Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous groups protest title law change
The Australian
Mervyn Eades said that although well-intentioned, the Native Title Act was not working in the best interests of indigenous Australians. "We are here fighting for our rights but mining company rights to title seem to override our rights as custodians ...

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ABC Online
Tiwi Islands Sistagirls prepare to wow Sydney Mardi Gras, want to show Indigenous LGBTIQ culture
ABC Online
"We want to showcase out there in the wider world that there are people who are Indigenous in Australia and LGBTIQ." It has taken years for the Sistagirls to feel they can be open about their identities, including a spate of suicides among the group.

Indigenous groups protest title law change
9news.com.au
Noongar spokespeople who were claimants from the McGlade v Native Title Register case in Western Australia were also in Canberra to lobby on the same issue. Mervyn Eades said that although well-intentioned, the Native Title Act was not working in the ...

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Bilney building grub knowledge
West Coast Sentinel
La Trobe University PhD candidate Conrad Bilney began his research in 2014 to locate and identify edible grubs known to Indigenous Australians. Before the study only the witchetty grub was classified as edible. Mr Bilney, a Kokatha man, said Aboriginal ...

SBS
Comment: Why the term “Australian” can be an imposition on Aboriginal people
SBS
What a lot of people don't understand in this country is that “Australia”, and indeed the idea of being “Australian”, is viewed by many Aboriginal people as an imposition. Our ancestors did not consent to being governed, there is no agreement in place ...
Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wivesHerald Sun (blog)

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Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wives
Herald Sun (blog)
The head of a national inquiry into Indigenous incarceration has said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people might need to be treated differently by the justice system in order to achieve equity under the law. Federal court judge Matthew Myers ...

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SBS
Bangarra Dance Theatre helps Australia's Human Rights Council bid
SBS
The world acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre is in Geneva helping Australia's charm offensive to win a seat on the UN's Human Rights Council. Bangarra says it was invited by the government to demonstrate the strength, power and resilience of Aboriginal ...

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The Guardian
Unemployed Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins $215000 literary prize
The Guardian
Indigenous Australian writer and poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, who has won a Windham-Campbell prize. 'I've been so grateful for the recognition of my work so far, and could never have foreseen something of this magnitude.' Photograph: Adrian Cook.

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Botched govt employment scheme impoverishes 30000 indigenous Australians
Crikey (registration)
The latest release shows that in the September 2016 quarter, 54,997 financial penalties were applied to a group of around 34,000, mainly indigenous, job seekers in the Community Development Program (CDP) — a labour market program that operates only ...

NT News
Indigenous singer Emily Wurramara defends decision to sing national anthem at NRL All Stars game
NT News
INDIGENOUS singer Emily Wurramara has defended her decision to sing Advance Australia Fair at the NRL All Stars game after backlash from other indigenous Australians interstate. The Brisbane-based singer from Groote Eylandt received abuse and slurs ...

ABC Online
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in Australian-first
ABC Online
Australian universities are setting new targets in a bid to attract thousands more Indigenous students to campuses across the country. In the first national agreement of its kind, a Universities Australia strategy will aim to boost student and staff ...
Trailblazer Karlie Noon reaches for stars in indigenous knowledgeThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous interpreter shortage 'adding to high incarceration rates' for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
For many people living in Central Australia, English is their second, third or sometimes fourth language, even for children. Aboriginal interpreter Rose Lester said that fact, along with the shockingly high incarceration rate, was why more funding for ...

The Guardian
Laws may need to treat Indigenous people differently, inquiry head says
The Guardian
Myers, a Gadigal-Wirradjuri man who was the first Indigenous Australian appointed to the bench of the federal court, was appointed to head up the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry into Indigenous incarceration this month. The inquiry ...

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National Indigenous Times
Be bold, but be prepared to bend, Ken Wyatt implores Aboriginal Australia on constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians should think big, but be willing to compromise to ensure the referendum to recognise them in the constitution wins overwhelming support, the country's most senior Aboriginal politician, Ken Wyatt, has urged. The Aged Care and ...
Universities aim to dramatically increase indigenous enrolmentsThe Age
Snapper captures Islamic spirit in a different lightNational Indigenous Times
Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High SchoolEducationHQ Australia

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Blayney Chronicle
Universities aim to dramatically increase indigenous enrolments
Blayney Chronicle
The late Dr Margaret Williams-Weir, the first recorded Aboriginal person to enrol in a university course in Australia, with Indigenous students and staff (from left) Genevieve Grieves, Kate Rendell, Lilly Brown and Clinton Benjamin, at Melbourne ...

The Australian
Trailblazer Karlie Noon reaches for stars in indigenous knowledge
The Australian
Australia's universities will today unveil targets to lift the university enrolment and completion rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. In the first national strategy of its type, universities will seek to increase indigenous ...

The Australian
King of the North shows kids the Cowboy way
The Australian
As far as JT's concerned, the invisible gap between non-indigenous Australians and the indigenous kids of far north Queensland is as wide as a well-thumbed textbook or a half-sucked joint; as wide as a prison cell or a Steeden football carried all the ...

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Press TV
United Nations slams Australia's efforts on indigenous domestic violence
The West Australian
A United Nations official has criticised Australia's efforts to address domestic violence in remote indigenous communities and the practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families. UN special rapporteur on violence against women Dubravka ...
UN Asks Australia to Better Protect Vulnerable Girls and WomenLatin American Herald Tribune

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SBS
Indigenous surfing star Soli Bailey's wave of success
SBS
"It's really special for me to represent Indigenous surfing for Australia," he explains. "I just want to do my country proud." Now 21-years-old, Bailey is a former Australian Junior Champion and he's aware he must win events consistently before he can ...

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EducationHQ Australia
Closing the gap more than a dream at Mount Lawley High School
EducationHQ Australia
Aboriginal elders, like Yawuru leader, Patrick Dodson, commenting on Prime Minister Turnbull's eighth report on Closing the Gap said that Australia needed to have “buy-in” from Indigenous communities if it was to Close the Gap. Mount Lawley SHS won the ...