Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
18C offensive to indigenous women, says John Anderson
The Australian
“It plainly isn't true; whether you're talking about indigenous communities or Australia at large. These Aboriginal women have been telling me for years how deeply they often fear for their children's safety because of alcoholism among the young men in ...

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ABC Online
WA Government accused of rejecting Indigenous prisoner hotline that would have prevented death in custody
ABC Online
The grandmother of a woman who died in police custody says the West Australian Government has failed Aboriginal people by declining a Federal Government offer to introduce a telephone service which she says would reduce incarceration rates. During a ...
NT's mandatory sentencing could be scrappedSky News Australia

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SBS
Top 20 names for Indigenous babies 2016
SBS
With our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population making up such a small percentage of overall Australia, the most common or 'trending' names in Indigenous communities are submerged into the culture of the wider Australia only. Although an ...
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURENational Indigenous Times
The Road to a TreatyNew Matilda

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We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community
Geelong Advertiser
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 ...

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ABC Online
Mundine rips into imprisonment inquiry
ABC Online
Attorney-General George Brandis has announced plans to hold the inquiry through the Australian Law Reform Commission, to address the "national tragedy" of Indigenous Australians being held behind bars. The head of the Prime Minister's Indigenous ...

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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 ...

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ABC Online
Magistrate tells Aboriginal teenager to be more like US rapper 50 Cent
ABC Online
A magistrate in regional Western Australia has taken an unusual approach to reducing the Indigenous incarceration rate, telling a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy to be like the American rapper 50 Cent. Geraldton Magistrate Dean Potter was sentencing the ...

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Poor, remote and Aboriginal have higher STI risk
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
A unique 21-year study of more than 2.4 million cases of infectious disease across Australia reveals a major social divide where being poorer, living remotely or being an Indigenous Australian means having an increased risk of sexually transmissible ...

ABC Online
Indigenous incarceration a 'national tragedy': George Brandis ... - ABC
ABC Online
The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a national tragedy, Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors ...
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'The Sydney Morning Herald
Inquiry to examine 'national tragedy' of Indigenous over-representation in prisonsSBS
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
The West Australian -Sky News Australia
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ABC Message Stick
New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
ABC Message Stick
A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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New study to look at Indigenous Australian fermentation
ABC Online
A new study is exploring how Indigenous Australians were able to create fermented food and drinks. The University of Adelaide is beginning to investigate these techniques, that would result in sweet foods and drinks with a mild alcohol content. It is ...

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National Indigenous Times
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
Hopes for a workable, well-funded Indigenous Congress — once lauded as a turning point in Australia's reconciliation process— are in tatters, with the organisation set up to unite Indigenous Australians on the brink of folding. Directors of the ...
The Road to a TreatyNew Matilda

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National Indigenous Times
[ October 27, 2016 ] National Congress on verge of extinction, say leaders CULTURE
National Indigenous Times
Hopes for a workable, well-funded Indigenous Congress — once lauded as a turning point in Australia's reconciliation process— are in tatters, with the organisation set up to unite Indigenous Australians on the brink of folding. Directors of the ...
The Road to a Treaty - New MatildaNew Matilda

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Bega District News
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration 'national tragedy'
Bega District News
The government has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission will investigate the Indigenous incarceration crisis, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy". Senator Brandis and Indigenous Affairs Minister ...

Armidale Express
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
Armidale Express
Senator Brandis said he would refer an inquiry on Indigenous incarceration to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Thursday. The commission would be asked to consider potential law reforms "to ameliorate this national tragedy," he said. "The degree ...

Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
Brisbane Times
... reduce high Indigenous incarceration rates, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy." Senator Brandis said he would refer an inquiry on Indigenous incarceration to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Thursday.

The Sydney Morning Herald
George Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
The Sydney Morning Herald
More than 25 years after the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991, Indigenous Australians made up 27 per cent of the prison population, up from 14 per cent. Senator Brandis said failed, flawed or incomplete reform efforts in that ...
Indigenous incarceration inquiry announced by George Brandis, Nigel ScullionRadio Australia
Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: BrandisNEWS.com.au
Federal Government calls inquiry into high Aboriginal prison ratesThe West Australian
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SBS
Tasmania, ACT best societies in Australia, report says
SBS
Tasmania is the state closest to the charity sector's ideal society, according to a new report from the Community Council for Australia (CCA). The island state, which has long been an easy target for economic ridicule, was praised for its even incomes ...
Australia is no longer the home of the 'fair go', says reportThe Guardian

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Aboriginal jail rates a tragedy: Brandis
Weekly Times Now
It's been 25 years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Senator Brandis says Australia has gone backwards in that time. Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison population in 1991 ...

The Conversation AU
Tom Calma
The Conversation AU
Dr Calma has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for 40 years and is currently on a number of boards and committees focusing on rural and remote Australia ...