Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Indigenous road fatalities as bad as sub-Saharan Africa
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tampere, Finland: The number of Indigenous Australians dying on the roads is similar to the rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, and three to five times the national average, an international conference was told on Monday. "It's a national disgrace," said ...

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Australia's Aboriginal people heading into the next "wicked" land battle
The Guam Daily Post (press release) (registration)
LONDON – Nearly a quarter of a century after Australia's Aboriginal people won the legal right to make claims on their “country,” they are fighting a new battle – a complex network of red tape required to manage the lands, a leading lawyer has warned.

Aboriginal artwork for auction in London
SBS
More than 90 pieces of Aboriginal artwork, sculptures and early artefacts will go under the hammer in London this week in the biggest auction of its kind outside Australia. The curated auction of 92 lots have been on display at Sothebys in Central ...

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Recognition: Yes or No? The ABC asks the wrong questions of the wrong people
The Conversation AU
Tonight the ABC will broadcast Recognition: Yes or No?, a program following the joint travels of federal Labor MP Linda Burney and conservative commentator Andrew Bolt as they debate whether Indigenous peoples should be “recognised” in Australia's ...

The Conversation AU
To move forward on reconciliation, Australia must recognise it has a race relations problem
The Conversation AU
We know a lot about what Australia's non-Indigenous population thinks of Indigenous people, but not much is known about what Indigenous people think of the non-Indigenous population, or of how they experience race relations. This is an obstacle for ...

the AU review (blog)
Book review: 1787 by Nick Brodie
the AU review (blog)
Australia Day is a fairly contentious date in the calendar. The idea that Australia began with the arrival of the First Fleet on January 26th 1788 has long been offensive to descendants of the Indigenous Australians who already occupied the land.

the AU review (blog)
First Kaldor Public Art Project led by an Australian Aboriginal artist unveiled in the Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden
the AU review (blog)
Jones is the first Indigenous artist to head a Kaldor Public Art Project. Of his piece, he said: “barrangal dyara is a response to the immense loss felt throughout Australia due to the destruction of countless culturally significant Aboriginal objects ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald
No fireworks, only respect: Linda Burney and Andrew Bolt take on constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Burney has long been a prominent voice for substantive change - removing and replacing the constitution's "race power" and recognising the history of Indigenous people in Australia - while Bolt prefers either the status quo or strictly the ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
With a new film, Ivan Sen wants to draw attention to Indigenous youth suicide
The Sydney Morning Herald
With his new film, which stars Ursula Yovich from Australia and The Code, and newcomer Brandon Waters, he wants to draw attention to what he calls an epidemic of suicide among young Indigenous people. "Because it's not reported in the media, ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
'Deep wounds sit in the soul of our country'
dailytelegraph.com.au
Controversial Australian politic figure Bob Santamaria. A book about him has been short-listed for The Nib award. “In many ways Aboriginal people are a product of that time and the failure of our politics to grapple with serious Indigenous issues ...

SBS
Celebration of Indigenous science heroes inspires young minds
SBS
This year marks the first time when Indigenous enthusiasts of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) will have their very own awards celebration, promoted by Australia's leading science agency. The CSIRO's Indigenous STEM Education ...

Echonetdaily
National indigenous photomedia works on show in Tweed
Echonetdaily
Work by some of the most significant Indigenous photographers and multimedia artists in the past five years have gone on a show in a travelling exhibition which opened at the Tweed Regional Gallery this week. The National Gallery of Australia's (NGA) ...

The Advertiser
Australian Indigenous All Stars fight back to make it back-to-back Trans-Tasman Championship wins
The Advertiser
THE Apunipima Australian Indigenous All Stars have retained the Trans-Tasman Challenge after coming from behind to beat the NZ Maori National Team 106-103 in Tauranga. The Aussies won the series opener 87-82 before dropping Game Two in the ...

Courier Mail
Queenslanders dealt life's short straw
Courier Mail
Indigenous health in the bush remains a concern. There is still a 10-year gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Rural Doctors Association of Australia chief Peta Rutherford said training more indigenous doctors and ...

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The Advertiser
First blood to Aussie indigenous stars
The Advertiser
The win broke open the series, the inaugural championship won by the Maori select 2-1 in 2014 in New Zealand before Australia seized it 2-1 last year in Queensland. Taking a 1-0 lead against a team which boasts talented players such as Lindsay Tait, a ...

Daily Advertiser
In historic gathering, nation's Indigenous MPs reject hate and vow to work together
Daily Advertiser
Australia's record-high five Indigenous MPs have vowed to work together across party lines, laying down a shared vision of a united Australia after a week coloured by division. Liberal frontbencher Ken Wyatt, Labor frontbenchers Pat Dodson and Linda ...
Stranger Things in parliament this week, with varying doses of realityThe Guardian

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In historic gathering, nation's Indigenous MPs reject hate
The Canberra Times
Australia's record-high five Indigenous MPs have vowed to work together across party lines, laying down a shared vision of a united Australia after a week coloured by division. Liberal frontbencher Ken Wyatt, Labor frontbenchers Pat Dodson and Linda ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
In historic gathering, nation's Indigenous MPs reject hate
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's record-high five Indigenous MPs have vowed to work together across party lines, laying down a shared vision of a united Australia after a week coloured by division. Liberal frontbencher Ken Wyatt, Labor frontbenchers Pat Dodson and Linda ...
Stranger Things in parliament this week, with varying doses of realityThe Guardian

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The Australian Financial Review
Universities build business expertise in the Indigenous community with MBA degrees
The Australian Financial Review
Less than 1 per cent of management and commerce students at university are Indigenous. Ben Plant. by Ruth Callaghan. Indigenous Australians make up 3 per cent of the population, yet their representation in business classrooms – and boardrooms – is only ...

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NEWS.com.au
Andrew Bolt and Linda Burney in ABC documentary Recognition: Yes or No?
NEWS.com.au
Linda is adamant that constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians will help to heal the wounds of the past and introduces Bolt to like-minded supporters like Grant, Marama Fox the co-leader of NZ's Maori party, Mick Gooda the Aboriginal and ...
Why ABC's 'Recognition: Yes or No?' proves Andrew Bolt can't be beatenDaily Review

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