Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
All Blacks applaud Wallabies' jersey idea
SBS
New Zealand skipper Kieran Read has applauded Australia's Indigenous jersey initiative, predicting it will give them an extra reason to perform in Saturday's third Bledisloe Cup Test. The Wallabies will become the first national side to wear an ...

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Sexual health crisis: Syphilis epidemic rages as doctors sound alarm on rising HIV rates
SBS
EXCLUSIVE: Since 2011 a syphilis epidemic has swept across northern Australia, spreading across multiple states and hitting Indigenous communities hard. Figures obtained by NITV News show the rate of infections is rising fast. Now, stretched health ...

cricket.com.au
From beyond Bouke to the Baggy Green
cricket.com.au
Of the 619 people to have played Test cricket for Australia, only two have been of Indigenous descent: the first was Faith Thomas, who played a lone Test in 1958; and the second was Jason Gillespie, who debuted 38 years later and went on to take 259 ...

The Guardian
UN condemns Australia on Indigenous detentions and asylum policies
The Guardian
Australia's castigation before the UN has continued for a second day, with the human rights committee condemning Western Australia's practice of jailing fine defaulters, and specifically highlighting the death of Indigenous woman Ms Dhu in custody. The ...

WAtoday
Since 'time immemorial': WA Indigenous community wins recognition for land and culture
WAtoday
David Edelman, representing WA's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs the Hon. Ben Wyatt at the celebration, congratulated the Wajarri Yamatji people on their achievement. "The Western Australian Government looks forward to building an enduring relationship ...

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The Mandarin
Failure guaranteed if you don't involve us, say Aboriginal organisations
The Mandarin
The Australian Government must step out from behind closed doors and involve Indigenous people in a transparent process for reforming the discriminatory remote 'work for the dole' scheme, the Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT (APO NT) urged today.

UNSW Newsroom
UNSW student designs first national Indigenous rugby jersey
UNSW Newsroom
A UNSW Art & Design honours student, Dennis Golding, is the artist behind Australia's first Indigenous national rugby jersey set to be worn by the Wallabies in this weekend's final Bledisloe Test. The third year Fine Arts student, a Kamilario ...

The Adelaide Review
A Thread Runs Through It: Female. Festival. Fabric.
The Adelaide Review
Indigenous Australians' intimate relationship with land manifests the way natural fibres are integrated into everyday life with baskets, nets, mats and other utilitarian objects and artworks. Our colonial and migrant forebears brought with them ...

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Fox Sports
How the US anthem controversy could filter down to Australian sport
Fox Sports
Last January, boxer and former rugby league star Anthony Mundine refused to stand for the Australian anthem before his much-hyped rematch bout with Danny Green and he'd earlier called on indigenous stars to protest the anthem at the 2016 NRL grand ...

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Rugby.com.au
Beale critical to Indigenous rugby growth: Ella
Rugby.com.au
The story of Kurtley Beale is one that will inspire Indigenous children across Australia, according to Wallabies legend Glen Ella. Both Glen and brother Gary were on hand to unveil an enormous Wallabies jersey draped over the Kangaroo Point cliffs and ...
Wallabies trailblazer Lloyd McDermott on his Indigenous pride and rugby league's poachingABC Online
Cheika wants more Indigenous WallabiesSBS
Kurley Beale unveils Wallabies indigenous jumper for All Blacks clashFox Sports
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The Conversation AU
When bacteria tell a story: tracing Indigenous Australian ochre sources via microbial 'fingerprinting'
The Conversation AU
We have found a new method for pinpointing the geological origins of ochre found in Indigenous Australian artefacts. The technique relies on RNA (a form of genetic material) from soil microbes to identify the ochre source. This provides a fresh ...

The Australian
Ancient Australian rock arrives at Natural History Museum
The Australian
She said the world's history was tied to the Pilbara region, through the ancient rocks, but also the indigenous Australians who represent the world's oldest continuing civilisation. But Ms Farrell would not be drawn on the culture within Rio Tinto that ...

SBS
Cheika wants more Indigenous Wallabies
SBS
But he is confident the gesture - together with a little more "concerted effort" across the board - can make rugby a more attractive pursuit for young Indigenous talents. Australia will become the first national side to wear an Indigenous jersey in ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'When 1800 people leapt to their feet, I knew I wasn't in Australia'
The Sydney Morning Herald
We need to trust our egalitarian intuitions more fully and work harder for a "fair go" for and with everyone, especially Indigenous Australians and our neighbours. And, as Keating said, we should do this with cleverness and goodwill towards others and ...

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SBS
Homeownership among young people drops in Australia
SBS
It is also a grim picture among Indigenous communities. Indigenous people are seven times more likely to live in social housing, less than half as likely to own their own home and more than twice as likely to rent. First Home Buyers Australia is an ...

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NME.com
Taika Waititi has stuffed Thor: Ragnarok with Aussie Easter eggs
ABC Online
He made a conscious effort to create opportunities for Indigenous Australians and Māori people, “to make [himself] feel a little bit more at home.” “These films are so big – just the scale is huge – there's hundreds of hundreds more people than I'm ...
'Thor: Ragnarok' Director Taika Waititi Says He Filled The Film With Cool Aussie Easter EggsJunkee

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The Macleay Argus
Heart disease kills more regional, rural and remote Australians
The Macleay Argus
Inequality in heart disease is most evident among Indigenous Australians living in communities remote to central health services. For example, Indigenous Australians living in Central Australia develop heart failure on average 20 years younger than the ...

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Mashable
Taika Waititi peppered 'Thor: Ragnarok' with Indigenous Australian and New Zealand references
Mashable
"That spaceship, that's painted with the Aboriginal flag colours. No one else knows that but us." Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok was filmed in Australia's Gold Coast, and stars locals Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, but that's not what makes it a ...
Only Aussies And Kiwis Will Get "Thor: Ragnarok" Easter Eggs, Says DirectorBuzzFeed News

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Katherine Times
Indigenous smoking rates cut down
Katherine Times
The number of smoking-related deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is predicted to continue to increase, and to peak over the next decade, resulting in thousands of premature deaths that are largely preventable. New research ...

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Lynton Tapp's recipe for Rosella Prosecco Jelly
3AW
The plant has also long been a part of the indigenous Australians way of life and in 1886 it was documented that Aborigines harvested the young plant and ate the roots, young shoots and leaves as a part of their diet. The Aboriginals would also use the ...

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