Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
'White feminists' blame colonisation for indigenous domestic violence
The Australian
Aboriginal women victims of domestic violence are ending up in jail at astonishing rates.” The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, released in February, show that indigenous women are 32 times more likely than non ...

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Pursuit
Q&A: The Indigenous design perspective
Pursuit
In Australia, and many other countries with colonial pasts, mainstream design - including architecture, town planning, as well as fashion, interior, product and landscape design - has largely eshewed both Indigenous design and designers. But, with ...

EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous boarding students face great challenges but reap big rewards
EducationHQ Australia
More than 4000 secondary Indigenous students received ABSTUDY boarding payments in 2015, and Indigenous boarding school scholarships receive major government and philanthropic funding. One of Australia's largest funding providers, the Australian ...

Travel+Leisure
Australia's Uluru Is Back in the Hands of the Aboriginal People — and There's Never Been a Better Time to Visit
Travel+Leisure
But since 1993, when the government reinstated the rock's local name, Uluru, and awareness began growing that the indigenous community considers it sacred, clambering to the summit has been controversial. Australia's more than 500 Aboriginal tribes are ...

Daily Telegraph
Australia campaigned for Nelson Mandela's freedom but disappointed indigenous Australians by not wanting to 'interfere'
Daily Telegraph
During his visit to Australia in 1990 Mandela was presented with a cricket bat signed by Bradman. But the Australian visit was not without controversy. Indigenous leaders, many of whom regarded Mandela as a hero and had been active anti-apartheid ...

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Cashless cards' success could extend to most welfare recipients
The Australian
However, a significant proportion of indigenous people would be considered “mainstream”, in that they live like other Australians. This group is lifting the averages for the indigenous population, meaning the gaps for indigenous people who are ...

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The Guardian
Cashless welfare card's effectiveness unclear, auditor general says
The Guardian
... Australia and East Kimberley in Western Australia, but have been criticised as an overly punitive, paternal and blunt tool for addressing complex social problems. The program is not targeted at Indigenous Australians, but they are ...
Inadequate monitoring system casts doubt on cashless card trialsThe Australian
'Evidence lacking': Auditor-General criticises cashless welfare card trialThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Herald Sun
Michael Long's journey captured in bronze as Essendon pay tribute to on and off-field great
Herald Sun
“It is a tremendous tribute to him and his work for both the indigenous community and the wider Australian community.'' Three years after he retired, in 2004, Long set out to walk from Melbourne to Canberra to talk to the Prime Minister about improving ...
Michael Long's legacy forged in bronzeThe Canberra Times
AFL indigenous hero Long gets statueSports News

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The Guardian
Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training
The Guardian
Guards at Victorian youth detention centres receive just 30 minutes of compulsory Indigenous cultural training despite Indigenous children making up one in five children in detention, a report has found. The youth detention system also has just four ...

ABC News
Family the remedy for young Indigenous mother for whom punishment has been no deterrent
ABC News
Trudy Murray has been in and out of prison five times over the past two years. The 24-year-old mother has regularly breached an intensive corrections order designed to keep her out of trouble. "If I didn't get mixed back up with my old friends, I ...

Katherine Times
Indigenous peoples are critical to conservation
Katherine Times
“Understanding the extent of lands over which Indigenous Peoples retain traditional connection is critical for several conservation and climate agreements,” said Professor Stephen Garnett, from Charles Darwin University in Australia, who led the ...
More than a quarter of the globe is controlled by indigenous groupsUPI.com

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Program Manager Indigenous Health (Indigenous Applicants Only)
The Conversation AU
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, at number 1 in Australia and number 32 in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017-2018). We are globally engaged, comprehensive, ...

ABC News
Who were Australia's original crocodile hunters?
ABC News
They were the real-life Crocodile Dundees. The blue-blooded, rough as guts Aussies who took on monster reptiles and lived to tell the tale. Crocodile hunting in the Top End was first pioneered by Indigenous Australians, but it's the beer-swilling ...

New York Times
'I Can't Breathe': Video of Indigenous Australian's Prison Death Stirs Outrage
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — David Dungay Jr., a prisoner at a Sydney jail, told the guards pinning him to his bed that he couldn't breathe, according to a video recording. He said it at least 12 times, in a high, panicky scream. One guard's response to Mr ...
'I Can't Breathe': Footage Shows Indigenous Man Dying After Restraint by Prison OfficialsNewsweek

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The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
Australia to Fund Five New Indigenous Protected Areas
The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas are like national parks, but they are managed by local Aboriginal peoples, who use a combination of traditional methods and Western science to safeguard their land and culture in collaboration with government.

The Australian
Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stall
The Australian
The Queensland government will consider treaty talks with the state's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, bringing it into line with moves by Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia and potentially forging ahead of stalled ...

The Guardian
Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man
The Guardian
The number of Aboriginal people being incarcerated has steadily increased over the last decade. Indigenous adults are now 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Indigenous Australians, and juveniles are 24 times more likely to be incarcerated.

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The Canberra Times
With NAIDOC week wrapped, here are 8 ways to keep supporting Indigenous Australians in the arts
Happy
The National Indigenous Music Awards is an annual event that recognises some of the best Indigenous musicians across Australia, celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2018. This year's event will be held at the Darwin Amphitheatre on Saturday August 11 ...
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: reportThe Canberra Times
Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stallThe Australian
Sports Commission acknowledges Indigenous Australians' contribution to sportAustralasian Leisure Management (press release)
ABC News -National Indigenous Times -The Sydney Morning Herald
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EducationHQ Australia
Darkinjung Barker a 'paradigm shift' for Indigenous Ed
EducationHQ Australia
We're inching forward in Central Australia to create a school in partnership with the very remote Akaye community,” Heath says. He's adamant the idea was “hatched simultaneously” between Barker and the local Indigenous community there. Barker's ...

The Canberra Times
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: report
The Canberra Times
But according to Australian Hearing, there is more work to be done to reduce the significantly higher rates of hearing problems Indigenous Australians face compared to other Australians. Australian Hearing tracked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Saving A Critically Endangered Aboriginal language in AustraliaVoice of America

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