's players and coach Jason Gillespie, Australia's first ...