Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Independent Australia
Australia is racist: Reaction to Adam Goodes' dance is just more proof
Independent Australia
The judicial system in Australia targets Indigenous people more than any other group. Indigenous people are racially profiled, are killed in custody and are more likely to receive custodial sentences than their non-Indigenous counterparts. In fact ...

Indigenous youths 24 times more likely to be in detention, Amnesty ...
ABC Online
The report, A Brighter Tomorrow, also states Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people make up about 5 per cent of the Australian population of 10 to 17 year olds, but comprise 59 per cent of those in detention. A Brighter Tomorrow will be ...

NEWS.com.au
'Australia is uniquely racist'
NEWS.com.au
Social media was unimpressed by the performance of one government minister on the Q&A panel last night after Indigenous elder and activist Jack Charles remarked that Australia was “uniquely racist against Aboriginal Australians”. In response, Assistant ...
Jack Charles tells Q&A Australia has come of age on same-sex marriage, but 'I ...The Age

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Sydney Morning Herald
Jack Charles tells Q&A Australia has come of age on same-sex marriage, but 'I ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia, he said, was a uniquely racist country in its treatment of its Indigenous people. "You have to know this. I can't see why you don't know it now." It was an observation made more in sorrow than in anger – and Charles was as ready with a quip ...
'Australia is uniquely racist'NEWS.com.au

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Jack Charles tells Q&A Australia has come of age on same-sex marriage, but 'I ...
The Age
Australia, he said, was a uniquely racist country in its treatment of its indigenous people. "You have to know this. I can't see why you don't know it now." It was an observation made more in sorrow than in anger – and Charles was as ready with a quip ...

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The Australian
NAB banks on closing indigenous gap with reconciliation plan
The Australian
In the lead-up to national reconciliation week, which ends tomorrow, NAB also developed an e-learning module to roll out for the bank's 30,000 staff across Australia. “These and other programs show that NAB is serious about addressing indigenous ...

SBS
Australia must set justice targets for Indigenous incarceration: Amnesty ...
SBS
Mr Shetty has spent the last week touring the country and speaking with Indigenous Australians seeking a solution to the over-representation of First Nations youths in jail. He will address the National Press Club in Canberra on the report, which is ...
Indigenous youths 24 times more likely to be in detention, Amnesty ...ABC Online
Call for laws to curb indigenous jailingsThe West Australian
Amnesty slams Australia over detention of indigenous childrenZee News
Sky News Australia
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Indigenous coverage running out of money
WA today
A former Richmond and Essendon player, who some years ago took over the licence, Underwood is understood to be searching desperately for sponsors after securing $40,000 from Indigenous Business Australia. According to Leavy, the program has ...

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Radio Australia
The backlash against Adam Goodes is the reason his war dance is important
The Guardian
He takes his role as an ambassador for Indigenous Australia seriously and is mindful that many young people, particularly men, look up to him. His expression was a tribute to young Aboriginal sportsmen who aspire to be like him – a man who has worked ...
Watch Waleed Aly Absolutely Nail The Adam Goodes DebatePedestrian TV
Adam Goodes: aggressive, confrontational and rightThe New Daily
Adam Goodes' Indigenous celebration sparks boos for Sydney Swans star ...Radio Australia
Herald Sun -AFL.com.au -SBS (satire)
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Indigenous smokers want to quit: study
SBS
Most indigenous Australian smokers want to quit the habit and almost half have tried in the past year, new research shows. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley will launch a series of 15 government-funded research papers on Monday looking at indigenous ...

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The Roar
Adam's got the Goodes to help Australia
The Roar
Goodes is flying the flag for modern Indigenous Australia. He eloquently stated that he would use the honour bestowed on him as Australian of the Year in 2014 to continue to tackle Indigenous rights and seek new ideas to potentially solve horrendous ...
Adam Goodes: aggressive, confrontational and rightThe New Daily
Adam Goodes' Indigenous celebration sparks boos for Sydney Swans star ...Radio Australia
Behind Adam Goodes' indigenous rallying cryHerald Sun
AFL.com.au -Perth Now -Daily Mail
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Tools to help close the indigenous health gap
The Australian
By mapping the journeys of indigenous people from the Northern Territory and South Australia, they found there were gaps in the provision of care for patients who had to travel up to nine hours by bus to return home. With it taking up to a week to ...

The Australian Financial Review
Buying policy aids remote communities
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in Australia's north. By 2040, 50 per cent of northern Australia's population will be Indigenous. Many of the most remote Indigenous communities are up north. Indigenous Australians already own or ...

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The Australian
Adam Giles steps in to right indigenous inaction
The Australian
In a tacit admission that strategies to date have not worked, an indigenous-specific agency will be re-created, undoing one of Mr Giles's first acts in office when he scrapped the Department of Indigenous Advancement and sparked an Aboriginal ...

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Inter Press Service
Australia's 'Stolen Generations' Not a Closed Chapter
Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, May 30 2015 (IPS) - Every year since 1998, Australia has marked 'National Sorry Day' on May 26, a day to remember the tens of thousands of indigenous children who, between the 1890s and 1970s, were forcibly removed from their communities ...

ABC Online
Noongar elder Robert Isaacs named Western Australian of the Year
ABC Online
An Aboriginal elder who has dedicated the last 50 years to improving the lives of Indigenous people has been named Western Australian of the Year. Dr Robert Isaacs said was he "delighted" and "honoured" to receive the award. "I thank especially the ...
Noongar elder West Australian of the Year9news.com.au
West Aussie of Year's 'tough love' approachPerth Now

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The Australian
Constitutional referendum: the indigenous recognition tightrope
The Australian
Mainstream opinion may strongly favour some form of indigenous recognition, but those on the other side of the argument include some of the most persuasive players in public-policy debates: News Corp Australia columnist Andrew Bolt and Liberal Democrat ...

The Australian
Helping indigenous youth find a path through education
The Australian
Secondary education levels for young Aboriginal people living in very remote parts of WA also compared poorly to those of Aborigines living elsewhere in the state. In 2011, 56.8 per cent of indigenous West Australians who did not live remote had stayed ...

The Guardian
No guarantees sought over NT remote Indigenous communities, Senate hears
The Guardian
A similar takeover of services in Western Australia led that state's government to announce it would shut several remote communities. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, backed the move saying the public purse should not prop up people's “lifestyle choices”.

Australian Times
Origins Festival highlights Indigenous Australia in London
Australian Times
To coincide with the British Museum putting its Indigenous Australian treasures on display, the venue will host the ancient music of the Torres Straight Islands' Zugubal Dancers and the festival's cinema highlights include showcasing the films made by ...