Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The West Australian
Ministers in housing fund war of words
The West Australian
WA Housing Minister Peter Tinley released a statement last month saying the Coalition Government had “turned its back” on the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Housing, with WA facing a funding shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars. He ...

National Geographic Australia
Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks
National Geographic Australia
Australia is no stranger to fire: The hardy landscape is adapted to blazes, enduring many thanks to humans and lightning. But Australia's Aboriginal peoples have long identified a third cause: birds. In interviews, observations, and ceremonies dating ...
Australian Hawks Caught Starting Fires to Force Prey Into Wide Open SpacesNewsweek
If Australian animals don't poison you or eat you, they'll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSEThe Register
The only animal that can control fire witnessed in AustraliaInternational Business Times UK

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International Business Times UK
Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks
National Geographic
The black kite (pictured, an animal at Madagascar's Tsimbazaza Zoo) is one of the birds thought to spread fire in Australia. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark. By Michael Greshko. PUBLISHED January 8, 2018. Australia is no ...
The only animal that can control fire witnessed in AustraliaInternational Business Times UK

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The Guardian
Helen Kellie obituary
The Guardian
In Stockholm in 2016, Dami Im, a Chinese migrant to Australia, came second, to the consternation of many Europeans. In 2017 Australia's singer was Isaiah Firebrace, an Indigenous Australian, who came ninth. SBS and Helen were propelling Australian ...

Strewth: Latho's last stand
The Australian
Alice Springs councillor and indigenous leader Jacinta Price will be the voice of the campaign to keep January 26 as the national day in a series of radio and online video ads. “We're also looking to raise enough money to get the ads on TV in the week ...

SBS
From sleeping rough to international acclaim: Celebrating the birth of a music legend
SBS
In the 1980s Roach and Hunter formed the Altogethers band with other Indigenous Australians. The pair, who shared a deep love of music, formed a lifelong bond. The couple had two sons, turned their lives around and went on to foster and raise an ...

The Canberra Times
Department of Foreign Affairs spends $100000 on junket for European journalists
The Canberra Times
The visit coincided with some criticism in Europe about the conditions in Australian-run detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea as well as the Mediterranean Sea migrant boat crisis. At the time of the visit, Australia was ...

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Indigenous startup accelerator goes virtual to reach entrepreneurs in remote communities
DynamicBusiness
A national accelerator program geared towards indigenous entrepreneurs has helped nine startups become viable commercial enterprises. Run by early stage investment group Investible, the inaugural Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) accelerator saw ...

Shepparton News
Brightening up CBD
Shepparton News
Tank suggested the street art project could also feature the work of regional indigenous artists on buildings and walls, alongside murals commemorating influential figures. He suggested there would be an opportunity for Shepparton to have one of ...

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ABC Online
Forgotten legacy of Aboriginal stockwomen becomes subject of PhD research
ABC Online
Pushing 60, Maudie Moore was still chasing scrub bulls on horseback — a testament to her reputation as one of the best 'stockmen' you could find around the 1950s in Western Australia. Ms Moore is just one of the women whose stories feature in a thesis ...

The Guardian
Indigenous rangers: expansion call as support from One Nation voters revealed
The Guardian
... solutions,” David told Guardian Australia. “I'm passionate about it because I live and breathe my country, the Torres Strait. “I've been involved in education in the Torres Strait for the last 22 years now. I see kids going from the early years ...

SBS
Global vision: One company's mission to make affordable glasses
SBS
Melanie Gould, the Aboriginal health coordinator for Sydney North Primary Health Network, says access to such services is often a barrier. "They're not going to the doctor, the hospital, to get the checks and then it's not being identified," she said ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous entrepreneurs targeted with Investible startup accelerator program
The Australian Financial Review
Entrepreneur and indigenous Australian Josie Alec has a message for policy makers and business groups - stop viewing indigenous business owners as "ticker boxes". Ms Alec, who was part of the stolen generation was taken from her family when she was ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Aboriginal community involved in Australia Day celebrations in Castlemaine
Bendigo Advertiser
RECOGNITION: Aunty Julie McHale and Uncle Rick Nelson at Castlemaine's 2016 Australia Day event. Picture: NONI HYETT. Amid growing debate about whether it is right to mark Australia Day on January 26, at least one central Victorian community is taking ...

SBS
Global vision: One company's mission to make glasses affordable for all
SBS
Melanie Gould, the Aboriginal health coordinator for Sydney North Primary Health Network, says access to such services is often a barrier. "They're not going to the doctor, the hospital, to get the checks and then it's not being identified," she said ...

Herald Sun
Founder of Yothu Yindi says African gangs poor behaviour is an insult to First Australians
Herald Sun
ONE of Australia's most senior Aboriginal tribal leaders has delivered a sharp message to African gangs causing fear across Melbourne, telling them that their poor behaviour is an insult to the First Australians. Witiyana Marika, 56, from Yirrkala ...

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PerthNow
Founder of Yothu Yindi says African gangs poor behaviour is an insult to First Australians
PerthNow
Mr Marika said if the youths would not listen to police, parents or community leaders in Melbourne, perhaps they would listen to indigenous Australia. Police on high alert at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne on New Year's Eve amid African gang ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous dole scheme participants slapped with 350000 fines in two years
ABC Online
CDP participants received more fines during the three-month period than every other jobseeker in Australia combined. ACOSS said CDP is flawed and must be abandoned. "It's illogical and it's being applied incorrectly," Mr Reidy said. "Thousands of those ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme having 'severe impact on people as human beings'
ABC Online
CDP participants received more fines during the three-month period than every other jobseeker in Australia combined. ACOSS said CDP is flawed and must be abandoned. "It's illogical and it's being applied incorrectly," Mr Reidy said. "Thousands of those ...

The West Australian
Sandhill Women to share harmonies
The West Australian
Three of the members — singer-songwriter Eleanor Dixon, her storytelling aunt Janey and rapper Kayla Jackson — come from Marlinja, a tiny indigenous community in the Barkly region between Alice Springs and Darwin. Fourth member Beatrice Lewis is a ...