Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Muting Indigenous language support only widens the gap
The Conversation
The ILS assists language-related initiatives across Australia and provides important employment opportunities for Indigenous communities. The Review of Indigenous Education in the Northern Territory, released the day after the budget, also has as one ...

New map reveals aboriginal knowledge
ABC Online
The online map, curated by the Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge working group, aims to convert ancient oral knowledge about Australia, into an accessible visual and literary format. Griffith University anthropologist and ethnobiologist, Dr Philip ...

The Roar
Survey shows Sydney Swans fans most accepting of indigenous culture
The Daily Telegraph
A week after Australian of the Year Adam Goodes was racially vilified by opposing supporters for the second time in a year, a new survey has found Swans fans the most accepting of indigenous culture. With the Swans set to launch the AFL's indigenous ...
Goodes on his family's journey: 'She sacrificed everything'AFL.com.au
Swans, Cats to open Indigenous Round this Thursday nightThe Roar
Ending racism will happen but it will take time: Adam GoodesThe Australian
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Caterpillar dreaming artist emerges as Red Ochre winner
The Australian
The Australia Council's National Indigenous Arts Awards, to be given at the Sydney Opera House tonight, includes fellowships worth $90,000 each for two Melbourne musicians. Bart Willoughby, a founding member of rock group No Fixed Address, will ...
Hector Tjupuru Burton wins Red Ochre awardDaily Mail

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Merger 'aids indigenous farms'
The Australian
ABORIGINAL feuding and politics have hurt indigenous-run pastoral stations in Western Australia's far north as they compete in tough times for the industry, according to a concept plan for the new Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op. Five Aboriginal-run cattle ...
China backing pastoral visionWeekly Times Now

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Roy Morgan Research (press release)
AFL fans appreciate indigenous in national life
The Australian
The Swans reconciliation plan sets goals of employing more indigenous Australians, establishing a stream for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the club's academy program and promises to offer financial support to the GO Foundation. Goodes ...
How do AFL supporters really feel about Aboriginal culture?Roy Morgan Research (press release)
Sorry Day rallies call for changes to state child-protection regimesThe Guardian
Aboriginal children in care 'a new Stolen Generation'ABC Message Stick
The West Australian
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How Indigenous communities can help tackle climate change
Phys.Org
A new study shows that replanting native forests and woodlands vegetation on Indigenous lands, especially across southern and eastern Australia, could help restore the nation's native vegetation in places where it is needed as well as store significant ...

The West Australian
Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
The West Australian
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
The West Australian
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous rally against forced adoptions
Ninemsn
Across the country, indigenous children in Australia were 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-indigenous children, figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show. In Queensland, the Australian Legislative ...

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Indigenous pastoral stations look to merge
ABC Online
Ten of Australia's largest Aboriginal-run pastoral stations in the Kimberley are preparing to join forces. The 'Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op' will be backed by a Chinese consortium and aims to pool resources between stations to produce better cattle and ...
China backing pastoral visionThe Australian

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Factbox: What is Sorry Day?
SBS
On 26 May every year, ceremonies, marches and presentations are held to commemorate Sorry Day, the day on which Australians express regret for the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal people.

Jobs Gap Widens For Indigenous Workers
Pro Bono Australia
... achieving post-school qualifications,” Brumby said. “What's concerning though is that these education gains aren't improving employment—we found that since 2008, employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians did not improve in any State or Territory.
Why do we still fail on Aborigines?The Age

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Choosing lore and life: the campaign against Aboriginal youth suicide
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show Aboriginal men die by suicide at a rate four times higher than non-indigenous men, while for Aboriginal women the figure is five times higher. Advertisement. The group most at risk is children, mostly boys ...
The Zone transcript: Peter McConchieThe Age

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Steep rise in number of Aborigines in jail
The Australian
Overall, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian prisons has increased by almost 75 per cent over the past decade, analysis by the Jesuit Social Services, to be released today, reveals. Jesuit Social Services chief ...

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Professor Tom Calma  The Conversation AU

Cornes: After recent cases of racial vilification, it's obvious Australia is ...
The Daily Telegraph
Michael Long is a respected advocate; Andrew McLeod addressed an assembly of the United Nations; Adam Goodes was named the Australian of the Year last year. Therein lies some of the problem. For every success an indigenous footballer has, the ...

Indigenous literacy rates on the decline: report
Ninemsn
5:54pm May 23, 2014. A decline in literacy rates for non-indigenous students is behind the recent success in the "Close the Gap" campaign, according to the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Reform Council. Qantas considering removing life rafts.

Supermarkets grow support for Indigenous bush food producers
ABC Local
When the Robins, a family from Melbourne, began a bush foods store and catering business back in 1986, they had no idea that it would grow to employ hundreds of Indigenous people across Australia. Decades later, their 'Outback Spirit' sauces and ...

ANTARA
Indigenous Australian art exhibition opens in Bandung
ANTARA
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An exhibition of Indigenous Australian visual art opened Thursday evening at the Galeri Soemardja at Bandung Institute of Technology, according to the Australian Embassy here on its official web site on Friday. Australian ...