Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Central Western Daily
Hopes recognition in constitution for indigenous Australians isn't tokenistic
Central Western Daily
TRUE RECOGNITION: Orange Aboriginal Medical Service boss Jamie Newman says constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must have a profound effect on the lives of indigenous Australians. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.
Darwin's Bagot Community hosts start of NAIDOC Week celebrating Indigenous ...ABC Online
Celebrating and advocating during NAIDOC WeekABC Local
Aboriginal artists celebrate NAIDOC week with great performance in CairnsThe Cairns Post
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Gulf Times
Australia mulls vote on Aboriginal recognition
Gulf Times
Police stand in front of protesters as they chant slogans and hold placards outside the venue for a meeting between Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott and 40 of the nation's most influential indigenous representatives in Sydney. AFP/Sydney ...

ABC Online
The Indigenous health gap: social factors hit hard
ABC Online
But this isn't the case for all of us. Indigenous Australians have a ten-year lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians. For Indigenous men, that figure is even worse. In theory, we all have access to all the same amenities, so why the ...

The Guardian
Noel Pearson claims Indigenous summit on referendum 'stage-managed'
The Guardian
Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has criticised a historic summit on recognising Australia's first peoples in the constitution as “stage-managed”, saying he should have sent a “cardboard cut-out” of himself to the event. Prime minister Tony ...
Noel Pearson says Indigenous summit 'largely redundant'The Australian Financial Review

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The Australian Financial Review
What is Indigenous constitutional recognition?
The Australian Financial Review
The conferences would be overseen by a new "referendum council" of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, reporting on a quarterly basis, Mr Abbott and Mr Shorten announced. Mr Abbott said he would hope these conferences would begin their work ...

Indigenous culture and astrophysics: a path to reconciliation
The Conversation AU
It has been my privilege over the last six years to work on a project that combines an Indigenous Australian perspective of the universe with astrophysics. This has led to an astonishing series of global art exhibitions and opened a dialogue that has ...

The Australian (blog)
Confederate flag shirt: indigenous affairs bureaucrat's shock move
The Australian (blog)
Eyebrows were raised in some sections at the Central Australian Beef Breeders dinner when Mark Coffey, the Northern Territory manager in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, rocked up in the shirt, bearing a flag which is offensive to many ...

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'Most' of Government supports Indigenous recognition in constitution, says MP
ABC Message Stick
Most of the Liberal party supports the move to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and the challenge is to build broader consensus, says parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, Alan Tudge.

ABC Message Stick
Right words shape as biggest barrier to recognise Indigenous Australians in ...
ABC Message Stick
A meeting between Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten and 40 Aboriginal leaders from across the country delivered the clearest signal yet that recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution could happen if those involved agree on the right form of words ...
Indigenous constitutional recognition: PM listening to Aboriginal representativesThe Australian
What is Indigenous constitutional recognition?The Australian Financial Review
Record support for Indigenous recognition ahead of summitSydney Morning Herald
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Williams backs Indigenous participation to grow
ARU Rugby
The former Qantas Wallabies Forwards Coach can identify with the choices that young Indigenous players face with each code fighting for their natural talents. As a teenager, Williams had to decide whether to stay playing his first sport Rugby League ...

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ABC Online
Darwin's Bagot Community hosts start of NAIDOC Week celebrating Indigenous ...
ABC Online
Traditional dance, soulful music and official ceremonies have kicked off NAIDOC week in the Top End at Darwin's Bagot community. The Larrakia and other Aboriginal people from a range of Top End communities gathered at the event to celebrate their ...

ABC Online
Indigenous referendum: Australians invited to join community conferences on ...
ABC Online
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says people will be invited to have their say on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians in a series of community conferences starting later this year. Mr Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten hosted a joint ...
Indigenous constitutional recognition: PM listening to Aboriginal representativesThe Australian
Australia moves towards referendum on Aboriginal recognitionYahoo7 News
Abbott, Shorten and Indigenous leaders discuss recognition referendum – liveThe Guardian
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The Australian
Indigenous constitutional recognition: PM listening to Aboriginal representatives
The Australian
Mr Wyatt said he was buoyed by poll results published this morning that showed 85 per cent support within the Australian community for indigenous constitutional recognition. He said he hoped to see common points of agreement emerge from today's meeting ...
Indigenous referendum: Australians invited to join community conferences on ...ABC Online
Record support for Indigenous recognition ahead of summitSydney Morning Herald
Australian political rivals unite for Aboriginal recognitionYahoo7 News
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ABC Online
Celebrating and advocating during NAIDOC Week
ABC Online
Years on, and NAIDOC Week in 2015 is a time for Indigenous Australians to come together and celebrate their culture. Indigenous man Raymond Kelly is a student at the University of Newcastle, and also a director of local Aboriginal organisation Awabakal.
Most Aussies want indigenous recognition: pollEchonetdaily
NAIDOC Week celebrates learning and respectMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
Celebrate #NAIDOC2015 with a long-read about loveCrikey (registration) (blog)

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The Australian
Megan Cope's 'Blaktism' video wins top indigenous art award
The Australian
Australia's richest indigenous art prize, established in 2008, is awarded every two years at the AGWA. The 14 finalists were selected this year from 118 artists. The finalists' exhibition, showing at AGWA until October 12, contains a dense blend of ...
WA Indigenous Art Award: Megan Cope's The Blaktism questions authenticity ...Sydney Morning Herald
Megan Cope Wins 2015 Western Australian Indigenous Art AwardBLOUIN ARTINFO

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Business Insider Australia
Doctors: Mandatory alcohol rehab laws are discriminating against indigenous ...
Business Insider Australia
There's little evidence that the Northern Territory laws for mandatory alcohol rehabilitation are working, according to US and Australian experts writing in the Medical Journal of Australia. And they say the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act 2013 is ...

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ABC Online
In quotes: Indigenous constitutional recognition
ABC Online
This is a significant step forward for the country, the fact that everyday Australians, one Saturday, will go out to acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always been here and that counts and that our cultures and our ...
Fairfax-Ipsos poll: 85pc of voters back indigenous recognitionThe Australian Financial Review
Celebrate #NAIDOC2015 with a long-read about loveCrikey (registration) (blog)

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ABC Online
Indigenous referendum: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples pushes ...
ABC Online
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples says it will push to change a clause in the constitution that allows race discrimination. Around 40 Indigenous leaders will meet with the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader in Sydney tomorrow, for ...

Sydney Morning Herald
WA Indigenous Art Award: Megan Cope's The Blaktism questions authenticity ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne artist Megan Cope has won the prestigious 2015 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award, worth $50,000. "I'm really excited because, by selecting The Blaktism, the curators have set a precedent and taken a bit of a risk," Cope says of her ...

Business Insider Australia
Here's why Indigenous recognition in Australia may not be as revolutionary as ...
Business Insider Australia
Today marks the eve of a crucial summit to discuss the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution. The July 6 summit will see prime minister Tony Abbott and opposition leader Bill Shorten joined by Indigenous ...
Liberals agitate for modest indigenous recognitionThe Australian
In quotes: Indigenous constitutional recognitionABC Online
Indigenous recognition: referendum failure would be 'catastrophic'The Guardian
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