Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Abbott “prepared to sweat blood” for 2017 referendum on Indigenous recognition
Australian Conservative
So, almost every year as a Member of Parliament, starting with trips to Alice Springs in the mid-1990s that invariably included dinner with Charlie Perkins, I have tried to spend as much time as I could with Indigenous Australians in Indigenous ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott aims for Indigenous recognition referendum 50 years after 1967
The Guardian
When constitutional recognition came, it would be “a heartfelt pact between Indigenous people and conservative Australia”, he said. But he said it was more important to get recognition right than to rush it through. Speaking at a dinner in Sydney on ...

ABC Online
Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decade
The Australian
A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said: “ We're tackling underlying disadvantages which increase the likelihood of indigenous Australians coming into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly poor education and ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
Pro Bono Australia -The Guardian
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Number of indigenous in prison jumps 84pc in a decade
The Australian
A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said: “ We're tackling underlying disadvantages which increase the likelihood of indigenous Australians coming into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly poor education and ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
Pro Bono Australia -The Guardian
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ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is ready to "sweat blood" to achieve ...
ABC Online
"We will get constitutional recognition and, when it comes, I suspect that it will take the form of a pact, a heartfelt pact between Indigenous people and conservative Australia," he said. Mr Abbott also announced another $5 million funding for the ...

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The Conversation AU
Tony Abbott vows to 'sweat blood'
The Age
Tony Abbott wants a referendum to be held in May 2017 to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution, but won't commit to a date until he is confident it will succeed. "I am prepared to sweat blood on this," the Prime Minister declared at a ...
A people's convention can make Indigenous recognition a realityThe Conversation AU
PM wants indigenous recognitionSky News Australia
Prime Minister wants vote on Indigenous constitutional recognition on 50th ...ABC Online
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The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous imprisonment rates still rising, figures show
The Guardian (blog)
Shane Duffy, chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Atsil) told Guardian Australia the rates were not surprising. “It's been an ongoing trend for many many years that our people have been incarcerated,” Duffy said. He said ...

The Conversation AU
A people's convention can make Indigenous recognition a reality
The Conversation AU
Important steps have been made in 2014 in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia's Constitution. Prime Minister Tony Abbott affirmed his commitment to hold a referendum. The opposition voiced its support.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner numbers soar, ABS reports
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners accounted for 27 per cent of the total Australian prisoner population. In 2004 there were 5048 ATSI people in prison, a figure that leapt to 9264 in 2014 — an increase of 83.52 per cent over 10 years ...

ABC Online
Mundine: treaty needed with each first nation
The Australian
“People in Australia have been talking about a treaty between Australia and indigenous people for some decades now,'' he said. “But when you get beyond the broad concept, when you move past the 'thought bubble', it doesn't make sense to have a treaty ...
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...ABC Online
NT, WA to ignore UN calls for mandatory sentencing reviewABC Message Stick
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS
Pro Bono Australia -The Guardian
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ABC Online
UN call for review of Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has backing of ...
ABC Online
North Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency chief executive Priscilla Collins said mandatory sentencing laws were a major reason why Indigenous Australians comprised nearly 30 per cent of the prison population. "This is a significant thing for us because ...
New co-payment model will jeopardise Indigenous health, says sectorSBS

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Advocate.com
WATCH: Meet Australia's Indigenous Trans Men, 'Brotherboys'
Advocate.com
WATCH: Meet Australia's Indigenous Trans Men, 'Brotherboys'. A community of Australia's aboriginal trans men is finding its voice through telling 'yarns' and raising awareness of life at the intersections of trans and indigenous identities.

The Guardian
City to consider dual indigenous names for Sydney streets, suburbs
The Australian
Ms Scott said it would provide “an authentic experience of Australia's indigenous peoples” for travellers to Sydney. Dual naming has been championed by Corroboree Sydney creative director Hetti Perkins. “It's wonderful initiative to support the ...
Black Australia Would Be 'Essentially Free Labour' Under Work-For-The-Dole ...New Matilda
Aboriginal people are entitled to be treated as human beings, not just as a ...The Guardian
Remote Aboriginal communities face closure, leaders voice concernsABC Message Stick

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NEWS.com.au
Reading skills progress hits a plateau among indigenous children
The Australian
The reasons for the fall in indigenous reading skills among primary students is unclear. The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority has ruled out any effects of the test or the group of students. ACARA general manager of assessment ...
NAPLAN: Number of students not sitting benchmark tests at all-time highYahoo!7 News
NAPLAN national results strong for VictoriaThe Canberra Times

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The Australian
marketer spruiks 'Aboriginal exit'
The Australian
An Australia-based agent who assisted in marketing the units told The Australian that Great Fortune Investments was a group employed by DeiCorp to market them “to local and international Chinese investors … I don't know of any indigenous buyers who ...

The Guardian
Victoria's Indigenous infant mortality rate 'has not improved in a decade'
The Guardian
“We now have data that shows there has been no significant change in the rate of deaths between 1999 and 2008 of Aboriginal babies in Victoria and the risk of Aboriginal infant deaths in the first year of life remains twice as high as for non ...

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SBS
Abbott Government 'deliberately targeting' indigenous people in welfare changes
SBS
The new scheme is the Government's first official moves in response to the Forrest Review of Indigenous employment and training – the report by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest. It contrasts with the Work for the Dole Programme in Australia's urban areas.

Australia: Eleven-year-old Aboriginal boy commits suicide
World Socialist Web Site
Two months ago, Peter Little, an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy, tragically committed suicide in the Western Australian city of Geraldton. While the death was met with shock and an outpouring of grief from his family, friends and Aboriginal community, the ...

Indigenous Australians can take pride in disability policy gains
Crikey (blog)
Along with other Indigenous peoples worldwide, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have much to celebrate. At the same time, the Australian disability services sector is undergoing its most [...] significant reform since the Disability ...
Call to address custody disparityThe West Australian

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Aljazeera.com
Shutting down Australia's Aboriginal areas
Aljazeera.com
A recent Productivity Commission report found that despite some success, Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples still face serious issues in areas of mental health and suicide, disability and over-representation in the country's ...

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