Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Sky News Australia
Indigenous Bolivians have healthy hearts
Sky News Australia
A group of indigenous people living deep in the Bolivian Amazon have been found to have some of the healthiest hearts on the planet. US researchers say the Tsimane people, a society of hunter-gatherers, have the lowest-ever recorded levels of clogged ...
Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: a cross-sectional cohort study - The LancetThe Lancet

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ABC Online
RFDS to fly meningococcal vaccinations to Indigenous communities in remote SA
ABC Online
The hospital's Professor Helen Marshall said Aboriginal Australians were more at risk of catching meningococcal disease, although it was not clear why. "Whether it might be overcrowding, or less access to medical services to get diagnosis, and smoking ...

Lift GST, says OECD in dismal report card for Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has castigated Australia for inadequate progress on tax, Indigenous affairs and support for business in a report card to be presented to finance ministers from the group of 20 leading ...

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The Stringer
Closing the gap a long way short
Eden Magnet
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released its ninth ...
Australians must hit the streets in a civil rights movement to end the mass incarcerationThe Stringer
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Ararat Advertiser
Closing the gap a long way short
Ararat Advertiser
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released its ninth ...
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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ABC Online
Aboriginal remains in German museum to be returned to Australia
ABC Online
"The timing is subject to a number of factors including consultation with Australian Indigenous communities, agreement from the institutions for the unconditional return of the ancestors, and other international governance and legislative processes.".

The Stringer
Australians must hit the streets in a civil rights movement to end the mass incarceration
The Stringer
The mass incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be a civil rights issue, one of the pressing issues of our generation. The descendants of the First Peoples of this continent number a little over 700,000 but at least 80,000 have ...
Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the GapMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Thousands to come together to say 'we can do better' to Close the Gap
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Tens of thousands of Australians are taking part in events on National Close the Gap Day to call for an end to the appalling health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. More than 1000 events are set to take place around the ...

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Bill Leak: a policeman, a father, his son — and the brutal truth
The Australian
Report after report has found indigenous children in communities across Australia plagued by dysfunction, child abuse, family violence and addiction. Telling the truth can never be racist. So those who labelled the cartoon racist believe one of two ...

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ABC Online
Ben Wyatt making history as first Aboriginal treasurer in Australian state or federal government
ABC Online
Ben Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration. He follows in the footsteps of his relative Ken Wyatt, the first Indigenous man ...

SBS
'Governments at all levels failing Australia's First Peoples,' Indigenous leaders
SBS
Another statistic we always see is that the levels of psychological distress, which is somewhat a precursor, or some of the things that contributes to suicide risk are up to 3 times higher in ATSI people, than non-indigenous Australians. Dr Carbonne ...
#ClosetheGap – the solution lies with non-Indigenous AustraliansEternity News
Closing the Gap committee says PM's promise to Indigenous ...The Guardian
Improved Immunisation Rates Are A Shot In The Arm For Indigenous HealthHuffington Post Australia
Esperance Express -Pro Bono Australia
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Australian Press Council unveils Reconciliation Action Plan
MuMbrella
Our member publications tell Australia's story, including both the hardships faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their successes, and this RAP is one way of ensuring that Indigenous people and perspectives are involved in shaping ...

WAtoday
WA gets Australia's first Indigenous treasurer as Labor reveals portfolios
WAtoday
Ben Wyatt made Australian political history on Friday morning, as he was announced as the country's first ever Indigenous treasurer. Shadow deputy leader Roger Cook has been confirmed as deputy premier as well as minister for health, while former ...

9news.com.au
WA Election 2017: Labor to reveal minister portfolios
Perth Now
BEN Wyatt has made Australian political history by becoming the nation's first indigenous treasurer after being appointed to the role as part of WA's new Labor government. The 42-year-old had been opposition treasury spokesman since 2008 and is related ...
Labor MP Ben Wyatt makes political history as nation's first indigenous treasurer9news.com.au

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National Geographic Australia
Which Indigenous Nation Do You Live In?
National Geographic Australia
Considering indigenous Australians make up only 460,000 of Australia's 24 million population (roughly 2.4 per cent) the app is an important tool for preserving the indigenous way of life. Today only 200 Indigenous languages remain spoken in Australia ...

Eternity News
#ClosetheGap – the solution lies with non-Indigenous Australians
Eternity News
Non-Aboriginal Australians are the ones who have to change if we are ever to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, says Tanya Riches, a Sydney-based pastor and researcher. On National Close the Gap Day, ...
Closing the Gap committee says PM's promise to Indigenous Australians being brokenThe Guardian
Closing the gap a long way shortEsperance Express
Ten years of Close the Gap; Why are we sicker, poorer and living shorter than the rest of Australia?SBS
Huffington Post Australia -Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog) -Daily Mail
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SmartCompany.com.au
Why Ochre Workforce Solutions founder Joanne Pellow 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 ...

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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 ...

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The Guardian
Closing the Gap committee says PM's promise to Indigenous Australians being broken
The Guardian
Governments are failing to fulfil a pledge to work with Indigenous people instead of do things to them, the Closing the Gap steering committee has said in response to the lack of improvement in the lives of Indigenous Australians. In an annual ...
Closing the gap a long way shortGrenfell Record and Bland Advertiser

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SBS
IndigenousX celebrates 5 years of amplifying Indigenous voices online
SBS
For five years now, IndigenousX has been an invaluable, trusted and powerful platform for the voices of Indigenous people. NITV is having a look at some of the stellar achievements made by IndigenousX so far and sharing congratulations from across the ...