Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down measures don't work
The Guardian
Because of the previous government's opposition, Australia could not become a signatory, but the Labor government stated their intention to reset relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and to build trust in order to work together ...

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Political plan to 'put the bulldozer' through Aboriginal reserve
The Australian
The allegations gained momentum after officials from the West Australian government's remote reform unit visited Roebourne in June last year to talk to indigenous residents about issues including the future of the town reserve of Cheeditha, former WA ...

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The Australian
Evelyn Scott: tributes flow for reconciliation trailblazer
The Australian
Upon her death yesterday, Evelyn Scott was credited by Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion with achieving much of the progress in indigenous rights — not just in the north but right around Australia. Former prime minister's indigenous advisory ...

The Canberra Times
Author Anita Heiss delivers University of Canberra Ngunnawal lecture
The Canberra Times
Award-winning Indigenous author Anita Heiss has called on Australia's universities to commit to nurturing young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to help close the widening literacy gap. The educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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"Trailblazing" Indigenous rights activist Dr Evelyn Scott dies
ABC Online
Indigenous activist Dr Evelyn Scott - who was one of the lead campaigners behind the 1967 constitutional referendum - has died. The 81 year old is being remembered as a trailblazer who changed Australia. She lobbied for the inclusion of Indigenous ...

The Australian
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in Queensland - The Australian
The Australian
Queensland indigenous elder and activist Evelyn Scott has died, her family has confirmed in a statement.
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged ...ABC Online
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott dies | SBS NewsSBS

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Huffington Post Australia
Why Australia Should Sign The UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Now.
Huffington Post Australia
Many Australian indigenous and service personnel victims of British colonial nuclear testing at Maralinga, Emu Field and the Montebello islands in the 1950s and '60s would no doubt attest to the importance of the treaty, which will come into force upon ...

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ABC Online
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged 81
ABC Online
Among the towering figures of Australia's Aboriginal and Islander communities, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, stood proud and tall. The Indigenous educator and social justice campaigner has died in far north Queensland aged 81, and is being remembered as a ...
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in QueenslandThe Australian
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott diesNEWS.com.au
Community in mourning after activist and leader Dr Eveleyn Scott passes awaySBS

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Gizmodo Australia
Meet The Indigenous Digital Excellence Awards Finalist Creating Change In The Sustainable STEM Space
Gizmodo Australia
IDX is continuing an 80,000 year tradition of innovation that has been practiced by Indigenous people and communities across Australia. What Indigenous innovators are doing today is combining the sophistication of traditional knowledge with 21st ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Jail numbers point to a wider malaise
The Sydney Morning Herald
The disproportionate representation of Aboriginal people in our jails is a symptom of a wider disconnect, which no court process can fix. Jails may mean one thing for Australia's non-Indigenous population and something quite different for its first people.

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Deirdre McCloskey explains what makes Australia great
The Australian
The many places that have succeeded have nothing in common in terms of their indigenous history, race, geography, climate or resources. Any claims to ownership of Australian IP — that is, how it became the Australia of today — that rests on the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
London's Tate Modern takes possession of iconic Australian art
The Sydney Morning Herald
London: Captain Cook fades into the background, replaced by bold indigenous colours in a new work displayed at London's Tate Modern, part of a program to bring Australian art into the international limelight. On Tuesday, the Tate unveiled Gordon ...

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ABC Online
Heterosexual, white men with jobs 'aren't included in anything', Canberra Liberal MLA says
ABC Online
The private motion, which was brought on by Labor MLA Tara Cheyne, noted government funding to promote the inclusion of women, gay and lesbian Canberrans, refugees, Indigenous Australians and vulnerable people. It applauded programs like A Gender ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day review: 'A full vision of the hell of Australian race relations'
The Sydney Morning Herald
So now we have three storylines, on three broad themes: Indigenous Australians versus police, White Australia versus Arab Australia, and human trafficking. When we find out that Terry (Brown) has lost his farm to the bank, we can add rural ...

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National Indigenous Times
Ancient place names must be known: Pearson
National Indigenous Times
Ancient Aboriginal place names should be officially recognised throughout Australia, Cape York chairman Noel Pearson says. Mr Pearson estimates that fewer than one in 100 ancient names are acknowledged and says reinstating them is a vital agenda for ...

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National Indigenous Times
UN envoy urges Australia to speed up treaty
National Indigenous Times
The push for Constitutional change and a treaty in Australia has been backed in a United Nations report. The report to the UN Human Rights Council this month followed the March visit to Australia by its Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous ...
"Australia must change": UN human rights rapporteurABC Local

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"Australia must change": UN human rights rapporteur
ABC Local
While Australia's bid for a seat on the UN human rights council is all but assured of success, a new report prepared for that body is scathing of our human rights record at home. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Australia's Indigenous people, Victoria ...

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The West Australian
Freo tribute to mariners a win for sail legends
The West Australian
Mr Longley said Fremantle was a fitting home for the $2 million Australian Sailor Monument, a project driven by the Royal Australian Navy. The monument will pay tribute to all seafarers, from indigenous Australians in their “nawi” canoes to modern ...

ABC Online
Graduation day for first Indigenous Australian to complete archaeology PhD
ABC Online
The first Indigenous Australian to complete a PhD in archaeology will graduate from Flinders University in Adelaide today. Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson has developed new archaeological evidence of Ngarrindjeri occupation in the Lower Murray ...
First indigenous PhD archaeology graduateThe Australian

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Labor want recognition of Aboriginal country at state parliament to bring WA in line with Australia
The West Australian
State Parliament could soon start each day with a recognition of Aboriginal country under a push by Labor, bringing WA into line with the rest of Australia. Under the proposal being investigated by the Procedures and Privileges parliamentary committee ...