Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Canberra Times
David Pocock's good deeds continue on rugby sabbatical in South Africa
The Canberra Times
"To have a group of Indigenous young people as part of the Classic Wallaby Program for five weeks, that's a life-changing experience I reckon," Pocock said. "A group of eight young Indigenous Australians are over here for five weeks as part of a school ...

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Aboriginal Art Directory News
YOU ARE HERE
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Presented by actress Miranda Tapsell, the TV series of films under the title of You Are Here explores the place of Indigenous people in Australia today. Included in the series are Warwick Thornton's We Don't Need a Map, Erica Glynn's In My Own Words, ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous people keen to be trained in filming interactions with police
The Guardian
Newhouse said more than 20 Indigenous communities across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland had requested training but were afraid of ramifications if they were identified. He said much of the training centred on ...
The Campaign To Help Aboriginal People Fight Police HarassmentHuffington Post Australia

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SBS
Celebrating 10 years of National Indigenous Television
SBS
National Indigenous Television (NITV) celebrates 10 years of broadcasting on Thursday, marking a decade since the television service first appeared on screens (on 13 July 2007) with its thought-provoking content produced by Indigenous Australians.

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SBS
Celebrating 10 years of National Indigenous Television
SBS
National Indigenous Television (NITV) celebrates 10 years of broadcasting on Thursday, marking a decade since the television service first appeared on screens (on 13 July 2007) with its thought-provoking content produced by Indigenous Australians.

Curator (designated Australian First Nations role)
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... and team members at ACCA, the Curator takes a leadership role in the development of a new Indigenous visual arts initiative. The role also contributes to ACCA's artistic program, exhibitions and public programs involving Australian and ...

Daily Mail
Melbourne Council Considers Aus Day Changes
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Moreland council failed to make similar changes less than a month ago but Darebin is now flagging a move to its citizenship ceremony from January 26, out of respect to indigenous Australians. The council, north of the city, covers Bundoora, Kingsbury, ...
Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Melbourne could move from January 26 - because it's 'insensitive to Aboriginal ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Indigenous youth suicide: Commissioner urges action amid worries 'children think no-one cares'
ABC Online
It's a story far more personal for Australia's first female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar. Ms Oscar was at the inquest back in 2007, too. She was concerned about why so many young people were killing ...

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Herald Sun
Darebin Council considering moving Australia Day citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The citizenship ceremony could be replaced by an event acknowledging indigenous Australian suffering on January 26. The survey, distributed to a council advisory committee, asks a range of questions in order “to broaden council's perspective and ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Why blackfellas need a voice in Parliament
dailytelegraph.com.au
Because of this history, Parliament makes special laws about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — like Native Title, to recognise their land rights, and cultural and heritage protection, or closing the gap policies. These laws are ... Now ...

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Sky News Australia
Plans for Indigenous people to watch cops
Sky News Australia
Indigenous communities across Australia could be trained to expose police harassment with mobile phones and social media if a human rights group's plan succeeds. The Copwatch project will provide human rights lawyers and journalists to teach ...

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Plan for indigenous people to watch cops
The Australian
The Copwatch project will provide human rights lawyers and journalists to teach indigenous communities how to film and share interactions with police and authority figures. Sydney-based National Justice Project is developing the program as a response ...

SBS
Australia nearly a shoo-in for UN Human Rights Council seat as France drops out of race
SBS
Australia has made a series of “pledges” to the United Nations as part of its HRC bid. It promised to hold a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the Constitution, campaign to end violence against women and girls, and advocate for the ...

Australia's Indigenous artefact repatriation program has a long way to go
ABC Science Online
In 1948, a team of Americans and Australians travelled throughout the Northern Territory, collecting data and artefacts. But on a visit to one remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, the scientific mission they also robbed graves. The bones were ...

National Indigenous Times
Racism puts Aboriginal kids at abuse risk
The Australian
"(It) contributes to the heightened risk of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being abused in those settings by separating them from the protections of strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures," the report released on ...
NAIDOC Week rich with colour, ceremonyNational Indigenous Times

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Funding boost for indigenous aged care services
Australian Ageing Agenda
The grants come under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program in response to funding applications and have been provided to aged care services in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western ...

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Fresh qualifications empower trailblazers
National Indigenous Times
Four men from remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia have become the first people to complete a unique new national apprenticeship with WA electricity provider Horizon Power to improve outcomes in remote communities. Keith Hunter, of ...

National Indigenous Times
Exhibition explores Referendum through art
National Indigenous Times
The exhibition examines the 1967 Referendum, which saw two references in the Australian Constitution that discriminated against Indigenous people removed. “In modern Australian history, the 1967 Referendum was considered a watershed moment – in the ...

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Why non-Indigenous Australians should read First Nations writing
ArtsHub (subscription)
Torok and Holper have distilled the many recommendations of the ACOLA reports into an eminently readable and persuasive form. How to get your manuscript published (locked). Your writing hasn't been in vain; research indicates an upswing in book sales ...

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Why non-Indigenous Australians should read First Nations writing
ArtsHub (subscription)
Do you read Australia's First Nations (Indigenous) writers? If not, why not? People read for many reasons: information, entertainment, escape, to contemplate in company, to be moved. Reading can also be a political act, an act of solidarity, an ...