Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous footballers create history in New Zealand on clash of cultures tour
South Coast Register
A NUMBER of Shoalhaven top footballers have just returned from New Zealand, where they created history as part of the inaugural clash of cultures trans-Tasman football series tour. Wreck Bay trio Lewis Archibald (Yuin Sharks), Tyrone Nye-Williams ...

SBS
Melbourne council 'bans staff from saying Australia Day'
SBS
All staff are asked to use the words 'January 26 public holiday' rather than 'Australia Day public holiday' when notifying clients or customers of the opening hours of their service or centre on this day." Multicultural Affairs Minister Alan Tudge said ...
Yarra City Council tells staff to stop referring to Australia DayBrisbane Times

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The Australian
Aboriginal bodies handed power to cut record wave of state wards
The Australian
The national peak body for Aboriginal children, SNAICC, is calling on all states and territories to adopt an Aboriginal family-led decision-making program to give vulnerable families a greater say when welfare authorities become involved in their ...

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Daily Telegraph
Luke Foley wants Aboriginal flag next to national flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge every day
Daily Telegraph
With just over a year until polling day, Mr Foley told The Daily Telegraph in an exclusive interview: “I think there is unfinished business when it comes to our relationship with Australia's first people. NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley is shaping his ...

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COAG leaders to talk about Australia Day date change on February 9
The Advocate
Tasmanian Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell has been selected as part of a group to inform Coalition of Australian Government leaders on the next phase of the Closing the Gap agenda. Mr Mansell said the meeting will discuss a demand to change the ...

The Conversation AU
The great Australian plays: The Cake Man and the Indigenous mission experience
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australian activists and artist have consistently utilised the potential for theatre… to create different frames… of Indigenous Australians… In a show like Basically Black (1972), the “gaze” as an expression of racial objectification was ...

B&T
Study: Only 17% Supported Triple J's Hottest 100 Move (& Only 27% Want Australia Day Moved)
B&T
The findings are part of this year's national study about attitudes towards Australia Day conducted among a representative sample of 1001 Australians 18 and older by Review Partners/ Research Now SSI. It also found that when it came to youth network ...

Herald Sun
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood says Melbourne City Council should mark 'atrocities” against Aborigines on Australia Day
Herald Sun
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood wants changes to Australia Day celebrations. But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the ...

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Daily Telegraph
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood says Melbourne City Council should mark 'atrocities” against Aborigines on Australia Day
Daily Telegraph
Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood wants changes to Australia Day celebrations. But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the ...

Pro Bono Australia
First Commissioner for Aboriginal Children Steps Down
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous organisations have hailed Australia's first commissioner for Aboriginal children a “fearless advocate” as he steps down from the role. Andrew Jackomos, the inaugural Victorian commissioner for Aboriginal children and young people, stepped ...

ABC Online
Older Indigenous Australians with illness or disability at high risk of depression, study finds
ABC Online
In the month before completing an interview for the study, a fifth of Indigenous patients aged 45 or over had experienced anxiety and depression requiring professional help, as well as feelings of restlessness and hopelessness. "They feel marginalised ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...

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Herald Sun
Poll shows strong support for a national tribute to Indigenous people on Australia Day
Brisbane Times
A majority of voters would prefer the date of Australia Day to remain unchanged, but there is strong support for the introduction of a formal ceremony on the national day to recognise Indigenous people and their history and culture, polling conducted ...
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia DayHerald Sun

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Aboriginal 'warrior' seems tormented by self-hate
The Australian
Anthony Dillon, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW. Let's just for a moment try to imagine that Dtarneen Onus-Williams's wish has come true and Australia as we know it has been abolished, the settlers have gone back to wherever they and ...

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SBS - The World Game
Fashion label calls Indigenous people 'alcoholics and drug abusers' on Instagram
SBS - The World Game
At one point the fashion brand referred to Aboriginal people as “your people” and claimed they had been free for “hundreds of years”. “Nobody gives you anything you have to take it, your people have been free for hundreds of years how long does it take ...

Herald Sun
Melbourne city council should mark 'atrocities' against Aborigines on Australia Day
Herald Sun
But Cr Wood, who is acting in the top job while Robert Doyle faces sexual harassment claims, said new elements should be added to the council's Australia Day program. “In the morning you have a chance to reflect on the atrocities (against indigenous ...

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The Australian
Cory Bernardi slams medical authorities over need to acknowledge white privilege
The Australian
In a glossary to the code, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia cites the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives when it references “a decolonising model of practice based on dialogue, communication, power sharing ...

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The Australian
Anthony Albanese meets Bill Shorten to talk Australia Day shift
The Australian
Anthony Albanese says he has met Bill Shorten to discuss his proposal to hold a joint referendum on the republic and indigenous constitutional recognition on January 26, but will leave it to the Labor leader to voice his own views on the issue. Mr ...

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ABC Online
School of the Air cuts: Education is too important to Aboriginal kids' futures for uncertainty
ABC Online
With Western Australia having one of the highest rates of suicide among young Indigenous peoples in the world, education is the most important aspect of empowering and creating resilient children. Equitable and quality education is the most important ...

ArtsHub
First Nations writers head to Bangladesh
ArtsHub
Heading to Bangladesh will be Indigenous Australians Daniel Browning, Megan Cope, Hannah Donnelly, Kimberley Moulton and Djon Mundine. Sovereign Words is an initiative of Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), launched at DAS 2016 and continuing to ...