Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Huffington Post Australia
Why Australia Should Sign The UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Now.
Huffington Post Australia
Many Australian indigenous and service personnel victims of British colonial nuclear testing at Maralinga, Emu Field and the Montebello islands in the 1950s and '60s would no doubt attest to the importance of the treaty, which will come into force upon ...

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ABC Online
Dr Evelyn Scott, Indigenous rights activist and 'trailblazer', dies aged 81
ABC Online
Among the towering figures of Australia's Aboriginal and Islander communities, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, stood proud and tall. The Indigenous educator and social justice campaigner has died in far north Queensland aged 81, and is being remembered as a ...
Evelyn Scott: Indigenous activist dies in QueenslandThe Australian
Indigenous activist Evelyn Scott diesNEWS.com.au
Community in mourning after activist and leader Dr Eveleyn Scott passes awaySBS

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Gizmodo Australia
Meet The Indigenous Digital Excellence Awards Finalist Creating Change In The Sustainable STEM Space
Gizmodo Australia
IDX is continuing an 80,000 year tradition of innovation that has been practiced by Indigenous people and communities across Australia. What Indigenous innovators are doing today is combining the sophistication of traditional knowledge with 21st ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Jail numbers point to a wider malaise
The Sydney Morning Herald
The disproportionate representation of Aboriginal people in our jails is a symptom of a wider disconnect, which no court process can fix. Jails may mean one thing for Australia's non-Indigenous population and something quite different for its first people.

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Deirdre McCloskey explains what makes Australia great
The Australian
The many places that have succeeded have nothing in common in terms of their indigenous history, race, geography, climate or resources. Any claims to ownership of Australian IP — that is, how it became the Australia of today — that rests on the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
London's Tate Modern takes possession of iconic Australian art
The Sydney Morning Herald
London: Captain Cook fades into the background, replaced by bold indigenous colours in a new work displayed at London's Tate Modern, part of a program to bring Australian art into the international limelight. On Tuesday, the Tate unveiled Gordon ...

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ABC Online
Heterosexual, white men with jobs 'aren't included in anything', Canberra Liberal MLA says
ABC Online
The private motion, which was brought on by Labor MLA Tara Cheyne, noted government funding to promote the inclusion of women, gay and lesbian Canberrans, refugees, Indigenous Australians and vulnerable people. It applauded programs like A Gender ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day review: 'A full vision of the hell of Australian race relations'
The Sydney Morning Herald
So now we have three storylines, on three broad themes: Indigenous Australians versus police, White Australia versus Arab Australia, and human trafficking. When we find out that Terry (Brown) has lost his farm to the bank, we can add rural ...

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National Indigenous Times
Ancient place names must be known: Pearson
National Indigenous Times
Ancient Aboriginal place names should be officially recognised throughout Australia, Cape York chairman Noel Pearson says. Mr Pearson estimates that fewer than one in 100 ancient names are acknowledged and says reinstating them is a vital agenda for ...

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National Indigenous Times
UN envoy urges Australia to speed up treaty
National Indigenous Times
The push for Constitutional change and a treaty in Australia has been backed in a United Nations report. The report to the UN Human Rights Council this month followed the March visit to Australia by its Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous ...
"Australia must change": UN human rights rapporteurABC Local

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"Australia must change": UN human rights rapporteur
ABC Local
While Australia's bid for a seat on the UN human rights council is all but assured of success, a new report prepared for that body is scathing of our human rights record at home. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Australia's Indigenous people, Victoria ...

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The West Australian
Freo tribute to mariners a win for sail legends
The West Australian
Mr Longley said Fremantle was a fitting home for the $2 million Australian Sailor Monument, a project driven by the Royal Australian Navy. The monument will pay tribute to all seafarers, from indigenous Australians in their “nawi” canoes to modern ...

ABC Online
Graduation day for first Indigenous Australian to complete archaeology PhD
ABC Online
The first Indigenous Australian to complete a PhD in archaeology will graduate from Flinders University in Adelaide today. Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson has developed new archaeological evidence of Ngarrindjeri occupation in the Lower Murray ...
First indigenous PhD archaeology graduateThe Australian

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Labor want recognition of Aboriginal country at state parliament to bring WA in line with Australia
The West Australian
State Parliament could soon start each day with a recognition of Aboriginal country under a push by Labor, bringing WA into line with the rest of Australia. Under the proposal being investigated by the Procedures and Privileges parliamentary committee ...

Townsville Bulletin
Indigenous leader slams 'dysfunctional' youth crime system
Townsville Bulletin
“Unfortunately there's a lot of it (crime) happening in regional and remote Australia. “What we have to do is very simply confront that it's a major issue. “We have to confront the dysfunctionality in the communities.” Mr Mundine said putting youth ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous archives provide window into hidden heritage of thousands of Australians
ABC Online
Lost in Australia's vast archive collection are records of Indigenous people, places and languages, once not seen as valuable enough to bother documenting — but now the forgotten stories are being unravelled. John Morseu is a Torres Strait Islander ...
'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencingThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'National shame': Push for courts to consider Aboriginal background in sentencing
The Sydney Morning Herald
Attorney-General George Brandis announced an inquiry last year into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration rates, headed by the Australian Law Reform Commission. In its submission to the inquiry, the NSW Bar Association sets out a series ...

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Christopher Wilson First Indigenous Australian Archaeology Doctrine
National Geographic Australia
Christopher Wilson, a Ngarrindjeri man, will be the first Indigenous Australian to receive a Ph.D. in archaeology. Wilson's work in South Australia's Lower Murray uncovered an 8,500-year occupancy by the Ngarrindjeri people, a site far older than the ...

Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous Australians Face Lack of Access to Cataract Surgery
Pro Bono Australia
The research paper said: “A considerable proportion of Indigenous Australians, particularly those of older age and those living in non-metropolitan areas, may be at higher risk for undiagnosed eye disease and vision loss due to the infrequency of eye ...

Research Fellow Lime Network (Indigenous Applicants Only)
The Conversation AU
Only Indigenous Australians are eligible to apply as this position is exempt under the Special Measure Provision, Section 12 (1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2011 (Vic). Salary: $69,148 - $93,830 p.a. (Level A) or $98,775 - $117,290 p.a. (Level B ...