Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Submarines, terrorism and Indigenous disadvantage preoccupy Canberra ...
The Guardian
In this new era of good government, can the foreign minister advise whether she will be allowed to represent Australia at the UN climate change meeting in Paris unsupervised? Julie Bishop: I thank the member for her question but that is so yesterday!

BBC News
Australia 'failing to end indigenous disadvantage' says PM
BBC News
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said progress on improving the lives of indigenous Australians is "profoundly disappointing". "We are not on track to meet most of the targets," he said, in a speech to parliament launching the seventh annual ...

Yahoo!7 News
Australia failing to end indigenous disadvantage: PM
Yahoo!7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia's failure to end the entrenched disadvantage of Aboriginal people was described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott Wednesday as "profoundly disappointing" with key targets missed and employment levels actually worsening.

NEWS.com.au
Kylie Minogue petition to represent Australia in Eurovision Song Contest this ...
NEWS.com.au
And if we want to represent Australia internationally, what better than an indigenous Australian with one of our most unique voices? Eurovision isn't all colour, movement and flags, and he could be a pretty special point of difference. JOHN FARNHAM.
Australia is in the Eurovision – please adjust your mapsThe Conversation AU
Eurovision 2015: Australia unlikely to host even if we winSydney Morning Herald

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First Nations man appointed South Australia's Minister for Aboriginal affairs
National Indigenous Times
P2 Kyam Maher South Australia has a new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, a minister with an Aboriginal heritage who says one of his key roles is to "empower Aboriginal communities". Kyam Maher, who acknowledges Aboriginal heritage on his mother's side, was ...

SBS
Closing the Gap: Indigenous health outcomes an 'embarrassment for far too long'
SBS
Tony Abbott has outlined the government's aim to achieve spiritual and practical reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia at a breakfast event ahead of his annual Closing the Gap speech in Parliament. Speaking today in Canberra, Mr ...

The Guardian
Indigenous jail population has risen due to cuts, Close the Gap committee says
The Guardian
The Close the Gap Progress and Priorities 2015 report made a number of recommendations to reduce the inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, including realignment and investment in primary healthcare, and comparing Australian ...

The Guardian
Closing the Gap: poor progress on most Indigenous disadvantage measures
The Guardian
Australia is failing to close the gap in the disadvantage of Indigenous people, with little to no progress being made in improving life expectancy, education for Indigenous four-year-olds, reading, writing and numeracy rates and employment outcomes.

GOOD Magazine
Australia's Anti-Gentrification Aboriginal Tent Embassy Perseveres
GOOD Magazine
Residents of Redfern, an impoverished inner-city suburb in Sydney, Australia, are fighting against gentrification with an Aboriginal tent embassy situated on The Block, a piece of land allocated to Australia's indigenous people in 1973. The tent ...

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The Guardian
Adam Giles brings back Dave Tollner
The Australian
Mr Giles also reversed a decision made when he took over his party's leadership in a coup in early 2013 to scrap the indigenous affairs portfolio and a stand alone department on the basis that he wanted all arms of government to deliver for ...
NT chief becomes indigenous ministerPerth Now
Dave Tollner reinstated as NT Treasurer by Adam Giles in Cabinet reshuffleABC Online
Controversial MP Dave Tollner big winner in Northern Territory reshuffleThe Guardian

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Recognition for indigenous Australians a prize subject
The Australian
CEFA chief executive Kerry Jones said the prize would contribute to the community's understanding of Australia's democracy ahead of the referendum on constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians. “Too many Australians feel cynical about the ...

The Australian
Nation failing to close the indigenous gap
The Australian
The push to ensure that 95 per cent of indigenous four-year-olds in remote Australia had access to early childhood education by 2013 failed. Only 85 per cent were enrolled. “It is profoundly disappointing that most Closing the Gap targets are not on ...
We must keep striving to close the gap in Indigenous healthWA today
Change the constitution for a fairer futureBrisbane Times

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Indigenous community closures: essential service uncertainty
ABC Local
Mr Friday says it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade Indigenous communities to the level of infrastructure legally required in other Australian towns. "There's a whole myriad of issues that are swirling under the covers there, that at ...

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VICE News
Australia May Stop Providing Water and Power to Remote Aboriginal Communities
VICE News
Up to 200 indigenous communities in Australia could lose access to power and water because the government says it can no longer afford to deliver the basic services. The remote communities are mainly located across the northern tip of Australia and the ...

Stuff.co.nz
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves: Australia Indigenous all stars ought to play Maori ...
Stuff.co.nz
Sydney Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has flagged the prospect of pitting New Zealand's Maori warriors against Australia's Indigenous greats as rugby league's All Stars game continues to struggle for traction on the Gold Coast. With sluggish ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous all stars should play New Zealand's Maori team, says Jared Waerea ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has flagged the prospect of pitting New Zealand's Maori warriors against Australia's Indigenous greats as rugby league's All Stars game continues to struggle for traction on the Gold Coast. With sluggish ...
All Stars needs Maori side: JWHFox Sports

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Template in place for progress
The Australian
Only 16 per cent of 17 to 24-year-olds in remote indigenous Australia are in full-time work or study. More adults are dependent on welfare than work. Yet as recently as 1971, the indigenous male employment rate was 66.2 per cent — almost as high as ...

SBS
Abbott must do more in Indigenous Affairs: Mundine
SBS
Tony Abbott and the French President announced they would form a "joint expert committee to coordinate and determine the processes needed to identify and also to ascertain the origin of the Indigenous Australian human remains conserved in French public ...

Bridging the digital divide in Indigenous communities
The Age
Yet a significant digital divide exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous people are 69 per cent less likely than non-Indigenous people to have any internet connection and are half as likely to have broadband access, largely ...

The Guardian (blog)
Book ahead, Australia: Melbourne fashion, Revealed art, babies proms
The Guardian (blog)
Perth's Revealed art exhibition showcases emerging West Australian Indigenous artists. The sheer breadth of emerging Indigenous art talent will be on show at Perth's Revealed exhibition in April. More than 25 art centres will showcase and sell the work ...