Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Conversation AU
Media watchdog's finding on Sunrise's Indigenous adoption segment is justified
The Conversation AU
While “censorship” is a label that is often used by the media in response to criticism, actual censorship in Australia by government or media watchdogs is thankfully rare to nonexistent. Other issue such as defamation law are greater sources of censorship.

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EducationHQ Australia
Bush settings boost wellbeing in Aboriginal students
EducationHQ Australia
“Presently, schooling in Australia tends towards separating Aboriginal children's academic learning from their identity as Aboriginal children. The curriculum operates in a way that fundamentally overlooks the Aboriginal child's identity. We seek to ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson wary of 'progressives'
The Australian
Cape York lawyer Noel Pearson has warned against blindly adopting progressive ideology in indigenous affairs, questioned the value of state-based treaty discussions and unveiled a form of words for a formal “Declaration of Australia” that would tie ...

The Australian
Andrew Forrest's jobs program goes directly to jail
The Australian
So far, 9000 indigenous Australians have been helped to find work through the federally funded VTEC program, based on the employment model of Mr Forrest's GenerationOne, an initiative of his charitable organisation, the Minderoo Foundation. Of those ...

Armidale Express
Goolagong opens indigenous tennis event
Armidale Express
In the same week John Millman gave Australian tennis a boost by defeating Roger Federer, former world No.1 Evonne Goolagong Cawley has opened the inaugural National Indigenous Tennis Carnival in Darwin. Goolagong Cawley welcomed some of the ...

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Indigenous group bids to halt coal project
NEWS.com.au
"We are outraged that this dangerous technology has been given the go ahead in South Australia." Linc Energy - now in liquidation - was earlier this year found guilty of serious environmental harm over at its UCG plant on Queensland's western Darling ...

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Indigenous group bids to halt coal project
The Australian
A South Australian indigenous group says it was not properly consulted on plans for a controversial mining trial and has launched Supreme Court action to halt the project. Leigh Creek Energy announced this week it had received approval from the state's ...

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Katherine Times
Tax support for Indigenous people
Katherine Times
Throughout 2018 we have continued to work across government and with the community to better understand the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ATO is continuing to tailor its existing range of free products and services including:.
Swinburne reflects on reconciliation at RAP halfway markSwinburne University of Technology

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Katherine Times
Tax support for Indigenous people
Katherine Times
Throughout 2018 we have continued to work across government and with the community to better understand the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ATO is continuing to tailor its existing range of free products and services including:.

Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne reflects on reconciliation at RAP halfway mark
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne was the first university in Australia to achieve Elevate RAP status, awarded by Reconciliation Australia. This recognises the university's commitment to drive engagement and visibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, culture ...

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SBS
These sweet Australian ants are "the best honey you've ever tasted"
SBS
In Australia, they're mainly found in desert areas of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and Indigenous people were eating them long before they received any famous chef's attention. The community of Papunya, in the Northern Territory, is ...

National Indigenous Times
Appointment of Abbott as envoy 'disrespectful' says peak rep body
National Indigenous Times
The peak representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia says if new special envoy Tony Abbott wants their advice on Indigenous affairs he can pay for it. But the National Congress of Australia's First People's co ...
Indigenous council wary of new Abbott roleThe West Australian

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National Indigenous Times
Will ScoMo blow off the dust?
National Indigenous Times
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the peak representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, intends to meet Mr Morrison in the first few months of his prime ministership. Congress co-chair Rod Little said they ...

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National Indigenous Times
Unthinkable: an Australian screen industry without Indigenous stories
National Indigenous Times
Head of Indigenous at Screen Australia, Penny Smallacombe, said the anniversary was a special landmark in Australia's cultural history. “When Wal Saunders set up the Indigenous Department in 1993, it would have been unthinkable that over 160 First ...

Independent Australia
Australia's child suicide epidemic
Independent Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander suicides comprise 7% of Australia's total suicides but shockingly 80% of Australia's child suicides aged 12 years and less are of Aboriginal children. I have often said the nation should weep at this harrowing ...

The Conversation AU
Speaking with: Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
The Conversation AU
Anita Heiss is one of the most prolific writers documenting Aboriginal experiences in Australia today through non-fiction, historical fiction, poetry and children's literature. Her memoir, Am I Black Enough for You?, was a finalist in the 2012 Human ...

NEWS.com.au
Unearthing Queensland's 'native police' camps gives us a window into colonial violence
NEWS.com.au
Our archaeological work is revealing the day-to-day livelihoods that underpinned the chilling work of these police. This is an important part of reckoning with Australia's colonial violence, given the difficulties in identifying physical evidence of ...

EducationHQ Australia
New Indigenous book series aimed at improving literacy
EducationHQ Australia
... celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy. Through activities on the day, attention is focused on the disadvantages experienced in remote communities and the rest of Australia is encouraged to raise funds and advocate for ...

ABC News
Indigenous art at Maningrida's Djomi Museum the most significant community collection in nation
ABC News
In a small building in one of the most northern, remote parts of Australia, lies the most significant community collection of Indigenous art in the country. The decades-old bark paintings, which independent experts describe as priceless, were recently ...

The Conversation AU
Australia's UN report card: making progress, could do better on inequality and climate
The Conversation AU
And the Closing the Gap report illustrates the vast inequality gulf between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Of all the UN Sustainable Development Goals goals, taking urgent action to combat climate change is the area where Australia is most ...