Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Calls to amend WA constitution
ABC Message Stick
Labor M-P Josie Farrer has called for bipartisan support for changes to the West Australian constitution to recognise Aboriginal people as the traditional land owners. The Premier Colin Barnett has already indicated his support for a bill that ...

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Call for WA to amend constitution to recognise Aboriginal people as ...
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Labor MP Josie Farrer has called for bipartisan support for changes to the West Australian constitution to recognise Aboriginal people as the traditional land owners. The Premier Colin Barnett has already indicated his support for a Bill that ...

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On a mother of a day, bureaucrats dither, native languages wither
Crikey
Today is the UN's official International Mother Language Day, a day to recognise the importance of indigenous languages. But writer and linguist Greg Dickson says that for Australia's indigenous communities, those languages are being erode — and will ...

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Australia lags behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics
The Australian
But Dr Calma said Australia still lagged behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics, noting Canada and New Zealand had trained indigenous doctors in 1866 and 1899 respectively. "But it was not until 1983 that Helen Milroy graduated ...

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Big picture needed on Aboriginal education
Australian Teacher Magazine
Dr Calma said attendance was just one measure of success as he addressed the National Press Club on Thursday, the same day he became University of Canberra chancellor and the first Indigenous man to hold such a position in Australia. Prime Minister ...
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal childrenThe Guardian

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Scope required on Aboriginal education
Sky News Australia
... fixing the high rate of otitis media or middle ear disease among children and addressing overcrowded houses. Dr Calma became University of Canberra chancellor today, the first indigenous man to hold such a position in Australia. SHARE THIS ARTICLE:.
Big picture needed on Aboriginal educationThe Australian
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal childrenThe Guardian
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Big picture needed on Aboriginal education
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Dr Calma said attendance was just one measure of success as he addressed the National Press Club on Thursday, the same day he became University of Canberra chancellor and the first indigenous man to hold such a position in Australia. Prime Minister ...
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal childrenThe Guardian

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New Canberra Uni chancellor Tom Calma calls for indigenous scholarship backing
The Australian
But Dr Calma said Australia still lagged behind comparable countries in terms of indigenous academics, noting Canada and New Zealand had trained indigenous doctors in 1866 and 1899 respectively. “But it was not until 1983 that Helen Milroy graduated ...

The Guardian
Big picture needed on Aboriginal education
The Australian
Dr Calma said attendance was just one measure of success as he addressed the National Press Club on Thursday, the same day he became University of Canberra chancellor and the first indigenous man to hold such a position in Australia. Prime Minister ...
Aboriginal genocide and "closing the gap"MuslimVillage.com
Government cannot close the gap on its ownSydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal childrenThe Guardian
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Aboriginal leaders disppointed no Lightsview streets have been given ...
The Australian
Mayor Gary Johanson said he wants 10 per cent of streets in Lightsview fitted with indigenous names. CIC Australia project director Alan Miller said Aboriginal words would be considered in future if the council gave them suggestions. “I have no issues ...

$2.6M for Indigenous Language Projects
Pro Bono Australia
“Australian Government support for the protection of Indigenous languages is also an investment in the rich cultural heritage of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, protecting and preserving it for future generations ...

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Inquiry into alcohol abuse in Indigenous communities
SBS
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Senator Nigel Scullion, has told NITV the government is not trying to single out Indigenous Australians as the only group that has problems with alcohol. "This is about poverty, not ethnicity. But I acknowledge ...

Aboriginal leaders disppointed no Lightsview streets have been given ...
Adelaide Now
CIC Australia project director Alan Miller said Aboriginal words would be considered in future if the council gave them suggestions. “I have no issues whatsoever with that,” Mr Miller said. “Street names are something we have never made much of an ...

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Aboriginal leaders disppointed no Lightsview streets have been given ...
Courier Mail
Mayor Gary Johanson said he wants 10 per cent of streets in Lightsview fitted with indigenous names. CIC Australia project director Alan Miller said Aboriginal words would be considered in future if the council gave them suggestions. “I have no issues ...

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 49 events ...
Sydney Indymedia
'WGAR News' gives priority to grassroots Aboriginal voices and grassroots voices in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples' rights. The role of 'WGAR News' is to facilitate the voices of others, and as such, 'WGAR News' rarely writes its own articles ...

Peris to fight for referendum campaign funds
The Australian
Her call comes as new polling revealed half of all Australians were now aware of the push to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution — up from 31 per cent 18 months ago. Labor nominated Senator Peris to be deputy ...

Move to reunite Mungo Man
The Australian
The skeleton remains the oldest human discovered in Australia, doubling the known anthropological history of the continent — thought to date back 20,000 years at the time — and revealing Aborigines as belonging to the oldest surviving culture in the ...

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Move to reunite Mungo Man
The Australian
The skeleton remains the oldest human discovered in Australia, doubling the known anthropological history of the continent — thought to date back 20,000 years at the time — and revealing Aborigines as belonging to the oldest surviving culture in the ...
Mungo Man's possible return to Lake Mungo after 40 yearsABC Online
Move to return Mungo Man homeSBS

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Peris to fight for referendum campaign funds
The Australian
Her call comes as new polling revealed half of all Australians were now aware of the push to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution — up from 31 per cent 18 months ago. Labor nominated Senator Peris to be deputy ...

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Australian Aboriginal Western Desert paintings exhibit opens
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New Canaan Library will present Ritual Abstractions: Australian Aboriginal Western Desert Paintings and Papua New Guinea Masks, at a lecture given by Annie MacDougall, curator and owner of the collection, on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4 in the Adrian Lamb ...