Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Leading causes of death in Australia revealed
SBS
Deaths among Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has increased by 19 per cent or 128,000 people over five years to 2016, according to ABS Demography Director Beidar Cho. The Indigenous population is at 798,400, or 3.3 per cent ...

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The Guardian
I'm part of the world's oldest living culture, but could I kill a zombie with a boomerang?
The Guardian
In bookstores I found Indigenous speculative fiction novels like the dystopian futurist works of Sam Watson and Alexis Wright, and the adolescent fiction of Palyku writer Ambelin Kwaymullina, creator of the Tribe trilogy – Australia's answer to the ...

Honouring Namatjira's legacy
The Australian
For many Australians, the works of Albert Namatjira were their introduction not only to indigenous paintings but also to art in general. Almost 60 years after his death they remain firm favourites in many living rooms across this continent and around ...

Action plan to help Indigenous Australians with consumer issues::
Invest in Australia
NICS members are the ACCC, ASIC, state consumer affairs agencies and the Indigenous Consumer Action Network (ICAN). We work together to ensure that issues affecting Indigenous Australians are given a priority within each of our agencies and ...

ABC Online
Desert Feet bringing the healing power of music to remote Indigenous communities
ABC Online
The 71-year-old is concerned that current programs tackling mental health problems in remote Aboriginal communities aren't working. "There's been talkfests talking about mental health but what concerns me is the action isn't there," Ms Knight told 7.30.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Why Australian athletes won't #TakeTheKnee
The Sydney Morning Herald
And then of course there is Australian Rules footballer, Adam Goodes. In his last season of competition, the Australian of the Year, Goodes was booed for an entire season for his views on Aboriginal issues. Many commentators and football fans claimed ...

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Good Food
Escape to the other cape: Cape Leveque in the Kimberley
Good Food
I've come for the gubinge crush – a uniquely northern Australian sensation. Gubinge? You might know it by another name. Terminalia ferdinandiana, green plum, billygoat plum, salty plum, or its most common English name, Kakadu plum, is an Indigenous ...

The Guardian
Youth justice system rules driving up Indigenous incarceration rate, commissioner says
The Guardian
... had “a disproportionate impact on Aboriginal young people” and violated Australia's human rights obligations. A number of young people consulted as part of the submission said there should be more Indigenous-specific programs available both in and ...

The Advertiser
Mitcham Council Australia Day celebrations 'blatantly disrespectful' to its Aboriginal residents, artist says
The Advertiser
Mitcham Council this year held its Australia Day ceremony at the historic Carrick Hill mansion in Springfield. Ms Close said any opposition to Cr Hockley's push would be viewed poorly by the indigenous community. “Unfortunately, this nation is built on ...

The Australian
Public service workforce falls to decade low
The Australian
There are 4821 indigenous Australians in the public service or 3.2 per cent of the workforce — up from 3935 or 2.5 per cent in 2007. The number of people with disabilities has fallen to 5486 — down from 5602 in 2007 — but holding steady as a share ...

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Star Weekly
Brimbank to review Australia Day celebrations
Star Weekly
Mayor John Hedditch said the council would review its Indigenous Action Plan later this year before making a decision. Three Victorian councils – Darebin, Yarra and Moreland – have dumped January 26 as a day of celebration as a show of support for ...

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ABC Online
Tane Chatfield's family demands answers from Corrective Services NSW over death in custody
ABC Online
The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody are calling for answers, saying the circumstances leading to his death are unclear. Tane Chatfield, 22, was found unresponsive at Tamworth Correctional Centre last Wednesday and died in hospital two ...
Death in custody: Tane Chatfield's family says 22-year-old was looking forward to releaseThe Guardian

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Indigenous AFL players are greatly admired by fans
The Australian
All of our indigenous players have been applauded, loved and admired by hundreds of thousands of fans. Instead of having that message reinforced, there are those who have trained some of the lads to ignore all that. No matter how many of those white ...

ABC Online
Smoking rates among pregnant Indigenous women tackled in major research project
ABC Online
Many of those resources have been digitally focused. Phase two involved a pilot project using those resources, and was implemented in NSW, South Australia and Queensland. "We had trained all of the health providers at those services," Associate ...

The Australian (blog)
Connections to indigenous cultural feed a broader role in the community
The Australian (blog)
Australia Council researcher Mandy Whitford says there is a strong relationship between cultural maintenance — such as speaking an indigenous language and involvement in cultural events — and rates of education and employment. “These findings show ...

When will Australia hear this?
The Australian
A report last week from a parliamentary inquiry into the hearing health of Australians revealed what those working in the field of ear health have known for decades. The prevalence of otitis media (middle ear) infections among Aboriginal and Torres ...

The West Australian
Players not just a commodity: New Fremantle Dockers board member
The West Australian
Professor Hayward was the 2008 National NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year, was inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame in 2012 and is a Member of the Order of Australia. Former champion Australian swimmer Sam Riley, serving with Gold Coast, ...

The Australian
'Miranda must go': push to end Hanging Rock's enduring myth
The Australian
Visitor numbers to Hanging Rock are likely to soar next year when Foxtel releases FremantleMedia Australia's reimagining of Lindsay's novel, which stars indigenous actress Madeleine Madden as one of the schoolgirls. The series has been sold to Amazon ...

SBS (blog)
This & That: 'Walkabout', 'Yolngu Boy'
SBS (blog)
David Gulpilil (OAM) is without a doubt Australia's most famous and prolific Indigenous performer. Now aged in his sixties, the Arnhem-raised Yolngu dancer and actor is famed for his grace, charisma and almost uncanny ability to dominate any film he ...

ABC Online
You're probably reading the wrong books: We need to seek authors with different lives to us
ABC Online
"There's certainly more and more Australian Indigenous writers who are being published … and recognised at a really high level, which is really wonderful," she says, paying tribute to initiatives like the State Library of Queensland's national black ...