Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Turkish label Les Benjamins accused of misusing Indigenous symbols in Paris collection
The Sydney Morning Herald
Fashion commentators have accused Istanbul-based Bunyamin Aydin, of Les Benjamins, of cultural appropriation after his latest range featured luxury sportswear adorned with dot paintings, geckos and "1788" – the year of European colonisation of Australia.

ABC Online
Preserve, Strengthen and Renew project sees return of historical recordings to Indigenous communities
ABC Online
A collection of historical material has been returned to an Aboriginal community in Western Australia's far north as part of trial partnership with researchers in Canberra. The audio recordings and photographs were taken by Europeans in the mid-20th ...

The Australian
Cocos Islanders take first tentative steps in quest for a future, mainland identity
The Australian
Now Cocos Malays — the first known inhabitants of the islands and numbering about 500 — want to be acknowledged as indigenous Australians. It is a request likely to stoke debate as the Cocos council seeks federal funds that have been set aside to ...

The Australian
Indigenous art gets largest display at National Gallery of Australia
The Australian
Several of Nona's works — large-scale lithographs of astonishing beauty and intricacy — feature in the National Gallery of Australia's groundbreaking Defying Empire exhibition, the largest survey of contemporary indigenous art yet mounted at the ...

SBS
Indigenous superhero empowering the next generation of 'smoke-free ambassadors'
SBS
While the smoking rate is declining among the Indigenous community, it's still high, at 39 per cent. That's compared to 12.2 per cent, for the overall Australian community. The ultimate aim of the 'Deadly Dan' book is to ensure the smoke-free message ...

Mandurah Mail
'I'm a survivor': Aunty Judith and the fight for culture
Mandurah Mail
“I'm a survivor”, my good friend and Aboriginal activist Aunty Judith said to me two years ago, shortly after I moved to Australia from my homeland Spain. At the time, I didn't know half as much about Aboriginal culture, native title and Canberra's ...

Cessnock Advertiser
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Cessnock Advertiser
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

ABC Message Stick
Through American Eyes
ABC Message Stick
Race is John Eligon's beat. He roams America reporting for The New York Times on the tensions, eruptions and occasional triumphs in race relations. What might he make of relations here between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the country? Foreign ...

Australian Olympic Committee
Australian Indigenous Olympians recognised for Olympic Day
Australian Olympic Committee
AOC: The spirit of the Olympic movement was alive and well today, as the Australian Olympic Committee hosted a 'Reception for Indigenous Olympic Athlete Recognition' at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. A perfect tie in to International ...

The Guardian
Indigenous MP rebukes developer for 'appalling' portrayal of stolen generations site
The Guardian
It “rewrites history about a site that is academically documented and officially recognised by the Brisbane City council, as one with a horrid and dark chapter on the 'Stolen Generation' of Indigenous Australians”, Gordon wrote. “The careless ...

ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: Australia's founding document should not embody 'racist past', Pat Dodson says
ABC Online
"It seems to assume that an Indigenous voice in the Constitution could be strong enough to challenge the entrenched structural racism which shapes the policies and laws that affect the lives of Aboriginal people without removing the racist elements of ...

Lawyers Weekly
Lawyers call for legislative protection for Indigenous artists
Lawyers Weekly
However, Ms Ayres said Indigenous artists are being forced to compete against producers of imitation products, who are diverting an important income stream from many Indigenous communities. “The fake Indigenous art and craft that is so prolific in ...

The Border Mail
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
The Border Mail
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Six Australian films set for world premieres at MIFF
Inside Film
Naina Sen's The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir. Eddie Martin's Have You Seen the Listers? is a ...

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Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Australian Ageing Agenda
Bush communities need different approach
Australian Ageing Agenda
In this respect, non-indigenous older people living in isolated remote communities, especially those in extreme climate conditions such as in northern Australia, share a set of lifestyle values more in common with indigenous Australians. Important ...

Echonetdaily
Coranderrk, an untold Australian history
Echonetdaily
The Ilbijeri Theatre Company present one of the many important neglected stories of Australian history – Coranderrk – the story of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the men and women of the Coaranderrk Aboriginal Reserve who went head to head ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Bendigo Advertiser
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Western Advocate
Australian councils split on push to change Australia Day
Western Advocate
Huge protests by indigenous Australians and their supporters were held on Australia Day this year amid growing calls to change the date. The City of Fremantle in Perth also moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28, citing cultural ...

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Ten years since Intervention: It's time to reset relations with Indigenous Australians
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
"Earlier this year, Oxfam Australia released a report calling on governments to address stark Indigenous inequality by genuinely including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in decision-making. The right to self-determination and consultation ...