Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
'Unacceptable to routinely reject committee's views': Australia grilled on human rights record by UN
SBS
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop nominated the empowerment of women globally, indigenous rights, abolition of the death penalty and crises in North Korea and Syria as the issues Australia would pursue during its tenure. It will also push for reforms to ...
Australia grilled on human rights by UNNEWS.com.au

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Aboriginal teen Sarafina Elliott flies flag on Mount Everest
NEWS.com.au
The 16-year-old Yawuru/Ngarluma girl planted the Aboriginal flag on the world's tallest mountain to honour her culture. “I thought everyone knows Australians go there and I don't think the Aboriginal flag has been up there,” she told NITV News.

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The Australian
The story of Australia's first indigenous representative
The Australian
At long last, the first indigenous person ever to represent Australia in any sport will be recognised. Depicted on the jersey, forming a ring around a stylised wallaby, are 14 waterholes, each of them representing the 14 Aborigines who have played Test ...
'I'm not just confident, I'm more than confident'RTE.ie

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Courier Mail
Labor, Greens will unite to not hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day
Courier Mail
LABOR will support a Greens plan that gives politically-correct councils the right to stop holding citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day because “it cannot ignore” indigenous people feel the day “represents a history of dispossession and suffering”.

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ABC Online
Wallabies trailblazer Lloyd McDermott on his Indigenous pride and rugby league's poaching
ABC Online
Ten years later he was admitted to the Bar in New South Wales and eventually became Australia's first Indigenous lawyer. He says he has three loves in his life — his family and fellow Indigenous people, the law and rugby union. On Saturday, the ...
Indigenous jersey just the beginning for BealeRugby.com.au
Kurley Beale unveils Wallabies indigenous jumper for All Blacks clashNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
New stamps highlight work of Indigenous artists Bede Tungutalum and Banduk Marika
ABC Online
A Northern Territory artist whose work will be celebrated on a new stamp says he hopes it will inspire other Australians to learn about his culture. The works of two NT artists — Bede Tungutalum and Banduk Marika — have been chosen to appear on new ...

James wants people to come to his party
National Indigenous Times
Mr Gibbs said he was fed up that the opinions of Aboriginal Australia were being ignored. He said his party would push for programs in communities to combat high incarceration rates, promote reconciliation and engage with those people who were in prison.

National Indigenous Times
Namatjira's work now has a bigger canvas
National Indigenous Times
Mr Namatjira was a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art and is considered the most famous Indigenous Australian of his generation. The Namatjira Legacy Trust has been established to protect the interests of his family and to benefit the ...
The $1 Namatjira Copyright deal – how it happenedArtsHub

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National Indigenous Times
Doco exposes 'fake news' about island
National Indigenous Times
Ms Mordey, an illustrator for Magabala Books, said she was offered the K'Gari project this year not long after graduating from Griffith University with a degree in contemporary Australian Indigenous art. She said Fraser Island should return to its ...

National Indigenous Times
Smoking down but deaths still to rise
National Indigenous Times
An epidemic of smoking-related deaths is about to hit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, health researchers have warned. A research team led by Dr Raymond Lovett from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ...

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SBS
More heart disease deaths in the regions
SBS
The report also finds indigenous people living in Central Australia develop heart failure on average 20 years younger than the general population. It's estimated there are 800,000 cases of people 35 years and older being admitted to hospital with ...
Isolation, low incomes and lack of services result in more deaths from heart disease in regional AustraliaABC Online

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SBS
'But where are you really from?' No, you don't have the right to ask this question
SBS
To be 'othered' as an Aboriginal woman in Australia takes it to another level. Much more than the interaction, the behavioural gestures of intrigue and disbelief, you are not only questioning me of my identity. You are questioning my family, my elders ...

ABC Online
Isolation, low incomes and lack of services result in more deaths from heart disease in regional Australia
ABC Online
The report also stated that Indigenous people in Central Australia developed heart failure on average 20 years younger than the general population. It found chronic heart disease increased nationally during 2016-17. The researchers estimated there were ...

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Courier Mail
Wearable indigenous art – not soft drinks – available from new vending machine
Courier Mail
Mr Bosen is also a talented artist and even designed the special indigenous playing jersey worn this year by the North Queensland Cowboys. The business, renamed as Kulture in 2014, markets itself as Australia's leading indigenous fashion label.

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The Cairns Post
Wearable indigenous art – not soft drinks – available from new vending machine
The Cairns Post
Mr Bosen is also a talented artist and even designed the special indigenous playing jersey worn this year by the North Queensland Cowboys. The business, renamed as Kulture in 2014, markets itself as Australia's leading indigenous fashion label.

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The West Australian
Centre to host Q&A
The West Australian
“We are proud to support the important work of our national charity partner Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health and the local work of the Lord's Taverners Australia Peel Branch. Aboriginal elder and Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health ...

NEWS.com.au
Disease outbreak: The deadly virus killing dozens of Australian kids each year
NEWS.com.au
Last week, the 27th case of the W strain of the deadly disease was confirmed for 2017 in Central Australian indigenous communities. There were only three cases in 2016. The majority of those affected were Aboriginal kids younger than 10. The NT ...
Baby dies from meningococcal disease in DarwinThe Guardian

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ABC Online
HSC students launching attacks on Indigenous poet Ellen Van Neerven urged to apologise
ABC Online
The First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) said the shocking abuse of one of their youngest members deeply hurts their community. "Some 2017 NSW HSC students read the inclusion of Ms van Neerven's poem as a red flag to target, troll and ...
Indigenous poet Ellen van Neerven abused by year 12 English studentsThe Guardian
Why every student posting abuse towards indigenous author should fail the HSCNEWS.com.au

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Indigenous prisoner numbers to jump
Yahoo7 News
By 2025 one in two Australian prisoners will be Aboriginal unless generational disadvantage is addressed now, a prison reform expert warns. Indigenous Australians currently make up about a quarter of the national prison population despite comprising ...

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The Conversation AU (blog)
... School of Education (MGSE) is at the forefront of innovation in education, working with partners in schools, early childhood settings, communities, government and beyond, constantly seeking new and improved ways to support Australia's education system.

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