Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
NSW Indigenous custody notification service gets federal funding lifeline
The Guardian
The CNS involves a team of Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) lawyers operating a round-the-clock phone service for Indigenous people who have been arrested. Under NSW law the ALS must be notified whenever an Indigenous person is taken into custody by ...
Scullion launches remote work-for-the-dole schemeABC Online
Custody calls should be national: ScullionThe Australian (blog)

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ABC Online
Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food to visit Australian Indigenous community for ...
ABC Online
"Cherbourg's Australia's third largest aboriginal community and it's the second most disadvantaged," she said. "We worked directly with respected Cherbourg locals and leaders alike to ensure the program fits the needs and wants of the community. "We've ...

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Pilot Funding for Indigenous Social Enterprise
Pro Bono Australia
Koori Kulcha Aboriginal Corporation (KKAC) is the first organisation to receive investment from a $1 million Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund (ISEF) - a pilot funded by Indigenous Business Australia and delivered by Social Ventures Australia. KKAC is ...

SBS
Indigenous families fostering AFL's future
SBS
The next step was planning his first big move away from home, family and country to the other side of Australia. Miller-Lewis says it was a daunting prospect until Leon Egan - a Yorta Yorta man living in Melbourne's east - visited his family in Western ...

InDaily
Micro-docs share SA Indigenous stories
InDaily
The five-minute documentaries have all been created by emerging Indigenous filmmakers through a pilot initiative supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Adelaide's Media Resource Centre ...

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Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Constitutional change that will improve indigenous quality of life
Eureka Street (satire) (registration)
Since 1967, the Constitution has not mentioned Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, the two indigenous peoples for whom Australia is home. After the High Court's 1992 Mabo and 1996 Wik decisions, the Australian Parliament needed to recognise land ...
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous eye healthABC Online
Aboriginal Australia: Enduring Histories, Enduring CivilisationsThe Platform
Cuts to programs made while indigenous 'die early'The Australian (blog)
The Guardian -Hospital & Aged Care -durhamregion.com
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ABC Online
Constitutional confusion and the movement for Indigenous recognition
ABC Online
It is not obvious that constitutional change is the low-hanging fruit of Indigenous advancement that people think it is, writes Chris Berg. Constitutional recognition of Australia's Indigenous people is a conceptual, legal, and political mess. The ...

According to First Nations Foundation chief executive, Trevor Pearce ...
Financial Standard
"ASIC welcomes the enthusiasm and commitment of the [Indigenous Superannuation] Working Group, and in particular its chair, Eva Scheerlink (of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees), to tackle issues facing indigenous Australians and ...

The Guardian
Future of NSW Indigenous helpline uncertain with funding due to expire
The Guardian
A spokesperson for the NSW attorney general, Gabrielle Upton, and the NSW Aboriginal affairs minister, Leslie Williams, declined to comment. A similar helpline will be set up in Western Australia as part of a state government response to Aboriginal ...

Historic Court Ruling Could Boost Indigenous Employment
Pro Bono Australia
The determination recognises exclusive native title rights over approximately 6053 hectares and non-exclusive native title rights over approximately 1516 hectares of land and water extending from Bowen to north of Home Hill and east into the Coral Sea.

ABC Online
Call for more action to close gap on Indigenous gap on eye health
ABC Online
A national program for trachoma control had reduced the prevalence of the condition in Indigenous children from 14 per cent in 2009 to 4 per cent in 2013, and 12 regions covering about 35 per cent of Indigenous Australians had begun activities required ...

The Guardian
Developing the North: Indigenous advocates call for forum to air views
The Guardian
The request was made at a community forum in Darwin on Saturday, led by panellists including Labor senator Nova Peris, Northern Land Council (NLC) chair Joe Morrison and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) CEO Priscilla Collins.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
The Daily Telegraph
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The Australian
Liberal Party federal council meeting: call for union crackdown
The Australian
Ms Finlay said the inclusion of references to race was based upon an assumption that indigenous Australians formed a homogenous group. She also opposed a race power which only allowed for beneficial legislation for a particular group. “Racism is racism ...

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The Land Newspaper
Flawed report creates problems for recognition
The Australian
Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ambitious, idealistic yet deeply flawed report of the parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This issue has been derailed ...
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land

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SBS
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsNEWS.com.au
Australasian Lawyer
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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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Elijah Douglas - Australia's First Indigenous PM?
ABC Online (blog)
He's just 18 years old, but he says he's going to be the first Indigenous Prime Minister of Australia. But he also has a lot on his to-do list before he gets into politics. Elijah Douglas is doing great things as a youth worker in the remote indigenous ...

Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

The Australian
Indigenous recognition still faces gulf: Noel Pearson
The Australian
The multi-party committee examining constitutional reform since 2012 yesterday put forward three options for recognising indigenous Australians, including a broad racial non-discrimination clause and a narrower clause relating specifically to ...