Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Battle of Beersheba | Indigenous soldiers to be remembered
Wingham Chronicle
"This project will recognise the important contribution Indigenous Australians made at the Battle of Beersheba and will honour the service and sacrifice of every Australian who served in that campaign by bringing these stories to life for everyone ...

ABC Local
Deadly Funny: the Aboriginal stand-up comedians cracking up Australia
ABC Local
Tamiru envisaged a series of Australian-wide comedy heats that would progress towards a live finale. The idea behind the Deadly Funnies was to train and encourage amateur Indigenous comedians and offer them exposure and mentoring. Since they began ...

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SBS - The World Game
Matildas star proud of football's connection with Indigenous Australia
SBS - The World Game
They were holding both the Australian national flag and that of the Aboriginal people. It was a moment the Indigenous goalkeeper will never forget. “I think that was a pretty powerful image and one I hadn't seen since Cathy Freeman ran with both flags ...

Talking Aged Care
Culturally appropriate resource helps Indigenous Australians discuss end of life
Talking Aged Care
“Those focus groups informed the design and content of the Discussion Starter and the Dying to Talk Cards to ensure they were culturally safe and useful,” she says. “I also thank the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association and Indigenous Allied ...

Great Lakes Advocate
Closing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchanged
Great Lakes Advocate
Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, an Indigenous health expert at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, said the high cancer mortality rates were largely a result of more prevalent risk factors such as smoking, cancer not being detected until later stages ...
We Said Sorry, But We Didn't Right The Wrongs Of The PastHuffington Post Australia

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ABC Online
How Katherine Hospital, once Australia's worst for Indigenous health, became one of the best
ABC Online
Katherine Hospital in the Northern Territory has gone from one of the worst facilities in the country when it comes to Indigenous health care to one of the best. Their secret: engaging with Indigenous patients and supporting doctors. When physician ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was shot over 10 years as a boy grows up – facing all the dramas of the teenage years – from the age of six to 16. But Australia's version of the Oscar-winning film Boyhood, the documentary Zach's Ceremony, tackles a very different story from that ...

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The Stringer
Half of Western Australia's Aboriginal population will soon be without native title rights
The Stringer
Eighty thousand Aboriginal people make up Western Australia but half will soon be without any native title rights. The Australian Labor Party has got in the way of a rare opportunity to repair and improve native title rights and bargaining powers. The ...

Huffington Post Australia
We Said Sorry, But We Didn't Right The Wrongs Of The Past
Huffington Post Australia
In June 2016, a census released by the Productivity Commission revealed that more than 15,000 Indigenous children in Australia are living in out-of-home care. Many of those children were removed from their families and placed into the care of strangers.

Archives lifts lid on Indigenous records
PS News
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has launched two new exhibitions on Indigenous Australians at war and the prejudice they faced when they returned home. Facing Two Fronts: The Fight for Respect and Indigenous Australians at War from the Boer ...

ABC Online
Little J and Big Cuz, Australia's first animated show to feature Aboriginals, offers 'relatable' characters for ...
ABC Online
The new TV show Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture. Award-winning Aboriginal actress Deborah Mailman voices the character Big Cuz in the show, and said the benefit was the diverse ...

The Young Witness
Closing the gap a long way short
The Young Witness
Thursday marks Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health and education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Federal Government last month released its ninth ...

FourFourTwo Australia
Cahill kicks off National Indigenous Football Week
FourFourTwo Australia
FFA CEO David Gallop said Indigenous football was an emerging source of Australian football talent. “Football Federation Australia is proud to continue our partnership with John Moriarty Football, which aims to nurture the next generation of ...
Socceroos icon Cahill shows Indigenous footballers the way | : The ...SBS - The World Game

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SBS
Octopus attacks and Indigenous harvests: the delicious history of oysters in Australia
SBS
These days it's delicious fare often washed down with a glass of bubbly, but Australian history of oysters stretches back much further than you may realise. Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) are native to the eastern coast of our continent ...

SBS - The World Game
Socceroos icon Cahill shows indigenous footballers the way
SBS - The World Game
The partnership of JMF, Football Federation Australia, Professional Footballers Australia, SBS and Fox Sports, will use this year's Indigenous Football Week to highlight the achievements of indigenous players, both past and present, as well as the next ...

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Football Australia (press release)
Tim Cahill shows NT Indigenous footballers the way | Football ...
Football Australia (press release)
Tim Cahill met five courageous 12-15 year old Indigenous players who have moved 3000 kilometers from their homes in remote areas of the Northern Territory.
Socceroos icon Cahill shows indigenous footballers the way | : The ...SBS - The World Game

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ABC Online
Closing the Gap: PM overturns Government's opposition to target Indigenous imprisonment
ABC Online
Despite making up just 3 per cent of the general population, about a quarter of Australia's prison population is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The Greens, Labor, the Australian Medical Association, lawyers and other groups have long urged the ...

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ABC Online
Closing the Gap: PM overturns Government's opposition to target Indigenous imprisonment
ABC Online
Despite making up just 3 per cent of the general population, about a quarter of Australia's prison population is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The Greens, Labor, the Australian Medical Association, lawyers and other groups have long urged the ...

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The Australian
Shortfall on indigenous health targets prompts new reform drive
The Australian
Now the Department of Health has moved to evaluate the effectiveness of primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including the $3.4 billion Indigenous Australians' Health Program, established in 2014 as a key component of a ...

SBS
Remains coming home to the Clarence Valley
SBS
This will be the 51st repatriation from Germany since the Government's Indigenous Repatriation Programme's inception at the start of the 1990's, with over 1400 ancestral remains being repatriated to Indigenous Communities in Australia from the rest of ...