Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Mourners farewell trailblazing indigenous MP Ernie Bridge
Courier Mail
The Order of Australia member was committed to Aboriginal affairs and was known as a proponent of piping water from the Kimberley in the state's north to Perth via Kalgoorlie. He was also a country music singer who made seven albums. During the service ...

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State funeral for indigenous MP Ernie Bridge
Perth Now
The Order of Australia member and Centenary Medal recipient, who also served as a minister under Labor leader Brian Burke, was well known for his commitment to Aboriginal affairs and for promoting the concept of piping water from the Kimberley to Perth ...

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MP in indigenous Twitter row
The West Australian
“In expressing my desire for true indigenous advancement, I may have used inappropriate channels of communication,” he said. “I will in future look to use more appropriate channels.” He said Australia's current system to advance indigenous people was ...
Tweet and sour: MP in spat with Aboriginal woman on colonialismSydney Morning Herald

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Indigenous veteran exhibition honours contribution, fight for justice continues
ABC Online
While Reg Saunders was, significantly, the first ever Indigenous Australian officer in the army, the Lovetts hold the distinction of having more family members serve their country in various wars than any other family in the Commonwealth. Gunditjmara ...

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Australia allocates more fund to improve indigenous people's health
Nzweek
CANBERRA, April 18 — Australian government has announced 777 million Australian dollars (805 million U.S. dollars) to extend the funding for improving the health of indigenous people for three years, the Prime Minister's office said on Thursday.

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While exhibition celebrates contribution, fight for justice for indigenous ...
ABC Local
While Reg Saunders was significantly the first ever Indigenous Australia officer in the army, the Lovetts hold the distinction of having more family members serving their country in various wars than any other family in the Commonwealth. Gunditjmara ...

MP in spat with Aboriginal woman on colonialism
Sydney Morning Herald
Federal Liberal MP Dennis Jensen has told an Aboriginal woman on Twitter to ''get over'' colonialism - and later issued a statement in which he regrets using Twitter, but not the comments. In an exchange on Twitter on Tuesday, the West Australian MP ...

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Indigenous health gets $777m boost
Yahoo!7 News
Ms Gillard will ask the states and territory government to chip in the remainder, although the issue will not be on the agenda of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on Friday. "As a result of our investments in indigenous health, we ...
PM seeks deal on closing the gapThe Australian

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Indigenous health gets $777m boost
The Australian
There is a life expectancy gap of 11.5 years between indigenous and non-indigenous men and 9.7 years between women. There's also been a lack of progress in reducing low birth weights. But Australia is on track to meet its target to halve the mortality ...
Anti-smoking campaigns failing Indigenous youthSBS

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Indigenous programs on show to nation
The North West Star
Father Mick Lowcock from the North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services (NWQICSS) submitted the justice division's model to the Australian Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee yesterday, showing how programs invented in the ...

In the Kitchen: Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative
Ballarat Courier
Melissa and Tarnya: We are really enjoying working with the native Australian ingredients available to us from Outback Pride, Mark Olive's range of spices, herbs, fruits and condiments. Mark Olive is Australia's first rock star indigenous chef. If you ...

Indigenous teen to play didgeridoo at Gallipoli
ABC Online
"Even seeing pictures sometimes you think you understand the whole significance but it's definitely become a part of popular culture to make the journey to famous battle sites and to be able to go to a place with so much significance to Australia and ...

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Sydney to host huge indigenous festival - Travel Daily Media
Travel Daily Media
“Interest and participation in indigenous culture continues to grow and with NSW having the largest population of indigenous people in Australia, our state is the right place to host this significant event. “It will also provide the State with a direct ...

SBS
Anti-smoking campaigns failing Indigenous youth
SBS
This has contributed to one of the largest gaps in life expectancy throughout the world, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people dying around ten years earlier than non-Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young ...
Good response to Maori Television content on Aboriginal networkRadio New Zealand

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Toledo Museum of Art showcases Australian Aboriginal art
Toledo Free Press
The Toledo Museum of Art's latest exhibit, Crossing Cultures, is a collection of contemporary Aboriginal Australian artwork that connects the past with the present for TMA Director Brian Kennedy. Kennedy served as director of the National Gallery of ...

Indigenous group left to find its own chief
The Australian
... has called on Ms Macklin to direct the Indigenous Land Corporation board not to fill the vacant position of chief executive until after the September election, given the major changes the Coalition intends for the ILC and Indigenous Business Australia.

The Age
AFL: the ugly game of enlightened racism - The Age
The Age
He wanted to assure people that the Magpies did not have an issue with indigenous Australians, but then added the following proviso: ''As long as they conduct themselves like white people, well, off the field, everyone will admire and respect … As ...
The day Winmar drew the lineIllawarra Mercury

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BCEC celebrates Aboriginal artwork collection
SpiceNews
The Centre takes pride in furthering and promoting interest in Australian Indigenous art and from its earliest days has built on of the most significant collections of Central Desert Art. This museum quality collection of Indigenous art is currently on ...

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Sydney to host Australia's largest Indigenous festival
SpiceNews
NSW Governor, Marie Bashir has joined Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Arts, George Souris and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello, to announce that Sydney will host the largest, annual, national Indigenous arts and cultural ...
Celebration: Sydney unites for a big corroboreeTasmania Examiner
Indigenous art fires up SydneyNzweek
Indigenous festival has youngsters at forefront - Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald
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NEWS.com.au
Welfare tragic for indigenous Australians, says Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson
Perth Now
Mr Pearson has backed comments by indigenous academic Marcia Langton that a sense of entitlement had poisoned Aboriginal society. "It's been a tragic disability," he told ABC TV last night. "The flipside of the opening up of the doors of citizenship to ...
Need to embrace Aboriginal successABC Online

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