Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Canberra Times
Bar Association calls for more funding to Aboriginal legal services
The Canberra Times
He said the Bar Association believed the incarceration rate for indigenous Australians in the ACT was roughly triple that of non-indigenous, based on data from the Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services and from the Australian Bureau ...

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Brisbane Times
Bar Association calls for more funding to Aboriginal legal services
Brisbane Times
He said the Bar Association believed the incarceration rate for indigenous Australians in the ACT was roughly triple that of non-indigenous, based on data from the Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services and from the Australian Bureau ...

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ABC Message Stick
APY Lands food security strategy cut short
ABC Message Stick
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...
Greens argue against 'undemocratic' plan to suspend APY Lands management ...Yahoo!7 News

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Food security plan for South Australia's remote indigenous communities cut ...
Yahoo!7 News
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...

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ABC Online
Food security plan for South Australia's remote indigenous communities cut ...
ABC Online
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...
Disaster calls over 'rushed' APY billThe Australian
Greens argue against 'undemocratic' plan to suspend APY Lands management ...Yahoo!7 News

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The Guardian
NSW premier Mike Baird backs poll on Indigenous constitutional recognition
The Guardian
“This state is home to more than 175,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – about a third of the national Indigenous population – so we have a responsibility to lead the national debate.” Baird acknowledged it would take time “before we ...
NSW first state to support referendum for indigenous rightsThe Age
NSW calls for constitutional recognition of indigenous peopleBBC News
Baird backs indigenous recognitionSBS

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Greens have trapped Aborigines in poverty says Warren Mundine
The Australian
“The Greens' agenda will keep indigenous Australians in poverty and is the greatest threat to the preservation of traditional language and culture. “Green groups in Australia want to keep indigenous Australians and their land frozen in time. “This is ...

The Guardian
Baird backs indigenous recognition
The West Australian
Premier Mike Baird wants NSW to lead the way in a national debate about recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution and has backed calls for a federal referendum. He has called on all the states and territories to formally endorse a campaign.
NSW premier Mike Baird backs poll on Indigenous constitutional recognitionThe Guardian
NSW calls for constitutional recognition of indigenous peopleBBC News
NSW first state to support referendum for indigenous rightsSydney Morning Herald
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The Guardian
Baird backs indigenous recognition
The Australian (blog)
PREMIER Mike Baird wants NSW to lead the way in a national debate about recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution and has backed calls for a federal referendum. HE has called on all the states and territories to formally endorse a campaign.
NSW premier Mike Baird backs poll on Indigenous constitutional recognitionThe Guardian
NSW first state to support referendum for indigenous rightsThe Age
NSW calls for constitutional recognition of indigenous peopleBBC News

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ABC Online
Indigenous culture must be free to grow, says Fred Chaney
The Australian
RECONCILIATION Australia founding co-chairman Fred Chaney has warned that however sympathetic white Australia is for ending indigenous disadvantage “we are in our hearts and instincts assimilationist” and this must change if we are to reconcile with ...
Fred Chaney, retiring Reconciliation Australia head, hopes future Indigenous ...ABC Online

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ABC Online
Fred Chaney, retiring Reconciliation Australia head, hopes future Indigenous ...
ABC Online
It broadly refers to the policy framework pursed by successive Australian governments throughout the first half of the 20th Century and well into the 1960s, when it was erroneously assumed that Indigenous Australians would benefit from adopting ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott's visit to NT changed nothing, says Indigenous leader
The Guardian
Australia Post is looking to pull out of the town and is offering postal services to other businesses in town. The proposed $13m upgrade of the Gove district hospital, which services an Indigenous population of 16,000, has been cancelled by the ...

The Conversation AU
Stories from the sky: astronomy in indigenous knowledge
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australian practices, developed and honed over thousands of years, weave science with storytelling. In this Indigenous science series, we'll look at different aspects of First Australians' traditional life and uncover the knowledge behind ...

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The Conversation AU
Stories from the sky: astronomy in indigenous knowledge
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australian practices, developed and honed over thousands of years, weave science with storytelling. In this Indigenous science series, we'll look at different aspects of First Australians' traditional life and uncover the knowledge behind ...

Independent Australia
Indigenous women behind bars: Persecuted by the system
Independent Australia
The treatment of criminalised women and girls in Australian prisons is deteriorating rapidly, but it is a whole lot worse if you happen to be Indigenous, writes Debbie Kilroy. The treatment of criminalised and imprisoned women and girls is ...

Australian Indigenous Fashion Week in Liquidation
Women's Wear Daily
A sophomore edition of Australian Indigenous Fashion Week looks unlikely. Australia's first indigenous fashion showcase debuted at the Sydney Town Hall on April 11; however the event's Sydney-based organizer All The Perks is in liquidation with 400,000 ...

The Guardian
New Indigenous Business Australia boss targets wealth, loans
The Australian
Edward Fry, named today as the new leader of the nation's main indigenous economic group for three years, has vowed to work with the IBA board to improve programs. The Abbott government will also today announce that Mr Fry, an indigenous Australian ...
Abbott's homogeneous approach to Indigenous affairs will not erase the stain ...The Guardian
First people's congress asks Tony Abbott to save 150 Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
Indigenous leaders call for Tony Abbott to intervene on remote communitiesThe Age
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Health advocates shine a light on Indigenous HIV infection
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Community health advocates say it'll need a community-led campaign and government support to tackle increasing rates of HIV among Indigenous Australians. They launched the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Australia reeling from policy changes and cutbacks – commissioner
The Guardian
Despite the prime minister's assurances to the contrary, Australia is witnessing one of the largest upheavals in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs thanks to large-scale funding cuts, policy changes and reviews by the Abbott government, the ...
PM urged to try harder on engaging with Indigenous AustraliansABC Message Stick
Federal Government urged to act on 'national emergency' of Indigenous ...ABC Online
The untold story of Indigenous Australians and disability: five questions to ...The Guardian
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ABC Online
Federal Government urged to act on 'national emergency' of Indigenous ...
ABC Online
The national law council has declared the increasing number of Indigenous Australians behind bars a "national emergency." The president elect of the Law Council of Australia, Duncan McConnel, said the Indigenous incarceration rate had doubled since the ...