Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Broome runner Adrian Dodson-Shaw to become first Indigenous Australian to ...
ABC Online
Broome marathon runner Adrian Dodson-Shaw is set to become the first Indigenous Australian to set foot on the North Pole and tackle one of the of world's most gruelling challenges, the North Pole Marathon. No stranger to overcoming obstacles, ...

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Funding cut signals the destruction of Aboriginal life in Australia
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion is presiding over the destruction of Aboriginal life in Australia. Last week he faced an angry protest by Indigenous organisations in Alice Springs over funding cuts. In last year's Budget, the Federal ...

The Conversation AU
Fire in the sky: The southern lights in Indigenous oral traditions
The Conversation AU
Aurorae are significant in Australian Indigenous astronomical traditions. Aboriginal people associate aurorae with fire, death, blood, and omens, sharing many similarities with Native American communities. They are quite different from Inuit traditions ...

Radio Australia
Ice addiction overtaking alcohol as biggest problem facing Indigenous ...
Radio Australia
Ice addiction overtaking alcohol as biggest problem facing Indigenous Australians, rehab expert says. Updated 1 April 2015, 20:00 AEDT. By Adam Harvey and Jeanavive McGregor. Ice addiction is overtaking alcohol as the biggest problem facing Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Ice addiction overtaking alcohol as biggest problem facing Indigenous ...
ABC Online
Ice addiction is overtaking alcohol as the biggest problem facing Indigenous populations, the head of a rehabilitation centre specialising in treatment for Aboriginal people says. Joe Coyte is CEO of The Glen, on the New South Wales Central Coast ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous leaders take 'empowered communities' overhaul to the people
The Guardian
Eight regions in Australia have opted in to the “empowered communities” reforms, which aim to close the gap by returning control of funding and services to Indigenous communities and focusing on investing in measures that lead to economic self-sufficiency.
Indigenous MP Linda Burney condemns WA closuresSBS

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SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney condemns WA closures
SBS
The Canterbury MP says closing Indigenous communities is reminiscent of Australia's past annihilation policies of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 1961 Policy of Assimilation adopted by federal and state governments which intended Indigenous people to ...
Indigenous leaders take 'empowered communities' overhaul to the peopleThe Guardian

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SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney condemns WA remote community closures
SBS
The Canterbury MP says closing Indigenous communities is reminiscent of Australia's past annihilation policies of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 1961 Policy of Assimilation adopted by federal and state governments which intended Indigenous people to ...
Indigenous leaders take 'empowered communities' overhaul to the peopleThe Guardian

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Top Indigenous politician condemns closures first time
SBS
The Wiradjuri woman says closing Indigenous communities is reminiscent of Australia's past annihilation policies of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 1961 Policy of Assimilation adopted by federal and state governments which intended Indigenous people ...

50 Aboriginal soldiers fought on Gallipoli
SBS
Perhaps 50 Aboriginal soldiers fought on Gallipoli in an era when they weren't recognised as Australian citizens and enlistment was technically forbidden. No-one really knows for sure, not even the Australian War Memorial which has sought to catalogue ...

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SBS
Lambie calls for dedicated Indigenous seats in parliament
SBS
"You tell me 'why we can't have Constitutional recognition [of Indigenous Australians] and why we can't have dedicated Indigenous seats in this country,' and you'd better give me a damn good reason why we can't have both," Ms Lambie told NITV News.

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion denies claims Indigenous funding strategy is chaotic
The Guardian
In the days following the announcement of $860m in grant offers, Guardian Australia spoke to numerous organisations that had been denied funding for programs, or had been offered a grant smaller than their previous budget in return for expanded ...

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Aboriginal war heroes remembered with new Anzac memorial in Hyde Park
The Daily Telegraph
Yininmadyemi (pronounced yinn-in-madj-amee) — Thou didst let fall, by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert, features four seven-metre tall, 1.5-tonne bullets and three fallen shells to represent the diggers who returned to Australia and the ones who lost ...

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The Age
More bang needed for the indigenous buck says Noel Pearson
The Australian
The report found that the government spent $30.3bn on services for indigenous people in 2012-2013; $43,449 per Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. “We need to get a better bang out of the money that's going into indigenous Australia,” Mr ...
Interview: Noel Pearson from Empowered CommunitiesABC Message Stick
Empowered Communities a chance to close the gapThe Age

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The Guardian
Child and domestic abuse in Indigenous communities 'chronically undisclosed'
The Guardian
Child abuse and domestic violence in Indigenous communities “will remain chronically undisclosed and under-reported,” an Australian Crime Commission (ACC) investigation has found. In some communities every person had reported being affected by child ...
Family violence and child sex abuse widely under-reported in remote ...Sydney Morning Herald
Comment: Un-masking the five faces of oppressionSBS

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Claimants ink $1.3 billion Western Australia Noongar native title deal
ABC Online
A landmark $1.3 billion native title deal across Western Australia's south west is expected to proceed after all six claimant groups involved voted in its favour. The West Australian Government and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWLSC) ...

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ABC Message Stick
Australia's key health organisations say thousands of people needing vital ...
ABC Message Stick
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Thousands of people needing alcohol and drug services to be turned away after ...
ABC Online
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Crime groups plotting to steal from Indigenous communities, probe reveals
Sydney Morning Herald
Organised crime groups are plotting to steal from Indigenous communities that survive on multi-million dollar mining royalties and land use agreements, an eight-year Australian Crime Commission investigation into isolated and trouble-plagued regions ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal leaders promote bold blueprint to close the gap
Sydney Morning Herald
Led by Noel Pearson, they have proposed a paradigm shift they compare with Australia's move from protection to competition, insisting the focus of Indigenous policy should move from crisis management to productivity and development. Mr Pearson believes ...