Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ASIC warns lenders on indigenous fleecing
Yahoo7 News
The corporate watchdog is threatening action over unscrupulous lenders in indigenous communities after a report found some hold debit cards and PINs as security and use them to drain customers' accounts. An Australian Securities and Investments ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Keeping place for stolen Indigenous remains should take priority over Anzac centre
The Guardian (blog)
The federal government should ditch its plans for the $100m-plus Anzac Sir John Monash “interpretive centre” on the western front in Europe and redirect the money to a much-needed national keeping place for the stolen remains of Indigenous Australians.

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The Australian
lessons in indigenous culture
The Australian
West Australian Chief Justice Wayne Martin and the University of Notre Dame are developing an Aboriginal cultural training program for judges and magistrates in a bid to reduce indigenous incarceration and recidivism. Chief Justice Martin said there ...

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The Conversation AU
FactCheck Q&A: are Indigenous youth suicide rates in the top of Australia the ...
The Conversation AU
In 2008–2012, the suicide rate for Indigenous Australians was almost twice the rate for non-Indigenous Australians (based on age-standardised rates). For 15–19 year olds, the rate was five times as high as the non-Indigenous rate (34 and 7 per 100,000 ...

New Matilda
Basic Income A No-Brainer For Remote Indigenous Australia
New Matilda
This week is the 8th International Basic Income Week. It made me contemplate yet again Basic Income as an alternative worthy of serious contemplation as the employment situation in remote Indigenous Australia teeters towards disaster. Even the ...

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New Matilda
The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands
New Matilda
In the recently released White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, it is noted that many Indigenous Australians say that native title rights do not provide a basis for active participation in the economy. Indigenous Australians sometimes talk about ...

ABC Online
Indigenous art sector wrestles with downturn: 'Perfect storm' blamed for ...
ABC Online
Australia's Indigenous art sector is grappling with a rapid and ruthless period of decline that has resulted in an oversupply of works and little incentive for investors. Sales in the Aboriginal arts sector peaked in 2007, reaching $26 million. But the ...

The Canberra Times
Coronary heart disease, lung cancer and other conditions that send Australians ...
The Canberra Times
For Indigenous Australians, 80 per cent of all deaths were premature in 2008–2012. The Indigenous mortality rate was higher for both males and females, across every age group. Heart Foundation ACT chief executive Tony Stubbs said the ACT government's ...

The Guardian
Fears cashless welfare card could discriminate against Indigenous people
The Guardian
New data obtained by the National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN) shows that in one of the trial sites, Ceduna in South Australia, although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people account for 30% of the population, they would make up 72% of people ...
Violence in Indigenous communities is distressing, but we must talk about itABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Keating calls for blending of black and white Australia to create new ...
Sydney Morning Herald
​Australians will only be at peace with themselves when they identify more with Indigenous Australians, according to former prime minister Paul Keating. Genuine reconciliation also requires blending "two very different cultures" to create a composite ...
Indigenous artists gather to exhibit contemporary worksABC Online
BHP Billiton proudly supports TARNANTHIYour Oil and Gas News (press release)

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The Guardian
Why has an Indigenous artist won best world music in his own country?
The Guardian
On Wednesday the Indigenous Australian musician Gurrumul took to a Sydney stage and received his Australian Record Industry Association award for best world music album. Gurrumul hails from Arnhem Land, in the northern part of Australia and sings in ...

ABC Message Stick
Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity
ABC Message Stick
While obesity in Australia is at record levels, the 2012-13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey found Indigenous Australians were at an even greater risk, coming in at 1.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be obese.

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ABC Online
Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity
ABC Online
While obesity in Australia is at record levels, the 2012-13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey found Indigenous Australians were at an even greater risk, coming in at 1.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be obese.

National Indigenous language conference showcasing the richness and diversity ...
NewsMaker (press release)
This week Melbourne will buzz with Indigenous languages for the 5th Puliima National Indigenous Languages and Technology Forum (14 th-15 th October 2015). This year looks set to be bigger then ever with indigenous people from around Australia, the ...

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National Indigenous language conference showcasing the richness and diversity ...
NewsMaker (press release)
This week Melbourne will buzz with Indigenous languages for the 5th Puliima National Indigenous Languages and Technology Forum (14 th-15 th October 2015). This year looks set to be bigger then ever with indigenous people from around Australia, the ...

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ABC Online
New York marathon beckons Indigenous man Daniel Lloyd
ABC Online
Mr Lloyd is among 10 Indigenous participants from across Australia who were chosen for what is known as the Indigenous marathon project. The project was launched four years ago by Australian marathon legend, Rob de Castella, to promote healthy living.

Indigenous trust fund hopes to raise $100m
Yahoo7 News
It has been given the thumbs up from prominent indigenous businessman, Pilbara Logistics founder Geoff Stocker. "I think it's great that this fund will be raising money to invest in Aboriginal businesses around Australia," her said. "There are plenty ...

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Demand for and availability of 'ice' drug in Australia continues to rise, says ...
International Business Times AU
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, or AIHW, has released a new report showing the increasing use, treatment and availability of “ice” drug, the crystal form of methylamphetamine. The number of indigenous Australians was found to have ...

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The Guardian
Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide ...
The Guardian
Addressing skyrocketing rates of suicide among Indigenous Australians will require governments to trust Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take control of mental health support and suicide prevention, two senior advisers to the Australian ...

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The Roar
How Johnathan Thurston shamed Australia over Adam Goodes
The Roar
Thurston is a proud Indigenous man. He wears his culture on his sleeve and in his mouth (mouth guard) for all to see. It is when champion Indigenous athletes like Thurston stand up and do their amazing feats, and Australia applauds, that a horrible ...
Why Australian indigenous representation matters to kidsBBC News
Johnathan Thurston: How rugby star daughter's doll captivated AustraliaBBC News
How rugby star daughter's doll captivated AustraliaKathmandu Post
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