Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Fox Sports
FFA announce expansion of indigenous football program with building of 12 new centres
Fox Sports
“We're delighted this announcement will enable us to greatly increase our involvement and help achieve our vision of involving more Indigenous Australians in football, as players, coaches, referees and administrators. “The reality is that football's ...
Huge boost for John Moriarty FootballFTBL Australia
FFA announces $4.5m boost for indigenous footballFraser Coast Chronicle

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ABC News
Inpex signs deal to pay Darwin Aboriginal group $24 million over decades for education, jobs fund
ABC News
"It doesn't matter where you are, Indigenous people across Australia — and I think I can talk in that light — even though you lose a lot, people don't really know just how much each of those language groups still hold and retain and teach their ...
Abe visit sign of close ties to AustraliaSt George and Sutherland Shire Leader

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The Music Network
National Indigenous Music Awards launch weekly indigenous music chart
The Music Network
The National Indigenous Music Awards have launched Australia's first national Indigenous music chart. The awards have become an important annual flashpoint for new and established indigenous acts. By getting the attention of national media, they have ...

ABC Message Stick
Land rights and native title aren't the same — and the two systems could spark Indigenous conflict
ABC Message Stick
Native title, which was introduced to Australian law in 1994 after the historic 1992 Mabo decision, created a different mechanism for recognising Indigenous right to country. That right is based on the idea of pre-existing Indigenous connection to land ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Turning Pages: Tony Birch and the predicament of Aboriginal writers
The Sydney Morning Herald
We tend to think of Indigenous writing in Australia as a recent thing. But Aboriginal people have been writing for longer than most of us know. Some of the earliest examples were letters from mothers to the colonial authorities, pleading to have their ...

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The Age
Turning Pages: Tony Birch and the predicament of Aboriginal writers
The Age
We tend to think of Indigenous writing in Australia as a recent thing. But Aboriginal people have been writing for longer than most of us know. Some of the earliest examples were letters from mothers to the colonial authorities, pleading to have their ...

Devex
Australian Indigenous procurement strategy delivers
Devex
CANBERRA — The Pacific Labour Facility is a new addition to Australia's aid program, providing support to Pacific workers in Australia as well as to Australian employers seeking seasonal workers. The facility supports the administration of the Pacific ...

ABC News
The quest to remove Aboriginal remains from museums
ABC News
The remains of up to 10,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are kept in museums around Australia. Their descendants want them back. In the Queensland Museum, on the fifth floor, down a hallway and through a storeroom are the remains of 660 ...

ABC News
Federal Government scraps plan to use old Defence dwellings as Aboriginal housing
ABC News
The plan was hatched by the Special Envoy on Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, after his September visit to the community, 700 kilometres south-east of Darwin. "The housing in Borroloola is appalling, the worst I've seen anywhere in remote Australia ...

The Northern Daily Leader
Gunnedah's Darren Barton represents Australian Indigenous Team at Oztag World Cup
The Northern Daily Leader
EXPIERENCE OF A LIFETIME: The Australian Indigenous Over 50s team fell just short in the semi finals to Australia. Photo: Supplied. FOR one Gunnedah local the recent Oztag World Cup in Coffs Harbour provided an “experience of a lifetime”. Throughout ...

Namoi Valley Independent
Gunnedah's Darren Barton represents Australian Indigenous Team at Oztag World Cup
Namoi Valley Independent
EXPIERENCE OF A LIFETIME: The Australian Indigenous Over 50s team fell just short in the semi finals to Australia. Photo: Supplied. FOR one Gunnedah local the recent Oztag World Cup in Coffs Harbour provided an “experience of a lifetime”. Throughout ...

The Guardian
Minister offered $460000 Indigenous funding to groups that did not ask for it
The Guardian
The former NT Indigenous affairs minister Dr Jak Ah Kit told Guardian Australia the decision to fund the groups with money set aside for addressing Indigenous disadvantage was “totally immoral and totally against the normal rules that apply”. “I think ...

ABC News
Going nuts about an indigenous macadamia tree on NSW family farm
ABC News
Buying back a dairy farm 50 years after it fell out of the family has sparked a mystery that is proving to be a tough nut to crack. The dairy has a single indigenous macadamia tree growing in an area not known for Australia's native nut. The tree's ...

The Guardian
Morrison 'not aware' Steve Ciobo said there was 'less than a 5% chance' of embassy move – as it happened
The Guardian
I refer to reports today that the minister has granted $1.4m from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy and Aboriginal benefits account funding to a Katherine based non-Indigenous company, North Australian Rural Management consultants, which has close ...

The West Australian
Karijini festival a blueprint for cultural immersion
The West Australian
There is a strong call among West Australian tourism circles at the moment to get funding and support behind ideas to boost the celebration and understanding of indigenous culture. In the Pilbara's annual Karijini Experience a blueprint already exists ...

ABC News
Santa Teresa residents are suing the NT Government over 'decrepit' housing, but it's countersuing
ABC News
Warren Mundine travels across Australia to dozens of Indigenous communities each year. He said government housing for remote Aboriginal families was typically outdated and dilapidated. "There are some communities — and I say some — that have really ...

The Guardian
Labor's republic plan described as a 'slap in the face' for Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
Labor's $160m plan to ask Australians to vote “yes” or “no” to becoming a republic has been met with strong criticism from Indigenous people campaigning for constitutional change to recognise first peoples. Labor announced on the weekend that, if ...

The Guardian
From safe injecting to Safe Schools: Victoria's social reform at stake
The Guardian
The Northern Territory government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indigenous groups that pledges to work towards treaty or treaties. The Labor government in Western Australia announced this year it would establish an Indigenous voice to ...

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ABC News
Northern Land Council's Joe Morrison resigns after four years of Indigenous advocacy
ABC News
His replacement has not been announced. Mr Morrison, who grew up in Katherine, was brought in to help reform the Land Council's governance following a critical inquiry by the National Audit Office. He had previously worked for North Australian ...

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The West Australian
NT hands power to Groote Eylandt clans
The West Australian
While mining has made Groote Eylandt wealthy, Warnindhilyagwa elder Tony Wurramarrba hopes a new deal giving its clans the power to run their own government services will secure its future. The island's manganese mine has brought in so much in ...

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