Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
PM calls for more debateon indigenous referendum
The Australian
The passage would recognise the prior occupation of Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, express respect for their ongoing relationship with their traditional lands and waters, and indicate respect for their heritage, including ...
Does government need to fund a Indigenous Australian constitutional ...SBS

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Native title key to indigenous communities' wellbeing
The Australian
The week before, the ABC's Four Corners aired a segment showing how Aboriginal communities in Western Australia had become so dysfunctional, some of them had to be abandoned. As their police commissioner said, the safety of the town's residents ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson's proposal for recognition vindicated by history
The Australian
But the federal compact was also established on a continent that had indigenous populations predating these colonies by millennia. As long as the Aborigines exist, and as long as the Commonwealth of Australia exists, the Aborigines will always stand in ...

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APTN National News
Australian Indigenous tribes fighting resource project at home visits Alberta ...
APTN National News
BEAVER LAKE CREE NATION — Delegates from two Australian Indigenous tribes travelling the world to seek support and build awareness about a massive coal mine set to be built within their sacred territories stopped in Alberta this week. The Wangan and ...

The Australian
referendum 'in danger' of no campaign
The Australian
If MPs vote against the proposal, the Australian Electoral Commission releases a pamphlet outlining the key arguments of both sides. Senator Peris's warning comes after indigenous academic Marcia Langton also sounded caution that a no campaign could ...

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Times of India
Maoists oppose Adani Group coal project in Australia, support struggle of ...
Times of India
RAIPUR: Communist Party of India (Maoist) has expressed their solidarity with the indigenous people of Australia in their struggle against Indian industrial house Adani Group, which has signed a deal with Australian government to develop a coal mines ...

The Canberra Times
Indigenous gargoyles to stay at Australian War Memorial
The Canberra Times
Critics and Aboriginal elders' hopes controversial Indigenous gargoyles at the Australian War Memorial would be left on the scrap pile have been dashed. Among the 26 stone gargoyles of native animals lining the courtyard at the Australian War Memorial ...

SBS
PM unaware vital Aboriginal legal service is about to lose Commonwealth funding
SBS
Under New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory law, police agencies are legally obliged to call the Custody Notification Service if it has an Aboriginal person in custody. The CNS also allows Aboriginal people to receive culturally appropriate ...
Funding threat to 24-hour phone line connecting Aboriginal people in custody ...ABC Online
Hotline credited with reducing Aboriginal deaths in custody loses Government ...ABC Message Stick

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Indigenous public holiday to recognise reconciliation not ruled out
The Australian
As National Reconciliation Week came to a close yesterday, the Prime Minister was asked if it was time to consider a nationwide indigenous holiday like Mabo Day. Many Australians mark June 3 as Mabo Day — commemorating the landmark High Court land ...

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A world of division awaits
The Australian
In Australia these dynamics play out as a push for constitutional recognition for Aborigines and to create an Aboriginal consultative body within the Constitution. These are terrible ideas that strike against basic liberal principles. I oppose them not ...

The Canberra Times
Brumbies flanker David Pocock says Adam Goodes' war dance is 'great for ...
The Canberra Times
David Pocock says former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes' indigenous war dance is "great for sport and great for Australia" but he has no plans for any try celebrations of his own against his old Super Rugby club. The ACT Brumbies flanker is ...

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SBS
Mabo Day - 23 years of native title in Australia
SBS
Twenty-three years ago today the Australian government first recognised the rights of Indigenous Australians to "posses, occupy, use and enjoy" culturally-significant land. On June 3, 1992 the High Court of Australia overtuned the notion of Australia ...
Mabo Day: a turning point for reconciliationMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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The Daily Telegraph
Indigenous RAAF members feted
The Daily Telegraph
“And for the RAAF, it's important to remember the service of Len Waters — Australia's first aboriginal fighter pilot. “More recently, indigenous soldiers have formed the backbone of the Regional Force Surveillance units operating throughout Northern ...

The Guardian
NSW parliament calls Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead' for criticising Adam Goodes
The Guardian
Another part of Wednesday's declaration, now enshrined in Hansard, recognised and supported Goodes' actions, the role sport and cultural expressions play in “building understanding between cultures and fighting discrimination” and Australia's ...
NSW Parliament names Eddie McGuire 'boofhead' over Adam Goodes' war crySBS
Goodes' celebration reminds us of racial divideThe Roar
The NSW parliament just passed a motion calling Eddie McGuire a 'boofhead'Business Insider Australia
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Indigenous health funding conditions
ABC Message Stick
STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: You may have seen the 'Recognise' logo, the big red 'R' on billboards and ads supporting a 'yes' vote in the referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution. The campaign is being run by Reconciliation ...

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Indigenous health funding conditions
ABC Message Stick
STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: You may have seen the 'Recognise' logo, the big red 'R' on billboards and ads supporting a 'yes' vote in the referendum on recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution. The campaign is being run by Reconciliation ...

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'No' case funding 'would kill indigenous vote': Marcia Langton
The Australian
Bolt believes a national declaration recognising indigenous Australians would surrender a critical principle that Australians be treated as individuals under the law, with equal standing and common rights, and not as representatives of a “race”, each ...

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'No' case funding 'would kill indigenous vote': Marcia Langton
The Australian
Bolt believes a national declaration recognising indigenous Australians would surrender a critical principle that Australians be treated as individuals under the law, with equal standing and common rights, and not as representatives of a “race”, each ...

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Press TV
Amnesty raps Australia for detaining indigenous youth
Press TV
Amnesty International has slammed Canberra for taking an unusually high number of indigenous teenagers into custody, saying such detentions have turned into a national crisis in Australia. The UK-based rights body said in a report, titled “A Brighter ...

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Herald Sun
Indigenous and non-indigenous people face-off in Melbourne art performance ...
Herald Sun
“How many Australian non-indigenous people have actually met an identified indigenous person ... How many non-indigenous Australians have a stereotyped image of what an indigenous person looks like,” she told the city council's Melbourne magazine.

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