Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

ABC Online
Indigenous rangers call for job numbers to double
ABC Online
Work includes species conservation, fire management, weed control, feral animal control and protection of cultural sites, that covers 1.5 million square kilometres of land and sea, under Indigenous management across Australia. The review was ...

The Australian
Kevin Rudd donates $100,00 to ANU for indigenous education
The Australian
This year's Closing the Gap report, released in February, found there had been little to no progress made in improving the difference between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in life expectancy, education, reading, writing and numeracy rates ...
Rudd pledges $100k, vows to 'keep the bastards honest' on closing the gapSydney Morning Herald
Kevin Rudd calls for bipartisan support for Indigenous recognitionThe Guardian
Rudd warns of ghosts of White AustraliaSBS
Huffington Post Australia
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Sky News Australia
Royals wind up damp visit to Canberra
Sky News Australia
Then the royals parted company, with Charles inspecting indigenous artworks at the Australian National Museum and Camilla visiting Canberra's truffle farm. Braving a Canberra downpour Camilla and the prime minister's wife Lucy Turnbull were treated to ...

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Sky News Australia
Indigenous soldiers honoured in Canberra
Sky News Australia
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla might have been the guests of honour, but it was Australia's indigenous diggers who were the focus of a Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra. For the first time, an indigenous person presented the national ...
Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall visit Canberra for Remembrance Day ceremonyABC Online

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous author Jackie Huggins remembers her father and grandfather's wars
The Canberra Times
Dr Huggins father was known as Jack, a compassionate man in a country far different from Australia today. "Despite the class and racial barriers at the time, he was the first indigenous Australian to serve in the Australia Post Office, he was a surf ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Kevin Rudd warns Indigenous recognition could 'degenerate into a political bun ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Kevin Rudd has expressed concern that the push for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians could lose momentum and "degenerate into a political bun fight". The former prime minister has also warned that the world will conclude the "ghosts ...
Kevin Rudd calls for bipartisan support for Indigenous recognitionThe Guardian
Rudd warns of ghosts of White AustraliaSBS

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The Guardian
Public service ordered to increase number of Indigenous staff
The Guardian
Earlier this year, the government set a target of Indigenous employees making up 3% of the overall public service workforce by 2018. The last census found that 2.4% of Australia's population identified as having Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ...

ABC Online
Indigenous soldiers honoured in Canberra
The Australian (blog)
FOR the first time, an indigenous person presented the national commemorative address at the Australian War Memorial. Author and historian Jackie Huggins recounted the stories of her grandfather and father, who served in World War I and II respectively.
Prince Charles and Camilla join Malcolm Turnbull for Remembrance DayThe Guardian
Our national identity: Shorten's vision9news.com.au

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The Guardian
NT's paperless arrests could lead to more Indigenous deaths in custody – Nova ...
The Guardian
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) challenged the law, with assistance from the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), on behalf of a woman who was held in custody for 12 hours. In its submission Naaja said the law was disproportionate ...
Northern Territory To Continue Paperless, Reasonless ArrestsSBS

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ABC Online
Closing the gap: 'Sizeable' difference in school results, attendance and ...
ABC Online
A "sizeable gap" remains in school outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians, a study has found. The report by Flinders University noted that Indigenous students were still well behind in a range of benchmarks including academic ...

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The Guardian
Prince Charles and Camilla join Malcolm Turnbull for Remembrance Day
The Guardian
A didgeridoo also sounded, part of a campaign to highlight the contribution of Indigenous Australian troops in the country's war history. About 1,500 Indigenous people are known to have fought in the first world war, but the number is thought to be ...

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ABC Online
Remembrance Day: Australians pause to commemorate lives lost in war and conflict
ABC Online
The national ceremony included a formal wreath-laying, and students from each state and territory were present, representing the youth of Australia. This year's event focused on the sacrifice of Indigenous soldiers, with Indigenous author and historian ...
Indigenous flavour to Remembrance serviceDaily Mail

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The Guardian
Kevin Rudd calls for bipartisan support for Indigenous recognition
The Guardian
The Coalition government, led by Rudd's successor, Tony Abbott, has committed to consultation with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians before taking a final question to the people in 2017. That coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 1967 ...
Rudd warns of ghosts of White AustraliaSBS

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ABC Online
Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall visit Canberra for Remembrance Day ceremony
ABC Online
"What every one of us needs to remember is that only four or five generations after the first fleet arrived, here were Aboriginal Australians living in a desperately unequal Australia, banned from enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force, and yet ...
Thousands join royals for Remembrance DaySky News Australia
Prince, Duchess to attend Remembrance Day service in CanberraSBS
Royal tour: Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrive in CanberraNEWS.com.au
The Advertiser
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Activ8me, nbn get active connecting remote indigenous communities
iTWire
Australian satellite broadband and registered nbn service provider, Activ8me, has been working with the Australian Government to provide and maintain remote indigenous community access to essential telecommunications services such as phone and ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Carriageworks celebrates forty years of contemporary Indigenous dance
ArtsHub (subscription)
Carriageworks will celebrate the fortieth birthday of Australia's premier Indigenous dance college next year, alongside an ambitious program of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artistic work. As part of its 2016 Artistic Program, Carriageworks ...

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ABC Online
Injected drug use rise linked to Hep C, HIV infections in Indigenous ...
ABC Online
New research has linked a rise in Indigenous Australians injecting drugs and concerning rate of Hepatitis C and HIV. Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) associate professor James Ward has found a higher prevalence of injected drug ...
Why saying 'Aborigine' isn't OKSBS
Injecting surge in WA Aboriginal communitiesPerth Now

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SBS
Why saying 'Aborigine' isn't OK
SBS
Racial discrimination became illegal in Australia in 1975, but that hasn't protected Indigenous people from still being much worse off, including in terms of health, education and unemployment. Many end up trapped by poverty and crime. Today, Australia ...

SBS
Australians support recognition of Aboriginals in constitution: survey
SBS
Nearly 80 per cent of Australians would vote yes in a referendum to see Aboriginal people recognised in the constitution, a poll for Recognise, the group charged with raising awareness of the vote, has found. Recognise is campaigning for a refendum ...
ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment ratesLawyers Weekly

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SBS
Public Support for Indigenous Recognition Surges
Pro Bono Australia
Almost 80 per cent of Australians are in favour of changing the country's constitution to formally recognise Indigenous Australians. Polling data commissioned and released by Recognise, the main organisation behind the push for constitutional ...
Majority of Australians support Indigenous constitutional recognition: surveySBS
Indigenous constitutional recognition: public awareness has risen, poll showsThe Guardian
ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment ratesLawyers Weekly

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