Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

International Business Times AU
Mining services provider Programmed signs contract to employ 5000 Indigenous Australians
International Business Times AU
Mining services provider Programmed is looking to employ 5,000 Indigenous Australians. The development comes as part of a 10-year plan announced in Canberra last week with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Fortescue Metals Group chairman ...

NT News
High Court of Australia rules NT Police had reasonable grounds to put intoxicated indigenous man in protective custody
NT News
The years-long legal challenge stemmed from the arrest of Anthony Prior on the afternoon of New Year's Eve 2013 and was backed by the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agency and the Australian Human Rights Law Centre. The case, had it been ...

The Guardian
Indigenous groups criticise Liberals and Labor in WA over custody ...
The Guardian
Della Roe, Ms Dhu's mother, Carol Roe, her grandmother, and the Human Rights Law Centre's Ruth Barson outside the inquest into Ms Dhu's death in 2016.

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The Conversation AU
DNA reveals Aboriginal people had a long and settled connection to country
The Conversation AU
On expedition with Norman Tindale and local Aboriginal group at a rock shelter at Bathurst Head (Thartali) in eastern Cape York Peninsula, 1927. Photo by Herbert Hale/South Australian Museum, Archives Norman Tindale Collection (AA 338/5/4/41) , Author ...
DNA confirms Aboriginal people have a long-lasting connection to countryABC Online
DNA study reveals Indigenous land connectionSky News Australia
Aboriginal DNA Shows 50000 Year Connection To CountryGizmodo Australia
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ABC Online
DNA confirms Aboriginal people have a long-lasting connection to country
ABC Online
The discovery is based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA found in hair samples taken from Aboriginal people during expeditions run between 1928 and the 1970s. The DNA analysis, published today in Nature, again confirms modern Aboriginal Australians ...
DNA research proves long-term Aboriginal connection to countryThe Australian
Australian aboriginal hair shows 50000 years connection to countryPopular Archaeology
Aboriginal hair shows 50000 years connection to countryMedical Xpress

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DNA shows modern Aboriginal Australians descended from one ...
NT News
UNIVERSITY of Adelaide research that started with men riding out on camels to study far-flung Aboriginal populations confirms indigenous connection to country ...

WAtoday
WA Judge slams 'handwringers in Canberra' over handling of Aboriginal offenders
WAtoday
In 1991 Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the nation's prison population. By 2015, this had increased to 27 per cent. Photo: Andrew Meares. "So that's how to make the community safe, that's how to deal with Mr Ward. We can't just lock him ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Finding hope for Indigenous arts
ArtsHub (subscription)
I met the opportunity to take on the role of Creative Director of the then Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival with an equal measure of excitement and terror. This new role posed challenges – namely, raising the profile of Indigenous arts and culture ...

The Guardian
BBC apologises for misleading documentary on 'drunken' Aboriginal community
The Guardian
The BBC has apologised for a “misleading” documentary on an Aboriginal community in regional Australia, after angry residents accused presenter Reggie Yates and the crew of unethical behaviour. Yates and the independent production company, Sundog ...
BBC apologises for misleading viewers of documentary about alcohol abuse in WilcanniaABC Online

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The Australian
25 years after Mabo, indigenous remain 'asset rich and dirt poor'
The Australian
“Until we can address (this) absurdity … indigenous Australians will remain asset rich and dirt poor.” A recent Federal Court ruling against the $1.3 billion Noongar agreement in Western Australia, with a flow-on effect to similar deals including ...
Indigenous sexual health funding cut without consultation, senators ...The Guardian

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous public servants finally get a pay rise
The Canberra Times
Australia's lowest-paid public servants have finally had a win on pay with some Aboriginal Hotels Limited workers scoring wage rises of $9000 a year. But the tens of thousands of public servants still embroiled in the the bitter three-year dispute with ...

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The Guardian
Funding to two Indigenous sexual health programs cut without consultation
The Guardian
“This directly affects the most marginalised population we work with, Indigenous clients, [who] as you know suffer significant trauma,” he told Guardian Australia. “Then we have seen more marginalised communities – sistagirls, brotherboys … they're ...

NEWS.com.au
Eurovision's worst-kept secret: Isaiah Firebrace will represent Australia this year
NEWS.com.au
ISAIAH Firebrace will represent Australia in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The badly kept secret was confirmed by SBS today. The 17 year old won last year's X Factor. He became the first indigenous winner of a reality show since Casey Donovan.

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ABC Online
Constitutional recognition: 'Politicians' model' faces lukewarm response by Indigenous Australia
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians are rejecting the "elite", "politicians' model" for changing the constitution, according to a key member of the referendum council that has met with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people around the country. Instead, they ...

SBS
Film about Indigenous Australia before Europeans 'shutdown', says Minchin
SBS
A film about pre-European Australia featuring Indigenous music and themes to be directed by comedian Tim Minchin has been “shutdown”, according to a statement released by Minchin on his website. “The animated film to which I've dedicated the last 4 ...

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ABC Online
Anger among Indigenous residents of Wilcannia about portrayal in BBC documentary
ABC Online
Several participants, most of whom are Barkindji men and women, said they were unhappy about some of the techniques used to gather footage for the documentary Hidden Australia: Black in the Outback. They also said producers took advantage of their ...

Eden Magnet
Tamika finds her voice in Parliament
Eden Magnet
The 25-year-old former ACT delegate has since worked with Reconciliation Australia and is currently working on Indigenous employment policy within Prime Minister and Cabinet. She said sadly it was very common for young Indigenous Australians to feel ...

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice, says magnate
Whyalla News
The Australian Employment Covenant, established after the 2008 apology to Indigenous Australians and members of the Stolen Generations, aims to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands by creating 50,000 new jobs.

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The West Australian
Indigenous leaders call for treaty
The West Australian
Australia is the only country in the Commonwealth that doesn't have a treaty.” Mr Cole said a formal voice in Parliament could take the form of some designated seats for indigenous people, as occurs in New Zealand, or a permanent body which feeds into ...
Linda Burney: Diversifying Australia's political systemCNN

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The Australian
Stan Grant urges ABC to show more Aboriginal success stories
The Australian
Grant also backed Noel Pearson's recent attack on the “soft bigotry of low expectations” in ABC coverage of indigenous Australia, saying it was “important to provide a different context, a bit more nuance, to try to represent the diversity of the ...