Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The West Australian
Humour and reverence: Barry Cohen remembered
The Australian
Hawke government minister Barry Cohen has been remembered for his self-deprecating wit, devotion to indigenous Australians, the environment and the state of Israel, at a state memorial service in Canberra. Former and current prime ministers Bob Hawke ...
Wit and grit of Hawke minister rememberedThe West Australian

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Pro Bono Australia
Fears for the Future of Remote Housing Program
Pro Bono Australia
“We also recognise the job isn't restricted to remote Australia and could also be extended to support housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban Australia where 75 per cent of our first peoples live.” The Queensland housing ...
Funding black hole puts question mark over WA's remote communitiesBrisbane Times

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Pro Bono Australia
Calls to Overhaul NDIS to Better Accommodate Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
A First Peoples advocacy group has called for an overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to better accommodate Indigenous people, after a study found ill-health and disability were driving psychological distress in older Indigenous ...
CANBERRA OBSERVED The left's appetite for change can't be satisfiedNews Weekly

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ABC Online
Figure skater Harley Windsor becomes Australia's first Indigenous Winter Olympic athlete
ABC Online
From Rooty Hill in Western Sydney to Pyeongchang, South Korea, Harley Windsor has completed a history-making journey to the Winter Olympics. The 21-year-old figure skater will become Australia's first Indigenous athlete to compete at the Winter Games ...

The Australian
Minister backtracks on Anzac Day for indigenous warriors
The Australian
In the premier's department's online survey, 509 Victorians were presented with the statement: “The period between 1790 and 1930 where Aboriginal Australians defended their lands, kinships and customs from European invasion/settlement should be ...
Victoria says 'no' to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal ... - ABCABC Local

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ABC Local
Victoria says 'no' to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal people killed in 'frontier wars'
ABC Local
The Victorian Government says there will be no changes to expand Anzac Day commemorations to include Aboriginal people who were killed by white settlers, despite conducting a survey on the issue. The Premier's department quizzed more than 500 people ...

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The Guardian
Tasmanian election campaign ad revives lost Indigenous language
The Guardian
If you have not heard spoken palawa kani, you are not alone. Few have. Among Tasmanians, at least, that is about to change. In an Australian first, a TV advertising campaign by activists has been produced in a revived Aboriginal tongue. Tasmanians will ...

ABC Online
NBL Hall of Famer Cal Bruton calls for more support of Australia's Indigenous children
ABC Online
It was in the remote Western Australian town of Halls Creek that Cal Bruton was left to deal with one of the most confronting situations he had ever experienced. A 12-year-old who was due to take part in a basketball clinic with the NBL legend took his ...

Herald Sun
State government asks if Anzac Day should recognise Aborigines attacked by early settlers
Herald Sun
“Some said they didn't want to feel guilty on a day where they liked to feel pride. Others said they disliked Indigenous Australians “getting more''.'' RSL state president Dr Rob Webster said that the frontier wars in Victoria were over well before the ...
Will Anzac Day be used to honour Aborigines killed by white settlers? Government survey asks if they should be ...Daily Mail

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cricket.com.au
Short joins group of Indigenous pioneers
cricket.com.au
But after Gillespie burst onto the scene in the men's game in the 1990s and forged an impressive decade-long career at the top level, the international debuts of Christian, Boland, Gardner and now Short have come in a relative rush since 2010. Cricket ...

NEWS.com.au
Celebrated and beloved Age journalist Michael Gordon dies aged 62
The Sydney Morning Herald
He had stints at other newspapers during his career – at The Herald in the late 1980s as New York correspondent and The Australian as national political editor in the '90s. His peerless reporting turned an unflinching spotlight on the treatment of ...
Legendary journalist Michael Gordon dies following a heart attackNEWS.com.au
Michael Gordon, distinguished Age journalist, dies at 62The Guardian

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ABC Online
'Ashamed to be Australian': Tourist's outrage sparks Golliwog doll debate
ABC Online
A shocked tourist, an Indigenous advocate and a colonial historian have condemned the sale of Golliwog dolls in Australia, dubbing them deeply offensive racist symbols that should be taken off shelves nationwide. Meanwhile an Australian soft toy ...

Daily Telegraph
Foley under fire over flag furore
Daily Telegraph
STATE Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says all Australians should be united under one flag as he lashed Labor's promise to give the Aboriginal colours equal status on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as “virtue signalling”. Labor leader Luke Foley yesterday ...
Labor pledges to fly Aboriginal flag permanently on Sydney Harbour BridgeThe Australian
Push to fly Aboriginal flag on Sydney Harbour BridgeNEWS.com.au
Foley to give Aboriginal flag equal status if elected Premier - 9News9news.com.au
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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Is Australia truly a great country?
The Sunshine Coast Daily
January 26, 1788 was the day Captain Arthur Phillip claimed, i.e. took over (for the British), the eastern part of this big 'island' and called it New South Wales, i.e. not Australia. We actually became a federated nation on January 1, 1901 and only ...

Google News

Indigenous funding: so little to show for $33bn
The Australian
Abolishing Australia — there are days when this seems an attractive option. All the governments falling apart — what an idea, and how very appealing, especially when the business activity statements forms are due. Seriously though, Onus-Williams says ...

The Australian
Labor MP quits over 'yesterday's ideas' for Aboriginal problems
The Australian
Scott McConnell, who was raised with Aboriginal people in Central Australia and who won more than 75 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote in a 2016 battle against the then community services minister, Aboriginal woman Bess Price, will not recontest ...

Daily Telegraph
D'Arcy Short poised for Australian T20 debut | Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
D'ARCY Short will become only the fourth Indigenous man to play cricket for Australia in a debut that ranks as one of the most anticipated in recent seasons. Test great Mark Waugh has already compared Short to captain David Warner, and there is a ...

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Green Left Weekly
Indigenous activists: 'Australian nationalism is dangerous'
Green Left Weekly
On January 24, Victorian Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy said “unpatriotic councils” that do not use January 26 to celebrate would be sacked. He was specifically threatening the Moreland, Darebin and Yarra councils, which have shifted ...

The Guardian
More Indigenous students in school until year 12, ABS says
The Guardian
​Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are staying in school longer but Australia's Indigenous retention rate remains well below that of other students. On Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released new school statistics showing the ...
Indigenous students stick to study: reportSBS

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The Australian
Labor pledges to fly Aboriginal flag permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Australian
“We should all be proud of 60,000 years of indigenous history here,” he said in a statement. “Flying the Aboriginal flag on the great arch that defines Sydney around the world is an appropriate expression of that pride.” Talking to Jones on his 2GB ...
Alan Jones slams Luke Foley's plan to fly Aboriginal flag on Sydney Harbour BrideDaily Telegraph
Aboriginal flag to permanently fly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge if Labor electedTen Eyewitness News
Foley to give Aboriginal flag equal status if elected Premier9news.com.au
NEWS.com.au
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