Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Message Stick
Indigenous alternate history explored through artist's eyes
ABC Message Stick
The work on display in Gallery 2 uses portraits of two people - a prime minister and an Indigenous person - combined into one image. "[Michael] approached the National Library of Australia and got permission to use their archival images of all the ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Regional Australia's women drought (and nine other facts you should know)
Sydney Morning Herald
Halls Creek, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia's north-east, has the country's highest death rate. At 16.4 deaths per 1000, the people of this roadhouse town (eight in 10 of whom are Indigenous) die at three times the rate of other ...

and more »

The Guardian (blog)
Anthony Martin Fernando: the Aboriginal activist who took his people's fight ...
The Guardian (blog)
They see an elderly, longhaired, Australian Aboriginal man. He is dressed in a black greatcoat. The only contrast to his dark appearance is a full, silver beard and a cape upon which are attached dozens of small white rubber skeletons. He also wears a ...

Google News

Sydney Morning Herald
Coffins helping in latest effort to fix Indigenous work-for-dole programs
Sydney Morning Herald
Local community liaison officer Keith Lapulung Dhamarrandji said the program was building a relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in which there was real commitment and real employment. "Milingimbi is a seed of hope," he said.

and more »

UQ News
UQ camp inspires Indigenous youth
UQ News
Highlights of the program include tours and workshops within the University's state-of-the-art Oral Health Centre and Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) buildings. There is also opportunity for the students to visit the Institute for Urban ...
The Battle of the Art Fairs: Indigenous ArtsArtsHub (subscription)

all 7 news articles »

ArtsHub (subscription)
The Battle of the Art Fairs: Indigenous Arts
ArtsHub (subscription)
Bolstering confidence was the result for the March Deutshcer and Hackett sale, Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art form the Laverty Collection, which sold 170% by value - or in layman's terms, grossed $3.4 million with only one unsold work from ...

and more »

ABC Online
Chronic middle ear infection treatments for Indigenous people could help close ...
ABC Online
While otitis media is common across Australia's population, it is more often a chronic problem for Indigenous families in both rural and urban households. Extended family living can lead to over-crowded homes and a continual merry-go-round of colds and ...

and more »

Open Democracy
A master plan for Indigenous freedom
Open Democracy
Disparity comes at enormous and ongoing costs to Indigenous Australians. They suffer from disproportionately ill-health and ongoing challenges in regard to cultural recognition as citizens of Australia. Despite decades of research, policy changes, and ...

The Guardian
NSW Indigenous custody notification service gets federal funding lifeline
The Guardian
The CNS involves a team of Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) lawyers operating a round-the-clock phone service for Indigenous people who have been arrested. Under NSW law the ALS must be notified whenever an Indigenous person is taken into custody by ...
Scullion launches remote work-for-the-dole schemeABC Online
Custody calls should be national: ScullionThe Australian (blog)

all 16 news articles »

ABC Online
Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food to visit Australian Indigenous community for ...
ABC Online
"Cherbourg's Australia's third largest aboriginal community and it's the second most disadvantaged," she said. "We worked directly with respected Cherbourg locals and leaders alike to ensure the program fits the needs and wants of the community. "We've ...

and more »

Pilot Funding for Indigenous Social Enterprise
Pro Bono Australia
Koori Kulcha Aboriginal Corporation (KKAC) is the first organisation to receive investment from a $1 million Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund (ISEF) - a pilot funded by Indigenous Business Australia and delivered by Social Ventures Australia. KKAC is ...

SBS
Indigenous families fostering AFL's future
SBS
The next step was planning his first big move away from home, family and country to the other side of Australia. Miller-Lewis says it was a daunting prospect until Leon Egan - a Yorta Yorta man living in Melbourne's east - visited his family in Western ...

InDaily
Micro-docs share SA Indigenous stories
InDaily
The five-minute documentaries have all been created by emerging Indigenous filmmakers through a pilot initiative supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Adelaide's Media Resource Centre ...

Google News

Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Constitutional change that will improve indigenous quality of life
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Since 1967, the Constitution has not mentioned Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, the two indigenous peoples for whom Australia is home. After the High Court's 1992 Mabo and 1996 Wik decisions, the Australian Parliament needed to recognise land ...
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous eye healthABC Online
Aboriginal Australia: Enduring Histories, Enduring CivilisationsThe Platform
Cuts to programs made while indigenous 'die early'The Australian (blog)
The Guardian -Hospital & Aged Care -durhamregion.com
all 12 news articles »

ABC Online
Constitutional confusion and the movement for Indigenous recognition
ABC Online
It is not obvious that constitutional change is the low-hanging fruit of Indigenous advancement that people think it is, writes Chris Berg. Constitutional recognition of Australia's Indigenous people is a conceptual, legal, and political mess. The ...

According to First Nations Foundation chief executive, Trevor Pearce ...
Financial Standard
"ASIC welcomes the enthusiasm and commitment of the [Indigenous Superannuation] Working Group, and in particular its chair, Eva Scheerlink (of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees), to tackle issues facing indigenous Australians and ...

The Guardian
Future of NSW Indigenous helpline uncertain with funding due to expire
The Guardian
A spokesperson for the NSW attorney general, Gabrielle Upton, and the NSW Aboriginal affairs minister, Leslie Williams, declined to comment. A similar helpline will be set up in Western Australia as part of a state government response to Aboriginal ...

Historic Court Ruling Could Boost Indigenous Employment
Pro Bono Australia
The determination recognises exclusive native title rights over approximately 6053 hectares and non-exclusive native title rights over approximately 1516 hectares of land and water extending from Bowen to north of Home Hill and east into the Coral Sea.

ABC Online
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous gap on eye health
ABC Online
A national program for trachoma control had reduced the prevalence of the condition in Indigenous children from 14 per cent in 2009 to 4 per cent in 2013, and 12 regions covering about 35 per cent of Indigenous Australians had begun activities required ...

The Guardian
Developing the North: Indigenous advocates call for forum to air views
The Guardian
The request was made at a community forum in Darwin on Saturday, led by panellists including Labor senator Nova Peris, Northern Land Council (NLC) chair Joe Morrison and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) CEO Priscilla Collins.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
The Daily Telegraph
all 26 news articles »