Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The West Australian
Singer sees world in positive light
The West Australian
In a speech at Government House last week, WA elder Robert Isaacs urged fellow indigenous Australians to embrace Australia Day, arguing it should be a celebration free of the daily influence of politics and instead focus on "the good things we have ...

Daily Life
This Australia Day, we're all responsible for working towards a more inclusive ...
Daily Life
It, in fact, exactly represented how I, and many other Aboriginal people, perceive Australia Day: a celebration for white men who watch sport, eat meat and ignore the historical facts of this country. From a feminist perspective, that the sole woman ...
Jessica Mauboy flaunts her curves in two figure-hugging ensembles as she ...Daily Mail
Dear Australia, you're all part of my familyThe Daily Telegraph

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ABC Message Stick
Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...
ABC Message Stick
An elderly artist, a sports broadcaster, a public servant and an Indigenous health advocate are among the Northern Territorians on this year's Australia Day Honours List. Alice Springs health worker Kathleen Abbott, domestic violence campaigner and ABC ...

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NEWS.com.au
'Stop overlooking women for gongs'
NEWS.com.au
The British honours system was changed sometime ago where it is now 50-50 and the other thing my hope is the honours system actively encourages indigenous Australians to nominate. 'The integrity of honours systems relies upon the public's broad ...
Australia Day honours: Melbourne inner eastHerald Sun

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Sydney Morning Herald
We have much to celebrate on Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians, who have understandably different ideas about the meaning of the anniversary, were probably the first to challenge this unthinking tranquillity. Their early protests, at Australia's sesquicentenary in 1938, attracted no ...

ABC Online
Australian of the Year: Adam Goodes lauds progress against racism, but says ...
ABC Online
The star Sydney Swans footballer has spent the year campaigning against domestic violence and racism and calling for Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution. Goodes used his valedictory speech in Canberra to thank Australians for their ...
Adam Goodes: Australia still has a way to go in eradicating racismThe Guardian
Goodes promises to keep campaigningSBS
Adam Goodes says more needs to be done on racism in AustraliaDaily Mail

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Locals spread indigenous Australia Day messages
South Coast Register
CULTURAL PRIDE: Recreation co-ordinator Rhonda Stevenson, Ronny Thomas, Joel Deaves, Richard Luland, Johnny Pender, Debbie Ward, Jacob Morris and in front: Luke Ebsworth, Owen Ward and Andrew McLeod get ready to perform at the Australia ...

The Guardian
South Australia's traditional landowners face investigation over mismanagement
The Guardian
“I asked the board to win back the trust of Anangu, the parliament and South Australian taxpayers,” SA's minister for Aboriginal affairs, Ian Hunter, told Guardian Australia in a statement. “APY needs a period of stability while we work out these ...

The Age
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
The Age
Celebrating our national day on the date of British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags we wave or happy barbecues we may enjoy. For many Indigenous Australians, the date is no holiday ...

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9news.com.au
Inspirational women dominate Australian of the Year finalists
9news.com.au
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, from the Northern Territory, has been an actor and a nun but has dedicated her life for decades to humanitarian work and ending divisions between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Tasmania's nominee, Rodney Croome, ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Sydney Morning Herald
Kirstie Parker, co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. An expert panel of indigenous leaders, lawyers and politicians delivered proposals to Gillard in January 2012, but progress stalled. In September that year, Labor announced ...

The Age
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
The Age
Celebrating our national day on the date of British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags we wave or happy barbecues we may enjoy. For many Indigenous Australians, the date is no holiday ...

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WA today
The truth is January 26 should be First Fleet Day, not Australia Day
WA today
Celebrating our national day on the date of British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags we wave or happy barbecues we may enjoy. For many Indigenous Australians, the date is no holiday ...

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The Daily Telegraph
Australia Day 2015: Complete guide to events happening across Sydney
The Daily Telegraph
WugulOra is a word belonging to the Eora people meaning “One Mob”, and it perfectly captures the essence of a ceremony that actively promotes and acknowledges the special place that indigenous Australians hold and have always held in this country.

Brisbane Times
Constitutional recognition for indigenous Australia has had enough delays
Brisbane Times
It was supposed to have happened by now. In the days following the inconclusive 2010 election, Julia Gillard promised a referendum to correct the silence about the First Australians in the nation's founding document. As part of the agreements she ...
Rebellion thwarts remote controlThe Australian
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros documents indigenous life in remote Kennedy Hill
Sydney Morning Herald
Photojournalist Ingetje Tadros spent more than six months in Kennedy Hill, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia, documenting the lives of its residents. "The Hill", as locals call it, is at risk of closure due to loss of federal funding ...

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The Australian
Rebellion thwarts remote control
The Australian
ALMOST 1½ years into the initial term of Tony Abbott's Coalition government and the latest drastic overhaul of indigenous affairs policies and programs, the great mystery overhanging remote Aboriginal Australia has only deepened. It is the besetting ...
'Real consultation' needed on WA Indigenous recognition billABC Online

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SBS
Reflect on what January 26 means to Indigenous Aussies: Calma
SBS
0. Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous Australians. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. "Some Aboriginal and ...

SBS
Calma urges Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous
SBS
Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous people. Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it Invasion or Survival Day. "Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Guardian
British Museum exhibition to showcase Australia's 'difficult' Indigenous history
The Guardian
The exhibition, Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation, will run from 23 April to 2 August and is thought to be the biggest and most significant of its kind to be held outside Australia. Gaye Sculthorpe, the British Museum's curator for Oceania ...