Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Alexander Dennis from Walgett, northwest NSW, with Joanna Barton, manager ...
The Australian
“What that man has done for indigenous people is amazing.” Jaki Adams-Barton, manager of the Fred Hollows Indigenous Australia Program, said the pilot was being used to assess different service models. She said having a lot of people come in at one ...

PS News
Education key to Indigenous jobs
PS News
The Australian Institutes of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Family Studies (AIFS) have published a new paper on education and employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse is a website funded ...

Indigenous jobs in the Ord
ABC Online
"They are very portable skills once you have got tickets and accreditation and experience in a construction site you can pretty much work in any construction site in Australia." The state-funded development of the Ord Stage Two has officially been ...

The West Australian
Truancy officers boost attendance at remote Indigenous community schools
The West Australian
Figures show an additional 604 students have shown up to class at Indigenous community schools across the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland since the start of the school year. Across 17 schools in the Northern Territory, attendance ...

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The Canberra Times
John Pilger hopes to open eyes to plight of Aboriginals with Utopia
The Canberra Times
John Pilger first got a taste of indigenous Australia in 1969 in a tour to Jay Creek in central Australia with Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins. The journalist and filmmaker likened what he saw to apartheid South Africa; "they were like prisoners of ...

Closing gap is 'not the only way'
The Australian
Yesterday he met with Labor's first indigenous MP, Nova Peris, who is also the deputy chair of the committee charged with coming up with a form of words to change the Constitution to recognise indigenous Australians. But Mr Mundine has rejected a push ...

SBS
The rise of Indigenous art speaks volumes about class
SBS
The great story of recent Australian art has been the resurgence of Indigenous culture and its recognition as a major art form. But in a country increasingly divided by class and wealth, the rise of Indigenous art has had consequences undreamed of by ...

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Rise of Indigenous art speaks volumes about class in Australia
The Conversation
The Conversation is running a series, Class in Australia, to identify, illuminate and debate its many manifestations. Here, Joanna Mendelssohn examines the links between Indigenous art and class. The great…

The Guardian
Mungo Man is a physical reminder of the need for Indigenous recognition
The Guardian
As one of the two foundational burials, with Mungo Lady, he exemplifies Aboriginal Australia's proudest traditions of antiquity and cultural development on the international stage. Traditional owners have never ceased to call for the return of all ...
Geologist who unearthed Mungo Man fights for 40000-year-old remainsThe Guardian

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The rise of Indigenous art speaks volumes about class in Australia
The Conversation
The great story of recent Australian art has been the resurgence of Indigenous culture and its recognition as a major art form. But in a country increasingly divided by class and wealth, the rise of Indigenous…

The rise of Indigenous art speaks volumes about class in Australia
The Conversation
The great story of recent Australian art has been the resurgence of Indigenous culture and its recognition as a major art form. But in a country increasingly divided by class and wealth, the rise of Indigenous…

Call for action to close Aboriginal disadvantage
The West Australian
Call for action to close Aboriginal disadvantage The West Australian WA Indigenous Person of the Year (2013) Ian Trust. Picture: Steve Ferrier/The West Australian. WA's indigenous person of the year, Ian Trust, says the gap between Aboriginal and ...

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Is racism affecting Australians' health?
SBS
It's well known that Indigenous Australians have much lower life expectancy than other Australians, and have disproportionately high rates of diseases and other health problems. Could that in part be due to racism? The Social Determinants of Health ...

Theme park attraction to teach Indigenous culture
ABC Message Stick
"I find a lot of mainstream children don't know anything about Aboriginal culture, they don't know that we were the first Australians, the descendants of the first Australians, they don't understand there's all different clans and tribes and we've all ...

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The Guardian
Five questions to Glen Brennan: on banking and Indigenous finance
The Guardian
Working in corporate Australia also has its opportunity and challenges. However, at least now corporate Australia has a seat at the closing the gap table. For government and Indigenous Australians it's a welcome addition and it is important we ...

MuslimVillage.com
Australia lags behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics
The Australian
But Dr Calma said Australia still lagged behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics, noting Canada and New Zealand had trained indigenous doctors in 1866 and 1899 respectively. "But it was not until 1983 that Helen Milroy graduated ...
Scope required on Aboriginal educationSky News Australia
Big picture needed on Aboriginal educationGeelong Advertiser
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
SBS
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Theme Park Insider
Dreamworld's Corroboree illustrates Australia's Indigenous history and culture
Theme Park Insider
According to a statement from Earthstory, the attraction illustrates Australia's "human history with an immersive walk-through experience celebrating 50,000 years of historical and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Fascinating ...

National Corporate Programs Coordinator (Indigenous Programs)
Pro Bono Australia
We deliver the Australian Government's Indigenous Employment Program and Indigenous Youth Careers Pathways Program, and work with corporate partners including banks. This role coordinates our programs with key corporate and government partners.

The Guardian
Scope required on Aboriginal education
Sky News Australia
... fixing the high rate of otitis media or middle ear disease among children and addressing overcrowded houses. Dr Calma became University of Canberra chancellor today, the first indigenous man to hold such a position in Australia. SHARE THIS ARTICLE:.
Big picture needed on Aboriginal educationThe Daily Telegraph
Hope for indigenous child mortality: PMSBS
Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal childrenThe Guardian

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The Guardian
New Canberra Uni chancellor Tom Calma calls for indigenous scholarship backing
The Australian
But Dr Calma said Australia still lagged behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics, noting Canada and New Zealand had trained indigenous doctors in 1866 and 1899 respectively. “But it was not until 1983 that Helen Milroy graduated ...
Big picture needed on Aboriginal educationGeelong Advertiser
Government cannot close the gap on its ownSydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
SBS
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