Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
'I saw the shark's head behind Cooper': How two boys saved their mate
The Sydney Morning Herald
They are among 62 presentations in the Australian Bravery Awards announced today by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove. .... The gold lettered inscription states 'In memory of Yarri, hero of Gundagai' an Aboriginal man who rescued 49 people'.

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'I saw the shark's head behind Cooper': How two boys saved their mate
The Sydney Morning Herald
They are among 62 presentations in the Australian Bravery Awards announced today by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove. .... The gold lettered inscription states 'In memory of Yarri, hero of Gundagai' an Aboriginal man who rescued 49 people'.

The Australian Financial Review
Labor plans a constitutional renovation: republic and recognition
The Australian Financial Review
No republic in the 1990s and, still today, no proper recognition of indigenous Australia in the Constitution." Gallop, who was also a politics professor at Sydney University and a delegate to the republic convention before the failed 1999 referendum ...

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ABC News
Both a whitefella and a proud Indigenous man: Growing up in 'shades of grey'
ABC News
Bruce's unusual upbringing has given him a rare and important skill — a deep understanding of how things work in both remote Aboriginal communities and mainstream Australia. "Not too many people have been able to go from somewhere as remote as ...

ABC News
Indigenous community condemns Australia Day play by satirist Jonathan Biggins
ABC News
Members of the Indigenous community in the New South Wales and Victoria border towns of Albury and Wodonga have condemned a local theatre company's plans to stage a play by satirist Jonathan Biggins, best known for The Wharf Revue by the Sydney ...

ABC Local
Adani Indigenous challenge dismissed by Federal Court, Government could cancel mine native title
ABC Local
Mr Burragubba said on Friday it would be a "travesty" for the Government to wipe out native title for Adani. "If Queensland can stop them dredging the reef before Adani has the money, or pull the pin on NAIF [Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility ...
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ArtsHub
Providing literature to remote communities
ArtsHub
'I believe every child in Australia deserves equal access to education and books.' – Justine Clarke ILF ambassador. Photo via Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Suzy Wilson, founder of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, was perplexed when she first heard ...

ABC News
Thomas Bock Aboriginal portraits return to Tasmania after 180 years in storage
ABC News
A collection of 19th century portraits of Tasmanian Aboriginal people is on show in Australia for the first time after being in storage in England for 180 years. Convict artist Thomas Bock was sentenced to transportation to Australia in 1823 and ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Castle backs greater use of indigenous jersey ahead of first Bledisloe
The Sydney Morning Herald
Raelene Castle will have to make hundreds of difficult calls as Rugby Australia boss but facing the haka as a Wallabies fan for the first time will not be one of them. RA's New Zealand-raised chief executive revealed she was looking forward to belting ...
Let us wear indigenous Wallabies jersey every Test: GeniaRugby.com.au
'I'd love to wear it all the time': Will Genia calls for permanent Wallabies indigenous jerseyNEWS.com.au
Genia calls for permanent Wallabies indigenous jerseyGladstone Observer

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Rugby.com.au
Castle backs greater use of indigenous jersey ahead of first Bledisloe
The Sydney Morning Herald
Raelene Castle will have to make hundreds of difficult calls as Rugby Australia boss but facing the haka as a Wallabies fan for the first time will not be one of them. RA's New Zealand-raised chief executive revealed she was looking forward to belting ...
Let us wear indigenous Wallabies jersey every Test: GeniaRugby.com.au
'I'd love to wear it all the time': Will Genia calls for permanent Wallabies indigenous jerseyNEWS.com.au
Genia calls for permanent Wallabies indigenous jerseyGladstone Observer

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SBS
Stolen Generations sicker, poorer than other Indigenous Australians
SBS
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are living with poorer health and social outcomes than other Indigenous Australians, according to figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The new report on Australia's ...

The Guardian (blog)
Indigenous MPs say Senator Anning's speech 'deliberately insulting'
SBS
Labor MP Linda Burney says Senator Anning's speech was designed to offend. "[His] comments were deliberately insulting," she told NITV News. "It is completely ignorant of Australia's long and layered history, which began with First Nations people, and ...
Nazi-inspired senator needs a history lessonCrikey
White supremacy was the mainstay of Australian federation. Little has changedThe Guardian (blog)

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ABC News
West Coast Eagles defender Lewis Jetta reveals his part in Adam Goodes's Aboriginal war dance
ABC News
... a war cry created by a group of Aboriginal teenagers from the football development and leadership program, the Flying Boomerangs. The members of the squad are the best young Indigenous players in the country and get the chance to represent Australia.

9news.com.au
Turnbull hedges on flying indigenous flags
9news.com.au
"In a continuation of that spirit, the spirit of reconciliation, and recognition of the history and culture of Australia's first peoples, will the government support flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in this chamber?" she said. In ...
PM hedges his bets on flying indigenous flagsThe New Daily

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Aged care meets Indigenous art in remote communities
Australian Ageing Agenda
A study is looking at collaboration between Indigenous art centres and aged care providers in remote parts of Australia in a project that could form the basis of a unique new application of consumer directed care. A research team lead by the National ...

The Conversation AU
Aboriginal traditions describe the complex motions of planets, the 'wandering stars' of the sky
The Conversation AU
... goes back much further, being prominent in the traditions of the oldest continuing cultures in the world. Recent research reveals a wealth of information about the planets and their complex motions in the Knowledge Systems of Indigenous Australians.

Junkee
6 Gems Of Indigenous TV And Film That You May Have Missed
Junkee
2018 marks 25 years since the Indigenous Department at Screen Australia was established, resulting in some of the nation's most beloved films, television shows and documentaries. To date, the Indigenous Department has had a hand in creating more than ...

Now To Love
Bachelor spoiler alert! Here are the 4 contestants most likely to win
Now To Love
Holy Honey Badger, Nick Cummins has kicked off all sorts of goals tonight for the premiere of The Bachelor Australia. The footy star couldn't be more chuffed to have met the 25 lucky ladies contending for his heart. But out of the 25 Bachelorettes, we ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Leyonhjelm's assisted suicide bill narrowly defeated in Senate
The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor senator Pat Dodson, opposing the bill, argued that "paving the way for euthanasia and assisted suicide" would leave Indigenous Australians "even more vulnerable, when our focus should be on working collectively to create laws that help prolong ...

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Stolen Generations sicker, poorer than other Indigenous Australians  SBS

A new report has uncovered, for the first time, the extent of the health, social and economic disadvantage members of the Stolen Generations experience.