Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Conversation AU
Why Aboriginal people need autonomy over their food supply
The Conversation AU
Going without food, or going without nutritious food, has heavy consequences for Indigenous people, as we learnt on a recent research trip to the West Kimberley. Indigenous Australians are already twice as likely to have a disability or chronic illness ...
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique pastAncient Origins

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USA TODAY
Australia's closing of Aboriginal communities sparks protests
USA TODAY
SYDNEY — Government moves to close remote indigenous communities because of alleged social problems and the cost of maintaining them is triggering a new wave of protests planned for next week across Australia. Western Australia's government said it ...

Ancient Origins
Aboriginal languages could reveal scientific clues to Australia's unique past
Ancient Origins
The loss of Australian aboriginal languages could obstruct access to unique scientific information regarding Australia's ancient geological history, according to a story reported this week by BBC News. Ancient Australian aboriginal legends passed down ...

Green Left Weekly
John Pilger: Honour our Aboriginal heroes
Green Left Weekly
If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle more selfless, heroic and enduring than any historical ...

The Australian
Sotheby's puts faith in Aboriginal art
The Australian
“They see indigenous Australian art as a field with broad international interest,” he said. In Australia, Bonhams, Sotheby's Australia and Deutscher and Hackett used to stage one or two dedicated Aboriginal art sales each year, with hundreds of lots on ...

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Governments must help indigenous communities develop native title land
The Australian
The absence of the infrastructure of property on indigenous lands was highlighted this week. Australian cities and towns, rural and regional, including non-indigenous townships in the remotest parts of the country, have the property infrastructure of ...

The Australian
British Museum's Indigenous Australia exhibition draws crowds
The Australian
The stores visit came towards the end of a momentous week for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and artists who were in London in late April to attend the official opening of the museum's landmark exhibition Indigenous Australia ...

The Australian
Noel Pearson's indigenous recognition plan profound and practical
The Australian
Today, few Australians would say that the immemorial connection between indigenous people and the Australian land is not a fundamental aspect both of our history and our current reality. Nor would they deny aboriginal people have suffered grievous ...
Racism must be removed from constitutionBrisbane Times
Patrick Dodson raises concerns over Noel Pearson's model for recognitionSydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
Property rights will help economic development of indigenous Australians
The Australian
Perhaps the biggest shift in thinking doesn't reside inside indigenous communities but the rest of the population. The rest of Australia has had more than 200 years to develop land and enjoy the fruits of economic development. As Australians have done ...
BRANDIS CUTS BEGIN TO BITEAboriginal Art Directory News

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The Australian Financial Review
Funding rules need to be set before Indigenous referendum
The Australian Financial Review
by Marianna Papadakis. Constitutional law experts say funding rules need to be set ahead of any proposed referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution as Liberal senator Cory Bernardi pushes for a publicly-funded "no" campaign.

ArtsHub (subscription)
Red tape driving the Aboriginal art market offshore
ArtsHub (subscription)
The 75 lot sale of mostly early and ethnographic material was drawn together by former Sotheby's Australia Director of Aboriginal Art, Tim Klingender, with a core from notable Dutch collector Thomas Vroom, and the balance (bar two from Australia ...
Buried Country reissue illuminates once again the rich trove of Aboriginal ...ABC Online (blog)

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Renewable energy for remote Australia - can our rural and indigenous ...
Lexology (registration)
The renewable energy industry in Australia has taken more hits in recent years than a punch-drunk boxer. It may be uncharitable to say that Australia's politicians were the only ones throwing the upper-cuts, but there's little doubt they've played a ...

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The Guardian
Don't rush recognition referendum, says LNP's first Indigenous senator
The Guardian
The first female Indigenous senator for the Liberal National party has said a referendum on constitutional recognition should not be rushed. The newly endorsed Queensland LNP senator Joanna Lindgren – the great-niece of the first federal Indigenous ...

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ABC Online
Bernardi warns 'divisive' Indigenous constitutional referendum 'doomed to fail'
ABC Online
A small but powerful conservative strand within the Federal Government is actively speaking out against a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has committed to hold the referendum vote and has ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous youth need to escape 'tyranny of low expectations', Prime Minister ...
ABC Online
The report was compiled by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, which pays to put hundreds of Indigenous children through top schools and universities. Mr Abbott said the students were succeeding in "modern Australia". "This is a foundation ...
'Yearn for the day' when success is normal: PMSBS

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Intercontinental Cry
Aboriginal or Australian?
Intercontinental Cry
“All Aborigines and part-Aborigines are expected eventually to attain the same manner of living as other Australians and to live as members of a single Australian community, enjoying the same rights and privileges, accepting the same responsibilities, ...

ABC Online
Indigenous health programs' funding from Western Australian government ...
ABC Online
The Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia has described being hit by a double whammy after finding out about a 50 per cent state budget cut to Indigenous programs. Budget papers show that funding for Aboriginal-run medical services has halved ...

ABC Online
Indigenous youth need to escape 'tyranny of low expectations', Prime Minister ...
ABC Online
The report was compiled by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, which pays to put hundreds of Indigenous children through top schools and universities. Mr Abbott said the students were succeeding in "modern Australia". "This is a foundation ...
'Yearn for the day' when success is normal: PMSBS

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
Indigenous legal services hit by funding cuts
The Australian
The Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service's bid for funds for a Prison Support Program, which assists released prisoners reintegrate into society, was among unsuccessful applications in the first round of the government's IAS grant process.
Support for indigenous constitutional recognitionThe Sunshine Coast Daily
Slow progress in Constitutional recognition for Indigenous AustraliansEureka Street (satire) (registration)
Majority of Australians 'would vote for Indigenous recognition' in a referendumThe Guardian
Sky News Australia -ABC Online -Yahoo7 News
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The Australian
Leaders unite to finish the land rights battle
The Australian
“None of us have got the silver bullet or the single answer, but we're all searching for the best interests for the indigenous peoples, not just our own groups, but across Australia.” The meeting heard excessive regulation, crippling development costs, ...