Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Indigenous suicide prevention program launched in WA
SBS
The suicide rate among Indigenous Australians is twice that for non-Indigenous people - and the highest rates are witnessed in Western Australia. The Turnbull government is now trialling a one million dollar critical response project to address suicide ...
The Health News – 19 January 2016Health Professional Radio (press release) (blog)

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MuMbrella
MLA's Australia Day vegan flaming lamb ad cleared by advertising watchdog
MuMbrella
The Board noted that other than the use of the word 'boomerang' the advertisement does not depict, refer to or parody any Indigenous Australians or Aboriginal culture.” It also rejected complaints about violence in the ad. “Specifically, the Board ...
Torching of vegan food in Australia Day lamb ad 'humorous'ABC Online
MLA's Operation Boomerang cleared by ASBAdNews
Meat & Livestock Australia ad featuring Lee Lin Chin does not break ...SmartCompany.com.au
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ABC Online
Cyclist rides 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide to raise awareness for Indigenous ...
ABC Online
"A lot of people told me this ride was going to be impossible, in the middle of summer, going through the desert," he said. "It's the same with problems faced with [the loss of] Indigenous culture in Australia." Mr Whelan said Australians must continue ...

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Gizmodo Australia
Consultation With Indigenous Communities A Must For Game Developers
Gizmodo Australia
NSWALC Chair Roy Ah-See said the public had sent a clear message that Survival Island 3 — Australian Story 3D was unacceptable and disrespectful to Aboriginal people. “The game's depiction of Aboriginal people is inaccurate, insensitive and demeans ...
A game that encouraged players to kill Indigenous Australians was removed from ...Business Insider Australia
Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death ...Sydney Morning Herald
Minister orders investigation into game promoting killing of Aboriginal ...SBS
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ABC Message Stick
Newcastle academic slams 'Eurocentric' education for indigenous students
ABC Message Stick
"Australia just seems to be reluctant to embrace the need for change, and I think it is fundamentally tied up with the notion of treating Aboriginal people as guests in the dominant educational domain," he said. "I talk about what I coin the 'guest ...

The Guardian
Critical response team to tackle 'ongoing tragedy' of Indigenous suicide
The Guardian
The $1m critical response project is being trialled in Western Australia, which has the highest rates of Aboriginal suicide in the country, with a view to being rolled out nationally. The project aims to allow support workers to quickly connect with ...
Critical response program to tackle high WA Indigenous suicide rateABC Online
$1m program to curb indigenous suicideThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous home ownership hits highest-ever level under loan program
ABC Online
The statutory body Indigenous Business Australia [IBA] claimed the milestone when it revealed it had $1 billion in Aboriginal loans on its books through the Indigenous Home Ownership Program [IHOP]. CEO Chris Fry said clients came to the IBA for ...

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ABC Online
Critical response program to tackle high WA Indigenous suicide rate
ABC Online
An on-call service will allow Indigenous West Australians to contact the critical response team when they are affected by suicide or traumatic events. Senator Scullion said the initiative was being trialled in Western Australia because it had the ...
$1m program to curb indigenous suicideThe Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous student demands answers from Google and Apple over game that encourages death of Aboriginal ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The Gadigal woman who began a successful petition for the removal of a game that requires players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death is pushing for an explanation as to why Google and Apple hosted the app in their stores. The Turnbull ...
Minister orders investigation into game promoting killing of Aboriginal AustraliansSBS
Indigenous Australians Could Have Fatal Side Effects From Common Drug UseAustralia Network News
Game that rewards players for killing Indigenous Australians pulled from app storesThe Guardian
NEWS.com.au -ABC Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Lack of drug safety data is putting Aboriginal lives at risk, says report
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney: A lack of data on the safety of medicines for indigenous Australians is putting their health at risk, experts say. Writing in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Tilenka Thynne, from Flinders Medical Centre, and Dr Genevieve Gabb, from ...
Drug data absent for indigenous AussiesNEWS.com.au

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Business Insider Australia
A game that encouraged players to kill Indigenous Australians was removed from ...
Business Insider Australia
The game tasked the player with surviving in ancient Australia, and screenshots used to promote the app in the App Store told the player to “beware of Aborigines!” Several people who had bought and played the game uploaded videos to YouTube showing ...
Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death ...Sydney Morning Herald
Survival Island 3: Outrage over app where gamers hunt 'Aborigines'NEWS.com.au
Apple and Google pull down 'racist' game that promotes killing of Aboriginal ...SBS
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Drug data absent for indigenous Aussies
NEWS.com.au
While attention is given to reporting the safety of medications in older people, children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women, there are no specific reporting requirements for ethnic groups, including indigenous Australians. The median age of the ...

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The Canberra Times
Where are they now? Daniel Billing getting hundreds of Indigenous kids reading
The Canberra Times
So far, 441 Indigenous students from communities across Australia have successfully completed the e-literacy program. Last year the program placed 200 tablets with Indigenous kids in about 90 schools and 172 out of 200 students successfully completed ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Australian filmmaker Lynette Wallworth uses virtual-reality technology to take Indigenous story to Sundance Film ...
Sydney Morning Herald
When Indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan first caught sight of Lynette Wallworth's virtual-reality camera, he quickly recognised its storytelling potential. "Nyarri looked at this camera and said: 'It's got 16 eyes and four ears'," Wallworth says. A ...

ABC Online
Game removed from app stores after backlash and online petition
ABC Online
The petition was started by Gadigal woman Georgia Mantle who raised concerns that it required players to survive in the Australian outback and rewarded them with weapons and food for killing Aboriginal people. "What this is doing is making ...
Home / News / USyd Student's Petition Has Racist Game RemovedHoni Soit

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Sydney Morning Herald
Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death ...
Sydney Morning Herald
According to a screenshot on the Killing Indigenous Australians is not a game! change.org petition launched on Friday evening, white men armed with bows and arrows are told to "beware of Aborigines" and must shoot or beat Indigenous people to death to ...
Thousands call for Survival Island Australia app where you kill Aboriginals to ...Daily Mail
This iPhone Game Encourages Children to Bludgeon Indigenous People to DeathMic
Bludgeon To Death An 'Aborigine': The Virtual Apple iPhone Game The Whole ...New Matilda

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Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D game that encourages players to bludgeon ...
Brisbane Times
According to a screenshot on the Killing Indigenous Australians is not a game! change.org petition launched on Friday evening, white men armed with bows and arrows are told to "beware of Aborigines" and must shoot or beat Indigenous people to death to ...

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Daily Mail
Thousands call for 'racist' app Survival Island Australia which encourages players to KILL Aboriginal people to be ...
Daily Mail
A game that allows players to kill Indigenous Australian characters has sparked outrage, with thousands of people calling for it to be banned. Survival Island 3: Australia has come under fire after screenshots showing players pointing a bow and arrow ...

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Global Voices Online
Angkety Map Highlights Digital Resources for Australia's Indigenous Language ...
Global Voices Online
How are digital resources being used to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages in Australia? What are some of the challenges and strategies employed to mitigate risks for communities using these digital resources? These are some of the questions ...

Indigenous Suicide – White Comfort Politics and Survivorship
The Stringer
What I struggle with is then, why is it that Suicide Prevention Australia has no Indigenous Australians on its Board of Directors[iv]? Surely with such an emphasis and value on 'lived experience' – an Indigenous Australian would have a seat. Professor ...

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