Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
Fremantle shifts Australia Day to January 28 to be 'culturally inclusive'
The Australian
At the time of that decision, Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt said for many indigenous people, Australia Day was a day of sadness. “Australia Day is not a one-dimensional day of universal celebration of this free, prosperous and peaceful place in which we ...

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages
On Line opinion
Last week the NSW Government announced new measures to protect Aboriginal languages. In the context of seeking to preserve part of Australia's threatened native culture, the measures superficially come across as a potentially great idea. According to ...

ABC Online
Western Desert Dialysis helping Indigenous people in 'kidney disease capital of the world'
ABC Online
Morgan Hitchcock from Western Desert Dialysis does not mince words on why his organisation is so badly needed in Central Australia. "This is the kidney disease capital of the world and Aboriginal people bear the burden the most," he said. Mr Hitchcock ...

SBS
Australian of the Year nominees strong on migrant, Indigenous work
SBS
The Northern Territory's Australian of the Year, Andrea Mason, has spent her working life helping Indigenous women and children. Ms Mason is chief executive of the NPY Women's Council. It combines Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal thinking to fight ...

Tone Deaf
'Reclaim Australia' Is The Raw, Undeniable Protest Music That Australia Needs
Tone Deaf
More than a hip-hop supergroup, this Indigenous rap pack embodies generations of their black brothers and sisters as they call on Australia, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, to plant its feet in the red dust and pump its fists towards the black sky ...
New Briggs album tells it like it isShepparton News
AB Original on Reclaim Australia, the album: 'Being black, everything you do becomes a protest'The Guardian

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Imagining the future of Indigenous performing arts
ArtsHub (subscription)
In light of a recent report by the Australia Council for the Arts which found that only 2% of the 6000 works programmed by presenters in 2015 was by or about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island peoples – and that two thirds of presenters did not program ...

SBS
Hanson decries reverse racism in Australia
SBS
He spoke about his own fight for freedom, having been born before the 1967 referendum, when indigenous Australians were not counted in the census. There was a hell of a lot wrong with freedom if you had to fight to experience it, Senator Dodson said.

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The Guardian
Let's honour the invisible work of Aboriginal women tackling ...
The Guardian
Women in Indigenous communities in Australia refuse to accept the shocking levels of violence against them. A new Guardian series highlights significant work ...
Q&A: Nakkiah Lui Says We Shouldn't 'Paint Broad Brush Strokes' On ...Huffington Post Australia

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Anglicannews
Church calls for constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians
Anglicannews
[ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Primate of Australia, Archbishop Philip Freier, has called for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, saying it is “vital” if the country's indigenous people are to flourish. Archbishop ...

Indigenous workers set for new subs
The Australian
Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities for indigenous Australians and businesses within their supply chain. "We are excited about partnering with DCNS to flush out more ...

Indigenous workers set for new subs
NEWS.com.au
Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities for indigenous Australians and businesses within their supply chain. "We are excited about partnering with DCNS to flush out more ...

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Indigenous workers set for new subs
SBS
Indigenous workers won't miss out on opportunities as the government embarks on the $50 billion project to construct 12 new submarines. Shipbuilder DCNS Australia has signed a deal with the new Indigenous Defence Corporation to explore opportunities ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ November 23, 2016 ] Researcher can feel answers in her bones CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
The state-of-the-art bone technology used by early Indigenous communities may help reveal how they colonised Australia and carved out lives in a new world. From bone nose ornaments to ceremonial bones and work tools, the so-called bone technology will ...

The Guardian
Sly grog operation targeting Indigenous community exposes 'gaps in law'
The Guardian
A sly grog operation that targeted an Indigenous community in western NSW has exposed gaps in the law that create “the potential for fatal consequences”, the deputy state coroner has found. Sandra Boney, 40, her brother Norman Boney, 46, and her ...

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[ November 23, 2016 ] Benjamin and buddies go the distance in New York ACHIEVEMENT
National Indigenous Times
Benjamin was one of 12 people from around Australia who ran in the event this year as part of marathon great Robert de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Project. The Indigenous Marathon Project, run by de Castella's Indigenous Marathon Foundation, aims to ...

SBS
First Contact interview: Ray Martin
SBS
He also spent a month up north filming the 2nd season of First Contact, which sees six regular Aussies- or in this case, Aussie celebrities- interact with Indigenous Australia for the first time. I found one night in his chock-a-block schedule to sit ...

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The Advertiser
Dizzy, Thomas into bat for indigenous cricket
The Advertiser
Thomas, the first Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in any sport, recalls having “pretty handy yorkers” in her repertoire and says she “can't wait” to be at the MCG this Boxing Day for the start of the two-year commemoration. Gillespie said the ...

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The Australian
ABC, SBS, Guardian and Fairfax racist, says Maurice Newman
The Australian
Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman has backed Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson's claim that the organisation is racist, going a step further by accusing the other national public broadcaster, SBS, and commercial outlets Fairfax Media, The Guardian, and ...
Noel Pearson's attack on 'racist ABC' unjustified, former journalist Quentin Dempster saysABC Online
Ex-ABC Chairman Throws ABC, Fairfax, SBS, And More Under “Racist” BusB&T

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myGC.com.au
Chinese company plans $400 million theme park for Queensland's Gold Coast
ABC Online
In a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Songcheng said the theme park would have an "Australian Indigenous Cultural Village", a "wild Australia" component and a "mysterious oriental area". Mr Winter said the theme park would have to attract more ...
Australia Legendary Kingdom proposed for Gold CoastmyGC.com.au

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SBS
How community-based innovation can help Australia close the Indigenous gap
SBS
There is a strong bipartisan consensus that Australia needs to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage. It is a credit to the federal government that it has remained consistent in monitoring progress. But while maintaining these targets is important ...

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