Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Native Title threatened by miner's “war of attrition”
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. Fortescue Metals Group has embarked upon a "war of attrition" using the legal system against the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation and initiating 25 separate actions through the ...

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Mining deal bombshell - Exclusive
National Indigenous Times
By National Indigenous Times west Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos. A lawyer who spent more than a year representing the interests of the Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has claimed the organisation was a "quickly formed front" to ...

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Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...
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John Flynn dug a hole in the red, sandy soil of outback South Australia in 1911 and planted a palm tree. That small act marked the Inland Mission taking control of a nursing home at Oodnadatta, a speck of a town created as the terminus of the Great ...

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The West Australian
Indigenous win in native title case
The West Australian
In a two to one majority decision, which could still be appealed to Australia's High Court, the Federal Court ruled that if mining activities in the region covered by the native title claim were to cease, the Ngarla people "are free again to exercise ...
Ngarla people call for end to litigation on rightsABC Online

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Minister told to back off on listing
The Australian
During Environment Minister Tony Burke's visit to Aurukun this week, Mayor Dereck Walpo said his community -- on the peninsula's west coast -- was wary of a nomination and wanted to run its own consultation process. "They need to back away, they need ...
No decision yet on Cape World Heritage consultationABC Online

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Biodiversity fund opens for land managers in Northern Australia
Invest in Australia
Mr Burke said the Northern Australia Targeted Investment, the latest round of the Biodiversity Fund, would help Indigenous communities, farmers, environmental groups and land managers protect the unique biodiversity of northern Australia. The ...

$360m investment in uni research to benefit Australians
Invest in Australia
The Australian Research Council's major grants will also increase opportunities for Indigenous researchers and researchers in the early stages of their careers. Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, today announced the 1014 successful ...

Synthetic cannabis spreads to APY Lands
ABC Message Stick
There are signs a new type of illegal drug is becoming widespread on remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north-west, police have warned. Police say at least half a dozen people in the APY Lands have gone to health clinics recently with ...

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The Sapphires shines light on Aboriginal Australia
BBC News
A feel-good film based on the true story of an Aboriginal girl group battling prejudice in 1960s Australia wowed Cannes and is now a hit Down Under. The Sapphires is based on the true story of an Aboriginal girl group from the same family who left ...
Movie investors face wait for a glittering prizeSydney Morning Herald

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Landmark Native Title victory in Pilbara
Radio Australia
There's been a major land right victory for Australian Aboriginal people in the heart of The Pilbara, the uiron ore mining region of north western Australia. Landmark Native Title victory in Pilbara (Credit: ABC). The West Australian government and B-H ...

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The Cairns Post
World's indigenous leaders converge on Yarrabah for Cairns eclipse
The Cairns Post
The Australia-first will see indigenous leaders from the Pacific Islands, North and South America, Japan and the Philippines camp at Wungu Beach from Saturday for a five-day global elders gathering. The invitation-only event is historic, says Gurubuna ...

Professor campaigns for Indigenous Land Bank to unlock potential of native ...
Brisbane Times
Father Brennan, professor of law at the Australian Catholic University, suggests an Indigenous Land Bank would be an effective way to promote the economic development of these holdings. Native title now covered 16 per cent of Australia, but the areas ...

Professor campaigns for Indigenous Land Bank to unlock potential of native ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Father Brennan, professor of law at the Australian Catholic University, suggests an Indigenous Land Bank would be an effective way to promote the economic development of these holdings. Native title now covered 16 per cent of Australia, but the areas ...

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Professor campaigns for Indigenous Land Bank to unlock potential of native ...
The Age
Father Brennan, professor of law at the Australian Catholic University, suggests an Indigenous Land Bank would be an effective way to promote the economic development of these holdings. Native title now covered 16 per cent of Australia, but the areas ...

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Leaving the party for good
The Australian (blog)
Mr Mundine has always been focused on achieving practical outcomes for indigenous Australians rather than symbolic gestures that may warm the hearts of some, but make very little difference to everyday lives. As reported in The Weekend Australian, ...

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Rape in remote school 'routine'
The Australian
Griffith Youth Forensic Service director Stephen Smallbone said sexual violence in the unnamed community was so "routine" rapes even happened in the classroom. "We're aware of evidence that sexual abuse is occurring in the school quite routinely, ...

Source: The Courier-Mail
The Australian
Recent fears that they would be frozen or delayed as the federal government sought to tighten expenditure were finally laid to rest with the publication of successful applications for Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career ...

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The Age
Australia's indigenous artists surge onto world music scene
The Age
A NEW wave of indigenous musicians is receiving unprecedented attention from audiences in Australia and overseas, buoyed by a general upsurge of interest in Aboriginal artists. Hit films such as Bran Nue Dae and The Sapphires, the crossover popularity ...

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TopNews New Zealand
Indigenous Smoking Rates Decline Heavily in Australia
TopNews New Zealand
Indigenous Smoking Rates Decline Heavily in Australia Researchers from the Menzies School of Health Research have discovered in a recent survey that the number of smokers in Australia has seen a dramatic fall over past few years. The report has been ...
Anti-Smoking Campaign to Target Pregnant Women in AustraliaCounsel & Heal

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Indigenous marathon hopefuls join Hurricane clean-up
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians who travelled to New York to run in the city's annual marathon are using their trip to help in Hurricane Sandy clean-up efforts. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share. The group of eight runners from around Australia have ...
Aboriginal runners volunteer to help with recovery after New York marathon ...Herald Sun
Aboriginal Runners From Australia Help New York After Hurricane SandyIndian Country Today Media Network.com
Aussies dismayed at marathon's cancellationLand
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