Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on "sacred land"
Thomson Reuters Foundation
It's this above-ground dump for domestic waste that affects the Flinders, known for its haunting landscapes and home to the Adnyamathanha people, one of several hundred indigenous groups in Australia. For the first time, the government says it has ...

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Artforum
Comments About Indigenous Australians from Marina Abramović's Forthcoming Memoir to be Removed
Artforum
Comments regarding indigenous Australians in the uncorrected proof of performance artist Marina Abramović's forthcoming memoir, Walk Through Walls, which have caused a great deal of backlash against her on social media (via #TheRacistIsPresent), will ...

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The Guardian
Marina Abramović responds to allegations of racism over comments about Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
New York-based performance artist Marina Abramović has attempted to clarify an inflammatory passage from an uncorrected proof of her forthcoming memoir, in which she refers to Indigenous Australians as “really strange and different” people, who “look ...
Star artist calls Indigenous Australians 'dinosaurs'BBC News
Artist Marina Abramovic calls indigenous Australians dinosaurs in ...Daily Mail
Marina Abramović Writes Disparagingly About Aboriginal Australians #TheRacistIsPresentHyperallergic
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Performance artist Marina Abramovic calls Aboriginal Australians ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
An excerpt from a draft of the memoirs of renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic has been slammed for describing Aboriginal Australians as "dinosaurs" ...
Marina Abramović responds to allegations of racism over comments about Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Marina Abramovic's memoir: Book describes Aborigines as ...NEWS.com.au
Star artist calls Indigenous Australians 'dinosaurs'BBC News
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The Guardian
Indigenous-owned company approved to open mine in Arnhem Land
The Guardian
Guardian Australia understands negotiations with Rio Tinto to sell the bauxite are under way and the mine still needs approval from the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, which is not possible until after the 27 August election. A ...

9news.com.au
Artist's offensive description of indigenous Australians
9news.com.au
A renowned performance artist has described Australian aboriginal people as "dinosaurs" and "terrible" to look at in a new memoir, according to an excerpt posted online by a US critic. An extract from the book “Walk Through Walls” by Marina Abramovic ...
Artist Marina Abramovic calls indigenous Australians dinosaurs in ...Daily Mail
Marina Abramović Writes Disparagingly About Aboriginal ...Hyperallergic

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Artist Marina Abramovic calls indigenous Australians dinosaurs in memoir passage
Daily Mail
Abramovic has previously spent time in the Northern Territory, praising the experience to The Australian during an exhibition of hers last year. 'Australia is so much a part of me. It's the beginning of all my best work. You know it was your Australian ...

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Independent Australia
Our History, Our future. Speech by ACTU Indigenous Officer Kara Keys To the ACTU Executive
ACTU (press release)
And the founding layer – the bedrock and the thing that is most unique about Australia among the nations of the world – is the long story of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. This story stretches back through tens of thousands of ...
Government policy and Indigenous incarceration ratesIndependent Australia
From an Aboriginal mission to the UN: shifting perceptions on self-determinationThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous woman died in police custody after notification service not used
The Guardian
The reported circumstances are similar to the 2012 death of Maureen Mandijarra, who was arrested in Broome, Western Australia, for being intoxicated in public and lay unmoving in a police cell for at least six hours before police realised she was dead.

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The Guardian
Greens urge government to revive Indigenous work program CDEP
The Guardian
Oliver said the income support program, which operates only in remote Australia, was discriminatory and deprived its participants, more than 80% of whom are Indigenous, of basic workers' rights. “The government should be putting in place policies that ...

ABC Online
Beef boom creating plenty of job and investment opportunities for Indigenous Land Corporation, says new CEO John ...
ABC Online
"The way I look at it is, there's two ways of increasing employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians. "One is to increase the percentage of jobs that Indigenous Australians fulfil in the assets you have at the moment. "And the second way is to ...

Pro Bono Australia
Eight Ways we Can Improve Indigenous Employment
Pro Bono Australia
Non-standard recruitment agencies, more education and ongoing mentoring and support are key to improving the number of Indigenous people in the workforce write Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University fellow, Boyd Hunter, ANU Senior fellow, ...

Google News

Indigenous Leaders Call For Post Election Summit
Pro Bono Australia
The Canberra forum supported continued discussions regarding suitable amendments to the Australian Constitution for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the establishment of a national First Nations representative structure, a ...

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Courier Mail
New bridge honours indigenous pioneer
Courier Mail
“As Australia's first Aboriginal person in federal Parliament, Senator Bonner worked to ensure Aboriginal people retained their cultural identity, while acquiring the economic, educational and social opportunities that non-indigenous Australians took ...
Neville Bonner bridge to be part of Queens Wharf developmentBrisbane Times

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ABC Online
Why 'recognition' of Indigenous Australians isn't enough
ABC Online
Australia is crawling toward recognising the nation's first people in the constitution, but even if it makes it, will the country have achieved anything meaningful? Waleed Aly, Scott Stephens and Megan Davis explain why the concept of 'recognition' in ...

NEWS.com.au
'Australia needs to grow a spine'
NEWS.com.au
But the Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion disagreed. A spokesman for the Minister said Australia has a strong track record of delivering land grants and native title determinations. “More than 70 per cent of Australia's land mass is either ...

The Guardian
'How could this happen?': Indigenous health tragedies spark search for answers
The Guardian
Jane's case is one of several being examined by the National Justice Project as part of their Aboriginal Health Matters initiative, which is dedicated to using the law to highlight cases of medical mistreatment of Indigenous Australians based on ...

ABC Online
Suicide rate for young Indigenous men highest in world, Australian report finds
ABC Online
The rate of suicide among young Indigenous men is the highest in the world, according to a new report highlighting the challenges facing young Australians. The first ever Australian Youth Development Index (YDI) was compiled as part of International ...
State of our youthThe Advertiser

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ABC Online
Unearthed High's Indigenous Initiative winner reflects on cultural upbringing
ABC Online
The Indigenous program will provide Tia with ongoing mentoring from the Australian Association of Artist Managers (AAM), including managers who have worked with the likes of Tkay Maidza, Gotye, Urthboy and The Rubens. "I don't even feel like it's real ...

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Star Observer
LGBTI Indigenous Australians people kicking goals
Star Observer
Star Observer caught up with some of the awesome LGBTI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are doing amazing work in their respective fields across the country. The fab five speak about who they are, what they do and what they have been up to.