Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Pro Bono Australia
Seeing Culture as a Real Solution for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
For Indigenous Australian and CEO of not for profit First Hand Solutions, progress will only come with a major investment in culture and a re-connection to Country. Peter Cooley, a 2016 Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 recipient spoke to Lina Caneva about ...

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ABC Online
The unspoken illness: Cancer in Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Cancer is a leading cause of death among Indigenous Australians, but fear, stigma and shame mean it is rarely spoken about. Aboriginal Australians are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer, but significantly more likely to die of the disease. Often ...

The Guardian
Native title system restricting benefits for Indigenous Australians, research finds
The Guardian
The report, released by Curtin University and the University of Western Australia this week, found that, even after native title had been recognised, the weak bargaining position “inherent in the legislation” created significant barriers to positive ...

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ArtsHub (subscription)
The politics of Aboriginal kitsch
ArtsHub (subscription)
For over a century, European-heritage Australians have been consuming Aboriginalia – Aboriginal cultural designs and figures in souvenirs and bric-a-brac. It includes garden ornaments, ceramics, figurines, prints, fabric design, swap cards, linen ...

The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over 18C
The Guardian
While the controversial proposal appears certain to be blocked in the Senate, with the Nick Xenophon Team signalling opposition to changing the wording in the legislation, groups representing Indigenous Australians and a wide range of ethnicities have ...
Trending #FreedomOfSpeech hashtag reveals horror stories of racism in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
PoliticsNow: Live news, reports and analysis from CanberraThe Australian
Insult, offend and humiliate provisions to be removed from Racial Discrimination ActSBS

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The Guardian
Trending #FreedomOfSpeech hashtag reveals horror stories of racism in Australia
NEWS.com.au
A WELL-KNOWN indigenous Australian was sent an envelope, and scrawled on the front was her name followed by the words “dirty black abbo”. The story of Nova Peris, an Australian athlete and former politician, is one of many horrific tales that have ...
Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over 18CThe Guardian
PoliticsNow: Live news, reports and analysis from CanberraThe Australian
Insult, offend and humiliate provisions to be removed from Racial Discrimination ActSBS
Huffington Post Australia
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NEWS.com.au
Harley Windsor, the indigenous 20-year-old who has just become a world champion skater
NEWS.com.au
For a country with a barely a scintilla of ice itself, Australia is now an ice skating world champion. And much of that is down to an indigenous 20-year-old from western Sydney who probably wouldn't be skating today if his mum hadn't taken a wrong turn ...

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ABC Online
Learn words in Indigenous Australian languages with four young speakers
ABC Online
The campaign to maintain those still being actively spoken and revive dormant or "sleeping" languages is being fought on many fronts, and Indigenous communities themselves are spearheading the fight. These four Indigenous Australians are part of the ...

Huffington Post Australia
Closing the gap a long way short | Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
NT: Just one of seven target identified in the'Closing the Gap' report card is on track to be met.
Drop In Genital Warts Among Indigenous Youth Shows Vaccine Is ...Huffington Post Australia

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Huffington Post Australia
Drop In Genital Warts Among Indigenous Youth Shows Vaccine Is ...
Huffington Post Australia
Australian researchers have found a drop in diagnoses of genital warts in young Aboriginal women and men, hailing successful vaccination against the Human ...

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Daily Mail
'I want to show the world the beauty of my heritage': Meet the Indigenous model who will leave Australia for the ...
Daily Mail
Instead, she will be fighting to become the first Aboriginal woman to win the Annual World Supermodel Pageant in China. 'I want to show the world the beauty of my heritage,' Ms Bayles told Daily Mail Australia of her modelling ambitions. 'I want to be ...
Indigenous model to set world on fireWollondilly Advertiser

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The West Australian
Footy forward sets sights on Miss Universe Australia
The West Australian
On the field she is a force to be reckoned with as a forward in the WA Women's Football League. But Sharni-Leigh Kittow has her sights set on another major goal — becoming the first indigenous Miss Universe Australia. The 23-year-old Swan Districts ...

Golf Australia
Dodd and Crawley claim Indigenous titles
Golf Australia
Craig Dodd (Blackwater) has claimed his second Queensland Men's Indigenous Championship with rounds of 72-69-72 for a three-over total of 213. A total of 36 men and four women contested the championships, which celebrated its 11th year at Murgon ...

The Age
Why Indigenous Australia will reject a minimalist referendum question
The Sydney Morning Herald
If the politicians have cooked up a "done deal" for mere minimalism on constitutional recognition, Aboriginal people will say no. Substantive ...
Indigenous Australia's 'line in sand' on recognition: substantial ...The Age
Indigenous leaders play hardball on recognition - The AustralianThe Australian

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Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
Wellington Times
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered. They have challenged political leaders to discuss what is emerging as ...

The Conversation AU
Why guaranteed Indigenous seats in parliament could ease inequality
The Conversation AU
The question of guaranteed Indigenous parliamentary representation is especially timely as Australia considers the argument that treaties, rather than a constitutional statement, might provide more substantive political recognition. However, treaties ...

The Age
Indigenous Australia's 'line in sand' on recognition: substantial change or nothing
The Age
The nation's most senior Aboriginal politician, Aged Care and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt, recently urged those attending the dialogues to think big but be prepared to accept a judgment by political leaders on what is likely to secure passage ...

Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
The Border Mail
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered. They have challenged political leaders to discuss what is emerging as ...

SmartCompany.com.au
Why Ochre Workforce Solutions founder Joanne Pellew believes indigenous employment policies need to go beyond ...
SmartCompany.com.au
A Western Australian small business owner says more needs to be done by chambers of commerce to give employment opportunities to indigenous people. Joanne Pellew founded Ochre Workforce Solutions in 2010 after her work as an indigenous ...

The Guardian
Rosie Batty shares experience of domestic violence with WA Indigenous community
The Guardian
The former Australian of the year Rosie Batty has spent several days in the remote north of Western Australia to share her own story of family violence with Aboriginal women, telling them: “We feel the same pain.” Batty's son, Luke, was murdered in ...

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