Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Poll: 63% of voters favour recognising ​Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
Nearly two out of three voters would vote in favour of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution, a new opinion poll shows. A Newspoll of 1,722 people conducted last weekend shows 63% support constitutional recognition, while 19% oppose it ...
Most Australians want Indigenous recognition in the ConstitutionBusiness Insider Australia
Two out of three back indigenous recognitionThe Australian

all 10 news articles »

The Australian
Two out of three back indigenous recognition
The Australian
Mr Pearson told the national native title conference in Port Douglas that Mr Abbott had lost political capital with his “captain's pick” to give a knighthood to Prince Philip on Australia Day. “The first hurdle is Tony Abbott; he has to lift his ...

and more »

The Guardian
Northern Australia white paper: native title proposals met with distrust
The Guardian
“Indigenous Australians should be able to use their exclusive native title to attract capital necessary for economic development,” the white paper said. “But banks do not lend against native title because native title is not transferable in the event ...
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'Toowoomba Chronicle
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?Crikey (blog)

all 14 news articles »

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?
Crikey (blog)
Developing the north will need to be done in full partnership with Indigenous Australians, with a focus on creating opportunities through education, job creation and economic development. These opportunities for Indigenous Australians will contribute ...
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'Fraser Coast Chronicle

all 20 news articles »

The Guardian
87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You'd know if you listened
The Guardian
If nothing else, the results from the IndigenousX survey on constitutional recognition should tell the Australian public that the discussion on this topic is far from over from an Indigenous perspective. There is a responsibility of the public, if they ...
Indigenous representatives call for constitutional convention ahead of final ...ABC Online
Research Fellow, Indigenous Health Equity UnitThe Conversation AU

all 4 news articles »

ABC Online
Don't use northern development as 'Trojan Horse' to undermine Indigenous land ...
ABC Online
Influential Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper, ...
Northern Australia white paper: native title proposals met with distrustThe Guardian
87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You'd know if you listenedThe Guardian
Recognise historical truthThe Australian (blog)

all 17 news articles »

Fraser Coast Chronicle
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'
Fraser Coast Chronicle
INFLUENTIAL Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper ...

and more »

Toowoomba Chronicle
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'
Toowoomba Chronicle
INFLUENTIAL Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper ...
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?Crikey (blog)

all 20 news articles »

Mackay Daily Mercury
'Don't use north plan to undermine Indigenous land rights'
Mackay Daily Mercury
INFLUENTIAL Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine Indigenous land rights. The Federal Government has unveiled the northern Australia white paper ...
Abbott's white paper for the black tropics: Boon or boondoggle?Crikey (blog)

all 5 news articles »

Indigenous Australians' voices must be heard
Courier Mail
FOR too many of us the enormous challenges facing many indigenous Australians are out of sight and out of mind. Aboriginal voices – those who can claim with some degree of authority to speak on behalf of the more than 500,000 people who identify as ...

and more »

The Guardian
Could this experiment in Bourke be the answer to Australia's Indigenous ...
The Guardian
National statistics released in November revealed the number of Indigenous Australians in prison had grown 80% in the past decade. Young Indigenous people are 26 times more likely to be behind bars than other Australians (and in Western Australia, ...

Sydney Morning Herald
BBC's Banished: How I tried and failed to get Indigenous characters on TV
Sydney Morning Herald
I can also understand how people would find it strange that a drama about British settlement of Australia wouldn't show any Aboriginal people. But Banished is not a drama about the settlement of Australia, it is not a broad, sweeping colonial history ...

and more »

BBC's Banished: How I tried and failed to get Indigenous characters on TV
The Age
I can also understand how people would find it strange that a drama about British settlement of Australia wouldn't show any Aboriginal people. But Banished is not a drama about the settlement of Australia, it is not a broad, sweeping colonial history ...

and more »

The Guardian
Northern Australia plan aims to make region an 'economic powerhouse'
The Guardian
“The government will consult Indigenous Australians and industry on possible amendments to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act to reduce duplication in the heritage protection regimes across jurisdictions, while ...
Northern Australia plan: China backs 'economic powerhouse'The Australian Financial Review
Agriculture seen as big winner in Northern Australia white paperBeef Central
Politics Live: June 18, 2015Sydney Morning Herald

all 93 news articles »

ABC Online
WA Indigenous recognition bill receives bipartisan support
ABC Online
A bill recognising Indigenous people as Western Australia's first inhabitants and traditional custodians will receive bipartisan support. Indigenous Member for the Kimberley, Labor MP Josie Farrer, said she was nearly moved to tears after receiving a ...

theMusic
MCs Announced For National Indigenous Music Awards
theMusic
With the National Indigenous Music Awards fast approaching in Darwin, the MCs hosting the night's festivities have been announced — SBS and National Indigenous TV (NITV) presenter and journalist Malarndirri McCarthy along with cabaret comedian ...

The Guardian
Antony Hegarty condemns 'genocide' of indigenous peoples in Australia and US
The Guardian
Antony Hegarty said in the US 'there are just giant spots of the country where the genocide was so complete … there are places I can barely step on the land because I just feel it's this freshly slaughtered country'. Photograph: Alejandro Garcia/EPA.
Dark Mofo audience swoons over ...Sydney Morning Herald
Antony & The Johnsons Singer Donates Dark Mofo Fee To WA Aboriginal CausetheMusic

all 3 news articles »

SBS
Pearson's 'zero voice' comments anger Indigenous leaders
SBS
These comments are inaccurate according to Les Malezer, Co-Chair of The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples which advocates at a national level for Indigenous Australians. "The fact is that there is a very good national representative body ...

Eden Magnet
Would you vote 'yes' or 'no' to constitutional recognition of indigenous ...
Eden Magnet
It would be nice if Australia came on line with other countries, and live in this century rather than the last century. Most countries have already acknowledged their indigenous peoples, and New Zealand is a great example to follow where there is a ...

Pro Bono Australia
Pipeline of Indigenous Talent Leads to Social Enterprise Success
Pro Bono Australia
Western Sydney has the largest percentage of Aboriginal youth unemployment in Australia, while nationally, the unemployment rate for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is 18 per cent, three times the national unemployment rate of 6.1 ...