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The Mandarin (registration)
Martin Parkinson: The promise of 1967: Commonwealth Public Administration of Indigenous Affairs 50 years on
The Mandarin (registration)
It's not a comfortable place, where different knowledge systems intersect. But that's where Australia needs to go if it's to truly succeed in ensuring Indigenous Australians have the same opportunities, economic empowerment, cultural and social health ...

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Lithgow Mercury
Suicide rates in regional areas 'critical'
Lithgow Mercury
“We also need to be looking at increasing expenditure for those living in rural and regional Australia where suicide rates have been twice as high than in capital cities, yet the expenditure in services per head is half as much,” he said. The national ...
We Must #mindthefacts Around Mental Health And Vote YES To Marriage EqualityHuffington Post Australia

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Desert Mob: Biggest opening weekend ever
ArtsHub (subscription)
As one of the major Indigenous art events in Australia, you've probably heard of the annual exhibition Desert Mob, held in Alice Springs. It brings together the latest contemporary art from Aboriginal-owned art centres in Central Australia and is ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Desert Mob: Biggest opening weekend ever
ArtsHub (subscription)
As one of the major Indigenous art events in Australia, you've probably heard of the annual exhibition Desert Mob, held in Alice Springs. It brings together the latest contemporary art from Aboriginal-owned art centres in Central Australia and is ...

The West Australian
Urgent work needed to save Pilbara languages
The West Australian
Most of the 31 Pilbara Aboriginal languages are in varying states of decline, with some already extinct or on the brink of extinction. IBN Group chairwoman Lorraine Injie said while translation services were readily available for foreign languages in ...

The West Australian
Urgent work needed to save Pilbara languages
The West Australian
IBN Group chairwoman Lorraine Injie said while translation services were readily available for foreign languages in Australia, indigenous translators were hard to come by. “Our languages and our cultures should be Australia's greatest treasures but ...

Human Capital
New learning platform for Indigenous professionals
Human Capital
“There is now a lot of highly educated and skilled Indigenous Australians who are young but extremely motivated to achieve their self-determination aspirations and be in a position to help their community, but they need a bit of mentoring support to ...

The Guardian
Aboriginal woman jailed for unpaid fines after she sought police help
The Guardian
An Indigenous woman in Perth has been jailed for 14 days for unpaid fines, 10 months after a coronial inquiry recommended the Western Australian government abolish the practice. The 35-year-old Noongar woman was arrested on a warrant of commitment ...

The Conversation AU
Friday essay: Dr Joe Gumbula, the ancestral chorus, and how we value Indigenous knowledges
The Conversation AU
Born in Miliŋinbi (Milingimbi) in 1954, Gumbula was descended from a prominent line of Yolŋu leaders of the Gupapuyŋu clan from northeast Arnhem Land, whose contributions to understanding between Indigenous and other Australians have been ...

The Guardian
Indigenous groups renew call for target to reduce incarceration
The Guardian
The letter, obtained by Guardian Australia, places significant emphasis on ensuring the targets are owned “jointly” by federal and state governments, and Indigenous Australians. The letter shows a “high level discussion paper” has been developed for ...

The Guardian
Indigenous groups renew call for target to reduce incarceration
The Guardian
The letter, obtained by Guardian Australia, places significant emphasis on ensuring the targets are owned “jointly” by federal and state governments, and Indigenous Australians. The letter shows a “high level discussion paper” has been developed for ...

The Australian
Queensland collection finds a sweet spot in history wars
The Australian
As debate swirls around Australia's “history wars” and the interpretation of colonial and indigenous history, the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art's latest exhibition — a reconfiguration of its Australian collection designed to evoke ...

The Australian Financial Review
Kerry Stokes builds his cattle empire in Western Australia's far north
The Australian Financial Review
Seven Group Holdings owner Kerry Stokes is set to increase the size of his privately owned cattle empire in Western Australia's Kimberley region to more than one million hectares in a deal involving a cash-strapped Aboriginal corporation. The deal ...

The Guardian
Lucy Treloar on writing about Indigenous Australians: 'I felt filled with conflict'
The Guardian
Bodies such as the Australian Council for the Arts have protocols for writers to follow when tackling Indigenous issues: for example, non-Indigenous writers “should consult and seek consent where use of Indigenous cultural material and histories are ...

NT News
Darwin shop named Australia's best fish and chips
NT News
Judges chose the humble marina-side eatery from hundreds of competitors nationwide, announcing Frying Nemo as Australia's best at an awards ceremony in Sydney last night. The shop, which specialises in wild caught and Australian seafood, took out the ...

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Devex
Australian aid tries a new approach: Indigenous to indigenous
Devex
According Ninti One and i2i Development — two indigenous Australian businesses partnering with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in delivering Australia's international development program — an indigenous approach is required in order to ...

Community Newspaper Group
Girrawheen Girls Academy helps Aboriginal girls get empowered
Community Newspaper Group
“It'd be great to see more academies around Australia to increase the levels of young Aboriginal girls being able to have the opportunity to gain graduation, have good experiences through school, see more go through university and get amazing careers.”.

NEWS.com.au
Australia Day date change: Third Melbourne council ditches January ...
NEWS.com.au
AMERICANS are renowned for asking a lot of crazy questions about Australia — but a curve-ball from one woman knocked our reporter for six. Kirrily Schwarz.
Indigenous photography - complex, contemporary, surprising and freshArtsHub (subscription)

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NEWS.com.au
Protesters storm council meeting over Australia Day change
NEWS.com.au
The wellbeing of indigenous Australians has made headlines a few times lately, after a three Melbourne councils opted to change the date from January 26. I'm a well-educated Australian, but I've never considered myself to be particularly well-versed on ...
Indigenous photography - complex, contemporary, surprising and freshArtsHub UK (subscription)

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Central Western Daily
Latest data reveals suicide rates in regional areas twice that of capital cities
Central Western Daily
“We also need to be looking at increasing expenditure for those living in rural and regional Australia where suicide rates have been twice as high than in capital cities, yet the expenditure in services per head is half as much,” he said. The national ...

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