Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
2017 a 'dismal year for Indigenous rights': Human Rights Watch
SBS
2017 was a 'particularly dismal' year for Indigenous peoples' rights, according to the Australian Director of Human Rights Watch Elaine Pearson. Once again the country is being called out for its incarceration of Indigenous peoples, particularly for ...
Human rights praise for same-sex marriageThe West Australian
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian
Human Rights Watch
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SBS
Man escaped NT jail after given keys to 'play with', incident not reported for 9 months
SBS
There's no denying that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are Australia's most disadvantaged group across the country. Indigenous people make up 27 per cent of the national prison population, yet only about three per cent of the overall ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Premier calls for unity, reflection on Indigenous contributions on national day
The Sydney Morning Herald
As national debate flares about changing Australia Day, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has called for unity and reflection on the importance of Australia's Indigenous heritage while also acknowledging the contribution of the nation's colonial pioneers ...
NSW premier gives thanks to Australia - SBSSBS

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NSW premier gives thanks to Australia
SBS
So, too, the successive waves of migrant communities, servicemen and women, and ordinary Australians who work hard to be good citizens. The daughter of Armenian immigrants, the premier spoke of her family's gratitude for the opportunities Australia had ...

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Australia Day : it's complicated
University News: The University of Western Australia
In Western Australia, Foundation Day on June 1 celebrated the arrival of white settlers in 1829. In 1935, all states adopted a common date and name for Australia Day; January 26 and by the 1940s a national public holiday was in place. “Since 1938 ...

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The Guardian
Nigel Scullion: No Indigenous person tells me they want Australia Day changed
The Guardian
The Indigenous Affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, says no Indigenous Australian has told him the date of Australia Day should be changed other than a single government adviser. Speaking on the ABC's AM program on Friday, Scullion was asked about ...

ABC Online
Nigel Scullion says Indigenous people haven't raised Australia Day date issue with him
ABC Online
"This is not something that comes up at all. "I can tell you there would be no-one, as a fact." Senator Scullion is a senator for the Northern Territory and has held the Indigenous Affairs portfolio since 2013. He acknowledged Indigenous "culture was ...
Celebrating Australia Day on 26 January like dancing on graves, says reconciliation bodyThe Guardian
Australia Day: Date never brought up by indigenous people says Nigel ScullionThe Australian
Local Indigenous leader defies The Greens on Australia DayGladstone Observer
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Westfield Matildas duo share importance of Melbourne City's Indigenous recognition events
Matildas (press release)
City's Westfield W-League and Hyundai A-League teams will come together at AAMI Park on Sunday to acknowledge the original owners on the site of the stadium, the Wurundjeri tribe, as part of a broader education of players, staff and fans on Aboriginal ...

The Australian
No trenches between Aussies: ex-army chief
SBS
Their comments come after Tony Abbott described British settlement as "a very good thing" and attacked Bill Shorten for having a bet each way on the date of Australia Day. The former prime minister said British settlement was something all Australians ...
Australia Day: 'British settlement a good thing': AbbottThe Australian
Australia Day: Tony Abbott says British settlement 'a very good thing'The Guardian

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The West Australian
Australia praised for same-sex marriage
SBS
Human Rights Watch welcomed a royal commission report into ending the systemic abuse of children in youth detention in the Northern Territory. However, it was scathing of staggeringly high incarceration rates among indigenous Australians, as well as ...
Human rights praise for same-sex marriageThe West Australian
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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Townsville Bulletin
Indigenous leader on Australia Day date change: Do Jews celebrate the holocaust?
Townsville Bulletin
The date of Australia Day, January 26, is controversial as it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit it
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians held a Day of Mourning on Australia Day back in 1938. And as Indigenous Labor MP Linda Burney wearily noted on Wednesday, she's been "dealing with this issue" in the weeks prior to January 26 for 30 years. And yet, whenever the ...

NEWS.com.au
Human rights praise for same-sex marriage
SBS
Human Rights Watch was pleased with a royal commission's recommendations aimed at ending systemic abuse against children in detention in the Northern Territory. However, it was scathing of dramatically disproportionate incarceration rates among ...
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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SBS
Australia has 'serious unresolved' human rights problems: HRW report
SBS
"Indigenous Australians are over-represented in the criminal justice system. Half the prison population has a disability, and inmates face violence, neglect, and extended periods of isolation. Abuses in juvenile detention centers and overbroad counter ...
Human rights praise for same-sex marriageThe West Australian
Human Rights Watch says Australia needs to address 'serious shortcomings'NEWS.com.au
Australia's human rights record attacked in global report for 'serious shortcomings'The Guardian

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Community Newspaper Group
UWA historian suggests moving Australia Day to May 9 to celebrate federation
Community Newspaper Group
“Since 1938 however, Aboriginal Australians have pointed out that, from their perspective, the arrival of the British is not a cause for celebration: on the contrary, it ushered in an era of dispossession,” she said. “We now know that indigenous ...

Australian Aviation
Qantas's fourth Boeing 787-9 to feature indigenous livery
Australian Aviation
Qantas's says its fourth Boeing 787-9 will celebrate Australia's indigenous peoples with a yet-to-be-revealed special livery. The aircraft, registration VH-ZND, is due to arrive from the Boeing final assembly line in Everett, Washington State, in early ...

Herald Sun
Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams on her unconventional background and proud indigenous heritage
Herald Sun
They exchanged letters, she flew over to Australia, they had their honeymoon in a cave. “They both thought it was important for my childhood to incorporate both heritages. Mum being American, Dad being Aboriginal, we also had kangaroo tail and then ...

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Western Sydney doctor to sail solo for 15000km to close indigenous literacy gap
Catholic Leader
The junior doctor, who studied at the University of Queensland, pursued sailing after reading the autobiography of Joshua Slocum, the first man to single-handedly sail around the world, and is now planning a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean to open ...

The Australian
Australia Day: Bill Shorten dismisses call for separate holiday for indigenous
The Australian
Bill Shorten has dismissed his indigenous frontbencher Linda Burney's suggestion of a separate holiday to celebrate Australia's indigenous heritage, saying Australia already has enough public holidays. The comment cams as the Opposition Leader broke ...
Ken Wyatt wants to change the date of Australia Day - when we become a republicThe Sydney Morning Herald
Shorten backs Aust Day but hits out at PMSBS

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous recognition in our Constitution matters – and will need greater political will to achieve
The Conversation AU
It requires a referendum to amend the Australian Constitution to receive majority support in a majority of states. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's view is that for a proposal to succeed it would require “minimal or at least tepid opposition”. The ...