Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Bloody week in history wars as Alan Jones takes aim at opening ceremony and Abbott group seizes on Australian hero
The Sydney Morning Herald
The night after taking part in the ceremony, Rory O'Connor, the director of the Yugambeh Museum in Beenleigh, was on a natural, sleep-deprived high. There had been 4500 performers on stage, he said on ABC's The Drum, and about 300 of them were ...

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NEWS.com.au
'Disgusting': Pauline Hanson blasts Commonwealth Games ceremony's focus on indigenous culture
NEWS.com.au
“As far as I'm concerned, that is not Australia,” Senator Hanson said. “They (indigenous Australians) are part of the culture, the heritage of this country. “They are not what Australia is about.” Senator Hanson also slammed more general preferential ...
Pauline Hanson claims she is indigenousThe Queensland Times

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Australian Mining
Indigenous Njamal family lands Pilbara Minerals transport contract with NPJV
Australian Mining
NPJV, a joint venture between Njamal Services and Pilbara Resource Group, has partnered with Njamal traditional owners to provide bus services for Pilbara Minerals workers at the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum mine in Western Australia. The Njamal family ...

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Missed opportunity at Games opening for indigenous people
The Sunshine Coast Daily
The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony was an opportune platform to address the acquisition of Australia through the annexation of the continent into the British Empire. It would have been rather gratifying for the indigenous people of ...
Indigenous people racially abused online9news.com.au
90 per cent of Indigenous people have seen racism online, new report revealsSBS
Stolenwealth Games – First nations protests show divisions endureMail & Guardian

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InDaily
Latest report on indigenous incarceration must be the last
InDaily
Last week, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in its Pathways to Justice report, confirmed this rate has now ballooned to 14.7 times for men and a staggering 21.2 times for women. It was urgent then. It is a crisis now. In the decade since the ...

ABC Online
Nhulunbuy space project naysayers will deter investors to Arnhem land, Indigenous group warns
ABC Online
Negative commentary about plans for Australia's first commercial space centre could dissuade other prospective investors to the East Arnhem land region, a local Indigenous group has warned. Key Points. Plans are underway set up a rocket launchpad near ...

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ABC Online
Living with the locals: Six extraordinary first contact stories of friendship and survival
ABC Online
Not all stories of first contact between European settlers and Indigenous Australians were fraught with violence and mistrust. Whether lost or escaped, marooned or shipwrecked, exiled or on the run, many Europeans found themselves living with the ...

Indigenous incarceration: reform policy should not compromise equality before the law
The Australian
Indigenous Australians are incarcerated at 12.5 times the rate of the non-indigenous. This statistic should be read against a complex background of higher offending rates, including higher rates of violent offending, and under performance on all ...

Games opening showed how much we embrace indigenous culture
The Australian
If he had been able to witness the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the Gold Coast, Wharton would have been forced to agree it was more than a nod to our indigenous culture; it was three-quarters of the content. Instead of wasting taxpayers ...

The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the ...
Preserving Aboriginal language with technology ​Particle
Indigenous activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremonyDeutsche Welle
Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony celebrates Australia's Indigenous cultureAction News Now
Charlotte Observer
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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of protesters ...
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer

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SBS
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
SBS
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

Eternity News
Aboriginal people do "community" differently
Eternity News
The Cree man was Indigenous theologian Ray Aldred, and what he illuminated for me was that when as Aboriginal peoples we talk about community, and when as Christians – predominantly the non-Indigenous Australian Christians – talk about community, we ...

Community Newspaper Group
Golden Bay law student aiming to reform Australian law and reduce Indigenous over representation in prisons
Community Newspaper Group
GOLDEN Bay resident Dayna Lazarides is one of five Murdoch law students aiming to reform Australian law and reduce the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in prisons. Students from Murdoch's third year Social and Welfare Law ...
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestWBT

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Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant)
Books+Publishing
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant). 3 April 2018. Welcome to Country goes beyond other Australian travel guides; it's also an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture ...

The Guardian
NSW Coalition's public housing ban for drug dealers would hit innocent, experts warn
The Guardian
The Berejiklian government's attempt to lock serious drug offenders out of inner-city public housing estates is unintentionally hurting innocent and vulnerable individuals on the waiting list, social workers say, as new data reveals the policy will ...

ABC Local
Commonwealth Games: Dylan Voller among protesters charged outside opening ceremony
ABC Local
I just want to make certain at the end of the day that they were treated with respect, but they also saw what we were trying to do about reconciliation." Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the protests would not tarnish the opening ceremony. "You know one ...

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
The Conversation AU
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

ABC Online
Parliament must not be 'weak-kneed' on constitutional change for Indigenous people, senator says
ABC Online
Last October, the Federal Government rejected a proposal for a new Indigenous advisory body — dubbed a Voice to Parliament — to be taken to a referendum. Now, a new parliamentary committee is tasked with finding a way towards a referendum on some ...

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Voice of America
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games Protests
Voice of America
As an opening ceremony featuring symbolic tributes to Australia's indigenous people was getting under way, Aboriginal protesters were gathering outside the Commonwealth Games stadium to get a message across, too. Flanked and outnumbered by a heavy ...

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