Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

9news.com.au
Tirade against Australia Day posted on naval officer's Facebook page
9news.com.au
And I still don't.” The post goes on to declare while soldiers, sailors and airmen are honoured on those days, the impact of Australia Day on indigenous Australians is “overlooked”. Why does Australia neglect our history and my people on this day?” it ...

Google News

Stress hormones underlie Indigenous health gap in Australia
Science Daily
This raises the possibility of using this measure to study risk for future mental ill health in young Indigenous Australians and other First Nations' people worldwide. Dr Berger and his colleagues found that Indigenous participants who reported high ...

ABC Online
Abbott government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy shows how not to spend $5b taxpayers' dollars
ABC Online
A short chauffeur-driven jaunt from Parliament House in Canberra is the National Press Club. In front of its distinctive blue backdrop, and live on national television, politicians spruik how their ideas are going to help thousands, if not millions, of ...

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SBS
Why Indigenous art is such big business internationally
SBS
Indigenous artwork is known in Australia for it's rich symbolism, cultural history and meaning - but internationally, it's a booming industry - worth millions. Art director and collector Simon Chan, explains to SBS Cantonese how collectors can ensure ...

ABC Online
Abbott government bungled Indigenous funding overhaul, major report finds
ABC Online
The Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) moved thousands of existing agreements into five broad funding streams overseen by the Prime Minister's Department. A report from independent watchdog, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), said the ...
Tony Abbott's Indigenous Advancement Strategy below standard, audit findsThe Australian
$10m for 'robust, independent evaluation' of Indigenous policyThe Mandarin (registration)

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End of indigenous council 'gives nation a chance to re-engage'
The Australian
However, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chair Rod Little said the suspension offered a chance to re-engage with the peak body, whose funding was eliminated in last year's budget. “Congress is, and will be, a much more valuable ...

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The Australian
Government to spend $40m evaluating effectiveness of indigenous ...
The Australian
The Turnbull government will spend $40 million evaluating its indigenous affairs programs in an attempt to counter a national audit office report expected to be ...

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Whitsunday Times
Day of mourning for indigenous
Whitsunday Times
WHILE Australia Day celebrations were taking place in Airlie Beach last Thursday, a different type of recognition was taking place. TJ Bendeich set up a space she described as "a space for those mourning” and for people to share a minute's silence for ...

ABC Online
Top Indigenous players descend on Broome for much more than 'just footy'
ABC Online
The head of the AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) says this week's Indigenous All Stars' visit to Broome is about much more than just football. Fifty-five Indigenous footballers are in Western Australia's Kimberley region for a four-day camp, beginning ...

Busby Marou want to help 'close the gap'
NEWS.com.au
But on their upcoming album, Postcards from the Shell House, the duo subtly address their desire for the country to "close the gap" between indigenous and non-indigenous people on the song Paint This Land, which also features the indigenous Australian ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous Advisory Council's suspension applauded by rival advisory group
ABC Online
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has applauded the Prime Minister for suspending the Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC), saying it is the better and more representative body for the Turnbull Government to turn to for advice on ...
Malcolm Turnbull dissolves Tony Abbott's Indigenous advisory councilThe Sydney Morning Herald

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WAtoday
Highest indigenous prisoner rates in WA
WAtoday
WA has the highest indigenous imprisonment rate in Australia. Photo: Andrew Meares. It also shows that WA has the highest percentage of female prisoners - 22.3 per cent compared to the national rate of 18.3 per cent. Six people died from apparent ...

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ABC Online
Malcolm Turnbull dissolves Indigenous Advisory Council, but 'commitment remains'
ABC Online
The Aboriginal leader has had a rocky relationship with Mr Turnbull, previously slamming the setting up of an Aboriginal incarceration inquiry. Mr Mundine questioned which "dickhead" had thought up the Australian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into ...

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Courier Mail
Mundine wants to divide our country. Not unite it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Granted, there's no specific recognition of indigenous people in the lyrics — that could and should be addressed. But let's not junk the anthems just because of lines like “in history's page let every stage, Advance Australia Fair” or “for those who ...
'I'm trying to better Australia': MundineCourier Mail
Anthony Mundine won t stand for national anthem, Danny Green responds - Yahoo7Yahoo7 News
Anthony Mundine won't stand for Australia national anthemDaily Mail
The Australian -NEWS.com.au -Herald Sun
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Catholic Leader
Religious sister named Senior Australian of the Year full of joy
Catholic Leader
IN accepting her award as 2017 Senior Australian of the Year, Sr Anne Gardiner did so “on behalf of all Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, who have lived and ministered among Australia's indigenous people for more than a century”. “I am most ...

ABC Online
Hip hop engages Indigenous teenagers in social change
ABC Online
Indigenous teenagers from across Australia are using hip hop and social media to bring attention to social issues affecting their communities. The B-Town Warriors, from Bourke High School in north-western New South Wales, have had their song People of ...

Architecture AU
Remote Indigenous settlements – more than tiny dots on a map
Architecture AU
Some communities have disintegrated into troubled social localities, but in this hidden part of Indigenous Australia, there are also many quiet achievers who have initiated projects that sustain residents, invigorate remote regions and drive the ...

SBS
Where are our Aboriginal actors? - Indigenous cast removed from ...
SBS
Aboriginal stories may be told overseas, but the people telling them are hidden.
Mark Coles Smith on what Indigenous film and television characters mean for Aboriginal AustraliaABC Online
'Skinny-ankled Noongar kid' takes charge of Health ACHIEVEMENTNational Indigenous Times

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National Indigenous Times
Top Indigenous players sweep into Broome SPORT
National Indigenous Times
A who's who of Indigenous footy stars will be in Broome for a four-day camp beginning today (February 1). Fifty-five players from clubs around Australia are gathering in the northern West Australian town to bond in player-led cultural development ...

SBS
Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food
SBS
The relationship between European settlers and native Australian foodstuffs during the 19th century was a complex one. While the taste for native ingredients waxed and waned for the first century of European settlement, there's ample evidence to ...