Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Melbourne Dreaming app makes understanding city's rich Aboriginal history easier
ABC Online
Mr Ritchie said Aboriginal stories could often be overlooked as something that happened in the past or in faraway parts of Australia. "When most people think about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, they think of it either as something ...

The Australian
Abbott slams Qantas's 'corporate thought police'
The Australian
“Many of our members employ indigenous Australians and we suggest having a more sensitive understanding of the history. They can use whatever words they want, but they have to realise that if they've got a workplace with indigenous people, it might be ...
Qantas staff told to avoid 'gender inappropriate' terms like 'wife' and 'husband'NEWS.com.au

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The Conversation AU
Three charts on: the changing status of Indigenous Australians
The Conversation AU
A new dataset has shed fresh light on the changing socioeconomic status of Indigenous Australians. It shows that what appears to be slow progress or steady outcomes for the whole population may be masking worsening results. This stems from how the ...

The Weekly Review
Dan Hunter on creating his Australian cuisine
The Weekly Review
Dan Hunter's yam daisies are been misbehaving. The chef and owner of 44th-ranked World's Best Restaurant, Brae, in Birregurra, planted several hundred of the indigenous root vegetable – once widespread on the plains of south-eastern Australia – on his ...

The Guardian (blog)
Pressure builds for a national keeping place for Indigenous remains
The Guardian (blog)
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians the incorporation into the list of the Melbourne Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct (including the Kings Domain Resting Place where the elders are buried) represents long overdue official ...

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Indigenous child removal puts burden of care on relatives
The Australian
The preference for family carers has left a generation of Aboriginal grandparents overwhelmed and without enough support, according to Ann Oakley, from the Aboriginal child reunification agency Kinship Connections. And retired Aboriginal magistrate Sue ...

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The Australian
Bill Leak would have nailed these politically correct episodes
The Australian
Like admission rules for a harem, women are welcome, eunuchs maybe, but men need not apply. The Daily Telegraph reported in early August the Australian Army put the kybosh on male recruits. Of 50 jobs advertised, 35 were restricted to women. The ...

Port Macquarie News
Oztag World Cup: Greg Smith, Brad Degenaars, Steve vanGemert and Greg Gleeson picked for Australia
Port Macquarie News
By the time the tournament starts on November 1, the Australian team will only have had three compulsory training sessions together. “It is a challenge because it's hard to get blokes from all over the country together at once, but most of the players ...

Crikey (blog)
Essential documents from Aboriginal Australia: 7 – the 2008 Yuendumu Petition
Crikey (blog)
Supporti-ki karlipa wangkami, tala manu nyiya kanti-kanti yungungurlu ngalpa yinyi nyampurla ngurungka. Nyampurla Yurntumu-rla panu karlipa madarni nyiya-ningki-jarra ngula karliparla yulkami. Madarni karlipa jana Mt Theo program, kurdu kurdu kurlangu ...

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NT News
Cervical cancer may be eliminated from Australia
NT News
Cancer Council Victoria screening manager Kate Broun said it was incredible to foresee the end of a cancer but it would require higher vaccination rates in “underscreening groups” such as indigenous Australians, those from culturally diverse ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Prince Philip was not being racist with 'spears' remark, says indigenous Australian performer
Telegraph.co.uk
An indigenous performer who met Prince Philip during a royal visit to Australia in 2002 has defended him against accusations of racism, saying he was taken out of context. The Duke of Edinburgh raised eyebrows during the trip to Cairns 16 years ago ...

Business Insider Australia
One of the new Qantas Dreamliners is covering in a painting by one of Australia's most famous Indigenous artists
Business Insider Australia
Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye is one of Australia's acclaimed painters. One of her works Earth's Creation 1, painted in 1994, set a new record for a work by an Australian female painter went it sold at auction last year for $2.1 million. Born ...

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ABC Online
Tin sheds built under NT Government's Indigenous housing program to be pulled down
ABC Online
Tin shed extensions built under the Northern Territory Government's Room to Breathe Indigenous housing program were a mistake and will be pulled down, the NT Housing Minister has conceded. The extensions were built in the community of Ali Curung ...

ABC Online
Sixth infant dies from syphilis outbreak in northern Queensland
ABC Online
The latest death occurred in northern Queensland in January. The sexually transmitted infection can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy. Congenital syphilis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, or problems with a baby's brain, blood ...

Talking Aged Care
Hearing warning as increased risks of dementia and depression highlighted
Talking Aged Care
On World Hearing Day, held on 3 March, which marks the end of Hearing Awareness Week, Australians are asked to 'hear the future and prepare for it', by committing to ear health for life. Responsible for Australia's hearing services program, Minister ...

ArtsHub
SA Libs push for national Aboriginal Arts Centre
ArtsHub
The proposed gallery would build on assets already established in Adelaide, including Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute and the iconic biennial Festival of Indigenous Art, Tarnanthi, led by the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA ...

Australian Aviation
Indigenous-painted Qantas 787 'Yam Dreaming' arrives in Alice Springs
Australian Aviation
Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND "Yam Dreaming" is welcomed to Australia Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND “Yam Dreaming” is welcomed to Australia at Alice Springs Airport. (Qantas/James Morgan). Clear skies and Australia's rugged outback have greeted the arrival ...
First pics – Qantas VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye lands at Alice Springs.Crikey (blog)

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ABC Online
Why are Indigenous boys' academies better funded than girls' programs?
ABC Online
Using AFL and rugby league to encourage Aboriginal boys to attend school, its members boast an 80 per cent school attendance rate. But with the program proving such a success, it begs the question — what about Indigenous girls? WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt ...

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Manning River Times
Kidney Health Week Australia takes place from March 5-11
Manning River Times
... common with Indigenous Australians is placing a disproportionate amount of suffering on our first nation people. “Early detection and referral saves lives, and the more Australians know their risk and check their kidneys, the higher chance we have ...

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The Conversation AU
Australia could look to New Zealand to increase the number of Indigenous academics and students
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians represent 2.7% of the national population and 1.6% of university enrolments. Universities Australia proposes measures to increase the rate of Indigenous enrolment growth by at least 50% more than the general population and ...