Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Labor promises to double Indigenous ranger numbers
The Guardian
Rangers and the Indigenous protected areas many of them work on have been the subject of a sustained campaign by the Country Needs People coalition to increase the number of positions and guarantee funding for 10 years. It has pointed to the success of ...

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The Guardian
Labor promises to double Indigenous ranger numbers
The Guardian
Rangers and the Indigenous protected areas many of them work on have been the subject of a sustained campaign by the Country Needs People coalition to increase the number of positions and guarantee funding for 10 years. It has pointed to the success of ...

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SBS
Indigenous Australians more dissatisfied with Australian democracy
SBS
Fifty-three per cent of Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians believed the standards of honesty and integrity of elected politicians was declining. However, a slightly higher number of Indigenous Australians - 17 per cent compared with ...

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The Guardian
Pat Dodson: Indigenous incarceration rate 'shameful' due to failure to address poverty
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians make up 27% of the prison population but only about 3% of the wider population. In the Northern Territory about 83% of adult prisoners and 97% of juvenile detainees are Indigenous. “We have also on the other hand a propensity of ...
NT law and order going too far: DodsonYahoo7 News

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BBC News
Nova Peris: Tearful Indigenous MP quits Australia Senate
BBC News
The first Indigenous woman elected to Australia's parliament has defended her decision to quit before the upcoming federal election. Former Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris announced on Tuesday that she would not re-contest her Senate seat at the ...
Labor senator Nova Peris a frontrunner for AFL's top Indigenous jobThe Age
Election 2016: Nova Peris delivers passionate speech defending her decision to leave politicsABC Online
[ May 25, 2016 ] Labor hamstrung in hunt for Nova's Senate replacement NEWSNational Indigenous Times
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ABC Online
Cleverman: An Indigenous superhero series with a political streak
ABC Online
A new Australian TV series blends Indigenous mythology with contemporary superhero style and political punch to go deeper than many of the Hollywood blockbusters, writes Liam Burke. Like jazz and baseball, comic book superheroes are often considered ...

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ABC Online
Carnarvon Shire Council votes against flying Aboriginal flag in NAIDOC Week
ABC Online
A West Australian shire council has voted not to fly the Aboriginal flag outside its offices during NAIDOC Week, with its president saying it would be divisive to do so. Carnarvon Shire Council president Karl Brandenburg cast the deciding vote in a ...
Carnarvon Shire refuses to fly Aboriginal flagPerth Now
Western Australian council votes against flying Aboriginal flagThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous Australia is open for business – but we need investment to realise our potential
The Guardian
This is especially so in northern Australia where the Aboriginal populations, and their land holdings and assets, are significant. Some have called this Indigenous economic asset group the “sleeping giant”. But far from asleep, Indigenous people are ...
Saying sorry isn't enough for Indigenous childrenThe Sydney Morning Herald

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cricket.com.au
Indigenous women seal first tour win
cricket.com.au
Australia's national Indigenous women's team have opened their account on the historic tour of India with a three-wicket win against Delhi. Victoria's Natalie Plane led the way with the ball to claim 3-19 as the home side were skittled for 113 in the ...

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Brantz: Williams reflects on Sorry Day
ESPN FC (blog)
On May 26, as Australia observes the 18th National Sorry Day, to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country's indigenous population, Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams will wake up on the other side of the world, some 20,000 kilometres from ...

The Guardian (blog)
There are lots of ways to say sorry, but Indigenous Australians need a treaty now
The Guardian (blog)
For Indigenous people, Sorry Day remains an important moment of public mourning, an acknowledgment of the profound wrong of one policy of assimilationism – a malignant British colonial ideology that assumed black Australians were lower than ...
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosenBrisbane Times
Labor commits to National Taskforce on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kidney DiseaseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
I didn't understand how special it was to be Aboriginal until I was 17The Guardian

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The Advertiser
Tony Armstrong: Indigenous Round cause for celebration but Australia's First People still face many struggles
The Advertiser
The Sir Doug Nicholls Round carries a great deal of importance because it celebrates the enormous contribution our indigenous players have made, not only to Australian football, but also to the community. But it should also remind us of the challenges ...
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sportdailytelegraph.com.au
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
Our 2016 Indigenous guernseyBrisbane Lions
AFL.com.au -Daily Mail
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ABC Online
Election 2016: Half of NT's Indigenous population not enrolled to vote, electoral commission says
ABC Online
"We're putting significant resources into this area," he said. "Their sole focus is to educate Indigenous people about the electoral process. "Right across Australia, we have teams visiting 170 remote communities, where we are putting people on the ...

Brisbane Times
Anzac Square Diggers: Indigenous Australians' military memorial chosen
Brisbane Times
The winning design for a long-overdue memorial for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans has been chosen ahead of its construction in Brisbane's Anzac Square. The winning design, by John Smith Gumbula and Liam Hardy, was chosen by the ...
Labor commits to National Taskforce on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kidney DiseaseMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
I didn't understand how special it was to be Aboriginal until I was 17The Guardian
Come together to recognise a peopleThe Northern Daily Leader

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Round 2016: The women who have made an impact on Australian sport
dailytelegraph.com.au
With that in mind, Swoop decided to have a look at some of the female indigenous athletes who have left their mark on Australia's sports landscape. From trailblazers to Olympics heroes, Indigenous women have achieved great things in sport for decades.
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas NichollsABC Online
Rio Tinto supports AFL indigenous programsAFL.com.au
Swans help launch Indigenous RoundSydney Swans

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The Conversation AU
DNA Nation raises tough questions for Indigenous Australians
The Conversation AU
Over the last 200,000 years, the humans that became the Hadza have changed and evolved, just as much as people who now identify as Slovenian, Japanese or Indigenous Australian. I'm sure the Tanzanian tourism board and the Hadza appreciate the ...
'DNA Nation' misrepresents our past and turns Indigenous people into a palaeo-theme parkPhys.Org

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The Conversation AU
'DNA Nation' misrepresents our past and turns Indigenous people into a palaeo-theme park
The Conversation AU
A nation still grappling with its history of dispossession, theft, murder and cultural appropriation of Indigenous people? Or, a culture that seems to have lost its way with respect to the environment, driven by an obsession with owing 'stuff ...

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Here's What's Going On with Indigenous Surfing in Australia Right Now
VICE
That is, until Surfing Victoria and the local Indigenous surfing crew down at Bells got involved. We spoke to eight-time Victorian Indigenous Champion, who is also one of the main organisers of all the Indigenous surfing events around Australia, Jordie ...

ABC Message Stick
Australia's first Indigenous women's cricket team testing themselves on tour in India
ABC Message Stick
The pre-match chatter and sound of cricket shoes on a new pitch may seem very routine - but for this group of women, these steps are a milestone in themselves. Australia's first all-Indigenous female cricket team to go on tour is on a 10-day visit to ...

ABC Online
AFL Indigenous round remembers remarkable life of Aboriginal footballer Sir Douglas Nicholls
ABC Online
Sir Doug's work for the Aboriginal Advancement League made him a vocal advocate for social justice. In 1976, he was appointed governor of South Australia and, 40 years on, remains the only Indigenous person to have held a vice-regal post in Australia.
Rio Tinto supports AFL indigenous programsAFL.com.au
Swans help launch Indigenous RoundSydney Swans

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