Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
elders: we aren't part of the sham
The Australian
As well, the state is accused of riding roughshod over Aboriginal groups in opening up 4WD tracks along the Tarkine coast, despite concerns about ancient indigenous midden, burial and rock-carving sites. However, as revealed in The Australian yesterday ...
Tasmanian Premier considers recognising Indigenous people as traditional ...ABC Online

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Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith gives Australia Day address
SBS
Ben Roberts Smith acknowledged it could be a difficult day for some Indigenous Australians. “We, particularly the National Australia Day Council, understand the sensitive nature of the 26th of January to Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander community ...

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Meat company accused of racism over Australia Day ad
SBS
An Australia Day advertisement from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has caused controversy for its failure to include any Indigenous Australians. The advertisement shows former Australian cricketer Richie Benaud trying to organise an Australia Day ...

The Age
Australia Day: Take a fresh look at our past
The Age
Noel Pearson in his 2014 Quarterly Essay article suggested that two things are irrefutably part of Australia's history: Indigenous heritage and British heritage. He went on to say, "no matter how much white Australians might want to ignore it or black ...

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The Age
Australia Day a time to learn about good and bad in nation's past
The Age
Noel Pearson in his 2014 Quarterly Essay article suggested that two things are irrefutably part of Australia's history: Indigenous heritage and British heritage. He went on to say, "no matter how much white Australians might want to ignore it or black ...

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Travel Trends
Ray Stone, Executive General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Distribution for ...
Travel Trends
Ray worked for Accor, for six years as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for Accor Asia-Pacific before taking on the role of Executive General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Distribution for Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. Ray is driven ...

The Guardian
Indigenous athletics camp strikes balance between education and sport
The Guardian
The inaugural Raise the Bar summer camp program, a partnership between Athletics Australia and Melbourne University, offers Indigenous students from remote and regional areas the chance to learn from some of the country's highest achievers in sport.

Sydney City News
Alternative ways to embrace Australia/Invasion Day
Sydney City News
Firstly, it is important to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land. Here at Alternative Media Group, we pay our respects to the elders both past and present; and extend that respect to all Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders ...

The Australian
Bank Creates 400 Jobs for Indigenous Aussies
Pro Bono Australia
A major Australian bank has signed a contract that will see it employ at least 400 indigenous Australians. Westpac announced today that it had signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers' Indigenous Internship program to recruit at least 40 ...
Westpac commits to 400 Aboriginal placesThe Australian (blog)

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BBC News
Australia's Aboriginal comedians fight prejudice with wit
BBC News
She is also all-Aboriginal. In the new show, Blak Cabaret, this burly drag queen rules. And in a retold version of history she asks: What would happen if blacks invaded a white native Australia? The Sydney Festival premiere, featuring Torres Strait ...

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BBC News
Australia's Aboriginal comedians fight prejudice with wit
BBC News
She is also all-Aboriginal. In the new show, Blak Cabaret, this burly drag queen rules. And in a retold version of history she asks: What would happen if blacks invaded a white native Australia? The Sydney Festival premiere, featuring Torres Strait ...

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Is this Australia's Stonehenge?
Northern Star
Father and son team Steven and Evan Strong have combined the written testimony of a forgotten Australia archaeologist, oral indigenous history, and ancient Australian artefacts to sensationally conclude that Aboriginal civilization was far more ...

Google News

APY inquiries still under wraps, no action taken on recommendations
The Australian
He is working with APY and the Indigenous Land Corporation in implementing processes and procedure to grow the business,” she said. Ms Johns said Mr Singer's decision to resign now, ahead of general elections that must be held before the end of May, ...

Google News

Westpac commits to 400 Aboriginal places
The Australian (blog)
Australia's top companies have broadened their indigenous engagement strategies to include not just current employment or procurement targets but education and training, spending $72 million last year according to the Business Council of Australia.

Indigenous business workshop on Coffs Coast this Wednesday
Coffs Coast Advocate
INDIGENOUS Business Australia (IBA) will be running a free Into Business workshop in Coffs Harbour this Wednesdays. The workshop is part of IBA's national Business Development and Assistance Program, which assists Indigenous Australians to establish, ...

Removal of Aboriginal children at crisis point and rising
Green Left Weekly
The Productivity Commission into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage released its findings into government attempts to 'close the gap' between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia. It has been almost three years since the last Overcoming Indigenous ...

The Australian
Cries from remote indigenous communities go unheard
The Australian
But that's the point — while the Manoora tragedy is unprecedented for Queensland and Australia, there is a steady stream of information to services and agencies across the state and nation recording the lesser tragedies of remote indigenous Australia ...

Sydney Morning Herald
What if the French had settled Australia first?
Sydney Morning Herald
David Hill says either way the result would likely have not been different for the First Australians. Author and indigenous professor Larissa Behrendt agrees: "My father used to say that the only difference is that we'd probably be fighting for land ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous group had no say in Tasmanian wilderness area plan
The Guardian
The draft management plan, released on Thursday after a leaked report was obtained by the Australian, cites concerns raised by Indigenous Australians as one of the key reasons to remove the word “wilderness” from descriptions of the area, and replace ...

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Working in partnership with Aboriginal culture
ArtsHub (subscription)
Our audiences have very little understanding of the diversity of Aboriginal people and cultures. Australian was a multicultural nation before invasion, it's still one today. Views of Aboriginality are often very homogenising. We don't speak with one ...