Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

NT kids doing their bit to prevent youth suicide
ABC Online
A group of teenage girls from the Amoonguna Indigenous community in Central Australia have put together a song as part of the Stay Strong, Live Long youth suicide prevention program run by the MacDonnell Shire. Official reports show the youth suicide ...

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WA today
NT backflips on indigenous homelands
WA today
In a major policy backflip the ALP Northern Territory government of Paul Henderson will invest $300 million in improving conditions on some 500 homelands -- tiny remote indigenous communities scattered across the territory. The announcement, certain to ...

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Jewels in the festival crown
Sydney Morning Herald
The director of the warm-hearted Australian musical, about four young Aboriginal women who become Australia's version of the Supremes in the 1960s, stood with his cast during a sustained standing ovation at the world premiere at Cannes in May.

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Raiders helping to Close the Gap
League Unlimited
“With the NRL dedicating this round to Closing the Gap it's a great way to close that gap between Aboriginal people's health and life expectancy and that of non-indigenous Australians. Eating healthily and playing sports such as rugby league is a great ...
NRL Mailbox: Closing the gapBigPond Sport

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NEWS.com.au
Damien Hooper, the Aboriginal flag and the right to freedom of speech
The Conversation
There are many people who would like us to believe that sport and politics should never mix. The reason for this is sport is seen as the pure and noble practice where champions arrive after hard work and application and chancers and cheats are found out.
Canadian aboriginal athletes back Australian boxer's T-shirt stuntMontreal Gazette
Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flagsBrisbane Times
Support for Hooper's Aboriginal flag shirtNinemsn
The West Australian
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Fire trailers will aid remote Indigenous communities
ABC Online
Remote communities in the Kimberley in Western Australia and in the APY Lands in South Australia will have access to their own mobile fire fighting equipment for the first time. A number of fire trailers, designed and produced by the not-for-profit ...

Fair Work review blow for business
The Australian
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies chairman Professor Mick Dodson will speak at the Institute of Internal Auditors Asia Pacific Public Sector forum on Indigenous program audits in Canberra from 9.40am. Department of ...

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The Age
Greg Ansley: Australians cop a flogging for 'diabolical' performances
New Zealand Herald
... and a hissy fit by relay runners John Steffensen and Josh Ross; a gender row over the flag bearer, settled when triple silver medallist Lauren Jackson became the first female in 20 years to carry it; the caning indigenous light heavyweight boxer ...
As it happened: Day FourRadio Australia

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Indigenous support for Hooper flag action
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
Indigenous leaders have rallied behind Australian boxer Damien Hooper, saying he should not have to apologise for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an Aboriginal flag to his opening bout at the Olympic Games. Hooper, who wore the t-shirt into the ring ...

NEWS.com.au
Indigenous support for Hooper flag action
Ninemsn
Indigenous leaders have rallied behind Australian boxer Damien Hooper, saying he should not have to apologise for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an Aboriginal flag to his opening bout at the Olympic Games. Hooper, who wore the t-shirt into the ring ...
Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flagsBrisbane Times
Fighter questions Olympic Committee's stance on Aboriginal flagABC Online
Australian boxer Damien Hooper warned not to wear Aboriginal flag t-shirtNEWS.com.au
The Australian
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Indigenous communities fear government store takeover
Radio Australia
They say the community-owned stores in South Australia's remote Arnangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands may have to increase food prices because they will be required to run at a profit instead of being subsidised. At the moment, all but one ...
APY leaders wary of Federal Govt store reviewABC Online

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Indigenous communities fear government store takeover
ABC Local
Leaders from a group of Aboriginal communities that have been suffering hunger and poor nutrition say they fear a government proposal to take over their stores. They say the community-owned stores in South Australia's remote Arnangu Pitjantjatjara ...

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APY leaders wary of Federal Govt store review
ABC Online
TIM PALMER: Leaders from a group of Aboriginal communities that have been enduring hunger and poor nutrition say they fear a government proposal to take over their stores. They say the community-owned stores in South Australia's remote APY Lands ...

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Support for Hooper's Aboriginal flag shirt
Ninemsn
Indigenous leaders have defended Australian boxer Damien Hooper's decision to wear a T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag at the Olympics, saying he should not have to apologise for the move. Hooper was warned by Australia's chef de mission Nick Green not ...

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Calls for tailored alcohol programs for Indigenous prisoners
ABC Online
The study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health found more than half of all Indigenous prisoners were drinking in a high risk or dependent way before entering jail. Senior researcher Stuart Kinner from Melbourne ...

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Australian intervention concerns UN
The Australian
The most influential people in Sport. "Without the genuine participation and support of indigenous communities ... the measures contained in the legislation may not achieve their full potential to improve the lives of indigenous peoples in Australia ...

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Australian intervention concerns UN
Herald Sun
"Without the genuine participation and support of indigenous communities ... the measures contained in the legislation may not achieve their full potential to improve the lives of indigenous peoples in Australia," she wrote. Ms Pillay said laws aimed ...

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Australian intervention concerns UN
Ninemsn
"Without the genuine participation and support of indigenous communities ... the measures contained in the legislation may not achieve their full potential to improve the lives of indigenous peoples in Australia," she wrote. Ms Pillay said laws aimed ...

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The Age
Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flags
Brisbane Times
Australian boxer Damian Hooper has caused a stir with an Aboriginal flag T-shirt while South Korean fencer Shin A-Lam was shattered after an upset in the semi final. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. INDIGENOUS leaders say the Olympic ...
Damien Hooper apologises after Aboriginal flag reprimandThe Australian
Australian boxer Damien Hooper warned not to wear Aboriginal flag t-shirtHerald Sun
Indigenous leaders want rules changedThe Age
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Indigenous leaders want officials to drop ban on flags
The Age
INDIGENOUS leaders say the Olympic rules that outlaw Aboriginal flags at the Games should change, and have called on the Australian Olympic Committee to lobby for the longstanding protocol to be overturned. Dual Olympian Kyle Vander Kuyp, former ...