Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
An Indigenous day has much merit
The Sydney Morning Herald
The perennial, and often divisive, debate about the date of Australia Day will continue. But that should be pushed to one side when it comes to weighing up whether there should be a day to celebrate the culture and history of Australia's Indigenous ...
Indigenous people with disability have a double disadvantage and the NDIS can't handle thatThe Conversation AU
The internet has brought teenage suicide to island communitiesThe Guardian

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Suicide intervention program trains Aboriginal communities to 'ask the question'
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal adults are more than twice as likely than non-Indigenous Australians to commit suicide. It is the biggest killer of Indigenous children, accounting for 40 per cent of all deaths of Aboriginal youth. Robyn Martin knows the pain caused by suicide.

The Age
An Indigenous day has much merit
The Age
In proposing a new national day to recognise and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is advancing a valuable discussion for Australia. The perennial, and often divisive, debate about the date of ...

SBS
Australia needs to deal with hard truth on racism: Indigenous commissioner June Oscar
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner June Oscar said racism is "alive and kicking" and needs to be confronted for the country to move forward. Speaking on ABC TV, Dr Oscar said she disagreed with remarks by newly appointed ...

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Unpacking 'is Australia a racist country?'
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
We have governments spending more than ever on Indigenous businesses, but conversations about self-determination or reparations have entirely disappeared from federal politics. How do we balance the steps forward against the steps backwards to arrive ...

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ABC News
Preventing suicide
ABC News
Each year, around 3,000 people in Australia die at their own hand. More young people die by suicide than in car accidents, and Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to take their own lives. Hear some of the latest thinking in prevention ...

Independent Australia
BOOK REVIEW: A Long Way From No Go by Tjanara Goreng Goreng
Independent Australia
This memoir A Long Way From No Go, outlines Indigenous Australian woman Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng's struggles to overcome myriad adversity. But more than that, it also inspires fierce and unwavering resilience by detailing the fraught childhood Tjanara ...

ABC News
'Racism is alive and kicking': Indigenous commissioner challenges new race appointee's stance
ABC News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner June Oscar has declared that racism in Australia is "alive and it's kicking" in response to comments by the nation's newly appointed race discrimination commissioner that Australia is ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Bakers rise to use of native grains as kangaroo grass hops into recipes
The Sydney Morning Herald
When a group of sustainability and agriculture aficionados were hoping to make bread using native Australian grains, James Partington was just the baker to rise to the occasion. Mr Partington, who owns Staple Bread & Necessities at Seaforth in Sydney's ...

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Aboriginal and African rangers swap stories in fight to protect endangered wildlife
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These are the difficult questions African wildlife ranger Joseph Kotoke contemplated as he weighed up the differences between his job back home and the challenges faced by Aboriginal rangers in Australia. "I'm really scared of snakes, I'd prefer ...

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The Australian
Mat Trinca, 54, director of the National Museum of Australia: Q&A
The Australian
From the permanent Australian collections, I love the Kimberley spear points made from glass and broken ceramic insulators from bush telegraph poles. They are an emblematic object for this country's history, joining non-indigenous Australians to the ...

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Freda Glynn, indigenous pioneer, a complex, elusive woman
The Australian
Freda Glynn is best known as one of the co-founders of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, an organisation launched in 1980 that enabled indigenous radio, music, video and filmmaking to develop and brought them into the spotlight. When ...

cricket.com.au
Doggett has tools to build rare legacy
cricket.com.au
While more than 600 men and women have worn the national uniform in Test cricket, only two of Indigenous Australian heritage – Faith Thomas and Jason Gillespie, both also fast bowlers – are among that number. Doggett, who along with his brother ...

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ABC News
Scott Morrison promises to get Indigenous council input on Tony Abbott's education overhaul proposal
ABC News
The Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council has received a commitment from Scott Morrison that Tony Abbott's proposal to overhaul the Indigenous education system would first be put to the Indigenous council for consultation. Mr Morrison met with ...
Morrison plays down work for dole worriesBrinkwire (press release)

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The Australian
Meghan and Harry: Here's what the Duke and Duchess will be up to in Australia
ABC News
... public during a walk to Government House, the official residence of Victorian Governor Linda Dessau, where they'll meet young Victorian leaders; Stopping at a social enterprise cafe which provides leadership and training for young Indigenous ...
Harry and Meghan's Australia tour unveiledThe Australian
Harry & Meghan's Aussie Itinerary Is Here Ft. Koalas, Sports, And… Trams?Pedestrian TV (satire) (blog)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Royal Tour itinerary: Full details of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga revealedMirror.co.uk

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ABC Local
Documentary sheds light on robbing of Indigenous remains 'in the name of science'
ABC Local
Grave robbing is the notorious practice of raiding burial grounds for items to sell on the black market. It's not the label typically applied to archaeologists, who often encounter ransacked graves themselves during expeditions. The Australian ...

Moving Australia Day raises passions
Echonetdaily
Yes, Indigenous Australians suffered some hardships in this period as did many convicts and early settlers themselves. (Recall too, that the British were slaughtering the Scots in horrendous bloody battles far worse than anything the Indigenous ...

ABC News
Tony Abbott deserves a chance in his Indigenous envoy role, not personal attacks
ABC News
If ever there was a job for all Australians to join together, this is it. It is therefore somewhat surprising that critics have wasted no time engaging in personal attacks on Mr Abbott. NT Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ken Vowles was reported to have ...

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SBS
New suicide statistics 'paint a bleak picture'
SBS
Professor Pat Dudgeon from the University of Western Australia's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and School of Indigenous Studies called the new figures unacceptable. “The statistics paint a bleak picture… they're showing what's happening to some ...

The Guardian
Trialling an Indigenous voice before a referendum is like forcing us to audition
The Guardian
Asking the Australian people to allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a representative voice that can speak to government decision making about matters affecting us has now been framed by Brennan as attempting to pull the wool over ...
Aboriginal congress praises controversial Oz Day decisionNorthern Star

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