Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

National Indigenous Times
'Rising levels of racism' concern UN
National Indigenous Times
Pic: Australian Human Rights Commission. The United Nations says it is concerned at rising levels of racism, discrimination and xenophobia in Australia and that Indigenous people, migrants and refugees are bearing the brunt of racist hate speech and ...

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National Indigenous Times
UN report damns widespread discrimination
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous Australians face persistent challenges and discrimination in all aspects of their life, a United Nations committee has said in a new report. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said attempts to close the gaps between ...

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National Indigenous Times
25 years on, Karla laments lack of change
National Indigenous Times
The secret to Australia's queen of Indigenous television Karla Grant's seemingly endless energy may well lie in a treadmill in a Sydney gym. For a decade and a half, Grant has maintained a breakneck pace as one of NITV's most recognisable faces — the ...

National Indigenous Times
Tricia Button breaks new ground at ILC
National Indigenous Times
Tricia Button has been appointed the new deputy chief executive officer of the Indigenous Land Corporation — the first Indigenous woman to hold the job. Mrs Button joined the ILC in 2015 as the divisional manager of the eastern division and was later ...

National Indigenous Times
Traditional languages bring Pop to life
National Indigenous Times
She said the project had grown out of the library's Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project. “In 2011 we had linguist Dr Michael Walsh come in and basically mine the original manuscripts of the library,” Ms Thorpe said. “He identified significant ...

ABC Online
Organ transplant system 'tipped towards non-Indigenous patients'
ABC Online
Dr Paul Lawton, a specialist at the Menzies School of Health Research, said Australian kidney specialists were "well meaning" but that structural racism had led to unacceptably low transplant rates for Aboriginal patients. He said Australia's system ...
New Vatican publication highlights Indigenous art, cultureCatholic Outlook (press release) (blog)

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Riverine Herald
Indigenous festival has magic touch
Riverine Herald
The festival, organised by Echuca's Clayton Murray-Mitchell, was a celebration of Indigenous culture that saw hundreds of Indigenous Australians, representing the many peoples of Victoria and NSW, come to the town. The centrepoint of the festival was a ...

Teacher Magazine
Civic knowledge, understanding and engagement
Teacher Magazine
There were also achievement gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students nationally. In Year 6, 20 per cent of Indigenous students reached the proficient standard compared to 56 per cent of non-Indigenous students; the percentages for Year 10 ...
Australian students beguiled by allure of the cultural leftThe Australian

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ABC Online
Nurse stood down for racist social media rant, employment lawyer says breaches are common
ABC Online
"Such a person, because of the professional duty that they have, has a duty of care for everybody, and that includes black kids as well as non-black kids." Ms Farrer, herself a Gija woman, said being drunk was no excuse for the comments. She said there ...

ABC Online
Children from migrant families are standout performers in spelling, NAPLAN results show
ABC Online
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are also standout performers in reading and maths improvement over the past decade. But this year's national picture is mixed, and the Federal Government has described an overall decline in writing and ...
High school reading stalls in NAPLAN 'wake-up call'The Australian
NAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continueThe Conversation AU

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ABC Online
Step up man, you're a representative of a proud Indigenous culture
ABC Local
Every day I wake up and know the last name I carry represents a whole lineage of people who have come before me. I am proud to be from an ancient culture. It is time to step up and be a positive role model for the next generation. Maybe one day we will ...
From turtle hunting to a future Aboriginal PM, 10 young Indigenous people share their dreamsABC Online

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Moving schools made me question what being Indigenous meant ...
ABC Local
As a kid, I loved spending my weekends going out fishing, crabbing and camping in the bush. It was the only life I knew. My town was full of family aunties, uncles and cousins wherever I'd go. But in 2013 everything changed. I was awarded a scholarship ...

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Planeta.com
Aboriginal and Indigenous Australia
Planeta.com
Aboriginal Australians conserve the oldest culture in the world. Human occupation of Australia started about 65,000 years ago with successive waves of immigration from south and southeast Asia. Archaeologists continue to revise the date of early ...

NT News
Coles to open Palmerston supermarket with record number of indigenous employees
NT News
Out of the 120 who will work at the store, 42 will be indigenous. Of those 15 have come through the Coles' first steps program targeted at those who have been out of the workforce for sometime. Coles managing director John Durkan said the 30 per cent ...

Australian students beguiled by allure of the cultural left
The Australian
In addition to strongly supporting “the cultural traditions and languages of indigenous cultures”, the ACARA report notes that students believe “immigrants should be encouraged to keep their cultural traditions and languages”, plus “all Australians ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Councillor could have citizenship ceremony powers revoked after comments
The Sydney Morning Herald
It has also become known as Invasion Day among many Indigenous Australians. In a reply letter sent to Mr Hawke this week, Cr Sri said he was "deeply concerned". "It is bizarre and troubling that your government would attempt to censor and restrict ...

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Courier Mail
Ice epidemic Queensland: Indigenous towns hit by scourge
Courier Mail
Murweh Shire Mayor Annie Liston said the programs were opening up new opportunities and avenues for teenagers, with some having joined the Australian Defence Force after participating in the camps. “It's all about getting those kids interested and ...

ArtsHub
Applause: recent winners
ArtsHub
To engage with difference is to both recognise that it exists and accommodate it on its own terms, rather than on the terms of the majority. Enter now for the 35th Telstra NATSIAA. Join a list of acclaimed artists in 2018 by entering the most ...

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The Guardian
'Elaborately dishonest': Turnbull remarks on Indigenous voice to ...
The Guardian
PM's response to question on Q&A sought to sow division by suggesting voice would have veto powers, critics say.
Malcolm Turnbull grilled on refugees and indigenous rightsThe Australian
Malcolm Turnbull Absolutely Copped It From A Bloody Game 'Q&A ...Pedestrian TV
UN body backs Indigenous calls for voice to ParliamentABC Online
Daily Mail
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