Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

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The Man Behind Michael Jackson Says This Indigenous Australian Is the Next ...
Mic
Geoffrey Gurrumul was born blind in a small village as a member of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people on Elcho Island, off the northern coast of Australia. When as a young boy Gurrumul began to exhibit true musical talent, his family told him: "It is ...

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Jail rates expose education, work needs: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Warren Mundine, chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, told The Weekend Australian the government was targeting the reduction of crime in communities to address the high rates of imprisonment: “We have got to get people into jobs.
Indigenous recognition in the constitution overwhelmingly supported in new ...Radio Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
The long, hard road to empowering Indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
There is no better indictor of its absence in Indigenous Australia than the most recent statistics on Aborigines in jail, which show the situation is three times worse than when Johnston wrote his report, or the latest Closing The Gap report card ...
Pearson's beacon of hopeThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous Marathon Project trials come to Canberra
ABC Online
"We've had about 150 applicants from all around Australia from very remote communities through to regional towns and major cities," Mr de Castella told 666 ABC Canberra. Young Indigenous men and women who are prepared to commit themselves to a ...

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Story of Patty Mills: Spur, Aussie, Bala
SI.com
Patty Mills knew, but the Australian point guard couldn't bring himself to speak—not after the portrait of a black man in his 40s, with a beard and freckles, flashed up on the screen. The intimacy of the photograph, Mills's familiarity with the man ...

The Guardian
73% of Australians want Indigenous recognition in constitution – study
The Guardian
A protester sits with the Aboriginal flag outside South Australia parliament in Adelaide. The vast majority of voters believe Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the constitution, a study has found. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Demotix/Corbis.

Fox Sports
Cat says PM 'divides' Australians
Fox Sports
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, published on the Geelong club website on Friday, Stokes says comments on the “lifestyle choices” of Indigenous Australians “empower the ugly side of our society”. “For what it's worth, I don't think Mr Abbott ...
Jail rates expose education, work needs: Warren MundineThe Australian
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Indigenous recognition in the constitution overwhelmingly supported in new ...
Radio Australia
The vast majority of Australians support changing the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, while a significant number also support full "assimilation" into broader Australia, according to a new poll. The Federal ...

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Indigenous recognition in the constitution overwhelmingly supported in new ...
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"The past policies of assimilation that were abandoned in the '60s and early '70s were much more recent [when the first survey was conducted] so there was that stronger connotation that assimilation meant the disappearance of Indigenous culture ...
Jail rates expose education, work needs: Warren MundineThe Australian
Poll backs constitutional recognitionSBS
AFL star Matthew Stokes slams Tony Abbott for his 'lifestyle choices' commentDaily Mail

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ABC Online
Indigenous recognition in the constitution overwhelmingly supported in new ...
ABC Online
The vast majority of Australians support changing the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, while a significant number also support full "assimilation" into broader Australia, according to a new poll. The Federal ...
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Remote homes more likely to go hungry, finds ABS surveyThe Australian
APS opens doors to close the gapPS News
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The Guardian
Adani says it is negotiating with Indigenous people over coalmine
The Guardian
... every year if it goes ahead. W&J spokesman Adrian Burragubba called on the new premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, to rule out compulsorily acquiring his people's land. He said the W&J people had rejected an Indigenous land use agreement with Adani.
Indigenous traditional land owners reject Gautam Adani's land deal in AustraliaEconomic Times
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Mines Minister Anthony ...The Australian
Native title battle shaping up over Adani coal mineSydney Morning Herald
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ABC Online
Federal Government backs down on planned cuts to community and Indigenous ...
ABC Online
"It's not just affecting the most disadvantaged people, it's actually affecting middle-income Australians as well," Greens senator Penny Wright said. "The commission recommended $200 million more is needed just to address urgent need. "The Government ...
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Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cutsThe Age
Legal Aid Funding RestoredPro Bono Australia
Sydney Morning Herald -Lawyers Weekly
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ABC Online
WA constitution: Indigenous recognition recommended by parliamentary ...
ABC Online
The amended preamble would read, in part, "the Parliament resolves to acknowledge the Aboriginal peoples as the first Peoples of Western Australia and traditional custodians of the land, the said Parliament seeks to effect a reconciliation with the ...
Indigenous sector outrage at funding for government departments and sportThe Guardian
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Indigenous students encouraged to consider public service careersThe Canberra Times
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The Age
Aboriginal legal service fears mooted Federal funding cuts will hurt local ...
Herald Sun
According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 1400 indigenous people live in the City of Casey, making it one of the largest Aboriginal populations in Victoria. The data also shows Australia's prison population climbed to a ten year high of 33,791 ...
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cutsThe Age
Legal cuts come during 'crisis' for indigenousNoosa News

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The Guardian
Aboriginal group fights to stop $16bn Carmichael coalmine, Australia's largest
The Guardian
An Aboriginal group in central Queensland is attempting to prevent Australia's largest mine from being established on its ancestral land, in what is shaping up to be an unprecedented test of the country's native title laws. Representatives for the ...
Indigenous challenge to Carmichael megamine in Galilee BasinABC Online

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The Guardian
Indigenous issues largely ignored in NSW election campaign, say community
The Guardian
Research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released in December showed Indigenous incarceration rates around the country had increased 10% in the past year and were at the highest rate since 2004. Nearly a quarter of adult prisoners in NSW are ...
Indigenous report 'flawed' and 'appalling'9news.com.au
Remote Indigenous communities will be consulted before closures decision, WA ...ABC Online
WA Indigenous community closures document 'flawed'Brisbane Times

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The Age
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cuts
The Age
Aboriginal legal services that help some of Australia's most vulnerable people – including a huge number of family violence clients – are facing deep cuts in this year's federal budget. The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is bracing for a $500,000 ...
Aboriginal legal service fears mooted Federal funding cuts will hurt local ...Herald Sun
Legal Aid Funding RestoredPro Bono Australia
Another barnacle removed: Abbott government's planned cuts to legal aid ...Sydney Morning Herald
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ABC Local
Reigniting an indigenous distance running culture
ABC Local
In the coldest ever New York Marathon, he became the fastest ever Australian Aboriginal man to run it, finishing the 2014 event in 3:09.20. He's back in his home city along with the IMP's first ever finisher, Charlie Maher who did the 2010 New York ...

The Guardian
Indigenous sector outrage at funding for government departments and sport
The Guardian
“The structure of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy allows the Australian government to address service delivery gaps that are identified and we will continue to methodically work through any gaps which are identified, in consultation with providers ...
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Indigenous food shortages and hunger persist3rd Watch News
Indigenous students encouraged to consider public service careersThe Canberra Times
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ABC Online
Venice Biennale artist Fiona Hall questions Indigenous art's future if remote ...
ABC Online
"These people are the cultural ambassadors for Australia - these Aboriginal artists, visual artists but also performers - so in many, many, many ways Australia is going to be the poorer if these people cannot continue to live in their country," she ...

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