Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Adoptions for more Indigenous children should be an option, Minister says
ABC Online
"Open adoption — it's not forced, it's not hidden, the child knows where the parents are and the parents know where the children are, but they have a permanent, caring, stable environment in which to grow up, rather than cycling through foster care ...
Abused Indigenous children need safe homes, not derailed debate, says peak bodyThe Guardian
Why are white people on Sunrise with no experience calling for Indigenous child removals?SBS - The World Game
Some Politicians And Commentators Are Basically Calling For Another Stolen GenerationJunkee
NEWS.com.au
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ABC Online
Abused Indigenous children need safe homes, not derailed debate, says peak body
The Guardian
Revived arguments about the removal of Indigenous children from their families are just the latest instalment of a “narrow debate” bringing Australia closer to another Northern Territory-style intervention, an Indigenous peak body has said. The ...
Adoptions for more Indigenous children should be an option, Minister saysABC Online
Adoption not a stolen generation: Mundine9news.com.au
Some Politicians And Commentators Are Basically Calling For Another Stolen GenerationJunkee

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The Guardian
Norfolk Islanders go to UN to fight Australia over right to self-govern
The Guardian
The Norfolk Islanders are distinct from mainland Australians with regard to all parameters that define ethnicity: homeland, shared ancestry, cultural narrative and cultural core values.” Robertson is representing Albert Fletcher Buffett, an Indigenous ...
The tiny island taking on AustraliaThe Queensland Times
Norfolk Island takes Australia to UN over human rightsThe New Daily

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Katherine Times
New chapter of Indigenous history told through food
Katherine Times
The undocumented colonial history of Indigenous food on Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland is about to unfold under a new, three-year study led by Flinders University. Picture: supplied. The undocumented colonial history of Indigenous food on Cape ...

SBS
National Geographic admits 'racist' decades-long coverage
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...

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SBS
'Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous Australians
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...
National Geographic editor says decades of coverage was racistNEWS.com.au
National Geographic admits 'appalling' racism of past coverageThe Australian
How National Geographic acknowledged its racist pastThe Guardian
Evening Standard
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SBS
'Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous people
SBS
"Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia. Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human ...

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ABC Online
Pama-Nyungan: Australia's largest family of Indigenous languages
ABC Online
A team of international scientists, including from Australia, has shed light on how Australia's largest Indigenous language group became dominant across the continent. Pama-Nyungan is the world's largest hunter-gatherer language-family and before the ...
Tracking early hunter-gatherers through languageScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Language and Storytelling at Heart of New Connecting Up Partnership
Pro Bono Australia
This year's Australian Not-For-Profit Technology Awards, meanwhile, at the Hilton on Thursday 3 March, will include the inaugural ICTV Best Digital Storytelling by an Indigenous Australian Award. ICTV makes an incredible and important contribution to ...

SBS
Federal minister wants to relax adoption rules for Indigenous children
SBS
Federal children's minister David Gillespie says he has been shocked by the rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongst indigenous children. David Gillespie acknowledges there may be concerns about creating another Stolen Generation, but says he's ...
Editorial: Protecting children at risk is first priorityCourier Mail
'I don't want them recycled back into harm': Calls for abused Aboriginal children to be placed into the care of ...Daily Mail

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The Conversation AU
The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia's largest family of ...
The Conversation AU
The origin of around 300 of Australia's Aboriginal languages lies in Queensland, about 6000 years ago.
Pama-Nyungan: Australia's largest family of Indigenous languages ...ABC Online
Tracking early hunter-gatherers through language | Scoop NewsScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Fujitsu Australia plan aspires to an air of diversity
The Australian
“When we kicked it off, and we have 3000 staff in Australia and 1000 in New Zealand, I kept hearing, 'gee, it's good we're doing this'. There are business reasons to do it, but it's also important for staff to see we are bringing in programs across the ...

No point in a one-size-fits-all fix for STIs in remote communities
The Australian
It has been reported regularly and extensively in the past decade by medical professionals from various health entities, including the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, and the responsible ministers and officers run for cover rather than taking ...

The Australian Financial Review
Try harder to fix the constitution: West Australian chief justice Wayne Martin
The Australian Financial Review
"I reiterate that it is no part of my purpose to suggest which of these competing arguments is to be preferred – there is clearly a respectable debate to be had," he said. Rather, his purpose was to point out the low likelihood Australians will ever ...

Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
WAtoday
Fairfax Media understands there are discussions afoot in Australia to look at whether Super Rugby could adopt an indigenous or heritage round across the competition, which would give rugby one big hitout instead of diluting the theme across the season ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne and Sydney will vie for the honour of staging the second appearance of the hugely popular Wallabies indigenous jersey.

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WAtoday
Sydney, Melbourne vying for indigenous jersey honour
WAtoday
Fairfax Media understands there are discussions afoot in Australia to look at whether Super Rugby could adopt an indigenous or heritage round across the competition, which would give rugby one big hitout instead of diluting the theme across the season ...

Women's Agenda
Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Women's Agenda
In 2011, it contributed to more burden of disease (the impact of illness, disability and premature death) than any other risk factor for women aged 25–44. In terms of the financial cost of violence against women and their children in Australia KPMG ...

Tasmania Examiner
Thoughts on an Australian republic presented by Professor Mark McKenna at the 30th John West Memorial Lecture
Tasmania Examiner
Launceston Historical Society president Marion Sargent said for the lecture's 30th anniversary, it was appropriate to have a renowned historian speaking on the potential resolution of some of Australia's most divisive topics. Professor of Australian ...

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Vogue Australia
Jessica Mauboy, actress and singer
Vogue Australia
Appearing on Australian Idol in 2006 was only the beginning for Indigenous Australian Jessica Mauboy, who has since gone on to become one of the country's most well-known actresses and singers. A regular on Australian TV screens, in film and on radio ...
Warren Mundine slams PC 'thought police' for ignoring real problemsStarts at 60

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