Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Australian
Indigenous leaders blame Canberra's inertia for Uluru Statement delay
The Australian
“The Voice is unsurprising as a reform idea, given the inertness of the parliament to indigenous rights and consequently an indifference to one of the most significant statements issued by the first peoples to the Australian people.” She will describe ...

WAtoday
'White-hot fury': Pensioner pays for WA mum-of-five who was jailed over unpaid fines
WAtoday
A Melbourne pensioner who paid more than $3000 to release an indigenous Western Australian mother from prison felt "white-hot fury" reading about her unpaid fines. The mother-of-five had called police for help during a family violence incident but they ...
Retiree pays jailed WA mum's fines after she called police over domestic violencePerth Now

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Perth Now
Retiree pays jailed WA mum's fines after she called police over domestic violence
Perth Now
A MELBOURNE pensioner has paid more than $3000 in fines for an Indigenous mother in Western Australia who was jailed for non-payment after calling police during a family violence incident. Peter Clark, 69, said he felt "white-hot fury" after reading ...
Vic retiree pays jailed WA mum's finesNEWS.com.au

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9Honey
Why there aren't more native Australian foods on the table
9Honey
But it also also helped him to forge a stronger connection to his Indigenous Australian culture by using Indigenous ingredients. He's passionate about Indigenous ingredients, but he's even more driven to spread an awareness and appreciation of ...

ABC Online
Indigenous women less likely to survive breast cancer than others due to delayed diagnosis
ABC Online
Aboriginal women are less likely to survive breast cancer than non-indigenous women which has prompted a new social media campaign to try to increase early detection. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women yet Indigenous ...

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InDaily
First Nations in focus at Adelaide Film Festival
InDaily
The period western from Warwick Thornton – the first Indigenous Australian director with a film in competition at Venice – claimed the Biennale's Special Jury Prize and the Venice Critic's award for Best Film. Days later, the spiritual epic took home ...

ABC Online
Koori Rugby League Knockout ends with Newcastle Yowies claiming victory
ABC Online
The Koori Rugby League Knockout has been a four-day celebration of Aboriginal talent, family and culture, and this year it is the Newcastle Yowies who get to take home the illustrious title of grand champions. The annual carnival, now in its 37th year ...

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Indigenous consumer strategy not dreamin'
PS News
A joint strategy by a number of Agencies to help Indigenous Australians deal with consumer issues has been endorsed by Consumer Affairs Australia New Zealand (CAANZ). The National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) Action Plan 2017–2019 was ...

Shepparton News
Parity for all is work in progress
Shepparton News
This year, when delivering the Dungala Kaiela Oration from the margins to the mainstream: indigenous recovery in rural Australia in Shepparton, Professor Marcia Langton said Greater Shepparton had an opportunity to close the gap and reach equality ...

The Guardian
Indigenous entrepreneurship is all around us
The Guardian
Indigenous business is at the forefront of change and innovation in Australia. Indigenous vision and entrepreneurship give our people the power to enrich our culture for ourselves and share it with the world. Over the years we have had countless black ...

The West Australian
Region needs Aboriginal tourism boost
The West Australian
Mr Williams said there were not enough Aboriginal people working in the Great Southern region tourism industry which was why many local and international tourists were drawn to other parts of Australia to gain authentic local indigenous experience.

NEWS.com.au
Proposed royalties hike could kill Telfer gold mine
NEWS.com.au
The mine employs more than 75 indigenous Australians, most of them Martu, in full-time roles, with scores more working casual or part-time. Martu elder Kevin Fred has a long association with Telfer, employed decades ago as a heritage surveyor, but now ...

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Bellingen Courier Sun
Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Bellingen Courier Sun
Dementia expert Kylie Radford, who led the research published in the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, says she hopes the study could go some way to explaining why the rate of dementia in Australia's Indigenous population is three to four ...

State funeral for indigenous leader Scott
The Australian
The life-long campaigner for Aboriginal rights, who was involved in the referendum to recognise indigenous Australians in 1967, died late last month. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Dr Scott's family had been offered a state funeral, ...

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The Australian
Another door opens for student Enoch Mailangi
The Australian
An initiative of youth arts advocate Artology, with collaboration from ABC Indigenous and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, RAW received written entries from budding screenwriters, poets and visual artists. Artology is planning to run ...

The Australian
Australian skating pair qualify for the Winter Olympics
The Australian
Windsor will become Australia's first indigenous Winter Olympian if his partner is granted citizenship under the “distinguished talent'' provision. Individual skater Kailani Craine completed an excellent weekend for the Australian team by winning the ...

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The Australian
Local indigenous leaders back cashless welfare card trial
The Australian
Ian Trust has no regrets about backing to the hilt the introduction of the federal government's controversial cashless welfare card in his hometown of Kununurra, Western Australia. The head of the Wunan Aboriginal development organisation simply says ...

The Australian
State funeral for indigenous rights pioneer Evelyn Scott
The Australian
“Thanks to Dr Scott, more Australians have dared to dream,” the Premier said last night. “Dr Scott was prominent in the successful campaign for the 1967 referendum to give the Australian parliament the power to legislate for Aboriginal peoples. “She ...

ABC Online
Stolen Generations member tired of Aboriginal people being told to 'get over it'
ABC Online
"Do you ask yourself, white Australia, to get over Anzac?' So please don't ask us to get over our history and what we are still going through." The 66-year-old was taken from her Indigenous family at the age of three and forced to live at the Churches ...

Warship builder BAE Systems floats indigenous companies plan
The Australian
The commitment from BAE is to create up to 20 certified indigenous defence companies. It has also agreed to develop a special apprentice program to grow its indigenous workforce. BAE Systems chief executive Glynn Phillips told The Weekend Australian ...