Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Work for the dole is 'modern-day slavery', Northern Territory MP says
The Guardian
There are about 35,000 CDP participants in Australia and 83% are Indigenous. As a condition of income support, remote area participants must engage in up to 25 hours of work for the dole, five days a week. According to Paech, the scheme does break down ...

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ABC News
Many Indigenous kids do not have birth certificates, but mobile offices are trying to change that
ABC News
They are among Australia's invisible children — seven-year-old twins Angelo and Patricia Gibia's births were never registered. It is a common story in Queensland's remote Indigenous communities, where 20 per cent of all births are not recorded. On ...

ABC News
Does Australia need a nuclear arsenal? And what would be the cost?
ABC News
Nestled in the native bushland of Jervis Bay on the New South Wales south coast are the concrete footings of a nuclear power station that was never built. The construction, which began during John Gorton's brief prime ministership in the late 1960s ...

ABC News
Rheumatic heart disease: Arnhem Land family with three afflicted sons take fight to Canberra
ABC News
His story reflects the dire situation facing many Indigenous communities not only in the Northern Territory, but all around Australia. The father of three and his partner, Danielle Turner, travelled more than 4,000 kilometres from Maningrida with their ...

Fight News Australia
Tai Tuivasa set to be first Indigenous Australian to headline a UFC fight card
Fight News Australia
At just 25 years of age, the former rugby playing larrikin of Maori and Indigenous Australian descent says that sharing the octagon with the toughest competition available is exactly where he wants to be, because it is the only way for him to reach his ...

ABC Local
What might an Indigenous voice to parliament look like? Here's what we can learn from Scandinavia
ABC Local
Deep in the Arctic circle, not far from the top of the globe, a new generation of Indigenous Sami are learning to herd reindeer and fish for salmon. Like Australia's Indigenous people, the Sami are the custodians of an ancient culture.

The Guardian
Indigenous slam queen Melanie Mununggurr-Williams crowned 2018 poetry champion – video
The Guardian
Melanie Mununggurr-Williams from Darwin has been crowned champion of the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam National Final, after she dropped a stunning slam on Aboriginal identity on Sunday night at Sydney Opera House. Source: Australian Poetry Slam.

ABC News
Sydney Anglicans ban same-sex marriage on thousands of church properties
ABC News
In the face of strong opposition to the proposed policy over the weekend, several amendments were made and the mover of the bill, Bishop Michael Stead, apologised to Indigenous Australians for failing to properly consult with them on smoking ceremonies ...

The Guardian
The Guardian Essential Report
The Guardian
This report summarises the results of a weekly poll conducted by Essential Research with data provided by Your Source. Some questions are repeated regularly (such as political preference and leadership approval), while others are unique to each week ...

The Conversation AU
Australian literature's legacies of cultural appropriation
The Conversation AU
Non-Indigenous Australian writers face a dilemma. On the one hand, they can risk writing about Aboriginal people and culture and getting it wrong. On the other, they can avoid writing about Aboriginal culture and characters, but by doing so, erase ...

NEWS.com.au (blog)
Australian man gives up advertising career to live with indigenous Indonesian tribes
NEWS.com.au (blog)
The ancestors of the indigenous Mentawai people are believed to have first migrated to the region somewhere between 2000 — 500 BCE, whereas the first colonialists are stated in early documentation by John Crisp (who landed on the islands in 1792) to ...

ABC News
Sydney Anglicans back down on proposal to ban Indigenous smoking ceremonies
ABC News
Dr Scott said it was also important to recognise that participating in events such as smoking ceremonies was "a gift that is, at times, offered to non-indigenous Australians". "We don't have to accept it. But when someone offers you a gift and insight ...

Geelong Advertiser
Eye Gallery maintains mantra, Capricorn Power a finalist, Lorne hosting Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference
Geelong Advertiser
THIS year's Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference is being hosted by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation at Lorne, home of the Gadubanud people. Conference participants will connect, share and hear from a range of tourism and related ...

ABC News
NRL player Angus Crichton wants to make learning about Indigenous Australia more accessible
ABC News
It's an experience that has now inspired him use his footballing platform to educate Australians about a shared Indigenous history. "These two boys are Yolngu boys from Lake Evella and obviously English is their second language," Crichton said. "They ...

The Conversation AU
Australia's native rhododendrons hide in the high mountain forests
The Conversation AU
Australia now has a well-documented and genetically diverse collection of native rhododendron plants thriving in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. We plan to expand this work, ensuring the preservation and public display of rhododendron and many ...

Clare Northern Argus
Australians on the Western Front: Australian citizens only when in the trenches
Clare Northern Argus
About 1000 Indigenous soldiers volunteered for the First World War despite Australia's Defence Act excluding Aboriginal men from military service. Although a May 1917 regulation enabled men with one white parent to enlist, most of the Indigenous ...

Business Insider Australia
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ate kangaroo meat on their royal tour of Australia, but it's a lot more common than ...
Business Insider Australia
During a stop for lunch in Melbourne on their royal tour of Australia, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sampled kangaroo and other indigenous Australian meals. Among the meals served to the Duke and Duchess at restaurant Charcoal Lane were an entrée ...

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Kiama Independent-Lake Times
Australians on the Western Front: Australian citizens only when in the trenches
Kiama Independent-Lake Times
About 1000 Indigenous soldiers volunteered for the First World War despite Australia's Defence Act excluding Aboriginal men from military service. Although a May 1917 regulation enabled men with one white parent to enlist, most of the Indigenous ...

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ABC News
Sydney Anglicans to ban SSM, yoga and Indigenous smoking ceremonies on all church property
ABC News
The Sydney Anglican Church is set to vote on sweeping powers that will ensure that no same-sex marriage services or receptions, meditative yoga or traditional Indigenous smoking ceremonies will be held on any of their extensive properties, including ...

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The West Australian
Hot flame burned on indigenous justice
The West Australian
It has taken Melbourne historian Sue Taffe 10 years to write the story of the “incredible contribution” of Goldfields teacher and activist Mary Montgomerie Bennett. But the journey has been a “labour of love” devoted to bringing to Australians ...