Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

"Nanna's hands are so beautiful". Photograph: Declan Singh-Lippo, 13 ...
The Australian
In April, UNICEF Australia introduced about 20 indigenous kids from the town communities of Bagot, Milgarri (Knuckey Lagoon) and Gurdorrka (Palmerston Indigenous Village) to photography. Handed a camera, under instructions from UNICEF photographer ...

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Mining firm desecrated Australia Aboriginal site
BBC News
A mining company has been convicted of desecrating an Aboriginal site in Australia's Northern Territory. Mining firm OM Manganese was found guilty on Friday - the first time a company has been successfully prosecuted in Australia for desecration of a ...
$150k fine for Bootu sacred site damageNTNews.com.au

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Push to recognise social disadvantage
The Australian
The Bugmy and Munda cases are being keenly watched in the midst of a joint campaign by the Law Institute of Australia, the Australian Bar Association and Aboriginal legal bodies to reduce the alarming over-representation of indigenous offenders in ...

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Indigenous Business Australia to hold free workshops in Port Augusta
The Transcontinental
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) will be holding a series of free Into Business workshops in Port Augusta for Indigenous Australian entrepreneurs who are interested in going into business. Starting next Tuesday August 6, the workshops will aim to ...

Indigenous Business Australia to hold free workshops in Port Augusta
The Transcontinental
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) will be holding a series of free Into Business workshops in Port Augusta for Indigenous Australian entrepreneurs who are interested in going into business. Starting next Tuesday August 6, the workshops will aim to ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy
Financial Standard
The FSC said financial literacy is a key contributor to social exclusion of Indigenous Australians as highlighted in a report by the Centre for Social Impact in 2012, which found that 43.1% of Indigenous Australians surveyed were either severely or ...

FSC launches indigenous financial literacy project
ifa
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has teamed up with indigenous rights group First Nations Foundation (FNF) to improve the financial literacy of indigenous Australians. The FSC pointed to a 2012 report by the Centre for Social Impact that found 43.1 ...

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Greens bid to divert indigenous offenders from jail in pilot program
The Australian
"The really important thing about justice reinvestment and its application in addressing the high incarceration of Indigenous Australians is that it works with communities. It is not executives in a capital city coming up with a top-down, one-size-fits ...

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Bush tucker on the menu with Australian border patrol unit
Yahoo! News
The soldiers are from Australia's North West Mobile Force, known as NORFORCE, a surveillance unit that employs ancient Aboriginal skills to help in the seemingly impossible task of patrolling the country's vast northwest coast. Border security has ...
Bradley Manning protests and Zimbabwe elections: the best news pictures of the ...The Guardian

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Photo by DAVID GRAY/Reuters 3 hours ago
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Private Drew Perry, an indigenous soldier from Australia's North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) unit, looks at a suspicious vessel sailing past Astell Island, part of the English Company Islands, ... more. Private Drew Perry, an indigenous soldier from ...

FSC takes stance on indigenous literacy
InvestorDaily
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has teamed up with indigenous rights group the First Nations Foundation (FNF) to improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC pointed to a 2012 report by the Centre for Social Impact that found ...

Indigenous children's sleep worries expert
The Australian
... compared with their non-indigenous peers. "I have become increasingly convinced improved sleep habits could make a significant contribution to closing the gap," says Dr Blunden, head of paediatric sleep research at South Australia's Appleton Institute.

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BFI to host Indigenous Australian film program
Australian Times
Australia: Shifting Sands launches at the British Film Institute's London Southbank centre next month, exploring the story of Indigenous Australia as told by black and white filmmakers alike. The film season revisits big budget releases like Baz ...

Grog summit puts spotlight on central Australia
ABC Message Stick
The peak body representing Northern Territory Aboriginal organisations says a two-day alcohol summit starting in Alice Springs today will look at the huge alcohol problem in central Australia. Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory ...

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GALLERY: Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival
Australian Geographic
The event represents one of the largest gatherings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Held every two years, the celebration is as much about passing down traditions and attitudes to the new generation as it is about sharing ...

Indigenous group urges more western rivers consultation
ABC Online
A Channel Country Aboriginal group says Queensland's Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps is yet to consult Indigenous groups about the future management of western rivers. The chairman of the Georgina Diamantina Cooper Aboriginal Group, Gerry ...

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Dates announced for Indigenous All-Stars v Irish Test series
AFL.com.au
"It's fantastic to represent your country and I've done it a couple of times, but to represent Australia as Indigenous people I think is very powerful," Goodes said. The Australian squad, to be announced next month, is set to feature stars the caliber ...
All Stars concept raised concernsThe Age

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The Guardian
Australia's 'stop the boats' policy is cynical and lawless
The Guardian
The election campaign in Australia is being fought with the lives of men, women and children. Some drown, others are banished without hope to malarial camps. Children are incarcerated behind razor wire in conditions described as "a huge generator of ...

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Chinese tourists turning their backs on South Australia's indigenous experiences
Perth Now
A report prepared for Indigenous Business Australia and released early this year found Chinese travellers cited a lack of promotion, safety and comfort concerns and language barriers as reasons not to explore indigenous culture, sites or activities ...

Chinese tourists turning their backs on South Australia's indigenous experiences
NEWS.com.au
South Australia is home to significant Aboriginal sites, such as in the Flinders Ranges, but is not doing enough to encourage interest among high-spending Asian travellers. A report prepared for Indigenous Business Australia and released early this ...

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