Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous dismay over political silence on Uluru statement
The Australian
Her address will come on the heels of Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson furiously lashing out at white Australia's failure “to take responsibility for your country” on the issue. “I'm angry about the intransigence and the lack of responsibility taken ...

Radio Australia
Indigenous recognition: Government stalling on First Nations body referendum, Labor says
Radio Australia
"Constitutional reform to accommodate the wishes of Indigenous Australians is important, but personally I'm not convinced that the model that was arrived at in Uluru is the right one," he said. "The idea of the consultative body established in the ...

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Four Rocky players to line up with Indigenous Allstars
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
The championships start on Friday and have attracted some of Australia and New Zealand's best darts players, who will vie for a share of the $60,000 in prizemoney. It has been a big year for the local quartet, who were also part of the first all ...

and more »

The Sydney Morning Herald
Rugby League World Cup: Johnathan Thurston wants pre-game acknowledgement to 'unite Australia'
The Sydney Morning Herald
Debutant Dane Gagai will be one of three Kangaroos players with Indigenous heritage in Meninga's 17 for the clash against England along with Will Chambers and fellow-rookie Wade Graham. Meninga's overhaul of the Australian culture has put an ...

and more »

Daily Telegraph
Wallabies' indigenous jersey set to stay after nation embraces popular strip
Daily Telegraph
The indigenous jersey championed by Kurtley Beale is set to stay. Sales of the jersey have gone gangbusters and numerous high profile athletes, such as Matt Giteau and Anthony Mundine, called for the Wallabies to adopt the jersey permanently. It is ...
Plans underway to ensure the Indigenous Wallabies jersey will be worn againFox Sports

all 3 news articles »

Law Council throws support behind referendum on the creation of ...  Law Council of Australia

Law Council backs indigenous voice vote
The Australian
Five months ago the Referendum Council backed a referendum for a constitutionally-enshrined indigenous advisory body at a historic convention in Central Australia. It's recommendations, delivered to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader ...

and more »

Fox Sports
Plans underway to ensure the Indigenous Wallabies jersey will be worn again
Fox Sports
Although the NRL and AFL have both held an Indigenous Round in their regular season for a number of years, the new-look and eye-catching jersey worn by the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday was the first of its kind by an Australian national sporting ...

and more »

Law Council backs Aboriginal referendum
NEWS.com.au
... treaty-making mechanism and a reconciliation commission. "We are now calling for genuine commitment from all federal parliamentarians to implement the Referendum Council's recommendations swiftly," Law Council of Australia President Fiona McLeod ...

and more »

The Mandarin
Indigenous Affairs and public administration: can't we do better?
The Mandarin
One message came through clearly: it is the public sector, not Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, that has to change practice, culture and the relational basis of their interactions with Australia's First Peoples. Delegates to the ...

Indigenous leaders fear reform risks stall
The Australian
But Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson said there had been no bigger champion for constitutional reform than the Greens. "We've certainly worked very hard with indigenous leaders and indigenous communities over many many years," he said. "Of course ...

and more »

ABC Online
Award-winning app boosts language skills to improve Indigenous health
ABC Online
Imagine every time you went to the doctor, you had a massive language barrier, because English isn't your first language and it's rare that medical professionals can speak your language. This is a situation faced by many Indigenous people in Australia.

Google News

ABC Online
Australia Day: Councils to be banned from changing the date if Liberals win SA election
ABC Online
Councils would be banned from changing the date they use to celebrate Australia Day in South Australia, the State Liberals have declared, if they win government in March. SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall, who is also the spokesperson for Aboriginal ...

ABC Local
Australia Day: Hobart City Council gets behind campaign for date change
ABC Local
The Hobart City Council is formally joining the push to change the date of Australia Day and will back aldermen who want to take part in the annual Invasion Day march. At its full meeting on Monday night, a four-point motion was passed seven votes to ...

and more »

ABC Online
Indigenous leaders angry about Government's 'lack of responsibility' to address constitution issue
ABC Online
... Statement, which arose from six months of consultations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. "I'm angry about the intransigence. And the lack of responsibility," he said. "I'm angry that our people are constantly seeking the sentiment ...

Katherine Times
More Aboriginal Australians finishing school
Katherine Times
The census results show that the highest Year 12 completion rates in 2016 were in the Australian Capital Territory (57 per cent) and Queensland (42 per cent) while the Northern Territory had the lowest proportion (22 per cent). The number of Aboriginal ...

and more »

Rugby's indigenous recognition a step in the right direction
The Australian
Australia is the only G20 nation that does not include nuclear power in this recipe, with the disastrous results that David describes. Nuclear power plants are expensive to build but cheap to operate so that the cost of electricity from them is in the ...

The Advertiser
SA Liberals would force local councils to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 if they won government
The Advertiser
Councillor Bruce Hull had argued that January 26 was the wrong day to celebrate Australia Day because it marked the British invasion of Aboriginal land. Interstate, the Yarra and Darebin councils in Victoria in August voted to scrap their Australia Day ...

SBS
Chinese-Australians prone to undiagnosed cases of Hepatitis B
SBS
Nearly 240,000 Australians have chronic Hepatitis B, but 38 per cent remain undiagnosed. Health organisations hope this latest campaign will not only raise awareness about Hepatitis B within the Chinese community, but also dispel myths about the ...

and more »

ANZSOG to blaze Indigenous trail
PS News
A conference in Sydney hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) has resolved that more needs to be done in the Australian Public Service to recognise ...