Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Migrant students lead reading, maths in NAPLAN results, Indigenous students improving
SBS
The release of the final 2016 NAPLAN results round out a trio of report cards on Australian students and the grade is not great. But students from non-English-speaking backgrounds have performed strongly in reading and maths. Results show in Year 3 ...
Naplan results: big gains for Indigenous students since 2008The Guardian
2016 NAPLAN results show maths, literacy skills flatlineHerald Sun
Stalling NAPLAN results spark calls to raise expectations on teachers, studentsABC Online
Student Edge (blog) -Ten Eyewitness News -The Conversation AU
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The Guardian
Naplan results: big gains for Indigenous students since 2008
The Guardian
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority said there had been “significant cumulative gains” in some domains and year levels for Indigenous students including reading (years 3 and 5), numeracy (year 5), spelling (year 3), grammar and ...
NAPLAN results round out poor grades, but improvements for Indigenous studentsSBS
Stalling NAPLAN results spark calls to raise expectations on teachers, studentsABC Online
Indigenous students improve in NAPLAN testingSky News Australia
The Conversation AU -The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Australian
Services at the centre of indigenous treaty talks
The Australian
Victoria is the only state or territory pursuing a formal treaty, although Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said he supports talks around the idea and deals such as the $1.3 billion Noongar Settlement in Western Australia are ...

The Guardian
Indigenous woman dies in custody in Western Australia
The Guardian
An Indigenous woman has died in custody in Western Australia after having a heart attack on Saturday night. The 44-year-old Noongar woman was on remand at Bandyup women's prison in Perth. In a statement, WA corrective services commissioner James ...

The Guardian
Hobart mayor says Indigenous memorial shouldn't be 'guilt-ridden'
The Guardian
“The mayor's comments just highlight how badly this sort of thing is needed and how many people in Australia just don't understand that you can't just say that the past is the past – that won't cut it any more,” Sculthorpe told Guardian Australia. “I ...
Hobart Mayor Sue Hickey warns against 'guilt-ridden' Aboriginal focus in MONA waterfront planABC Online

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Daily Review
Rachel Perkins on Indigenous film, Jasper Jones & why she embraces the term 'propaganda'
Daily Review
As one of Australia's leading filmmakers of the last two decades, Rachel Perkins has had plenty of labels applied to her — auteur, game-changer, cultural activist — although one which mightn't sound too flattering is “propagandist”. SupportBadge But ...

ABC Online
Retiring Chief Justice Robert French stands by silence on asylum seeker ruling
ABC Online
Delivering the annual State of the Judicature speech earlier this year, Justice French spoke about the "national disgrace" of Indigenous incarceration, which is at least 16 times higher than for non-Indigenous Australians. He said one thing he was sure ...

Catholic Leader
Key organiser of Pope John Paul II's meeting with Indigenous Australians recalls blessed day
Catholic Leader
For 18 months leading up to the Alice Spring event, Ms Rowan, representing Queensland as a member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organising Committee for the meeting between the pope and indigenous people of Australia, had ...

The Australian
Drive for indigenous recognition knocked off course by treaty demands
The Australian
Constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians has been blindsided by more radical demands, with an official forum in Hobart insisting that plans for a ...
Indigenous Welfare Advocate Wins Human Rights MedalPro Bono Australia

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Cricbuzz
Lessons to learn from across the ditch
NT News
That's just one of the many responses I've heard in Sydney and Brisbane from non-Aboriginal people about indigenous Australians as they learned I had spent more than five years working as a journalist in Darwin and throughout the Northern Territory.
Natalie Plane - An Indigenous Australian who aspires to inspireCricbuzz
'Out of prison, Out of foster care': Aboriginal activists lead march ...Brisbane Times

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The Age
Lessons to learn from across the ditch
NT News
That's just one of the many responses I've heard in Sydney and Brisbane from non-Aboriginal people about indigenous Australians as they learned I had spent more than five years working as a journalist in Darwin and throughout the Northern Territory.
'Out of prison, Out of foster care': Aboriginal activists lead march across CBDThe Age
Natalie Plane - An Indigenous Australian who aspires to inspireCricbuzz

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'Out of prison, Out of foster care': Aboriginal activists lead march across CBD
WAtoday
13 year old Jenna-Lee Roberts of Doonside flys the Aboriginal flag at the front of the protest. Aborginal Human Rights protest through Circular Quay on December 10, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Sarah Keayes. In Western Australia, indigenous ...

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The Australian
Soft bigotry of low expectations holds back indigenous reform
The Australian
I think this bigotry is a problem with the national broadcaster because it is matched only by The Australian newspaper in its coverage of indigenous affairs, putting aside the SBS. Before I put aside the SBS, let me opine that there is more insight in ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
'Tipping point': Former PM wants nuclear dumping ground in Australia
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He believes nuclear energy will need to be included in a mix of sources to combat climate change and that Australia could use money generated by disposing of the world's nuclear waste to close the gap between the living standards of indigenous ...
'Make Australia a nuclear dumping ground': Hawkedailytelegraph.com.au

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Pro Bono Australia
NFP Commits to New Opportunities for Indigenous Workforce
Pro Bono Australia
“Since our origins more than 175 years ago, St Vincent's Health Australia has worked alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to both improve their access to health services and strengthen communities,” Hall said. “Now, through our ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Dream award opportunity for Indigenous artists
ArtsHub (subscription)
Young Indigenous artists have just a few days left to nominate for the 2017 Dreaming Award presented by the Australia Council. With a prize of $20,000 the Dreaming Award could be a life-changing experience for an emerging artist enabling them to create ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson: compassionistas' bigotry worst threat to indigenous
The Australian
He admits left supporters helped indigenous Australians gain rights to land through Native Title, but then went onto support “unscrupulous” Labor governments that imposed conservation regimes which prevented his people ever using the land. “I thought ...
Pearson slams 'soft bigotry' on the LeftSky News Australia
Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformThe Guardian

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Perth's Roe 8 on Indigenous heritage site
Yahoo7 News
The traditional owners of Beeliar Wetlands want to be on site while the Perth Freight Link is constructed in case ancient Aboriginal artefacts are uncovered. Government consultants met with the owners on Thursday to discuss heritage management plans ...

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The Guardian
Woman who allegedly supplied moonshine that killed Indigenous Australians charged
The Guardian
A woman who allegedly supplied the toxic moonshine that killed three members of an Indigenous community in western New South Wales has been charged with liquor offences. Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her partner, Roger John ...

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SBS
Here's the truth about the 'free ride' that some Australians think ... - SBS
SBS
The shocking truth about non-Indigenous Australia is that many people mistakenly assume that Indigenous Australians coast through life, receiving privileges ...

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