Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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Asian Correspondent
Malaysian Baram mega-dam project scrapped, indigenous people take back land
Asian Correspondent
This officially ends the plans that would have flooded 412 square kilometers of rainforests and displaced up to 20,000 indigenous people. The Baram dam project was designed under Sarawak's former Chief Minister and current Governor Taib Mahmud, and ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous treasures, briefly on loan to Australia, are about to be taken away – again
The Guardian (blog)
Ye-I-Nie, whose possessions are part of the British Museum collection and are now on loan to an exhibition, Encounters, at the National Museum of Australia. Yidindji woman Henrietta Fourmile Marrie, Ye-I-Nie's great-granddaughter, has spoken about her ...

Kotaku Australia
How Video Games Are Inspiring Indigenous Kids To Get Into Maths And Science
Kotaku Australia
Indigenous students in Australia are graduating from school at nearly half the rate (41.5 per cent) of their non-Indigenous peers (81.2 per cent). Australian students' performance in maths and science has declined over the past 10 years, and Indigenous ...

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Gizmodo Australia
How Video Games Are Inspiring Indigenous Kids To Get Into Maths And Science
Gizmodo Australia
Indigenous students in Australia are graduating from school at nearly half the rate (41.5 per cent) of their non-Indigenous peers (81.2 per cent). Australian students' performance in maths and science has declined over the past 10 years, and Indigenous ...

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Star Observer
It's time to talk about the suicide rates of Indigenous LGBTI people in Australia
Star Observer
Held in 2015, the Sexuality and Gender Diverse Populations Roundtable hosted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) brought together about 25 Indigenous people from around Australia to discuss ...
Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantageSBS
Competitive tendering disadvantages indigenous groupsThe Mandarin (registration)
Momentum building for a Royal Commission in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicidesThe Stringer

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National Indigenous Times
Hollows team revisits Fred's old stomping ground
National Indigenous Times
Australia's first Indigenous eye doctor, Kristopher Rallah-Baker (pictured on the Team Hollows' bus), was also on the trip, as was a number of leading ophthalmologists and health workers. Prominent Australian journalist Ray Martin was also there, the ...

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SBS
Indigenous Australians take Apple, Facebook, Google to Human Rights Commission for racist game
SBS
"It is important that we reflect on the intergenerational trauma of Indigenous Australians. The RDA seeks to protect vulnerable and marginalised minorities from racially based offensive, insulting and humiliating conduct by publicly outing such ...

JURIST
Canada indigenous people appeal seismic testing case to Supreme Court
JURIST
[JURIST] Canadian indigenous people, including Inuits of Nunavut and the Chippewa, were granted an appeal [docket] to the Supreme Court of Canada [official website] earlier this month, challenging the use of seismic testing to find natural gas under ...

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The Advertiser
Council votes against flying Aboriginal flag
The Advertiser
At a meeting last week, councillors narrowly voted against a request from its Reconciliation Advisory Committee to spend $2000 on a new flag pole so the Aboriginal flag could fly alongside the Australian flag. Cr Max Amber told the meeting that ...

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SBS
Renewed calls for action to address Indigenous disadvantage
SBS
Progress on meeting targets remains slow - with Indigenous life expectancy still well behind non-Indigenous Australia, and Aboriginal incarceration rates still well above the national average. Sixteen year old Mikayla Nelson of Yorta Yorta heritage is ...

The Guardian
Indigenous organisations have been 'disadvantaged' by grants program
The Guardian
The opposition Indigenous affairs minister, Shayne Neumann, told Guardian Australia the report showed the Indigenous advancement strategy was “full of cuts and confusion”. “Even the department has admitted that they'd never put people through the ...

The Conversation AU
More Indigenous Australians studying at school than ever before: stats
Xinhua
CANBERRA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- More Indigenous Australians are enrolled in schools than ever before, according to a report on Australian schools from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Friday. The report showed that 200,563 students from an ...
Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universitiesThe Conversation AU

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The Conversation AU
Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universities
The Conversation AU
Too few Indigenous Australians are making it as academics in our universities. This has a significant impact on Indigenous development. While the number of research students from Indigenous backgrounds has increased slightly over the years, from 0.84% ...

ABC Online
Indigenous prime minister of Australia inevitable, Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant says
ABC Online
Mr Grant, 52, is the International Editor for SkyNews, Managing Editor of NITV and Indigenous Affairs Editor at The Guardian. He hosts a nightly news bulletin on NITV titled The Point with Stan Grant. He was born in Griffith to a Wiradjuri father and ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Our national shame: Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians is more important than ever
Sydney Morning Herald
Lynore Geia​ is a registered nurse, midwife and proud Bwgcolman​ woman from Palm Island in North Queensland. She is also a PhD and passionate educator, committed to developing the next generation of health professionals. When a team from the ...
Make indigenous health a priority: OxfamSBS
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local

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The Age
Our national shame: Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians is more important than ever
The Age
In 2016, the stark reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a life expectancy that is still at least 10 years shorter than non-Indigenous Australians. This is a national shame, but we have the opportunity and obligation to close the ...
Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a yearSydney Morning Herald
Rise in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth seeking headspace mental health servicesABC Local

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Locking up Indigenous kids costs $236 million a year
Sydney Morning Herald
Locking up Aboriginal children costs Australia almost a quarter of a billion dollars a year, according to new figures compiled by Save the Children and released on the eve of Close the Gap Day. On an average day last June, there were 480 Indigenous ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Offer for indigenous people to work off money owed from penalties
dailytelegraph.com.au
“Through the Work and Development Order scheme, we hope to reduce the rate of indigenous people in custody,” Muru Mittigar general manager Peter Chia said. “Once they are incarcerated, it multiplies the likelihood of re-entering the justice system by ...

C-VILLE Weekly
From the outback to the runway: Kluge-Ruhe collaborates on indigenous Australian fashion show
C-VILLE Weekly
On March 19, the museum will host the Culture Couture fashion show and performance at The Jefferson Theater, showcasing one-of-a-kind designs crafted by UVA students with help from some of Australia's indigenous textile and costume designers.