Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

National Indigenous Times
Indigenous kids presenting at burns units in higher numbers: study
National Indigenous Times
A smaller proportion of Indigenous children with burns were treated in a hospital with a paediatric tertiary burns unit, fitting with previous studies that show Indigenous Australians experience inequities in the delivery of medical services. One of ...

The Australian
Conservatives back 'tangible' change model for indigenous recognition
The Australian
“It is vital that the voices and opinions of indigenous Australians are heard in the processes of parliament.” This, and the declaration of recognition, he said, “would deliver tangible, positive results for indigenous Australians and allow the nation ...

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The Australian
Indigenous academics creating 'new rigour in thinking'
The Australian
In Canberra, Professor Anderson has been tasked with co-ordinating a review of the Council of Australian Governments' response to Closing the Gap targets for indigenous social and economic policy. His work will frame the national agenda for the next ...

ABC Online
Chanel's $2000 boomerang sparks complaints and confusion from Indigenous Australians
ABC Online
The National Museum of Australia describes boomerangs as playing "an important role in Aboriginal culture as objects of work and leisure", but following the arrival of Europeans in Australia they became popular as a souvenir by the late 19th century.
Chanel's $2000 boomerang criticised for 'humiliating' Indigenous Australian cultureThe Guardian
Chanel regrets 'some may have felt offended' at new $1900 boomerangThe Sydney Morning Herald
Chanel's very expensive boomerang reeks of cultural insensitivityMashable
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SBS
Meet Dr Anthony Murray, who is set to become Australia's first Indigenous orthopaedic surgeon
SBS
Last year, David became Australia's first Indigenous general surgeon. Now Anthony is an orthopaedic registrar, and on his way to becoming the country's first Indigenous orthopaedic surgeon. "As much as it is a badge of honour, it's also kind of sad ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
Help protect Australia's Aboriginal languages
Coffs Coast Advocate
COFFS Harbour MP Andrew Fraser has urged the the community to help develop an Aboriginal languages legislation to help protect them in the future. Mr Fraser said NSW plans to be the first state in Australia to pass the legislation. "The NSW Government ...

Chinchilla News
No indigenous Australian has been here, until now
Chinchilla News
No other indigenous man or woman has ever made it into this elite set. Dr Murray will be the first indigenous orthopedic surgeon since these guys arrived. News Corp Australia. He is one of only two fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ...

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SBS
Chansey Paech: Indigenous politician fighting for equality
SBS
As Australia's first openly gay Indigenous politician, Mr Paech is making waves in the Labor seat of Namatjira. He told SBS Viceland's The Feed he liked to think of himself "as a face of real change". "Changing the way that governments have ...

NEWS.com.au
First indigenous orthopedic surgeon Anthony Murray makes history
NEWS.com.au
THIS is Australia in 2017. Possibly the most multicultural and egalitarian nation on earth.

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The Guardian
Chanel's $2000 boomerang criticised for 'humiliating' Indigenous Australian culture
The Guardian
Chanel has been denounced on social media for appropriating Indigenous Australian culture by producing a $2,000 boomerang derided as the ultimate in useless status symbols. The wood and resin item is priced at A$1,930 in the luxury haute couture ...
Chanel regrets 'some may have felt offended' at new $1900 boomerangThe Sydney Morning Herald
Chanel Regrets Offence Over Selling $2000 Luxury BoomerangHuffington Post Australia
Chanel baffles high-fashion shoppers with $2000 boomerangDaily Mail

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Mandurah Mail
International production to put a new spin on Indigenous dance | WATCH
Mandurah Mail
A collaboration between acclaimed Italian theatre company TPO, Australian director Jason Cross and a range of diverse Indigenous artists, Saltbush aims to open children's experience of Indigenous culture and land directly through traditional customs.

The Australian
Elton John to auction indigenous artwork through Bonhams, Sydney
The Australian
The canvas will be auctioned on June 25 in a sale of 68 lots of Australian and Aboriginal artvalued at $1.6 million to $2.2m. “It's represented a great investment over 20 years, from $40,000 to $150,000, that's more than kept pace with inflation, and I ...

1967 did not change indigenous lives: CEO
The Australian
This could include an elected parliamentary body enshrined in the Constitution, overseeing laws affecting indigenous Australians. Mr Gordon cited Liberal MP and constitutional lawyer Julian Leeser as saying such a proposal “sits most comfortably with ...

From Brush to Boorish: The Failures of Paul Ryan's Artistic Practice
ArtsHub (subscription)
Through an unabashed rearticulation of Australia's colonial history, Ryan's paintings attempt to comment upon the destruction of Indigenous Australia with the arrival of the First Fleet, and fittingly, its ongoing ramifications. While purportedly ...

SBS
How a young Indigenous man and a Russian girl broke all the rules, to conquer international figure skating.
SBS
When two young skaters with an Australian flag next to their names stepped out on the ice at the junior world championships and blew their competition away, it was a big deal. They had deviated from the script. They had beaten pairs from Russia, China, ...

teleSUR English
Indigenous Women in Australia Are Being Imprisoned at an Alarming Rate: Report
teleSUR English
A new report has shed light on the alarming rate at which the Indigenous women are being incarcerated in Australia, raising concern over the "immeasurable harm" caused by the situation and urging authorities to put an end to "cycles of disadvantage ...
Indigenous women in jail risen 250 per centSky News Australia
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and familiesThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Aboriginal women prisoner rates skyrocket
The Australian
Aboriginal women make up about 34 per cent of the female prison population but only two per cent of Australia's adult female population. Former prisoner turned advocate Vickie Roach spent many years in and out of the courts, children's homes and jails ...
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and familiesThe Guardian

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The Advertiser
Kyam Maher rediscovering his roots
The Advertiser
Now Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister among a swag of portfolios, Mr Maher swiftly emphasises that his early life was blessed compared to those of indigenous children throughout Australia. Kyam Maher with his wife Carmel and sons Marley ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous netball camp first of its kind
dailytelegraph.com.au
From July 7-9, the athletes will be coached, mentored and supported by some of the best in the game netball, including former Aboriginal Diamonds representatives Marcia Ella-Duncan OAM, Sharon Finnan-White OAM, and Australian Diamonds Coach Lisa ...

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The Australian
Australian music portrait neglects indigenous and modern composers
The Australian
It was appropriate, therefore, that when Roger Covell first published Australia's Music in 1967, he devoted about 14 pages of a chapter (“Jindyworobakism and more”) to indigenous music. So it is regrettable that, almost 50 years later, for this new ...