Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Age
Aboriginal legal service fears mooted Federal funding cuts will hurt local ...
Herald Sun
According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 1400 indigenous people live in the City of Casey, making it one of the largest Aboriginal populations in Victoria. The data also shows Australia's prison population climbed to a ten year high of 33,791 ...
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cutsThe Age
Legal cuts come during 'crisis' for indigenousNoosa News

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The Guardian
Aboriginal group fights to stop $16bn Carmichael coalmine, Australia's largest
The Guardian
An Aboriginal group in central Queensland is attempting to prevent Australia's largest mine from being established on its ancestral land, in what is shaping up to be an unprecedented test of the country's native title laws. Representatives for the ...
Indigenous challenge to Carmichael megamine in Galilee BasinABC Online

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The Guardian
Indigenous issues largely ignored in NSW election campaign, say community
The Guardian
Research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released in December showed Indigenous incarceration rates around the country had increased 10% in the past year and were at the highest rate since 2004. Nearly a quarter of adult prisoners in NSW are ...
Indigenous report 'flawed' and 'appalling'9news.com.au
Remote Indigenous communities will be consulted before closures decision, WA ...ABC Online
WA Indigenous community closures document 'flawed'Brisbane Times

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The Age
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cuts
The Age
Aboriginal legal services that help some of Australia's most vulnerable people – including a huge number of family violence clients – are facing deep cuts in this year's federal budget. The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is bracing for a $500,000 ...
Aboriginal legal service fears mooted Federal funding cuts will hurt local ...Herald Sun
Legal Aid Funding RestoredPro Bono Australia
Another barnacle removed: Abbott government's planned cuts to legal aid ...Sydney Morning Herald
SBS -Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
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ABC Local
Reigniting an indigenous distance running culture
ABC Local
In the coldest ever New York Marathon, he became the fastest ever Australian Aboriginal man to run it, finishing the 2014 event in 3:09.20. He's back in his home city along with the IMP's first ever finisher, Charlie Maher who did the 2010 New York ...

The Guardian
Indigenous sector outrage at funding for government departments and sport
The Guardian
“The structure of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy allows the Australian government to address service delivery gaps that are identified and we will continue to methodically work through any gaps which are identified, in consultation with providers ...
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Indigenous food shortages and hunger persist3rd Watch News
Indigenous students encouraged to consider public service careersThe Canberra Times
9news.com.au -ABC Online
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ABC Online
Venice Biennale artist Fiona Hall questions Indigenous art's future if remote ...
ABC Online
"These people are the cultural ambassadors for Australia - these Aboriginal artists, visual artists but also performers - so in many, many, many ways Australia is going to be the poorer if these people cannot continue to live in their country," she ...

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ABC Online
Leaked document reveals 192 WA Aboriginal communities deemed ...
ABC Online
Extensive research was conducted as early as 2010 to identify West Australian remote Aboriginal communities considered unsustainable, a leaked document held by the State Government shows. The Government has resisted calls to accelerate consultation ...
Tweed march backs WA Aboriginal communitiesEchonetdaily
No choice but politics for Indigenous women: Pat O'ShaneSBS
Funding backs Indigenous artistsPS News
The Ecologist (blog) -Crikey
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The Guardian
Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding revealed
The Australian
Large sporting umbrella bodies including Swimming Australia, Athletics Australia, the Australian Rugby Union and the Australian Football League have all received indigenous funds. A host of universities around the nation are also on the list. The ...
Government departments among list of federal Indigenous grant recipientsThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Government departments among list of federal Indigenous grant recipients
The Guardian
Guardian Australia has been told the Brisbane Broncos' project intends to mentor Indigenous year 12 students in the outer regions of Brisbane, in order to increase school attendance, improve education results, and enable transitions from school to ...

Tourism key to protecting Indigenous history in Tully
ABC Local
Sonya is very positive about the future of the business and Indigenous tourism both in Australia and worldwide. "I really think it's going to give Aboriginal people a huge opportunity to stand and be self-sufficient, but still maintain control of who ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Brandis refuses to protect exploited Indigenous artists
ArtsHub (subscription)
It will benefit members of the public in Australia and overseas who have concerns about the provenance and authenticity of Indigenous artwork, and the fair and ethical treatment of artists. It will secure public confidence in the integrity of the ...

Calls for indigenous Australian artefacts in British Museum to be returned
Lexology (registration)
The British Museum's decision to loan rare aboriginal artefacts to the National Museum of Australia has sparked accusations of cultural insensitivity and threats of legal action from indigenous community leaders in Australia. The objects are to be ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Indigenous artists challenge dance sector over lack of representation
ArtsHub (subscription)
The sector's lack of engagement with Indigenous artists was initially raised by dancer/choreographer Jacob Boehme (a member of South Australia's Kaurna and Narranga peoples who was born and raised on Kulin lands) at a breakout session exploring ...

The Guardian
Malcolm Fraser was unflinching in his support of Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
My last direct exchange with Fraser was at the time he was writing the introduction to my book, Indigenous Australia for Dummies. He was supportive of my aims in the book – to make information about Indigenous people much more accessible in a light, ...
A traditional Liberal whom the left is trying to ownThe Australian
The evolution of Malcolm Fraser was a wonderful thing to beholdThe Conversation AU
Malcolm Fraser: a man of principle and strength whose compassion I witnessed ...Sydney Morning Herald
TheBull.com.au
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Plan to Boost Indigenous Jobs
Pro Bono Australia
“The Australian Government will be leading by example by increasing its own Indigenous workforce to 3 per cent by 2018, which equates to around 7,500 Indigenous employees across the Commonwealth public sector,” he said. The procurement target, and ...

Echonetdaily
Tweed march backs WA Aboriginal communities
Echonetdaily
The Tweed's indigenous community has organised a protest march for next week in the Tweed Heads CBD in solidarity with remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia who face being forcibly removed from their lands. The fears about the closures ...
Positives in the remote desertThe Australian

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Two firefighters injured battling Sydney fire 0:27
Courier Mail
Indigenous activist Sam Watson warned the Palaszczuk Government against following in Western Australia's footsteps. “In Queensland in the 1960s, we had the appalling situation when Joh Bjelke-Petersen moved the bulldozers into old Mapoon,” he said.

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ABC Online
NSW Election 2015: Labor pledges Indigenous cultural centre for Barangaroo ...
ABC Online
The Barangaroo development on Sydney's harbour would be home to a Australia's first Indigenous cultural centre if the state's voters elect a Labor government next Saturday. The Opposition has promised to allocate $100 million to the project that it ...
NSW election will go down to the poles and wiresThe Saturday Paper (subscription)

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The Guardian
Colin Barnett links closure of remote Aboriginal communities to child abuse
The Guardian
It was not clear from Barnett's comment whether the 39 cases he mentioned were found in remote Aboriginal communities, or in cities and towns in WA. Guardian Australia contacted his office and requested the source of the statistics, but did not receive ...
Scullion denies remote WA communities will be 'shut down', says State ...ABC Online
Barnett shoved by indigenous rally protesterPerth Now
National Day Of Action Tomorrow Against Barnett Closure Of Remote CommunitiesNew Matilda
Radio Australia
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