Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Comment: Why Aboriginal people with disabilities crowd Australia's prisons
SBS
Australia imprisons thousands of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability each year. A widespread lack of understanding – and action – underpins this shameful breach of human rights. The number of people in Australian prisons recently ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal artwork in the Kimberley could be among oldest in the world ...
ABC Online
Professor Veth said the Kimberley region had one of the most diverse and abundant collections of Indigenous rock art in Australia. "There are probably no reliable dates for the Kimberley, and yet here is one of the largest rock art galleries in the ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Murrumu Walubara Yidindji renounces citizenship to reclaim Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
A small Aboriginal tribal group that has established its own government and renounced legal ties with Australia aims to make history by entering into the first Indigenous treaty with the Commonwealth. The Sovereign Yidindji Government, whose lands ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Man John Leha's 'Amazing' New York Marathon
Huffington Post Australia
Six months later, and 50kgs lighter, the young Australian of mixed Indigenous and Tongan heritage just finished the New York Marathon - one of the world's toughest road races. "I'm on top of the world," Leha told The Huffington Post Australia after ...

The Canberra Times
Indigenous Business Australia now seeks to recover $1.415 million stolen by ...
The Canberra Times
Indigenous Business Australia had previously filed an ACT Supreme Court lawsuit against Nicholas Ian Schofield to recover $1.343 million. But lawyers for the IBA on Monday filed an amended statement of claim seeking a liquidated demand against ...

The Conversation AU
Why Aboriginal people with disabilities crowd Australia's prisons
The Conversation AU
The number of people in Australian prisons recently reached an all time high of 33,791, with 27% or 9,264 of those prisoners identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. People with mental and cognitive disability who are poor, disadvantaged ...

How does the CIPP affect your procurement process?
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The Indigenous Opportunities Policy, the CIPP's predecessor, encouraged the involvement of Indigenous Australians in Commonwealth endeavours, while the CIPP has introduced components designed to ensure, one way or another, that applicable projects ...

ABC Online
Indigenous elder Jack Charles rejected by taxi at Melbourne Airport; second in ...
ABC Online
Senior Victorian Australian of the Year, Indigenous elder Jack Charles, is considering legal action after being refused a taxi ride for the second time in a week. Mr Charles's manager Patrice Capogreco said the pair had arrived at Melbourne Airport ...

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The Guardian
Trans-Tasman rivalry: off-the-pitch clashes between Australia and New Zealand
The Guardian
Another reason was NZ's delegates were slightly disturbed by the disdain Australian colonists showed for the country's Indigenous population, who went unmentioned in constitutional drafts, and whose treatment would soon be cast as “smoothing the pillow ...

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ABC Online
Senior Victorian Australian of the Year winner Indigenous elder Jack Charles ...
ABC Online
Hours after winning Senior Victorian Australian of the Year, Indigenous elder Jack Charles was refused a fare by a taxi driver unless he prepaid his fare. The incident happened as the 76-year-old actor was leaving the awards ceremony at Melbourne's ...
Uncle Jack Charles refused cab after being named Victorian senior of the yearThe Age

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ABC Message Stick
Indigenous community volunteers demonstrate reconciliation in action through ...
ABC Message Stick
One Indigenous community was surprisingly seeking a taxidermist; another in remote Western Australia wanted help to build a ranger station. Meanwhile, a school on the outskirts of Sydney needed advice on a bush tucker garden design. And a tiny ...

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The Australian
Robbie Maddison rides into the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
The Australian
About 150 kids attended the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. AIME was an “amazing program” that gave guidance to young indigenous kids “moving up the ranks”, Mr Maddison said. “I was someone who ...

The Age
Uncle Jack Charles refused cab after being named Victorian senior of the year
The Age
Prominent Aboriginal elder Jack Charles was refused a taxi unless he paid the fare upfront, moments after being named Victorian Senior Australian of the Year in Melbourne on Wednesday night. The veteran Indigenous actor, 72, was leaving the awards ...

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teleSUR English
Australian Police Confess Poor Handling of Indigenous Reporter
teleSUR English
Australian Federal Police (AFP) have admitted one of their officers breached their code of conduct during an exchange with an Aboriginal journalist, according to a statement made public Monday. The incident took place on the sidelines of an indigenous ...

Herald Sun
First look at Tourism Australia's Indigenous tourism campaign2:01
Herald Sun
Australia has also been named as a “must-visit” country in 2016, due to the weaker dollar, booming indigenous tourism and “a roaring trade in world heritage listed areas”. Melbourne, Fremantle and Western Australia appeared in the much anticipated Best ...
Lonely Planet rates Australia sixth best destination in 2016The Australian
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Port city charms travel guideThe West Australian
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Sydney Swans
Swans to kick off Indigenous Round at SCG
Sydney Swans
“Sir Doug Nicholls is the great untold story of Australian football, and he represented both the values of our game and epitomised the spirit of reconciliation,” Mr McLachlan said. “He was the first Indigenous player to represent Victoria at state ...
AFL to honour Sir Doug Nicholls in 2016 Indigenous roundThe Guardian
Power to play in Alice Springs in Indigenous RoundPort Adelaide
AFL names indigenous round for Sir Doug NichollsThe Age
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Sydney Morning Herald
Deborah Cheetham on why the arts can help combat racism in Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
The arts have a crucial role to play in turning around racist attitudes in the Australian community, says Indigenous opera singer Deborah Cheetham. "We must help Australians find a new song to sing," the soprano says. "We have a strong voice. But I ...

The Guardian
Supporting Adam Goodes is easy. He's the 'acceptable face' of Indigenous Australia
The Guardian
It is easy to align with Adam Goodes, he is a wealthy, powerful symbol of Indigenous survival. He should make Australians feel good. Like me though, I know Adam would be aware that we are the “acceptable faces” of Indigenous Australia. We don't pose ...

ABC Online
Program helps Indigenous Australians enter Hunter's housing market
ABC Online
In the wake of interest rate hikes by the big banks, the Hunter's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is being reminded of services to help them get into the housing market. Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) runs programs to help ...
Life as a Young, Indigenous, A-Class Offender in AustraliaVICE

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Sydney Morning Herald
HSC 2015: Indigenous history and gender equity top priorities for new Board of ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The Board of Studies has proposed a review of Indigenous Australian content as one of its top priorities for the new NSW HSC history curriculum. The move puts the NSW organisation, in charge of educating the largest number of students in Australia ...