Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
The young Indigenous filmmakers broadcasting their stories to the world
SBS
Their videos capture snippets of life in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands, in central Australia. It's a closed Indigenous community, open to few visitors. There's also no mobile phone reception and few homes have access to the internet ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Bendigo Advertiser
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous housing: Family living in indoor tent for privacy, as government promises overcrowding fix
ABC Online
He said that from July, Indigenous businesses in communities would have to bid for the remote housing funding to provide services. "[They] will be able to put bids forward to the NT Government and be able to show new innovation, new efficiencies," he said.

The Australian
Indigenous mentoring pioneer reaches out to the world
The Australian
Twelve years later he is chief executive of Australia's largest indigenous high school mentoring program, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, engaging almost 2000 university mentors to help more than 10,000 students. But the 31-year-old ...

Courier Mail
Aborigines want charter of change
Courier Mail
Constitutional recognition for Aborigines is, prima facie, a simple matter, eloquently articulated by Harold Ludwick, an indigenous Queenslander from Cape York who once said: “If the Constitution was the birth certificate of Australia, we're missing ...

Cowra Guardian
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Cowra Guardian
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Starts at 60
Does Advance Australia Fair ignore indigenous Australians?
Starts at 60
“I am a judge but I also turn my hand to writing poetry in my spare time,” he said. “I have been conscious for some time of the disquiet among our indigenous citizens … and they clearly have a point. Advance Australia Fair in its present form ...

The Australian
Judge writes third verse to lift our vanilla national anthem
The Australian
Victorian Supreme Court judge Peter Vickery has taken it upon himself to write a third verse, correcting what he sees as the worst anomaly: the absence of reference to indigenous Australians. “I am a judge but I also turn my hand to writing poetry in ...
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MPBendigo Advertiser

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Southern Cross
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Southern Cross
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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Bendigo Advertiser
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Bendigo Advertiser
Mr Laming said the anthem's first verse could focus on Australia's natural attributes while the second could be on values. While indigenous people needed to be recognised, no particular race of people who had come to Australia dominated. Mr Laming's ...

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The Guardian
Justice reinvestment to be trialled in ACT to reduce Indigenous incarceration rate
The Guardian
The Australian Capital Territory has announced a 12-month justice reinvestment trial program in an effort to reduce rates of Indigenous incarceration, which are the third highest per capita in the country, after Western Australia and the Northern ...

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Forbes Advocate
Anthem update should occur regularly, says Bowman MP
Forbes Advocate
He said the lyrics should reflect the current Australian way of life, sense of reward for effort, larrikinism and resilience and include something about indigenous Australia. Bowman MP Mr Laming has already run into opposition, with north Queensland ...

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The Conversation AU
Australian politics explainer: the Mabo decision and native title
The Conversation AU
Adding to the panic, Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett claimed that Australian backyards were under threat from Aboriginal land claims – he has since admitted he was wrong. The decision has remained important to Indigenous communities throughout Australia ...

Sky News Australia
Australia needs a more modern anthem: MP
Sky News Australia
Mr Laming suggested a third verse reflecting indigenous Australians, multiculturalism and how Australia is geopolitically positioned. 'Let's actually sit down and say what truly makes us unique,' he said. 'I just think we're a different nation and ...
Should we change our national anthem? Comment below.NEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
Indigenous diggers from outback Queensland remembered with sounds of a didgeridoo
ABC Online
This year the company teamed up with Indigenous leaders to recognise Indigenous involvement in Australia's wars. "It became evident when we were doing tours of local areas, including Normanton and Karumba, that maybe it is time we do show that there ...

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NEWS.com.au
Anzac heroes 'received just one third pay'
NEWS.com.au
Australian War Memorial records and photographs show Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers served in every battle since the 1901 federation, from the Boer War to current conflicts. Indigenous Affairs minister Nigel Scullion today said the ...
Anzac Day: Indigenous soldiers thought 'when we got back we'd be treated differently'ABC Online
Indigenous soldiers commemorate Anzac Day on Mt AinslieThe Canberra Times
Reshaping Digital Innovation for Indigenous Communities | PBAPro Bono Australia

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SBS
Canberra parade marks indigenous service
SBS
Indigenous remembrances bookended the national Anzac Day service in Canberra. For the first time, indigenous diggers led the parade in front of the Australian War Memorial with members carrying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. And after ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Canberra parade marks indigenous service
The Australian
Indigenous remembrances bookended the national Anzac Day service in Canberra. For the first time, indigenous diggers led the parade in front of the Australian War Memorial with members carrying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. And after ...
ANZAC Day Marches Draw Massive Crowds Across AustraliaHuffington Post Australia
Is Anzac Day relevant to kids? That depends on how it's taughtThe Guardian

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Huffington Post Australia
Canberra parade marks indigenous service
NEWS.com.au
Indigenous remembrances bookended the national Anzac Day service in Canberra. For the first time, indigenous diggers led the parade in front of the Australian War Memorial with members carrying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. And after ...
ANZAC Day Marches Draw Massive Crowds Across AustraliaHuffington Post Australia

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