Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Indigenous Australian women still fighting discrimination
SBS
For International Women's Day National Indigenous Television (NITV) looks at the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia who have done tremendous things to advance basic human rights of Australia's First Peoples and contributed in ...
Say 'No' to 'Recognise'On Line opinion

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The Guardian
WA premier flags communities review but fails to meet Indigenous leaders
The Guardian
Aboriginal land councils used the meeting to insist that Aboriginal people be given a say in issues like the remote community closures, declaring in a joint statement that “governments cannot decide where Aboriginal people live in Western Australia”.
Barnett warns evidence of remote child abuse will shockThe Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Recognising Aboriginal Australians in constitution 'perverse racism': Senator ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Senator David Leyonhjelm has become the first Australian politician to break with the bipartisan push for constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians, saying their identification in the nation's foundation document would represent a "perverse ...
Behind the Gap Part 4: Indigenous justiceABC Online
Indigenous legal service to shut down after losing federal fundingThe Guardian
Indigenous recognition 'a perverse sort of racism', says David LeyonhjelmThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Behind the Gap: Indigenous justice
ABC Online
In the fourth and final instalment of the 'Behind The Gap' series, RN Drive examines the overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians in the criminal justice system, hears the stories of those who have passed through it and asks what needs to change.
Nigel Scullion proclaims 'new relationship' with Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
Indigenous legal service to shut down after losing federal fundingThe Guardian
Senator Leyonhjelm calls constitutional recognition of Indigenous people 'racist'SBS
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The Guardian
Vital Indigenous health services have funding renewed for three years
The Guardian
“This funding reaffirms the Abbott government's commitment to closing the gap and to meeting the government's priorities of getting Indigenous Australians into work, ensuring children go to school and making communities safer,” the health minister ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Nigel Scullion proclaims 'new relationship' with Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
The Abbott government has proclaimed "a new relationship of engagement" with Indigenous Australia. The government will on Thursday end months of anxiety for 112 Aboriginal health services, by extending their funding for a further three years at a cost ...
Behind the Gap: Indigenous justiceABC Online
Indigenous legal service to shut down after losing federal fundingThe Guardian
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous people 'racist': David LeyonhjelmYahoo7 News
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Nigel Scullion proclaims 'new relationship' with Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
The Abbott government has proclaimed "a new relationship of engagement" with Indigenous Australia. The government will on Thursday end months of anxiety for 112 Aboriginal health services, by extending their funding for a further three years at a cost ...
Recognition a healthy startThe Australian

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Racism a driver of ill health, says lobby
The Australian
“Australia must endeavour, in every way it can, to address entrenched and persistent health inequity,” Mr Mokak said. Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has bipartisan support, and the government is working towards a 2017 referendum on ...

inmycommunity
Indigenous inspiration
inmycommunity
As a member of the Rottnest Island Board and Cultural Heritage and Environmental Advisory committees, WA Indigenous Tourism Council (WAITOC) and the Tourism Australia Board, Mrs Jacobs has been able to champion the engagement of Aboriginal ...

Newmont Boddington Mine offering Indigenous scholarship
Australian Mining
To be eligible, applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, of Aboriginal descent and be intending to enrol, or be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree at any one of Murdoch University's campuses. Applications must include ...

The Australian
Arts Nation report points to need for greater diversity
The Australian
Indigenous Australians represent 3 per cent of the population while 4.7 per cent of nominees in arts awards are indigenous, as are 4.9 per cent of internationally touring artists. The report finds that 737,000 international tourists went to exhibitions ...

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Petition launched against funding cuts to the Aboriginal Legal Service
ABC Online
"Unfortunately on a daily basis across the nation we've got 40 kids being taken away per day across Australia," he said. He's concerned the number of children being placed in out of home care will rise if the cuts go ahead and Indigenous Australians ...

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Scullion on remote living harsh but true: critics
The Australian
Indigenous Advisory Council chairman Warren Mundine said he was taken aback by the remarks, but agreed the “dreadful” conditions in remote Australia needed attention. “I am shaking my head (at the comments),” Mr Mundine said. “We know people are ...

The Australian (blog)
Langton group loses bid for indigenous paper
The Australian (blog)
A PRO-BUSINESS syndicate led by prominent Melbourne academic Marcia Langton and West Australian Aboriginal leader Wayne Bergmann appears to have been outbid in the race to buy The National Indigenous Times, the country's most awarded ...

Junkee
Growing Up Gay In Indigenous Australia
Junkee
Not only is anti-homosexual rhetoric cruel and demeaning, it is also increasingly out of step with mainstream Australia. In the case of Mundine, it was also out of step with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) leaders and thinkers, as well as ...

Discrimination in Australia cuts both ways
Gippsland Times
THE proposal to change our constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians needs to be carefully considered by everyone. The 22-member panel charged with drafting the changes envisages creating a power for the advancement of Indigenous Australians.

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Historic indigenous objects return to Australia
The Guardian Nigeria
National Museum director Mathew Trinca said the exhibition will "encourage Australians to consider their history"."This is an important exhibition for our nation. It includes objects from the very earliest contacts between indigenous and non-indigenous ...

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BBC News
Historic indigenous objects return to Australia
BBC News
A collection of rare objects, including a shield thought to have been picked up by Captain Cook in 1770, are set to return to Australia for the first time. The exhibition is part of a new deal signed between the National Museum of Australia and the ...

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BBC News
Historic indigenous objects return to Australia
BBC News
A collection of rare objects, including a shield thought to have been picked up by Captain Cook in 1770, are set to return to Australia for the first time. The exhibition is part of a new deal signed between the National Museum of Australia and the ...

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The Age
Aboriginal gargoyles of the Australian War Memorial evoke the essential spirit ...
The Age
The Australian War Memorial holds a rich collection of material related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and servicewomen. The collection includes embarkation rolls, prisoner-of-war and Red Cross records, personal letters, service ...
Celebrating some success in Tackling Indigenous SmokingCrikey (blog)
Aboriginal residents across WA to be quizzed in national surveyABC Message Stick

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