Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Aboriginal elder who became Australia's first permanent deacon turns 80
Catholic Leader
LAST month the people of Wadeye, Northern Territory, celebrated the 80th birthday of Deacon Boniface Perdjert. Deacon Boniface is senior elder of the Kardu Diminin clan and Murrinhpatha language speaker, and the traditional owner of the land on which ...

A watershed tour: Australia Indigenous Women leave behind the past
Wisden India
If there was one thing the women from Australia's indigenous national cricket team took away from their ten-day tour of India, it was that their communities back home weren't too different from the ones they encountered in the subcontinent. It can't be ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion 'failure who should be replaced', leader says
ABC Online
The head of the Northern Land Council, Joe Morrison, made the comments in front of an auditorium of Indigenous leaders and land councils from around Australia at the National Native Title Conference in Darwin. Mr Morrison accused Mr Scullion of ...
Nigel Scullion 'not up to job' of Indigenous affairs minister, says land council chiefThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Nigel Scullion 'not up to job' of Indigenous affairs minister, says land council chief
The Guardian
“This minister is not up to the job, and I would implore Malcolm Turnbull, if his Coalition government is returned on July the second, to look among his caucus and find a new minister who has the interests of Indigenous people at heart and a commitment ...
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion 'failure who should be replaced', leader saysABC Online

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The Guardian
Great Barrier Reef: marine science program boosts Indigenous numbers at university
The Guardian
It takes them to James Cook University, where they hear about the support they could get to study at university and take lectures from Indigenous scientists. It also takes them to the Australian Institute of Marine Science, where they see some of the ...

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Pedestrian TV
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International Coverage
Pedestrian TV
The Indigenous Australian-led sci-fi series, which is set in a dystopian Australia in which the government relentlessly pursues and oppresses an ancient race of beings called 'Hairymen', is bringing Aussie genre TV back into the spotlight, and the ...
Deborah Mailman: Australia Is Now Realising The Worth Of Indigenous WorkJunkee
Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and politicalThe Guardian
'Cleverman' Is Best Australia Drama? 5 Reasons to Watch It!Australia Network News
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Pedestrian TV
Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi 'Cleverman' Is Getting International Coverage
Pedestrian TV
The Indigenous Australian-led sci-fi series, which is set in a dystopian Australia in which the government relentlessly pursues and oppresses an ancient race of beings called 'Hairymen', is bringing Aussie genre TV back into the spotlight, and the ...
Cleverman review (ABC TV): Australia's most politically-charged dramaDaily Review
Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and politicalThe Guardian
Aboriginal Australian folklore gets familiar sci-fi take in SundanceTV's 'Cleverman'Tampabay.com (blog)
The New Daily -A.V. Club -The Australian
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Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election Summit
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous leaders from across the country gathered in Canberra on Tuesday to discuss some of the key issues of concern that are impacting on their people in this current climate. The gathering delivered a united call for government to put reducing ...

Music Feeds
Anohni has announced that she will walk 180 kilometres across Western Austria this week to support an indigenous ...
Music Feeds
Alongside the Martu people of Parnngurr, a community whose land may be under threat from the mine, Anohni is preparing to spend eight days walking across WA to attempt to prevent the construction of a joint Mitsubishi and Cameco mine on the Martu ...
Anohni Plans 8-Day, 110-Mile Desert Walk To Protest Australian Uranium MineArtistdirect.com
ANOHNI walking 110 miles across Australian desert to protest uranium mineBrooklyn Vegan (blog)

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Junkee
Why Every Aussie Should Learn To Speak An Indigenous Australian Language
Junkee
It does seem ridiculous that in Australia very few people speak an Australian language. Who of you reading this piece speaks or knows anything about one or more of the at least 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages? This is because ...
Extract from Andrew Pridham's Indigenous Round AddressSydney Swans
Legal services hit by cuts in Federal BudgetThe Guardian (Australia)
Indigenous jobs in resources on the riseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
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Telegraph.co.uk
Aboriginal teen model makes history after reaching Miss World Australia finals
Telegraph.co.uk
An Aboriginal teenager from a tiny outback township will be the first indigenous model to represent the Northern Territory in the Miss World Australia after she was spotted by a scout while withdrawing money from an ATM. Maminydjama Maymuru, 19, whose ...
Miss World Australia gets a make overThe Sydney Morning Herald
Miss World Australia beauty firstdailytelegraph.com.au

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Impact Investment Finances Indigenous Community Solar Project
Pro Bono Australia
In what is believed to be an Australian first, an impact investment loan via two philanthropic foundations has seen a 139-panel solar power system installed at an Indigenous community in Western Australia. The 36-kilowatt system at the Kurrawang ...

Australia's first Indigenous-inspired ibis hotel
Travel Weekly
During National Reconciliation Week 2016, AccorHotels will unveil its very first Indigenous-inspired ibis hotel in Australia at Sydney Olympic Park on Thursday 2 June. Celebrating the hotel's local links with Indigenous community, culture, and art, the ...
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Woolworths hires extra indigenous workers
Yahoo7 News
Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion said these jobs were part of Woolworths' commitment to employ an additional 1600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country by 2019 through the government's Employment Parity Initiative.

SBS
Australian Rugby Union's bid to attract more Indigenous talent
SBS
The Australian Rugby Union's Reconciliation Action Plan aims to harness indigenous talent to the sport and stop the AFL and NRL from taking the best talent. But success won't just be measured in player numbers. The ARU says respect and understanding of ...
Australian Rugby to focus on increasing Indigenous engagementTheSportsCampus.com
Australian Rugby Union launches second Reconciliation Action Plan in RedfernHerald Sun

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“Indigenous-inspired” ibis hotel to be unveiled in Australia
Travel Daily Media (press release) (registration) (blog)
Launched to coincide with National Reconciliation Week 2016, the hotel will be located at Sydney Olympic Park. It has been designed in partnership with Balarinji, an Indigenous-owned creative agency which has previously designed aircraft liveries for ...

Perth Now
Dodson backs Indigenous Day for WA
Perth Now
One of Australia's most respected indigenous leaders, Mr Dodson, below, said WA Day, which marks the arrival of Captain James Stirling's Parmelia at the Swan River Colony on June 1, 1829, did not have to be “wiped off” the calendar. But he said ...

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ABC Local
Mildura's young citizen recipient encourages Indigenous youth to embrace culture
ABC Local
Mr Clarke said Sorry Day was a special day for Indigenous people and evoked pride in him. "You look at the history and it's not the greatest history. Australia does have a dark history. Some of the stuff that was done to my people and some of the stuff ...

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ABC Online
Help Indigenous Australians through economic development: NSW Ombudsman's office
ABC Online
Economic prosperity is key to improving social outcomes for Aboriginal people, according to a report released by the New South Wales Ombudsman's office. The special report tabled in NSW Parliament today comes in the wake of NSW becoming the first ...

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ABC Local
Mildura's young citizen recipient encourages Indigenous youth to embrace culture
ABC Local
Mr Clarke said Sorry Day was a special day for Indigenous people and evoked pride in him. "You look at the history and it's not the greatest history. Australia does have a dark history. Some of the stuff that was done to my people and some of the stuff ...

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