Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

BuzzFeed News
Transgender Indigenous Australians Are In Desperate Need Of Help
BuzzFeed News
Rocking a plume of ruby red feathers on a chilly late-Autumn day, Starlady Nungari struts down the cracked pavements of inner-city Sydney in knee-high leather red boots, a blur of traffic behind her. Her ensemble so outrageously over the top that it is ...

The Roar
Adam Goodes, Indigenous Round and Australia's racist underbelly
The Roar
Somehow, Adam Goodes has become one of the most polarising figures in the AFL. The 2014 Australian of the Year is revered for his work in, and for, the Indigenous community. Yet, it's these same accolades that seem to have garnered him an enemy ...
Helping to make a change: Magpie Tony ArmstrongThe Age

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The Guardian
Controversial Indigenous advancement strategy gets $100m funding boost
The Guardian
“The government is giving organisations extra financial security by locking in the grant funding for two or three years, which will enable providers to get on with the job of delivering positive outcomes for Indigenous communities,” Scullion said in a ...

The Guardian
Murrumu charged after driving with licence issued by his Indigenous nation
The Guardian
The Yidindji attorney general, Gaan-Yarra Yalmabara, told Guardian Australia that Murrumu had driven with Yidindji plates, registration and a licence that police do not recognise. His arrest was unlawful and breached two UN covenants on Indigenous ...

ABC Online
Holding referendum in May 2017 would be ideal, Indigenous Affairs Minister ...
ABC Online
The 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum would be the ideal day for a vote on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recognition in Australia's constitution, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says. The Minister said May 27, 2017, a half ...
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languagesThe Guardian
Indigenous culture captures beauty on a world scaleSydney Morning Herald
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supplyThe Conversation AU
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ABC Online
American awarded Order of Australia for promoting Indigenous art and culture ...
ABC Online
She said Americans were not too familiar with Indigenous art. "People here are very interested, but I have to say that for first time museum-goers, unless they've been to Australia, they're not particularly knowledgeable about Indigenous Australians ...
Dr Margo Smith awarded Order of Australia for promoting Aboriginal art and ...Radio Australia

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The Guardian
Indigenous recognition: Tony Abbott plans July summit to decide strategy
The Guardian
“The meeting will help to inform the process for deciding on a referendum proposal that will have the best chance of success,” Abbott said. “Recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution will complete our constitution, rather than simply ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Celebrating exceptional Indigenous artists
ArtsHub (subscription)
This year the Red Ochre, Australia's most esteemed peer-assessed award for an Indigenous artist, will be presented to prominent artist, activist, intellectual and educator Dr Gary Foley. Awarded since 1993, the $50,000 prize acknowledges an artists' ...

Courier Mail
Indigenous soldiers who fought for Australia while having few rights deserve ...
Courier Mail
Cooper's son Daniel had died in the Great War, and Cooper argued that indigenous Australians should not fight for White Australia because the sacrifices they had made had not improved their lives one jot. They still had no vote, had little chance for ...
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languagesThe Guardian
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supplyThe Conversation AU
BHP: Yes to first peoples voteThe Australian
Radio Australia -Daily Life -The Guardian
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The Australian
Recognise joint campaign director Tanya Hosch with BHP Billiton chief ...
The Australian
Mr Abbott said he and the Opposition Leader maintained a bipartisan commitment to recognising indigenous Australians, which would “complete our constitution, rather than simply change it … This should be a unifying moment for our nation and this ...

euronews
'Assimilation' to 'genocide': Australia acknowledges stolen generations
euronews
He, notably, refused to issue a formal apology, instead expressing “deep and sincere regret that indigenous Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past generations.” His excuse: the then government of Australia “was not responsible for ...
Comment: Sorry Day is about empathy and reconciliationSBS
Sorry Day protesters voice anger at 'continuing stolen generations'The Guardian
This Is Why Australia Has 'National Sorry Day'TIME
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International Business Times AU
Closure Of Aboriginal Settlements In Australia To Spark More Protests
International Business Times AU
Australia is moving to close its remote Aboriginal communities since the government believes they are no longer sustainable. A new wave of protests is being planned for next week across the country. Western Australia had previously said it can no ...
Australia's closing of Aboriginal communities sparks protestsUSA TODAY

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The Guardian
Aboriginal language Wikipedia faces cultural hurdles, say researchers
The Guardian
Nyungar man Clint Bracknell is one of a group of academics from the Western Australia and Curtin universities tackling how to create a Wikipedia version in the language of his people. If successful, it will become the first Wikipedia in an Indigenous ...

Daily Mail
Miranda Tapsell and Casey Donovan pay tribute to fellow Indigenous ...
Daily Mail
Acknowledging the forced removal of children and mistreatment of Indigenous Australians in the past, an array of famous people in the Aboriginal community did their bit to remind fans of National Sorry Day on Tuesday. Love Child star Miranda Tapsell, ...
This Is Why Australia Has 'National Sorry Day'TIME
Comment: National Day of Healing: 'sorry', empathy and the road to reconciliationSBS
May 26, 1998: Australia acknowledges 'Stolen Generation' on first National ...BT.com

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ABC Local
Central Australian Indigenous choir takes Lutheran hymns back to Germany in ...
ABC Local
An Indigenous choir from Hermannsburg in Central Australia has blended its ancient singing traditions with 14th Century German hymns, in a tribute to its mission history. The choir, made up of women and two men from the Lutheran-established mission, ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous people fear being left out of recognition debate, academic says
The Guardian
In a keynote speech to the biennial National Rural Health Conference in Darwin on Monday, she said Indigenous people are concerned that a referendum, to be held in 2017, will result only in symbolic recognition without any real constitutional power.

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The Guardian
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languages
The Guardian
Teaching language to Indigenous children empowers them to 'think along the lines' of their own culture and to see the 'incredible intelligence' of their own people, says Darug man and teacher Richard Green. Photograph: Peter Holmes A Court/AAP.
Mackay Regional Council to celebrate Reconciliation WeekMackay Daily Mercury

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Kudos: this week's winners
ArtsHub (subscription)
This was the first land grant by colonial authorities to an Aboriginal person in Australia. Led by Mundine, a group of emerging and established Indigenous artists developed work inspired by the life and story of Bungaree, who was an important ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'Daily Mail

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Beyond Sorry: colonial oppression on Australian stages
The Conversation AU
It's been seven years since Kevin Rudd delivered his apology to Indigenous Australians. On Australia's stages dramatists continue to explore the ramifications of that apology and colonial history.