Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

BuzzFeed News
Indigenous rights recognised on UN day
The Australian
"Today we celebrate the important contribution of indigenous peoples the world over and in particular, our First Australians, who bring the most unique story to our nation's history as the oldest continuing culture on the planet," he said in a Facebook ...
Social media elevates 10th Indigenous DayNational Indigenous Times
First Nations People Celebrate Cultural Survival On International Day Of World's Indigenous PeoplesBuzzFeed News
Fight for indigenous rights in Bangladesh continuesThe Daily Star

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The Canberra Times
Canberra vigil to protest abuse of Indigenous children in justice system
The Canberra Times
Hundreds will gather in Canberra for a candlelit vigil on Wednesday night, protesting against the "nightmarish abuse" of Indigenous children within Australia's justice system. The vigil will protest local abuses such as those recently revealed within ...

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The Mercury
Tasmania to launch its own Reconciliation Australia Council
The Mercury
“Within Tasmania, I believe that we need reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Tasmanians as well as between indigenous and indigenous Tasmanians as there are obvious tensions across Tasmania's Aboriginal communities,” Mr Lawson ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for their intellectual property
ABC Online
... buyers are being urged to purchase ethically in the face of companies creating mash-ups of Indigenous designs and mass-producing them in Asia before selling them through Australian tourist shops. "If someone copied someone's original artwork and ...

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ABC Online
Weaving program connects students with Indigenous culture in Hunter Valley schools
ABC Online
But Ms Johnson said more could be done to teach Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. "This is Australia and it's really important we learn about Aboriginal history," she said. "I'm an advocate for teachers … it isn't an easy job. "My whole mission ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Artbank + ACMI = $210000 in commissions
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Artbank collection was established in 1980 and currently holds approximately 10,000 works by over 3,500 Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian artists. To be eligible to apply for the commissioning program you must have a project that is ready to ...

Herald Sun
All Australians can keep this Torch burning to help deliver for indigenous people
Herald Sun
When then prime minister Gough Whitlam changed the laws affecting indigenous Australians in 1972, it had unintended ramifications from which many are still suffering. Whitlam's changes allowed for equal pay and access to alcohol for our first people on ...
Garma: Kidney failure that killed Dr G Yunupingu highlights huge problem for Indigenous AustraliansABC Online
Indigenous communities risk 'ballooning' diabetes epidemicThe New Daily
Garma festival 2017 ends with hope, determination and questionsThe Guardian
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Richo takes on Noel Pearson over indigenous constitutional recognition
The Australian
Since its demise more Aboriginal MPs have been elected and consultation in a wide range of issues affecting our indigenous people has been ongoing. As for Pearson's personal criticism of myself, I plead guilty to failing Aboriginal Australia on a grand ...

Still plenty of work needed
NT News
The frustration is understandable — constitutional recognition is important and something a lot of people have worked towards for a long time. The Referendum Council spoke to almost 1500 indigenous Australians in 18 months to compile its final report.

The Australian Financial Review
Origin Energy gives $5 million to UNSW for new Grant King Indigenous Scholarship
The Australian Financial Review
Mr King, the former CEO of Origin Energy and now president of the Business Council of Australia, said that giving indigenous people access to exceptional education was crucial. He said that in his years at Origin – which he led from 2000 to 2016 – it ...

Senate urges action for indigenous women
The Australian
A motion, passed in the Senate on Tuesday, notes recent "harrowing" statistics showing indigenous women account for 34 per cent of women in prison but just two per cent of the adult female population. The senators - Liberals, Nationals, Labor, Greens ...

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The Pick and Roll (blog)
Australia ready for debut campaign in 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge
The Pick and Roll (blog)
Game day is coming soon for the Apunipima Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars, who will be making their first ever appearance in Vancouver, Canada, to compete in the World Indigenous Basketball Challenge (WIBC). The team, who concluded a ...

Parliament stops to remember Yunupingu
NEWS.com.au
... who died last month aged 46 while undergoing dialysis treatment, had opened hearts and minds to the beauty and significance of the languages of first Australians. So too did he help illustrate the spiritual connection indigenous Australians shared ...

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NT program boosts Indigenous army recruits
EducationHQ Australia
Last year's graduates brought the number of indigenous Australians in defence to more than 500 for the first time since World War II. Numeracy lecturer Bruce Garnett says the change he's seen in the students is phenomenal. "You see these young people ...

NEWS.com.au
Aerial photos show the stunning transformation of Australia's top 10 fastest growing regions
NEWS.com.au
GUNGAHLIN, ACT. This area in Canberra has grown by 50.4 per cent, increasing from 47,303 to 71,142. It includes the fast-growing suburbs of Gangahlin and Bonner, named in memory of Australia's first indigenous parliamentarian Senator Neville Bonner.

The Cairns Post
Patty backs Jawai for tilt at Boomers
The Cairns Post
Speaking while at UMI Arts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Gallery as part of his Commonwealth Games ambassador role, Mills, although disappointed not to be able to play at the Games, is keen for Jawai to represent indigenous Australia on ...
Patty Mills dances with local Torres Strait Islanders while in Townsville, bumps into an NRL greatFox Sports

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The Australian
Time for action on indigenous recognition, says Fred Chaney
The Australian
Achieving indigenous constitutional recognition, not endlessly discussing how the current proposals were arrived at, should be the task at hand, former Liberal party deputy leader and Fraser government Aboriginal affairs minister Fred Chaney says ...

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Richo's 'lazy fictions' are simply an insult
The Australian
Politicians shed tears for the unfinished business of indigenous Australia at the end of careers. The time for leadership was when they held power. Richo owes blackfellas not to be lazy in his commentary on constitutional recognition. Indigenous people ...

Aboriginal representation needs greater clarity
The Australian
Graham Richardson was wrong when he said indigenous Australians had “demanded” to have “representation in the federal parliament”, an idea Richardson described as “plain crazy” to put to a referendum (“Spouting feel-good fluff is no proof of foreman ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Review: National Gallery of Australia's Defying Empire mixes art and activism
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's no surprise there's a militant edge to the National Gallery of Australia's third National Indigenous Art Triennial, Defying Empire, which celebrates the 1967 referendum. The vast majority of Indigenous artists today may be making works that ...

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