Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Uncovering the history of Australia's Indigenous servicemen and women
ABC Online (blog)
As long as Australia's had an army, there have been Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women doing their bit to protect our nation. We don't know just how many Indigenous people have served, though, and the history of the Indigenous ...

AEC accused of neglecting WA's remote Indigenous voters
ABC Online
A school teacher in a remote West Australian Indigenous community says many people missed out on voting because they were not informed of the electoral commission's visit. Early polling was held a week before the election in dozens of Aboriginal ...
Peer support program for young indigenous AustraliansRadio Australia

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Crikey (blog)
Warren Mundine's new military intervention into Aboriginal Australia
Crikey (blog)
Warren Mundine on the role of the military in Aboriginal communities: “Actually the military does have a place … In the tsunami of Indonesia, you know at Sumatra and the Indian Ocean. And I said the military has got to train for emergency services and ...

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Peer support program for young indigenous Australians
Radio Australia
The Young Healers program has been launched in Perth by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. It says young indigenous people are continually impacted by the affects of past government policies, such as the Stolen Generation ...

The Guardian
Nova Peris elected as first Indigenous woman in Federal Parliament
ABC Online
Nova Peris has become the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Federal Parliament. The Olympic hockey gold medal winner will take a place in the Senate representing the Northern Territory for Labor. She gave her victory speech immediately after ...
Australia sees first Aboriginal woman in parliamentYahoo!7 News
Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliamentThe Guardian
First aboriginal woman wins Australian parliament seat; campaign brought racismCTV News
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The Guardian
Tony Abbott, a student priest, who works in indigenous communities
NEWS.com.au
HE's the one time student priest who quit in frustration with the church, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage whose lesbian sister wants him to change his views, an ambitious political hardhead who quietly spends a week a year helping in remote ...
Community groups' post-election wish listSBS
Alexander Downer: As Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott will be true ...Courier Mail
Tony Abbott's letter to the people of AustraliaThe Daily Telegraph
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Crikey (blog)
Warren Mundine's indigenous manifesto – 'elegance and simplicity' or more ...
Crikey (blog)
“What they have discovered is that a lot of people have bullshitted to them.” Warren Mundine, The Australian, May 2013. You can always tell an outsider – white or black – by the collective pronoun they use to describe Aboriginal people as a subject.

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SBS
Nova Peris becomes first indigenous female MP
SBS
Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's national parliament, a welcome achievement for the centre-left Labor Party which lost power in the polls. Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal ...

The Guardian
Australia sees first Aboriginal woman in parliament
Yahoo!7 News
SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Olympian Nova Peris has become the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's national parliament, a welcome achievement for the centre-left Labor Party which lost power in the polls. Employment and workplace relations minister ...
Nova Peris elected as first Indigenous woman in Federal ParliamentABC Online
Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliamentThe Guardian

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The Guardian
'Not a good start for PM for indigenous Australians'
The Australian
"Given that Tony Abbot has positioned himself as the prime minister for indigenous Australia, it's not a good look to start off by slashing the program that provides funding to culturally competent legal assistance services to Aboriginal and Torres ...
Coalition cuts to indigenous legal aid under fireSydney Morning Herald
Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts planThe West Australian
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
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How a Bible translation is preserving the Pitjantjatjara language
The Australian
It's the Mount Everest of translation tasks, a project that seems quixotic on any number of counts. For one, traditional languages are in decline in this northwest corner of South Australia, where Aboriginal schoolchildren are taught largely in English ...

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New exhibition tells ancient indigenous stories using modern technology
ABC Local
More than a million people are expected to visit a new Melbourne exhibition telling Aboriginal history using interactive technology. The 'First Peoples' exhibition at the Melbourne Museum opens on Saturday. Lead curator Genevieve Greeves says more more ...

New exhibition tells ancient indigenous stories using modern technology
ABC Local
More than a million people are expected to visit a new Melbourne exhibition telling Aboriginal history using interactive technology. The 'First Peoples' exhibition at the Melbourne Museum opens on Saturday. Lead curator Genevieve Greeves says more more ...

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IBA - INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AUSTRALIA : Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund ...
4-traders (press release)
A partnership between Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Reconciliation Australia (RA) will run the pilot for two years offering investment packages tailored to the needs of each organisation, potentially ...

The Guardian
Coalition cuts to indigenous legal aid under fire
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians could be more likely to go to jail under an Abbott government in light of Coalition plans to cut $42 million from indigenous legal services. That is the view of Shane Duffy, the chairman of the National Aboriginal and Torres ...
Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts planThe West Australian
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
Bashing the blacks on legal aid – the LNP paves the road to 'assimilation by ...Crikey (blog)
Narromine News -ABC Message Stick
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The Guardian
Outrage at indigenous legal aid cuts plan
The West Australian
And although Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declared his wish to be the first indigenous affairs prime minister, the cuts would be a major blow that would likely entrench disadvantage even further, Community Law Australia says. Aboriginal and Torres ...
Coalition's legal aid cuts a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous communitiesThe Guardian
Bashing the blacks on legal aid – the LNP paves the road to 'assimilation by ...Crikey (blog)
Officer to be on hand tohelp Aboriginal votersNarromine News
ABC Message Stick
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SBS
Restoring Indigenous languages
SBS
From an estimated 250 Indigenous languages at the time of European settlement, only about 20 are now widely spoken in Australia. But where governments once ordered that the languages not be spoken, they are now funding their revival. Whether the ...

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Tony vows to be PM for indigenous affairs
The Australian
The Coalition yesterday released its indigenous policy, which declares that under an Abbott government "Australia will, in effect, have a prime minister for indigenous affairs and a dedicated indigenous affairs minister." The policy says that ...

fund to underpin Aboriginal business
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Business Australia has teamed up with Reconciliation Australia to launch a new fund to provide investment and business support to aboriginal business-focused projects. The Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund hopes to develop and nurture ...

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Indigenous groups angered at proposed Coalition cuts
The Australian
The peak indigenous representative body the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples told The Australian the cuts to indigenous affairs were deeply concerning. Digital Pass $1. A congress spokesman said "it's disappointing that an announcement ...