Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Indigenous injustice: it beggars belief that so much evidence was ignored
The Guardian
Incontrovertible CCTV evidence of Aboriginal children subject to demeaning, debilitating and dehumanising behavior has galvanised the Australian community and prompted the creation of a royal commission with an unprecedented breadth of investigation.
Revelations of Australia's Abu Ghraib Force Gov't to ActIDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters

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The Guardian
Bill Shorten: Abbott cared more than Turnbull about Indigenous recognition
The Guardian
Bill Shorten has said the Liberal party is not giving the same level of attention to the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians as it did when Tony Abbott led the party. The Labor leader also dismissed criticism he was pushing for too ...
Shorten's push for Indigenous treaty a 'bridge too far' say Coalition MPsABC Online
Treaties and settlements next on recognition agenda, says ShortenSBS
Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull showing less interest in indigenous issues than Tony AbbottThe Australian
Sky News Australia
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Indigenous child torture is Australia's shame
Echonetdaily
Australia along with other countries has signed international treaties upholding the Rights of the Child and treaties against torture. The recent 4 Corners program 'Australia's Shame', outlining the abuse and torture of indigenous children in detention ...

The Guardian
Brandis had considered adding Indigenous commissioner for NT inquiry
The Guardian
Dodson, who was also Australia's first social justice commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, gave a scathing assessment of governments over the past 40 years, stating Indigenous policy was plagued by politicians who repeated the ...
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victimsSBS
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens SurfaceThinkProgress
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuseDaily Mail
Anadolu Agency -NEWS.com.au
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New Matilda
Servant Or Slave: Stunning New Documentary Exposes Australia's Stolen Wages History
New Matilda
The Indigenous filmmakers introduce us to five Aboriginal women, now grandmothers, who describe their own childhoods without knowing family. Stolen as small children by Australian governments, they were raised by institutions, deprived of the love of ...

The Conversation AU
Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion
The Conversation AU
Unfortunately, however, these reforms largely failed to make substantive change in Indigenous water rights or to engage Indigenous people effectively. Today, Indigenous Australians have land rights and/or native title rights and interests over some 30 ...
Australia's youth detention facilities under the spotlightNEWS.com.au
Four Corners: Coalition rules out Indigenous co-commissioners for NT inquiry into juvenile justiceABC Online
Don Dale: Shorten calls for two indigenous commissionersThe Australian
The Guardian -RT -Yahoo7 News
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Intercontinental Cry
Gassing of Indigenous youth in Australian detention system reeks of colonialism
Intercontinental Cry
Last week, shocking footage depicting security personnel in a Northern Territory (NT) juvenile detention center teargasing and torturing indigenous detainees made headline news in Australia. In contrast to the uproar it has now engendered, this ...
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victimsSBS
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens SurfaceThinkProgress
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuseDaily Mail
Anadolu Agency -NEWS.com.au
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ABC Online
Mark McGowan calls for Prime Minister to intervene on Liberals' Indigenous recognition motion
ABC Online
West Australian Opposition Leader Mark McGowan has called on the Prime Minister to intervene and force the WA Liberals to withdraw a motion on Indigenous recognition, which he says has the potential to become "an ugly blot on our society and an ...

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Financial Times
Australia abuse probe judge steps down
Financial Times
The judge appointed to head a public inquiry into alleged abuse perpetrated against indigenous children in Australian juvenile detention centres has resigned four days after taking the job. Brian Martin said on Monday he was stepping down from the role ...
Mick Gooda 'obvious' pick for royal commission into youth detentionSBS
NT probe a waste without indigenous inputYahoo7 News
NT juvenile detention: Brian Martin stands down as royal commissionerThe Guardian

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Yahoo7 News
Australia Aboriginal leader to probe teen prison abuse
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - An Australian Aboriginal leader was Monday appointed to investigate the abuse of teenagers at a detention centre after the judge named to lead the inquiry resigned, saying he lacked the confidence of the indigenous community.
Thousands In Australia Protest After Videos Showing Prison Abuse Of Aboriginal Teens SurfaceThinkProgress
New heads appointed to Australian child prisoner abuse inquiryDeutsche Welle
Australia abuse probe judge steps downFinancial Times
The Guardian (Australia) -ABC Online
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RT
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victims
SBS
The government on Monday caved to public pressure and appointed an indigenous Australia as co-commissioner of the inquiry into NT youth prison in place of former NT chief justice Brian Martin. Hours after Justice Martin announced his resignation, the ...
Australians protest over government's lax reaction to abuse of Aboriginal teen detaineesRT
'Australia can't run as a one-man band'NEWS.com.au
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissionersThe Australian
Yahoo7 News -Pro Bono Australia
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The Australian
Mick Gooda and Margaret White to be NT royal commissioners
The Australian
Mr Martin said the “disingenuous and ill-informed” commentary had made it difficult for Aboriginal Australians to have “full confidence” in the inquiry. Mr Gooda, a descendant of the Gangulu people of Central Queensland, has been an advocate for ...
A royal commission addresses the symptoms of dysfunction – not the causesThe Australian Financial Review
Mick Gooda 'obvious' pick for commissionerSBS

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The Guardian
Brian Martin resigns as head of Royal Commission into NT youth detention
NEWS.com.au
On Mr Gooda, he said he is “Gungulu man from central Queensland” and “is well known as one of Australia's most highly regarded Indigenous leaders”. Mr Brandis said “the royal commission is too important to become a political play thing”. Justic White ...
Brandis had considered adding Indigenous commissioner for NT inquiryThe Guardian
Gassing of Indigenous youth in Australian detention system reeks of colonialismIntercontinental Cry
Indigenous commissioner to hear NT victimsSBS
Reuters -Herald Sun
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ABC Online
Shorten's push for Indigenous treaty a 'bridge too far' say Coalition MPs
ABC Online
Coalition MPs have warned the Opposition Leader's push for a treaty with Indigenous people would be a "bridge too far" for many Australians and could "confuse and harm" the campaign for Indigenous constitutional recognition. Bill Shorten said yesterday ...
Treaties and settlements next on recognition agenda, says ShortenSBS
PM to meet Labor on indigenous referendumNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
WA Liberals divided over constitutional recognition of Indigenous people
ABC Online
A split within the WA Liberals over constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is set to come to a head, with the party's right-wing wanting to exert pressure on federal MPs to back the 'no' case. The Young Liberals are planning to move a ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Don Dale scandal may impact on referendum to recognise indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Northern Territory juvenile detention scandal is beginning to impact on the referendum to recognise Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. Many Territorians are starting to push back against the royal commission into the Giles ...
Garma: Noel Pearson says debate about indigenous affairs at 'rock ...The Australian
Pat Dodson calls for Indigenous royal commissioners as further abuse claims emergeThe Guardian
Aboriginal people 'take abuse for granted'The West Australian
SBS -Sky News Australia -ABC Online
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SBS - The World Game
Images of the HANDS OFF ABORIGINAL KIDS rallies across Australia
SBS - The World Game
... inadequate role in protecting Aboriginal children from such harm and highlighted the continued disservice to the Indigenous community. Political group, Blackfulla Revolution said that the rallies were extremely powerful and called for Australians ...

RT
Australians protest over government's lax reaction to abuse of ...
RT
Cities across Australia joined in protest over the government's sub-par response to shocking videos of institutionalized child abuse at a detention facility – the ...

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Aljazeera.com
Australians rally against youth detention abuses
Aljazeera.com
"I believe it would be appropriate for the royal commission to have two co-commissioners who are Aboriginal Australians, strong people, men and women, who can make sure the voices and the experiences of Aboriginal Australians are given full justice in ...

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Africanews
Protests in Australia over indigenous youth prison abuse
Africanews
Hundreds rallied in Australia, in cities including Sydney, where aboriginal flags flew as demonstrators denounced the scope of a government ordered probe – demanding it become a full national inquiry. “This is one of the most brutal, racist attacks on ...
Australia: Rallies demand national inquiry into juvenile 'torture'euronews

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