Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Ken Wyatt becomes first Indigenous federal minister after Turnbull reshuffle
SBS
"As an Indigenous Australian, it's an incredible privilege to serve the people of Hasluck in the Parliament and it's an honour to serve as the Minster for Aged Care and the Minister for Indigenous Health under Prime Minister Turnbull." The West ...

SBS
Australia names first indigenous minister
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Wednesday appointed its first indigenous minister, a former labourer who has credited education for his rise from humble beginnings in a country where Aborigines remain among the most disadvantaged. Ken Wyatt became ...
Greg Hunt replaces Sussan Ley as health ministerThe Australian
First Indigenous minister appointed in Turnbull Government shake-upSBS
Australia PM Turnbull names new health minister, first indigenous minister in Cabinet tweakThe Straits Times
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Queensland Country Life
Lamb ad controversy leads to record views
Queensland Country Life
The MLA ad confronts the controversy around hosting the national day on January 26 - a date marking the start of colonialism and the dispossession of Indigenous Australians. The ad starts with three Indigenous Australians who remark on being the "first ...

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The Guardian
Ken Wyatt to become Australia's first Indigenous minister
The Guardian
“Any Indigenous Australian has the capacity and capability of achieving their aspirations,” he said. “There are a whole lot of barriers that impact on each of us individually, but you work to rise above those. And so the symbolism of being on the ...

SBS
First Indigenous Minister appointed in Turnbull Government shake-up
SBS
Malcolm Turnbull has appointed the first Indigenous government Minister in Australian history as part of a wider ministerial reshuffle. West Australian MP Ken Wyatt has been promoted to the position of Minister for Aged Care and Indigenous Health, in ...
Greg Hunt replaces Sussan Ley as health ministerThe Australian
Greg Hunt announced as Sussan Ley's replacement as Health MinisterABC Online
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Barossa & Light Herald
Celebrate Australia Day
Barossa & Light Herald
Traditionally, Australia Day commemorates the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, NSW and the raising of the flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip. Because it marks the day of colonisation ...

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Aboriginal Murder Mystery: What Killed Kaakutja?
National Geographic Australia
In most murder mysteries, establishing the time of death is one of the first things detectives do, and in the course of an initial study, researchers assumed he had been killed during the bloodshed between British colonisers and Australia's indigenous ...

Indigenous Research Assistant
The Conversation AU
Diabetes is a major problem in Indigenous Australians, with about 1 in 3 Indigenous Australians having diabetes. The prevalence and incidence of end stage kidney disease is much higher in Indigenous than non-Indigenous Australians. This project ...

9news.com.au
Australian of the Year finalist: Indigenous leader Andrea Mason strives to give women in remote communities 'a voice'
9news.com.au
Chief executive of community organisation Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women's Council, Ms Mason has assisted around 2,000 women in remote Indigenous communities understand their potential. "We help women learn about their ...

AdNews
MLA's non-Australia Day spot faces watchdog scrutiny
AdNews
Topping the list for one of the most controversial ads of 2016 was MLA's Australia Day campaign featuring Lee Lin Chin. The ad totalled more than 700 complaints, with uproar from vegan community and Indigenous Australians. Again, the ASB dismissed the ...

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ABC Online
No picnic at Hanging Rock: Campaign to recognise Aboriginal past rather than 'white myth'
ABC Online
A campaign has been launched to highlight the significance of Indigenous history at Victoria's Hanging Rock, rather than Australia's obsession with a fictional story about missing girls. Miranda Must Go is the controversial catch-cry of a campaign that ...

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ABC Online
Non-Indigenous woman with skin name defends practice amid criticism from Arrernte singer
ABC Online
One of three concepts central to many Indigenous Australian kinship systems, skin names are a form of societal organisation that indicates how generations are linked and how different people should interact. Much of Mr Williams' criticism centred on ...

ABC Online
Indigenous arts community lobby Government to make it illegal to sell fake Aboriginal-style souvenirs
ABC Online
Gabrielle Sullivan, chief executive of Indigenous Art Code, has been collecting dozens of mementos and trinkets during an investigation into fake Aboriginal-style souvenirs over the past six months. "These items are extremely popular … marketed as ...

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The Mandarin (registration)
Push to revive national plan for Indigenous language interpreters
The Mandarin (registration)
And, as the lead agency for Indigenous Affairs since 2013, the PM's department has provided around $970 million in funding for some targeted initiatives, including TAFE courses in South Australia and Indigenous language interpreters for the ABC.

Herald Sun
WA Noongar elder Robert Isaacs says Australia Day is 'for everyone'
Herald Sun
Elder Robert Isaacs has warned fellow indigenous Australians they were damaging their people and causing division by opposing Australia Day. Picture: Matt Jelonek. “We cannot change the past. We are damaging our own people, causing division, and we ...

Perth Now
WA Noongar elder Robert Isaacs says Australia Day is 'for everyone ...
Perth Now
ELDER Robert Isaacs has warned fellow indigenous Australians they were damaging their people and causing division by opposing Australia Day.

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Echonetdaily
SCU law student receives national Indigenous award
Echonetdaily
The annual National Indigenous Law Awards (NILA), awarded by the federal Attorney-General's Department, recognise the achievements of Indigenous Australians who improve justice outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Johanna said the NILA judges ...

NEWS.com.au
Muslim Australia Day billboard pulled
NEWS.com.au
The uproar came just days after a divisive Australia Day advertisement by Meat and Livestock Australia, in which multiple ethnic groups are seen to turn up uninvited to a barbecue being held by indigenous Australians. It drew criticism from similar ...

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Indigenous art collective hits back at lamb ad with satire
SBS
The video shows a couple of 'settlers' arriving at a beach, where two Indigenous men are having a barbeque. The new arrivals shoot and kill their hosts, after they ask where they came from. The video then encourages Australians to change the date, ...

ABC Online
Australia Day: Organisers promise huge celebrations to showcase Sydney
ABC Online
A free concert at the iconic Sydney Opera House will cap off a full day of Australia Day festivities in the Harbour City that organisers hope will rival the grandeur of New Year's Eve. Both the Australian and Aboriginal flags will be raised on the ...

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