Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Herald Sun
Yarra Ranges mayor wants to expand, not axe Australia Day festivities
Herald Sun
Cr Cliff said dumping Australia Day celebrations could put the council's strong relationship with the region's indigenous community at risk. “We have a good track record and I don't want to see us wreck it by making some silly decision which everyone ...
Don't celebrate Australia in shame or ignoranceBrisbane Times

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Morrison backs APRA's probe on CBA
The Australian
“Australia's banks are well capitalised, well regulated and financially sound. However, there have been too many cases and events that have damaged their reputation and standing in the eyes of many Australians, that warrants our regulators taking ...

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The Australian
Ten Network bought by US network CBS
The Australian
Christopher Hill, Ten Receiver and PPB Advisory Partner, said: “Network Ten has played a significant role in Australia's media landscape over many decades, and the sale of the business to CBS will allow the iconic broadcaster to move into a new chapter ...

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ABC Online
Australia Day: Marion council to vote on moving the date of celebrations
ABC Online
It follows similar moves by several councils in Victoria, which want the date changed out of respect for Aboriginal people. Cr Hull said Australia Day was a divisive event on the calendar. "If we actually do change the day, wouldn't it be great to have ...
Marion Council to vote on dropping Oz Day by moving citizenship ceremonies away from January 26The Advertiser

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The Australian
Nick Greiner blasts No camp's 'religious freedom' SSM claims
The Australian
Conflation should be called out for what it is, a debating device,” Mr Greiner writes in The Australian today. ... Bill Shorten says a Sydney statue of Captain James Cook should stay but its plaque should acknowledge indigenous Australians were here first.

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The Conversation AU
Monumental errors: how Australia can fix its racist colonial statues
The Conversation AU
Indigenous communities have confronted such challenges before. And they have acted with courage, wisdom and generosity. In Fremantle, Western Australia, a monument that celebrated the racism that mars Australia's past has today become a symbol of ...

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Courier Mail
Renee Viellaris: Some Coalition MPs must be nervous about English skills test
Courier Mail
But if he had to take the new citizenship test as proposed by the Federal Government he would fail – ironically, so would so many indigenous Australians in remote parts of the country. Sometimes when we move to protect the things we value, we can lose ...

Don't celebrate Australia in shame or ignorance
Brisbane Times
Moreover, they have decided not to even refer to January 26 as Australia Day until 'a more appropriate term is adopted nationally' — one that reflects Indigenous dispossession. The government responded swiftly, with the Prime Minister condemning the ...

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9news.com.au
Adelaide council to vote on moving Australia Day commemorations to another date
9news.com.au
9NEWS can reveal the Marion Council will become the first in South Australia to vote on moving Australia Day celebrations as a show of respect to Indigenous Australians. It follows similar moves interstate but the controversial topic is dividing locals ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Vandals deface Hyde Park statues in Australia Day protest
Brisbane Times
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant has slammed the defacement of a number of statues in Hyde Park overnight as appalling and disgraceful. Between 2.25am and 3.15am on Saturday, the statues of former NSW governor Lachlan Macquarie and Captain Cook ...
Vandals deface Hyde Park statues in Australia Day protestThe Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day debate: reclaim history instead of distorting itThe Australian
'No pride in genocide': vandals deface Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde parkThe Guardian
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Quilty: it's time to acknowledge our colonial terrorism
The Sydney Morning Herald
If we had achieved proper and resounding reconciliation with Indigenous Australia there would be no need to continue this relentless and painful revision. But while people, including members of your own government, refuse to accept, let alone apologise ...

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ABC Online
NT Chief Minister urges 'new way forward' on Australia Day celebrations
ABC Online
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner will write to the Australia Day Council urging a "new way forward" on Australia Day celebrations. In a wide-ranging address on Aboriginal affairs at the Mahbilil Festival in Kakadu National Park, Mr ...
Australia Day 'a date of mourning' and needs change, NT chief minister saysThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Australia Day 'a date of mourning' and needs change, NT chief minister says
The Guardian
The Northern Territory chief minister has called for changes to Australia Day celebrations to highlight “the Aboriginal contribution to our national identity” and acknowledge the lasting trauma of Indigenous dispossession. Michael Gunner said the ...

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Independent Australia
Voices of reason call for immediate end to NT Intervention
Independent Australia
Hundreds of eminent Australians will tomorrow in Melbourne add their support to Indigenous Elders' calls to end the NT Intervention. 'Is the Federal Government deaf to voices of reason?' asks Jeff McMullen. WITH OFFICIAL FIGURES now showing that the ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous fashion: Duo draws on connections to country for major show
ABC Online
They will then go on to represent Australia at the World Indigenous Fashion Week in the Seychelles in October. Designer Christy Van Der Hayden said they hoped to share the stories of Indigenous culture with the rest of the world. "I think it's an ...

The Australian
Stan Grant slams 'disgraceful' statue vandals
The Australian
ABC indigenous affairs editor Stan Grant has slammed the vandals responsible for defacing Hyde Park statues, saying their “disgusting criminal behaviour” dishonoured indigenous Australians. Grant, who sparked fierce public debate earlier in the week ...

The Age
Call to remove statue of John Batman, 'founder of Melbourne', over role in Indigenous killings
The Age
Prominent Australian artist Ben Quilty has called for John Batman's statue to be removed from Melbourne's CBD, describing him as a mass murderer who "makes the American Confederates look friendly". The Archibald Prize-winning painter took to social ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Vandals deface Hyde Park statues in Australia Day protest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant has slammed the defacement of a number of statues in Hyde Park overnight as appalling and disgraceful. Between 2.25am and 3.15am on Saturday, the statues of former NSW Governor Lachlan Macquarie and Captain Cook ...
Statues vandalised in Sydney's Hyde ParkThe Australian
Captain Cook statue sparks debate about whether it should be removedNEWS.com.au
'Its appalling, disgraceful': Stan Grant lashes Hyde Park statue vandalsNewcastle Herald
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Yahoo7 News
Turnbull says no to 'rewriting history'
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull has spoken out against “rewriting history”, “editing statues” and “deleting Australia Day” to help reconciliation with indigenous people, dismissing the idea as a Stalinist exercise to blank out parts of history. The Prime Minister ...
Australian PM slams 'Stalinist' critics of colonial statuesYahoo7 News
Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue which said he 'discovered Australia' REMOVED following violent protests in the ...Daily Mail
The True Meaning of Australia DaySlate Magazine

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The Australian
Statues vandalised in Sydney's Hyde Park
The Australian
The graffiti attack comes just days after indigenous broadcaster Stan Grant called for the inscription on the Cook statue - saying he “discovered” the territory in 1770 - be changed. But Malcolm Turnbull, weighing into the debate on Friday, said Grant ...

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