Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Julie Bishop slams North Korea in UN speech
SBS
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. "Australia is proud to be home to ...

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Sky News Australia
Bishop calls for unity against N. Korea
Sky News Australia
Ms Bishop also used her speech to talk up Australia's bid for a 2018-2020 seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Australia would help empower women, girls and indigenous groups to reach their full potential if elected. "Australia is proud to be home to ...

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At least 2000 Australians are married too young
The Australian
In any case, I hope we can find a way to ensure all young Australians, including the indigenous and immigrants, are allowed to live out the entirety of their youth without the burden of making a lifetime commitment to marriage. There's plenty of time ...

Moral panic should be over Aboriginal kids' suicide rate, not SSM
The Australian (blog)
In 2014, the West Australian Ombudsman's report on death by suicide of indigenous youth found that 44 per cent had experienced domestic violence, 25 per cent sexual abuse, 22 per cent physical abuse, and more than a third had experienced neglect.

The Australian
Indigenous prize sparks business awards review
The Australian
The case has prompted the head of the art industry self-regulatory body, the Indigenous Art Code, to call upon federal Small Business Minister Michael McCormack, who endorses the Australian Small Business Champion Awards, to sever his ties. Indigenous ...

The Australian
Grand master lost to history: Namatjira's legacy stifled by deal
The Australian
In the 1940s and early 50s, Australia could not get enough of Aboriginal landscape painter Albert Namatjira. The former cameleer and initiated Aranda man from central Australia was the subject of three documentaries, his exhibitions sold out regularly ...

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NEWS.com.au
Australia, New Zealand is just better than us
NEWS.com.au
It's not just blazing a gender trail for women, New Zealand has also shown superb leadership in issues concerning native rights, campaigning against nuclear testing in the South Pacific, and have some of the strongest environmental laws in the world.

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Daily Telegraph
Australia, New Zealand is just better than us
Daily Telegraph
It's not just blazing a gender trail for women, New Zealand has also shown superb leadership in issues concerning native rights, campaigning against nuclear testing in the South Pacific, and have some of the strongest environmental laws in the world.

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ABS to visit remote outstations, unsure if anyone will be there
ABC Local
Indigenous communities in remote areas of the Territory are about to get a visit from the Australian Bureau of Statistics in a bid to give all Australians the opportunity to have their say in the Same Sex marriage survey, but do these communities want ...

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The West Australian
Gillard delighted with her portrait artist
The West Australian
"Vincent Fantauzzo's portraits of indigenous Australian artists moved me beyond words," she tweeted on Friday following an announcement by the Department of Parliamentary Services. The Melbourne-based artist has won the Doug Moran National Portrait ...
Vincent Fantauzzo to paint official Julia Gillard portraitThe Australian

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SBS
Gillard delighted with her portrait artist
SBS
"Vincent Fantauzzo's portraits of indigenous Australian artists moved me beyond words," she tweeted on Friday following an announcement by the Department of Parliamentary Services. The Melbourne-based artist has won the Doug Moran National Portrait ...
Vincent Fantauzzo to paint official Julia Gillard portraitThe Australian

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ABC Online
Pilbara's Indigenous leaders say no to cashless welfare card at annual Yule River meeting
ABC Online
Aboriginal community leaders from Western Australia's Pilbara have voted to "strongly oppose" the introduction of the cashless welfare card. The decision was made at the annual Yule River meeting which brings together Indigenous leaders from across the ...

The Guardian
From the margins to the mainstream | Pursuit by The University of ...
Pursuit
Professor Marcia Langton from the University of Melbourne on Indigenous activism, the positive impact of land rights and the Australia Day debate.
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down ...The Guardian

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ABC Online
Calls for national taskforce to address Indigenous hearing loss
ABC Online
There are calls for a national taskforce to address hearing loss caused by ear infections in Australia's Indigenous communities. Approximately 70 per cent of Indigenous Australians are affected by hearing loss — and it has been identified as one the ...

The Guardian
Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. Top-down measures don't work
The Guardian
Because of the previous government's opposition, Australia could not become a signatory, but the Labor government stated their intention to reset relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and to build trust in order to work together ...

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Political plan to 'put the bulldozer' through Aboriginal reserve
The Australian
The allegations gained momentum after officials from the West Australian government's remote reform unit visited Roebourne in June last year to talk to indigenous residents about issues including the future of the town reserve of Cheeditha, former WA ...

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The Australian
Evelyn Scott: tributes flow for reconciliation trailblazer
The Australian
Upon her death yesterday, Evelyn Scott was credited by Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion with achieving much of the progress in indigenous rights — not just in the north but right around Australia. Former prime minister's indigenous advisory ...

The Canberra Times
Author Anita Heiss delivers University of Canberra Ngunnawal lecture
The Canberra Times
Award-winning Indigenous author Anita Heiss has called on Australia's universities to commit to nurturing young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to help close the widening literacy gap. The educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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"Trailblazing" Indigenous rights activist Dr Evelyn Scott dies
ABC Online
Indigenous activist Dr Evelyn Scott - who was one of the lead campaigners behind the 1967 constitutional referendum - has died. The 81 year old is being remembered as a trailblazer who changed Australia. She lobbied for the inclusion of Indigenous ...

The Australian
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in Queensland - The Australian
The Australian
Queensland indigenous elder and activist Evelyn Scott has died, her family has confirmed in a statement.
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged ...ABC Online
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott dies | SBS NewsSBS

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