Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Conversation AU
How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?
The Conversation AU
The return of land to Indigenous custodians in Australia over the past 20 years is a dramatic shift in Australian land tenure and management. Yet this revolution has, as yet, barely touched urban Australia. Public and policy discussion about the future ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous art: How fake works disrupt the market and disempower local artists
ABC Online
Art is an extension of its creator, and traditional cultural art from Indigenous Australians is a visual interpretation of the rich history of one of the oldest living cultures on Earth. The visual interpretation transferred onto traditional artefacts ...

The Guardian
Police refused Indigenous interpreter for witnesses to shooting, says legal service
The Guardian
Western Australian police refused to use local Indigenous language interpreters to interview witnesses to the police shooting of an Indigenous man in Broome despite being told they did not speak English well enough to understand their legal rights, the ...

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion defends 'harmful' Indigenous work-for-the-dole program
The Guardian
The report by Jobs Australia, a peak body representing not-for-profit employment services, examined the federal Community Development Program (CDP) which operates mostly in remote Indigenous communities and pays unemployment benefits for ...

SBS
Dutch royals to visit Australia with trade mission
SBS
“It is important, because this exhibition showcases Aboriginal mapping of Australia – both the physical features and the spirit of our country - and also the early Dutch cartographers, who were the first, quite literally, to draw Australia onto the map ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Sorry to tell you, but not everything is racist
dailytelegraph.com.au
Anthony Dillon identifies as a part-Aboriginal Australian and reckons not everything is racist. Consider the case of indigenous actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf, who claims that late one Saturday night in early 2016 at least four taxi drivers chose not to ...

National Indigenous Times
[ October 4, 2016 ] Warlpiri dancers to showcase Australia's common ground DANCE
National Indigenous Times
The Lajamanu Warlpiri people of the Central Desert hope to show Australia through dance that their sacred story and the Australian Coat of Arms have common ground. The kangaroo, the emu, a shield, the Southern Cross and leafy poles will feature in ...

National Indigenous Times
[ October 4, 2016 ] Exclusive; Burney, Mundine clash over violence in Indigenous communities NEWS
National Indigenous Times
Mr Mundine pointed to research that had shown Indigenous women in Australia were 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse and to an epidemic of sexual abuse of Indigenous children that largely went unreported. He also pointed to a ...
Mundine calls for domestic violence inquiryNT News
Action urged to protect childrenThe Guardian (Australia)

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The Guardian
Man condemned for dressing up as Indigenous Australian with petrol can
The Guardian
High-profile Indigenous Australians have condemned a social media post showing a man dressed as an Aboriginal Australian and posing with a petrol can. Fabian Natoli posted the image to Instagram with the caption: “Every now and then you just need to ...

Australian Geographic
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The palace was filled with displays celebrating Australia's major exports: wheat, gold and wool. The exhibition also included an ethnographic exhibition of Indigenous artefacts and items that had been traded by Aboriginal communities over the previous ...

The Guardian
Second Indigenous man shot by Australian police in less than a week
The Guardian
In a statement, acting Superintendent Daniel Mulligan said a 66-year-old man from the remote Indigenous community of Balgo had been shot by a police officer after the alleged altercation “between a number of offenders, one of whom was armed with a ...

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Aussie rapper Drapht, real name Paul Reid, says the Australian music industry needs to get behind indigenous rights. The rapper says hard-hitting hip-hop duo A.B.Original are bringing issues to light, and he supports their efforts to try and create change.

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Drapht backs music on indigenous rights
NEWS.com.au
The duo, a collaboration between rappers Briggs and Trials, recently teamed up with singer Dan Sultan to release a track called January 26, which criticises how Australia Day is currently celebrated and how offensive it is to indigenous people. "A.B ...

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The Guardian
Number of Indigenous people in NSW prisons doubles in 15 years
The Guardian
The second report, which asked what was causing the growth in Indigenous imprisonment, said Indigenous imprisonment rates grew by 54.3% nationally in the 15-year period, by 171% in the Northern Territory, 141% in the Australian Capital Territory, 114% ...

The Guardian
Jobs scheme doing 'more harm than good' in Indigenous communities
The Guardian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 84% of CDP participants, and Jobs Australia's analysis found the financial penalties for non-compliance, especially the eight-week non-payment periods, were particularly harmful for individuals, their ...
Remote jobs plan 'harmful', say service providersThe Australian

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The Guardian
Kimberley's hidden world of Indigenous rock art revealed by researchers
The Guardian
The survey began in July and is being run by the University of Western Australia archeology professor Peter Veth, in conjunction with traditional owners the Balanggarra people and the Balanggarra Indigenous rangers. Over a three-month period the ...

The Conversation AU
How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?
The Conversation AU
The issues and discussions that surrounded Indigenous affairs in the early 20th century reverberate in Australia's current political climate. Amid regular press reports of legal injustice, police abuse and ill-treatment, inter-racial violence and ...
Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren MundineThe Australian
Legal body sounds alarm after SA Indigenous deathLawyers Weekly
Football Federation Australia focused on 'embracing' Indigenous communities – ABC Onlinesportal.co.in

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Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Mr Mundine, who chairs the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, says indigenous women in Australia are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic abuse, yet most media fail to report such issues, even when a woman is killed in broad ...

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SBS - The World Game
FFA look to unearth indigenous stars
SBS - The World Game
"We're not talking about taking indigenous players from other games," said former Australia international Craig Foster. "We're talking about choice, and giving more kids from more communities the opportunity to excel, and through our game, to see the ...

BBC News
Australian sports stars urged to boycott anthem in AFL and NRL finals
BBC News
The campaign was started by pop culture website Junkee, which called it a show of support for Indigenous Australians. It has been inspired by American football player Colin Kaepernick. The player has been refusing to stand for the US anthem before ...

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