Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
Indigenous kids in care to triple in 20 years
The Australian
Western Australia has the highest rates of over-representation of indigenous children in care and the lowest investment in evidence based strategies. The Northern Territory's record on child protection was “particularly appalling”, Professor Bamblett said.

The West Australian
We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
The West Australian
Mr Thomas said the same issues were raised in the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report yet things are now worse for his people. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population 25 years ago - by ...

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
The Australian
On Thursday, federal Attorney-General George Brandis announced an Australia-wide inquiry to examine the "national tragedy" of persistently high indigenous incarceration rates. Mr Gooda says people still feel powerless almost a decade after the ...

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We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
NEWS.com.au
Mr Thomas said the same issues were raised in the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report yet things are now worse for his people. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population 25 years ago - by ...

Daily Mail
Pauline Hanson wants plebiscites on gay marriage, euthanasia and Indigenous Australians
Daily Mail
Controversial senators Pauline Hanson and Jacqui Lambie hatched plans over dinner for plebiscites on gay marriage, euthanasia and constitutional recognition of indigenous. They met on the same night the Senate voted 33 to 29 to kill off Prime Minister ...
Lambie pushing for wide referendum next electionNEWS.com.au

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Mashable
Indigenous-led technology hub to open in regional Australia
Mashable
Because the majority of Australia's population clings to its coastal cities, people in regional areas are often left out when it comes to the so-called "digital economy." Two Indigenous Australians are hoping to change that. Leigh Harris and Julie-Ann ...

The Advertiser
SA Australian of the Year finalists
The Advertiser
With a particular interest in improving the educational outcomes for indigenous Australians, Caz was instrumental in establishing Parents Australia, that deploys indigenous trainers to promote the importance of literacy and numeracy by involving ...

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SBS
Cultural healing: Indigenous art as therapy
SBS
From sound healing with didgeridoo to art therapy for disabled people, Aboriginal art is proving a powerful tool for helping Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians heal from disease and trauma. Here are four incredible ways Aboriginal art is being ...

After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use ...
Medical Xpress
A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to treat ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Senate Calls for Funding for Indigenous Peak Body
Pro Bono Australia
The Senate has passed a motion by the Australian Greens calling on the federal government to fund Indigenous peak body, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples for the next three years for $15 million, with a sinking fund of a further $100 ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Unlike most Australians, I'm finding it hard to care about the US election
The Sydney Morning Herald
Yet similar battles have been raging in Australia on Aboriginal lands for a long time now and it barely generates a whisper. How many people, for example, are aware of the protests against fracking proposals in Aboriginal communities all across the NT?

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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined
EurekAlert (press release)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower drug copayments, hospitalizations to treat the population's chronic conditions declined by 40 ...

The Australian
Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights
The Australian
When two staff members from Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service arrived in Fitzroy Crossing last month to gather complaints about Bill Leak's cartoon for the Australian Human Rights Commission, they had to drive past what many consider the ...

The Indian Express
Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home
The Indian Express
Generations of abuse at the hands of European colonizers have left many indigenous Australians with a 20-year life expectancy gap due to addictions, mental health illnesses and other diseases, plus heightened suicide and incarceration rates, said de ...

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SBS
Indigenous broadcasters from around world meet for talks
SBS
Tanya Orman is the channel manager for Australia's National Indigenous Television, or NITV. And she is chairwoman of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network, or WITBN. "And when we first established as a collective, we started to exchange ...
Māori TV to host World Indigenous TV Broadcasters ConferenceScoop.co.nz (press release)
Māori TV to host the 10th anniversary WITBN conferenceMāori Television

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Deng Adut named NSW Australian of the Year
The Sydney Morning Herald
Reconciliation champion Arthur Alla, 27, was named Young Australian of the Year for his work setting up Red Earth, which allows Indigenous Australians living in remote areas to host young people from the city to immerse them in Indigenous culture.
Deng Adut named NSW Aussie of the YearSBS

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ASIC calls super funds to join Indigenous trip
Investment Magazine
Super fund bosses have been invited to join the corporate regulator on a meet and greet tour of remote Indigenous communities in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in 2017. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) wants ...

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ABC Message Stick
West Australian Indigenous slavery class action may target private organisations
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous slavery may be a cause of action in the expansion of a class action into unpaid wages in Western Australia, a lawyer says. A class action into unpaid wages to Indigenous people is looking at whether historical arrangements in the state ...

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Daily Mail
Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home
Daily Mail
Saliman Binjuda of Thursday Island, Australia, hugs Robert de Castella, founder of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, at the finish line of the 2016 New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. A dozen young Australian runners from ...

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The Australian
Bill Leak cartoon complaint made after pub gripe
The Australian
So the 49-year-old called on Western Australia's taxpayer-funded Aboriginal Legal Service to help sort it out. The problem with the pub remains unresolved. But after the lawyers left, Mr Till and Kevin Gunn, who lives with him, found themselves ...
Human Rights Commission on wrong wavelengthThe Australian Financial Review
We've hit a Triggs-er point on mind controldailytelegraph.com.au

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