Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Child dies from meningococcal in Darwin
SBS
Last week the 25th case of the W strain of the deadly disease was confirmed in the central Australian indigenous communities of Barkly and Katherine. All of those affected had been Aboriginal people while 19 of the recorded were kids younger than 10.

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Rugby.com.au
Full press conference: Indigenous mural unveil
Rugby.com.au
A mural that represents the design behind the first ever indigenous Wallabies jersey was unveiled in Brisbane today. Local council members, Classic Wallaby Tim Horan and the artists involved were on hand to commemorate the artwork. Australia takes on ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
A century on, an Indigenous family rides back into its World War I history
The Sydney Morning Herald
He was one of five Lovett brothers from the Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission in western Victoria to sign up to fight in the First World War. They and other men from Lake Condah had to battle for the very right to fight for Australia, for Indigenous men ...

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'Buy local' purchasing plan backfires
Government News
One supplier says the new contract unfairly favours foreign-owned companies over Australian suppliers, because the only manufacturer of Australian made indigenous paper refuses to supply the only Australian owned company on the Panel. “Instead of ...

ABC Online
Australia's human rights record under scrutiny ahead of expected election to UN committee
ABC Online
... indefinite detention of some 2,000 asylum seekers in offshore detention centres, along with the backward trend in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, education and employment, means Australia's once highly regarded reputation is being ...
Australia's human rights record under microscope amid UN council bidSBS
Aust to gain seat on UN human rights bodyNEWS.com.au
Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committeeThe Guardian
Junkee -International Business Times AU
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The Guardian (blog)
Travel and endless talk connected me to details Chatwin's Songlines missed
The Guardian (blog)
But Chatwin's, reductive, partial take on what pioneering anthropologists had long called “Dreaming tracks” opened a window onto the other – not least here in Australia where white engagement with Indigenous culture and belief remains culpably wanting.

The Conversation AU (blog)
We just Black matter: Australia's indifference to Aboriginal lives and land
The Conversation AU (blog)
Meanwhile, the murders of Aboriginal people in Australia have been less visible. If mentioned at all, Aboriginal deaths at the hands of the state are variously framed as “suspicious”, “unknown”, “accidental” or “inevitable”, despite the presence of ...

First Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography being compiled by university academics
ABC Local
Many Australians have heard of prominent Indigenous activists such as Bennelong, Eddie Mabo and Faith Bandler but know little about their background. Academics from the ANU and the University of Western Australia have begun work on the first ...

SBS
Australia's human rights record 'no hurdle' to UN council bid: Bishop
SBS
"During Australia's last review, in 2009, committee members raised concerns about the Australian government's policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights, its cruel treatment of people seeking asylum, its use of national security ...
Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committeeThe Guardian

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SBS
Australia's human rights record under microscope amid UN council bid
SBS
An expert committee will grill the Australian government on its human rights record, including on indigenous affairs and asylum seeker policies, as Australia prepares to join the powerful UN Human Rights Council. A coalition of non-government ...
Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committeeThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committee
The Guardian
Australia's human rights record will be critically assessed by a panel ofexperts this week, with controversial asylum policies and persistent indigenous issues highlighted as areas of significant concern. As Australia prepares to join the UN's powerful ...
Aust under microscope ahead of UN spotSBS

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NEWS.com.au
New wave of indigenous issues in visual art at ACE Open exhibitions as part of Tarnanthi Festival
NEWS.com.au
As former director of the South Australian Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Saunders' works reflect her role in the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair (Women's Business 2000 and Lore vs. Law 2000) and ongoing political observations (Redfern Speech … and ...

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Rugby.com.au
One Percenters: Indigenous jersey honours family legacy
Rugby.com.au
Rugby was a constant part of his life when he returned to Australia, with Peter and his late brother Paul growing up with the game at Sydney's Northern Suburbs. Cecil Ramalli in his later years. Photo: Supplied A product of his time, Cecil was ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Family Of Namatjira Recover Copyright After 30 Year Battle
Huffington Post Australia
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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One Percenters: Indigenous jersey honours family legacy
Rugby.com.au
Rugby was a constant part of his life when he returned to Australia, with Peter and his late brother Paul growing up with the game at Sydney's Northern Suburbs. Cecil Ramalli in his later years. Photo: Supplied A product of his time, Cecil was ...

SBS
Albert Namatjira's family recover copyright of his work
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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Voice of America
Australian State Enacts Landmark Laws to Revive Aboriginal Languages
Voice of America
In Australia, a drive is on to restore the identity and culture of the country's native, non-European peoples. New South Wales is the first state to pass laws to recognize and revive indigenous languages. Dozens of languages and dialects are thought to ...

Namatjira copyright returns to family
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous artists from APY Lands use ancient techniques to create new rock art
ABC Online
A group of Indigenous artists from the remote APY Lands in the far north of South Australia have been using ancient techniques to create brand new work. They are using ochre to paint stories on rocks, then taking photos of it which they can sell. It is ...

ABC Online
Memories fade, but Aboriginal elders on mission to identify historic Noonkanbah protestors
ABC Online
The pioneers of the Aboriginal land rights movement in the Kimberley are working off a faded photograph to try to identify people who took part in the Noonkanbah land rights protests, which galvanised Indigenous resistance in the region almost 40 years ...