Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Ken Wyatt becomes first federal Indigenous frontbencher after swearing in as ...
ABC Online
West Australian Aboriginal MP Ken Wyatt has been sworn into the federal ministry to become the first Indigenous Member of Parliament to reach the frontbench. The Member for Hasluck was elevated as part of the Turnbull Government reshuffle and will ...
First federal Indigenous minister sworn inSky News Australia
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt to be sworn inThe Australian (blog)
Ken Wyatt sworn in, Ley adds portfolioNT News

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Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt to be sworn in
The Australian (blog)
THE indigenous Liberal MP will be officially sworn in to his post in the new-look Malcolm Turnbull government by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at a ceremony at Government House in Canberra. Mr Wyatt, Australia's first indigenous frontbench politician ...

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SBS
March to help keep Indigenous girls in school
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Since its inception in 2005, the program, run by Role Models and Leaders Australia, has helped more than 4000 girls. Currently, there are 12 schools across the country that take part in the program. In the last five years alone, the number of girls ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
England v Australia, Rugby World Cup 2015: Kurtley Beale finds fulfilment in ...
Telegraph.co.uk
There are some fascinating turns and tangents springing off the various branches of Kurtley Beale's family tree. The Beale side of his family came from a convict who was deported to Australia aboard the infamous 1789 Second Fleet for stealing a sheep.
Beale's Journey to His Aborigine Roots is His Road to FulfilmentThe New Indian Express

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Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children: study
Sydney Morning Herald
Racism plays a major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children, including school attendance and grades, new research shows. But racism is not included in the central targets of Australia's overarching measure of Indigenous disadvantage, ...
Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and gradesThe Conversation AU

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The Conversation AU
Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and grades
The Conversation AU
Previous research we undertook showed that racism towards Indigenous students negatively affected school attendance. In further research we have found not only attendance but wider school outcomes are negatively affected when Indigenous Australians ...

ABC Online
Kimberley pastoralist wants Indigenous rangers to take on bigger firefighting role
ABC Online
... else comparable in Australia and it's just got to be curtailed. "It's far too damaging to the environment...and the pastoral industry." DFES Kimberley superintendent Grant Pipe said fire mitigation was just one of the many roles of Indigenous ...

Pro Bono Australia
Generational Change
Pro Bono Australia
A passion to see his children reach their full potential as Aboriginal Australians is what drives Jeremy 'Yongurra' Donovan to push for change. The CEO of GenerationOne is this week's Changemaker. He spoke to Xavier Smerdon. Donovan is a descendent of ...

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Australasian Lawyer
NSW appoints Australia's first indigenous silk
Australasian Lawyer
The NSW Bar Association appointed Tony McAvoy to the top honours of senior counsel last week. McAvoy, one of just two indigenous barristers in the state, was admitted to the bar in 2000 and awarded the inaugural National Indigenous Legal Professional ...

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Taking indigenous art to the mainstream
SBS
It is something of a paradox that Australia's longest running indigenous art fair has yet to reach double digits when the culture it represents stretches back tens of thousands of years. But that is a gap the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair hopes to bridge ...
Generational ChangePro Bono Australia

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Australia's Indigenous Business Month kicks off October 1
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The inaugural Australian national October Indigenous Business Month will see a series of breakfast networking sessions in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane, culminating with a virtual event with professor Ian Williamson and associate professor ...

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SBS
Historic return of land to Indigenous owners in biggest protected area in ...
SBS
The 22,000 hectare Mawonga Station is now the biggest piece of Indigenous protected land in Southern Australia. It's located in central New South Wales, about 550 kilometres west of Sydney, and is the home of the Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan people.

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TheBull.com.au
Australia's big task to meet the new UN development goals
Sydney Morning Herald
They replace the Millenium Development Goals, which have a 2015 deadline. According to Australia's Megan Davis, chairwoman of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the new goals will be "really relevant and significant for Aboriginal Australia".
Sustainable Development Goals: a win-win for AustraliaTheBull.com.au

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Indigenous theatre booms with stories to tell
ArtsHub (subscription)
HART is a piece of verbatim theatre based on the stories of four Aboriginal men from Western Australia, told by Ian Michael. In simple prose, it tracks the doleful story of dispossession and institutionalisation that continues to affect so many ...

ABC Online
Why we play footy: Meet some of Australia's brightest young Indigenous female ...
ABC Online
This month some of Australia's most promising Indigenous football players headed to Darwin for a national AFL under-18 competition. The ABC spoke to Female Kickstart Championships players from across the country about their career hopes, challenging ...

SBS
Tony McAvoy: Appointed first Indigenous silk
SBS
Wiri man Tony McAvoy was appointed senior counsel on Thursday, making him the first ever Indigenous person in Australia to be appointed to the revered position. Tony McAvoy SC told NITV that his appointment was an "incredible honour" for him, his ...

ABC Online
Indigenous cultural views of the shark
ABC Online
They are creator beings, ancestors, totems. Their lifecycles reflect the seasons, the landscape and sea country. They are seen in the movement of the stars. The art, music and literature of Indigenous Australia tell very different stories about the shark.

ABC Online
Indigenous visit: Malcolm Turnbull may not continue with Tony Abbott's pledge ...
ABC Online
In his first expansive interview addressing Indigenous affairs, Mr Turnbull set out his approach to the portfolio, which was so passionately represented under Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott declared himself the prime minister for Indigenous Australians. Mr ...
Back to business on Indigenous affairs, advisory council says as PM grants ...The Guardian
Indigenous Advisory Council's future unknownSBS
Warren Mundine, indigenous adviser to PM, challenges Malcolm Turnbull not to ...The Australian
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Aboriginal artists strike a raw chord at Istanbul Biennial
ArtsHub (subscription)
What captures our interest in Istanbul Biennial this year is its inclusion of two Australian Indigenous artists with new commissions, and a suite of culturally provocative support works – the Maw and Dhangatji Mununggurr Maak Message Sticks (1935 ...

ABC Online
'They will never come to Australia': Turnbull maintains tough stance on asylum ...
ABC Online
During his time as prime minister, the recently ousted Tony Abbott staunchly declared that he would be the prime minister for Indigenous affairs. While issuing a commitment to Indigenous Australians, Turnbull resisted applying the same rhetoric. 'I am ...
Malcolm Turnbull's new ministry: Australia's first female defence minister ...International Business Times AU
Giles welcomes domestic violence fundingThe West Australian
Drastic culture shift needed to stem family violence9news.com.au
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