Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Tablet
Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers 'bookends of rejection' in Australia, says Jesuit head
The Tablet
The Provincial Leader of the Australian Jesuits, Fr Brian McCoy, has announced a project to bring together the Jesuits' concerns for Indigenous Australians and asylum seekers, which he described as "the bookends of rejection" in Australian history. Fr ...

The Australian
Indigenous Recognise campaign ditched
The Australian
The Referendum Council, however, pointed out that its deliberative process, which was based on 13 regional dialogues of 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates each, was the first time indigenous Australians had been adequately listened to ...

SBS
Fears Indigenous people in remote areas will be left out in postal plebiscite
SBS
South Australian Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey said some Aboriginal people in his electorate will “undoubtedly” not be able to take part in the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Mr Ramsey's electorate of Grey is one of the biggest in Australia and encompasses ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Noel Pearson calls for republic delay until Indigenous vote can be held
The Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition of Australia's original inhabitants needed to come before referendums on other issues were held, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson argued on Thursday. Mr Pearson, a member of the expert panel on constitutional recognition of ...
Recognition must come first: PearsonNEWS.com.au

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Greek migrant spent 13 years in Indigenous communities in the '60s and '70s
SBS
Greek migrant Meletis Apostolou arrived in Australia in the 60s. He tried unsuccessfully to begin his new life in Melbourne and in Sydney. He had the 'Bonegilla''experience, and soon after he decided to try his luck in country New South Wales and ...

Recognition must come first: Pearson
NEWS.com.au
While he does not believe efforts to legalise same sex marriage would set back a push to recognise indigenous Australians in the nation's founding document, Mr Pearson says additional referendum proposals could get in the way. "If there's not a ...

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Australian Mining
Origin Energy supports Indigenous STEM scholarships at UNSW
Australian Mining
Associate professor Reuben Bolt, director of UNSW's Indigenous Programs Unit, Nura Gili, said UNSW has the highest retention rate of Indigenous students in Australia, many of whom were the first in their family to attend university. “The scholarships ...

teleSUR English
Corporate 'Fake Art' Profits off Australia's Indigenous Culture
teleSUR English
A 2016 human rights campaign launched in Australia, "Fake Art Harms Culture," estimates that 80 percent of tourist shops sell “Indigenous” products, originating in neighboring countries such as Indonesia and China. "If someone copied someone's original ...

Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle
Herald Sun
The Productivity Commission says we spend more than $30 billion a year on Aboriginal Australians — more than twice as much per head than on the rest of us. A lot of money, but little result. That's because we are doing it wrong and because changing a ...
Garma's drumbeat a call for changeNational Indigenous Times
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight backThe Guardian
Indigenous rights recognised on UN dayNEWS.com.au
New Matilda
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The West Australian
Indigenous violence and abuse: the horrific statistics behind Australia's video shame
The West Australian
... is the message delivered to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today by a group of West Australian community leaders pleading for him to help break the cycle of violence, child abuse and alcohol and drug use that has ravaged some indigenous communities.

National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
He was merely 46 years old and died fulfilling, not the Australian Dream, but the Indigenous Nightmare of statistical premature death, diseased bodies and the continuing genocide of our First Nations through neglect and disadvantage, and myriad ...

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National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
He was merely 46 years old and died fulfilling, not the Australian Dream, but the Indigenous Nightmare of statistical premature death, diseased bodies and the continuing genocide of our First Nations through neglect and disadvantage, and myriad ...

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Here's what you won't learn in school, kids
National Indigenous Times
We treated our Indigenous people incredibly bad'. As bad as the Nazis treated the Jews. “Australia is very quick to point at other countries and say 'Look at what you are doing to your people', but they rarely look themselves in the eye and say 'Look ...

Medical Xpress
Hepatitis numbers higher for Indigenous: study
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous peoples in countries including Australia are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and C than the general population, an international study has found. Researchers from the Polaris Observatory in Colorado presented their findings to ...
New research shows indigenous peoples are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and/or CEurekAlert (press release)

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Stars align for top-shelf NIMAs
National Indigenous Times
In announcing the nominees, organisers of the event acknowledged the passing last month of 2016 NIMA Artist of the Year, Dr G Yunupingu, and paid tribute to his contribution to Australian Indigenous music. A.B. Original, whose nominations come off the ...

BuzzFeed News
Social media elevates 10th Indigenous Day
National Indigenous Times
Meanwhile the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat has urged Australians to remember and respect Aboriginal children's rights to their culture. “Many Australians still don't know that Indigenous peoples' rights to practise and ...
First Nations People Celebrate Cultural Survival On International Day Of World's Indigenous PeoplesBuzzFeed News
Fight for indigenous rights in Bangladesh continuesThe Daily Star

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National Indigenous Times
Garma's drumbeat a call for change
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and Australia's premier forum for discussing Indigenous affairs. About 2500 people, including ...
Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle | Herald SunHerald Sun
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...The Guardian
Indigenous rights recognised on UN dayThe Australian

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The Guardian
Garma's drumbeat was a call for change - National Indigenous Times
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and ...
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...The Guardian

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ABC Online
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
In an address to the Garma Festival education forum last week, Ms Oscar said about 80 percent of Indigenous children in Australia did not go to school once they reached the age of 12. She said the educational achievements of children in remote ...
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online
Indigenous-Driven Organisations Deliver Better Health Outcomes ...Pro Bono Australia
2017 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art AwardsABC Local
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Guardian
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back
The Guardian
Marika, a board member of the Indigenous Art Code, and former board member of the Australia Council, is part of a team of artists, curators, and arts and legal organisations lobbying the federal government to take action on the scourge of fake art and ...
Regional leaders unite to push reform agendaNational Indigenous Times

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