Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Message Stick
Mason named Australian Businesswoman of the Year
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason, who runs an organisation helping women in a remote part of the Northern Territory, has been named the Australian Businesswoman of the Year. She joins Leigh Sales to discuss her work.

The Guardian
Experts urge Australians to forget Bill Leak, think of indigenous women instead
Brisbane Times
Former Arnhem Land senior solicitor Josephine Cashman has slammed the outward looking nature of Australia's bureaucrats and urged policy makers work to ensure Aboriginal lives matter by prioritising the issue of domestic violence in indigenous ...
Indigenous advocates say 'destructive culture of silence' fuels family violenceThe Guardian
Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'ABC Online

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Experts urge Australians to forget Bill Leak, think of indigenous women instead
The Sydney Morning Herald
Former Arnhem Land senior solicitor Josephine Cashman has slammed the outward looking nature of Australia's bureaucrats and urged policy makers work to ensure Aboriginal lives matter by prioritising the issue of domestic violence in indigenous ...
Indigenous advocates say 'destructive culture of silence' fuels family violenceThe Guardian
Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'ABC Online

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ABC Online
Apple rejection of Indigenous app described as symptom of 'digital colonisation'
ABC Online
She said she had worked with elders in Australia and spoken with others at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues who advised her to keep the design simple to overcome language barriers. "I understand that Apple are trying to push ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous advocates say 'destructive culture of silence' fuels family violence
The Guardian
She said there was a lack of constructive criticism in Australia of “anything Indigenous”, and people were encouraged to maintain culture without change or evolution. “Our leaders need to be held to account, just like everybody else in this country ...
Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'ABC Online

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AdNews
Infamous MLA Australia Day ad script leaked
AdNews
The obtained copy of the script, titled The First First Fleet, details the “arrival of the first fleet Terra Australia, late January, 58,000 B.C. (ish).” BuzzFeed goes on to say that The Monkeys has apparently found it difficult to cast the Aboriginal ...

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The Mercury
'I can't believe this is who we are'
The Mercury
Those are the words indigenous journalist Stan Grant used to call attention to a version of Australia he says has lost its way. Grant was delivering a speech on Wednesday night in Sydney after winning GQ Magazine's Agenda Setter of the Year. He said ...

NEWS.com.au
'I can't believe this is who we are'
NEWS.com.au
“Indigenous youth make up half of juvenile incarceration rates. Indigenous Australians die 10 years earlier. And I can't believe that this is who we are — in a country as wealthy, as prosperous, in a country that's allowed me to pursue my dreams ...

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Courier Mail
'I can't believe this is who we are'
Courier Mail
Those are the words indigenous journalist Stan Grant used to call attention to a version of Australia he says has lost its way. Grant was delivering a speech on Wednesday night in Sydney after winning GQ Magazine's Agenda Setter of the Year. He said ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal health: Indigenous medical graduate wants to bring skills home to Derby
ABC Online
A young Aboriginal medical graduate hopes to return to her home in a remote part of Western Australia to become the town's first Indigenous doctor. In a record for the University of Western Australia, six Aboriginal medical students will graduate this ...

MuMbrella
MLA to push on with Australia Day ad despite Aboriginal unrease after leak of 'early draft' of script
MuMbrella
It's the first united celebration of Australia”. Two Aboriginal characters called Ian and Stewart bring their canoes to the shore and step onto land. One says, “Cracking spot. Let's fire up the barbie.” The Indigenous characters then decide to have a ...
Infamous MLA Australia Day ad script leakedAdNews

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ABC Online
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason named Australian Businesswoman of the Year
ABC Online
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason, who runs an organisation helping more than 3,000 women in a remote part of the Northern Territory, has been named the Australian Businesswoman of the Year. Ms Mason is the chief executive of the Ngaanyatjarra ...

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Indigenous Australians' wellbeing 'stagnating or worsening', Productivity Commission report reveals
Radio Australia
The commission's Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report says despite some positive trends, the plight of Indigenous Australians has "stagnated or worsened" in critical areas of wellbeing. Among the findings, the national Indigenous imprisonment rate ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Australians' wellbeing 'stagnating or worsening', Productivity Commission report reveals
ABC Online
Indigenous Australians are becoming more disadvantaged, with alarming increases in imprisonment rates, mental health problems and self harm, according to a damning Productivity Commission report released today.
'Lift the bonnet' on Indigenous spending, Productivity Commission urgesThe Australian Financial Review
Indigenous disadvantage getting worse in mental health and incarcerationThe Guardian
Productivity Commission slams lack of policy evaluation as Indigenous incarceration soarsThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Courier Mail
Gallery captures arts and mines
Courier Mail
In one of Australia's biggest corporate sponsorships for art, the world's largest mining company has given AGSA the money to present the national indigenous visual arts festival annually for the next five years. Like the festival it staged for the ...

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The Advertiser
Gallery captures arts and mines
The Advertiser
In one of Australia's biggest corporate sponsorships for art, the world's largest mining company has given AGSA the money to present the national indigenous visual arts festival annually for the next five years. Like the festival it staged for the ...
BHP Billiton puts up $17.5m to support indigenous art festivalsThe Australian

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Gallery captures arts and mines
dailytelegraph.com.au
In one of Australia's biggest corporate sponsorships for art, the world's largest mining company has given AGSA the money to present the national indigenous visual arts festival annually for the next five years. Like the festival it staged for the ...
TARNANTHI returnsAboriginal Art Directory News

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The Australian
BHP Billiton puts up $17.5m to support indigenous art festivals
The Australian
South Australian governments may have been slow to celebrate indigenous art, but today Premier Jay Weatherill will reveal he has brokered a deal in which resources giant BHP Billiton will spend $17.5 million on three Aboriginal art festivals across the ...

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The Australian
US activist Carole Johnson recalls role in Aboriginal dance
The Australian
Jenny was Jenny Isaacs, indigenous officer of the then Australian Council for the Arts. It was in her Glebe home that a young woman by the name of Carole Johnson first gleaned the idea for what would become Australia's most significant indigenous ...

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The Australian
Lack of account in $5.9bn indigenous spend 'beggars belief'
The Australian
Only 24 of more than 1000 indigenous programs show clear evidence of success and meet rigorous assessment criteria, a new government report finds as it questions the efficiency of the $5.9 billion spent on reducing the disadvantage of First Australians.