Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
Calls for better, culturally appropriate health services
SBS
But multicultural and indigenous communities are calling for health services to be better tailored to improve the lives of Australians from diverse backgrounds. The report, entitled, "Australia's Health 2016", shows 85 per cent of Australians rate ...
Australia's health report card: Smoking and drinking down, chronic diseases and obesity on riseThe Australian
Half of all Australians suffer from chronic diseases, but 85 per cent believe they're healthy: reportABC Online
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases health report card on the nationNEWS.com.au
The Advertiser -The Sydney Morning Herald -Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
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The Conversation AU
Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago?
The Conversation AU
This article is the first in our three-part series on the blinding, deafening and sometimes deadly conditions in Indigenous Australian children that have little to no impact on their non-Indigenous counterparts. The next two articles will look at ...

The Guardian
Indigenous activist leads class action to recover wages 'stolen' by state
The Guardian
... earnings of Indigenous men, women and children between 1939 and 1972. The case could be followed by class actions elsewhere, with the firm Shine Lawyers signalling possible claims in New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, ...

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ABC Online
Triple J backs Australia Day poll despite indigenous campaign
The Australian
National youth radio station Triple J will not move its annual Hottest 100 poll from its Australia Day slot next year, but will consider shifting the date from 2018 onwards due to increasing public pressure to do so to avoid insulting the indigenous ...
Triple j will hold 2017 Hottest 100 on Australia Day, despite calls to change dateABC Online
Triple J is considering moving the Hottest 100 from Australia DayThe Sydney Morning Herald
Triple J Hottest 100 will remain on Australia Day despite 'Invasion Day' controversyNEWS.com.au
MuMbrella -Pedestrian TV -SBS -Change.org
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ABC Online
Half of all Australians suffer from chronic diseases, but 85 per cent believe they're healthy: report
ABC Online
And while there were some improvements in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, they continued to have lower life expectancy rates than non-Indigenous Australians — more than 10 years shorter. Health Minister Sussan Ley said ...
Calls for better, culturally appropriate health servicesSBS
Australia's health report card: Smoking and drinking down, chronic diseases and obesity on riseThe Australian
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases health report card on the nationNEWS.com.au
The Advertiser -The Sydney Morning Herald -Business Insider
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ABC Online
Indigenous empowerment program Dreamtime Project 'creating role models, not fashion models'
ABC Online
When supermodel Naomi Campbell came to Australia in 2000, she asked why there were so few Aboriginal models on Australia's catwalks. Sixteen years later, little seems to have changed. But a project in WA is hoping to bring more diversity to the runway, ...

ABC Online
Triple j will hold 2017 Hottest 100 on Australia Day, despite calls to change date
ABC Online
Although the date will remain the same for next year, triple j announced a collaboration with the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) for the Hottest 100 "to create a meaningful connection between all communities, including Indigenous ...
Triple J is considering moving the Hottest 100 from Australia DayThe Sydney Morning Herald
Triple J Hottest 100 to remain on Australia DayNEWS.com.au
Triple J lobbied to move Hottest 100 from Australia DayThe Australian
MuMbrella -Pedestrian TV -9news.com.au -Change.org
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ABC Online
Irene Watson appointed University of South Australia's first Indigenous pro-vice chancellor
ABC Online
The University of South Australia is hoping to increase Indigenous enrolments with the appointment of its first Indigenous pro-Vice Chancellor Irene Watson. The inaugural position was created after the university announced it would close its David ...
Australia's Aboriginal people heading into the next 'wicked' land battleReuters Australia
FACTBOX - At a glance: Australia's native title lawThomson Reuters Foundation

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The Australian
Australia's health report card: Smoking and drinking down, chronic diseases and obesity on rise
The Australian
Indigenous Australians have lower life expectancies than other Australians, are 3.5 times more likely to have diabetes, five times more likely to have end-stage kidney disease, and twice as likely to have coronary heart disease. The rate for indigenous ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report card: seven ways to grade our healthThe Sydney Morning Herald
Aussie health let down by lifestyle habitsAustralian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)
Most Australians say they are in good health but 50% have a chronic diseaseThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians remains about one decade
ABC Online
The life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians remains about one decade, according to new statistics. The latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) said that while health outcomes had improved ...
Aboriginal Australians headed into new battle for land rightsCT Australia
FACTBOX - At a glance: Australia's native title lawThomson Reuters Foundation

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Triple J is considering moving the Hottest 100 from Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
Triple J is in serious discussions to shift the Hottest 100 away from Australia Day in response to the increasing momentum of a campaign to move it out of respect to Indigenous Australians. It is understood senior management at the ABC has been ...
HUGE: Triple J “In Serious Talks” To Move 'Hottest 100' From Australia DayPedestrian TV
Looks Like Triple J Is Seriously Considering Changing The Hottest 100 Date From Australia DayMusic Feeds
Triple J may move Hottest 100 over 'Invasion Day'NEWS.com.au
The Australian -MuMbrella -Daily Review
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Virgin Australia partners with Indigenous event, Parrtjima – A Festival in Light
MuMbrella
The first authentic Indigenous light festival of its kind in the world and Australia's biggest-ever light show installation, Parrtjima – A Festival in Light will light up Alice Springs and 2.5km of Central Australia's majestic MacDonnell Ranges for 10 ...

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'Malignant grief': doctor speaks about his battle against indigenous suicide
Crikey (registration)
'Malignant grief': doctor speaks about his battle against indigenous suicide. Murray Chapman works at the centre of a community whose heart and soul is being torn apart by suicide, writes deputy editor of Australian Doctor magazine Paul Smith.

Pedestrian TV
HUGE: Triple J “In Serious Talks” To Move 'Hottest 100' From Australia Day
Pedestrian TV
TV can exclusively report that the public broadcaster is in "serious talks" to shift the date from January 26 due to growing public sentiment that it's disrespectful to Indigenous Australians, who see it as a dark mark on our country's history / a day ...

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Specialists declare war on ear diseases affecting indigenous kids
The Australian
Dr Perry cited a Senate committee report released in May 2010 that concluded indigenous Australians suffered deafness and ear problems at 10 times the rate of non-indigenous Australians. “Little has been done since then,'' Dr Perry said. He believed ...

Huffington Post Australia
Noel Pearson's Uncle Leads The Fight To Recover 'Stolen Wages'
Huffington Post Australia
"The first 10 years of your life, you're working to buy yourself a home, to set your family up. That's every person's dream," Pearson told 7:30. Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson believes Aboriginal disadvantage in today's society has its routes in these ...

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ABC Online
Peter Kirby: The first Indigenous Australian to win a Paralympic gold medal
ABC Online
Peter Kirby was born in Bega, the son of a Wiradjuri father and mother. During an era of segregation, the family lived among a community of Indigenous families in caravans around a converted school house at Kiah, before moving into the nearby town of ...

The Guardian
Reimagining The Drover's Wife: Leah Purcell weaves Indigenous Australia into classic tale
The Guardian
Purcell is getting ready to perform in her radical rewrite of the Henry Lawson short story The Drover's Wife, retooled with strong Indigenous emphasis and autobiography, while retaining a few Lawson plot points: bullock shooting and rogue swaggies ...

Independent Australia
Former PM Howard on a treaty: 'Appalled' or 'appalling'?
Independent Australia
Obviously, Howard's principle and words didn't – and still don't – apply for Australia's Indigenous peoples. We didn't and, apparently, still don't need to establish Indigenous consent or agreement to move forward together as one united nation — even ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
TV review: Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
People of opposing views are on hand to hose down any attempts at hagiography, and Menzies' unavoidable shortcomings – including when it came to both Indigenous Australia and ending the White Australia policy – are acknowledged. The series also ...

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