Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS - The World Game
There is a land of five rivers called Punjaub, right here in Australia!
SBS - The World Game
What's more, the adjoining estate is named 'Almora', which further deepens the connection of the Australian Punjaub with the Indian Punjab - both are named so because they are the land of five rivers, and both have an adjoining land called "Almora". Mr ...

The Border Mail
Living Lightly | Making better seafood choices
The Border Mail
UNDER PRESSURE: Our passion for seafood is causing a crisis in our oceans and as consumers we need to be far more aware of sustainable products. I'm on the seafood diet; I see food, and I eat it – Homer Simpson. Perched on an island as we are, both ...

The Guardian
Closing the Gap 'refresh': Coalition accused of ignoring Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
The voice to parliament proposal was rejected by Turnbull, who claimed it would fail at a referendum – despite polling showing it had support. Turnbull also said it was a new and undiscussed concept despite cabinet papers this week revealing it was ...

SBS
'We didn't expect to hit the main nerve:' AB Original on music and activism
SBS
Not on the scale that is necessary, including changing the date of Australia Day from January 26 to a day of mourning and the celebration of survival for Indigenous Australians. "I think being a part of the broader conversation about [these issues ...

Women's Agenda
Political hopes for 2018? Something different: #Auspol Brains Trust
Women's Agenda
Serious bi-partisan efforts to work with indigenous Australia (all of the multiple voices) to work out an honourable way forward. But my 2018 expectations are different. I'm expecting continued partisan squabbling over S44 constitutional fallout ...

The Guardian
Indigenous children's commissioner rejects out-of-home care targets
The Guardian
The other is a target to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the prison system. The two are inextricably linked: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found in 2016 that children who were known to the child protection system ...

The Canberra Times
Keating government ignored Finance Department call to abolish National Museum
The Canberra Times
Mr Keating's cabinet agreed instead to create a Gallery of Aboriginal Australia, housing the National Museum's Indigenous collections, on Acton peninsula with new accommodation for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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Still far short of closing the gap
The Australian
It is good news for the next generation of indigenous Australians that the decade-old Closing the Gap process is on track to meet one of its most important targets — halving the gap for Year 12 or equivalent attainment by indigenous students by 2020 ...

The Advertiser
Adelaide Strikers to wear new shirts designed by Aboriginal artists for historic BBL match in Alice Springs
The Advertiser
Strikers men's coach Jason Gillespie, who is the first indigenous Australian Test cricketer, said the shirts were a “great initiative”. “The shirts look brilliant, the artists have done a great job. We will all be very proud to wear them in Alice ...

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Herald Sun
Adelaide Strikers to wear new shirts designed by Aboriginal artists for historic BBL match in Alice Springs
Herald Sun
Strikers men's coach Jason Gillespie, who is the first indigenous Australian Test cricketer, said the shirts were a “great initiative”. “The shirts look brilliant, the artists have done a great job. We will all be very proud to wear them in Alice ...

Belfast Telegraph
Northern Ireland journalist scoops award in Australia for her work
Belfast Telegraph
Jane Bardon, formerly a BBC reporter in Northern Ireland, is now a senior reporter with ABC based in Darwin, Australia. She is also the daughter of Jonathan Bardon, the author of A History of Ulster, which is regarded as the definitive book on the ...

The Australian
Keating held Court over native title
The Australian
And in 1995 the key “third plank” of the native title act, the so-called “social justice package”, began to be considered, after Mr Keating sought the views of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission on further measures to address the ...
Native title: How the West lost its land actBrisbane Times

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The Conversation AU
Cabinet papers 1994-95: The Keating government begins to craft its legacy
The Conversation AU
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's work as a national representative body was seen as integral to overcoming this challenge. The new National Native Title Tribunal brought sharp focus to these concerns. Keating urged that this body ...
Cabinet papers: PM made captain's call on DeaneThe Australian
Keating's struggle to implement Mabo decision revealed in 1994-95 cabinet papersThe Guardian

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Brisbane Times
Native title: How the West lost its land act
Brisbane Times
Queensland – under the Labor government of Wayne Goss – proved friendly and Cabinet endorsed Paul Keating's offer to meet at least 50 per cent of the compensation, legal and administrative costs likely to arise in determining what land was open to ...

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The Australian
Setting scene for crackerjack new year
The Australian
Australian Hollywood star Hugh Jackman co-designed one particular gold effect to the music of indigenous musician Gurrumul Yunupingu. Brits Rowannah Smith and Stepheine Butler, with Swiss friends Rahel Amman and Alexandra Weber, waited two hours to get ...
New Year's Eve: Partygoers swarm capital citiesNEWS.com.au
Record fireworks to light up Sydney on NYESBS
Sydney prepares for record NYE fireworksThe West Australian
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Closing the Gap: Indigenous targets mostly unmet
The Australian
Ten years after Kevin Rudd delivered the first prime minister's Closing the Gap report to parliament, only one of seven targets is on track to be met, four more are due to expire in June with no hope of being achieved and all levels of government, as ...

The Guardian
Keating's struggle to implement Mabo decision revealed in 1994-95 cabinet papers
The Guardian
“The central message is as understandable as it is unequivocal; without the achievement of true social justice for Indigenous Australians, it will not be possible to achieve lasting reconciliation.” The Keating government was also busy extending human ...

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Brisbane Times
Unearthed winner Baker Boy makes high-energy Woodford debut
Brisbane Times
Though he confesses he is not a political person, Baker does rap about his life in Melbourne and his regional home of Milingimbi and Maningrida and the importance of keeping native languages alive. “I wanna let Australia and the world know that there's ...

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The Advertiser
Tauto Sansbury: Aboriginals have little to feel positive about
The Advertiser
Like it or not, Aboriginal Australians are the most disadvantaged, ostracised, criticised and victimised group in society. We experience racism pretty much on a daily basis. I speak from experience. This is Aboriginal life. I want to share with you my ...

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PerthNow
Tauto Sansbury: Aboriginals have little to feel positive about
PerthNow
FOR the best part of my 40 years' involvement with my community, with governments, with the political system, with service providers both Aboriginal and NGOs, there isn't much I can write about that has been positive for the long term. As we enter the ...

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