Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

New York Times
Indigenous Australians in Queensland Said to Face Higher Juvenile Detention Rates
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Indigenous children in the Australian state of Queensland are much likelier than others there to be held in juvenile detention, and Australia's judicial system has held children as young as 10 criminally responsible for their ...
Detained children stats show our shameCourier Mail

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Telegraph.co.uk
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'
Telegraph.co.uk
"If this little boy and his mum had been mocking Indigenous culture then I can totally see how this is offensive," she said. "Unfortunately now this little boy who has been shown by the dark skinned community that his admiration for a black man is ...
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photosBBC News

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BBC News
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News
Aboriginal mum posts daughter's 'whiteface' photos
BBC News
An Indigenous Australian mother has posted photos of her daughter dressed in "whiteface" in response to a debate over "blackface". Last week a young boy in Perth attended a school event with his skin painted black in tribute to his idol, Australian ...
Aboriginal mother stirs 'blackface' racism row in Australia with picture of daughter in 'whiteface'Telegraph.co.uk

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StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend hailed as a ...
StartupSmart
Australia's first ever Indigenous Startup Weekend has been lauded as a success, with over 80 Indigenous Australians coming together to come up with ideas to ...
How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition ...The Guardian
Indigenous people want to talk with governments | The AdvocateThe Advocate

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Huffington Post Australia
Sacred Indigenous Site Uluru Captured In World-First Drone Clip
Huffington Post Australia
The breathtaking curves of Australian Indigenous site Uluru are revealed in a world-first drone video taken with permission of traditional owners. As the drone cruises over the monolith, sparse desert shrubs give way to giant boulders and then the ...
Uluru like you've never seen itdailytelegraph.com.au
First-ever drone footage of UluruAustralian Geographic
View of Uluru tourists don't get to seeNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
Congress of Australia's First Peoples declares end to 'Mexican ...
ABC Online
Frosty relations between Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and the Congress of Australia's First Peoples appear to have thawed, just ahead of a planned ...

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SBS
Indigenous youth meet Indigenous MPs on recognition | SBS News
SBS
Just ahead of the 45th Australian parliament starting up, a group of young Indigenous Australians has pushed MPs to have constitutional recognition for ...
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition ...The Guardian

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Uluru like you've never seen it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia The massive monolith rises out of the desert. Picture: Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. The footage glides over the surrounding landscape before showing a close-up view of the giant 3km long rock ...

Team up to build up: helping Indigenous communities
The Mandarin (registration)
For its chief executive, Karyn Baylis, this success was just the latest from a conveyor belt of projects large and small, all of which have been designed to deliver much-needed and sustainable improvements for Australia's Indigenous people. “Ours is a ...

The Guardian
Indigenous MPs to meet youth in push for constitutional recognition
The Guardian
Indigenous youth representatives will travel to Canberra on Monday to meet four Indigenous MPs as part of a campaign to raise awareness of reasons to recognise the First Australians in the constitution. The Liberal MP Ken Wyatt, the independent senator ...

The Conversation AU
How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
The Conversation AU
Indigenous people in the United States, for example, have successfully used culturally targeted education and social marketing, plus individual and family treatment, to reduce methamphetamine-related incidents and arrests. Finally, we need better data ...

ABC Online
Why do Australians keep wearing blackface?
ABC Online
Asked for an opinion on the latest blackface rumpus, Indigenous rapper Briggs said: "Australia has its own history of blackface that dates back hundreds of years. So excuse me, Hugo from Flight Facilities, but are you a history of major in race ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal people feel pressured to lose values, culture to be successful, study says
ABC Online
A new report suggests Aboriginal people are facing enormous pressure to lose their traditional culture in order to be successful in Australia. Larrakia Nation, which represents the Larrakia people of the Darwin region, teamed up with the Universities ...

Seeing inside an ancient Australian Indigenous artefact non-invasively
Phys.Org
The authors, led by Ingrid Ward of the University of Western Australia, said the findings suggested that the chert had undergone some level of transport and/or exposure and weathering before it was embedded in the reef sometime been 41 ka and 14.5 ka.

NEWS.com.au
'Political correctness gone mad'
NEWS.com.au
For many Aboriginal Australians it is indeed a day of sadness and dispossession,” Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt said. “This does not just refer to indigenous involvement but the involvement of many other Australians who feel increasingly uncomfortable ...
Fremantle Is Ditching Its Australia Day Fireworks After Consulting With The Indigenous CommunityJunkee
Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine labels Freo fireworks snub 'a silly mistake'WAtoday
Indigenous MP slams Freo fireworks banPerth Now
9news.com.au -Aussie Network News
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WAtoday
Freo axes Aussie Day fireworks to lift indigenous involvement
The West Australian
“This does not just refer to indigenous involvement but the involvement of many other Australians who feel increasingly uncomfortable with the date and what it represents. “The city has received significant feedback supporting the idea of re-imagining ...
Fremantle Australia Day fireworks cancelled over cultural sensitivitiesDaily Mail
Fremantle cancels 'culturally insensitive' Australia Day fireworksWAtoday
Fremantle cancels Australia Day fireworksPerth Now
Community Newspaper Group
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SBS
Court awards damages for loss of native title in historic decision
SBS
The Australian Federal Court has awarded compensation to Indigenous landowners who have had their native title rights extinguished under the Native Title Act, the first time such an award has been made. The Ngaliwurru and Nungali people, Aboriginal ...

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The West Australian
Ancient indigenous art back in vogue
The West Australian
The Aboriginal art market, said to be worth $400 million a year at its height in 2007, collapsed under the perfect storm of the global financial crisis, the high Australian dollar, the artist resale royalty scheme and tighter rules for collecting art ...

The West Australian
Australia Day fireworks axe slammed by indigenous MP Ben Wyatt - The West Australian
The West Australian
The port city's council opted to axe the annual celebrations, citing growing community discomfit with what January 26 represents. Mr Wyatt, who is indigenous, tweeted that the relationship between Aboriginal people and Australia Day was “profound”.

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