Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Indigenous incarceration: Tony Abbott focuses on school attendance and jobs
The Guardian
It made particular mention of the “catastrophic” overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Australian prisons, and three of the five recommendations related to justice targets and investment, including a specific call to set justice targets as part of ...
Indigenous imprisonment urgent issue: GoodaEchonetdaily
Australian co-operative helps Aboriginal people fight discriminationCo-Operative News
Australian Human Rights Commission Deplores Aboriginal Conviction RateSputnik International

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous medicine – a fusion of ritual and remedy
The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australian practices, honed over thousands of years, weave science with storytelling. In this Indigenous science series, we look at different aspects of First Australians' traditional life and uncover the knowledge behind them. In this ...

Echonetdaily
Indigenous imprisonment urgent issue: Gooda
Echonetdaily
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda gives the Nulungu Reconciliation Lecture in August this year. Photo from www.humanrights.gov.au. The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the criminal justice ...
Australian co-operative helps Aboriginal people fight discriminationCo-Operative News
Australian Human Rights Commission Deplores Aboriginal Conviction RateSputnik International

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ABC Online
Over-representation of Indigenous Australians in prison a catastrophe, says ...
ABC Online
The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in prison is one of the most urgent human rights issues facing the country today, according to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda. In his 2014 Social Justice ...
Indigenous incarceration: Tony Abbott focuses on school attendance and jobsThe Guardian
Indigenous imprisonment urgent issue: GoodaEchonetdaily
Easier to keep Indigenous kids in prison than school: Mick GoodaSBS
Co-Operative News -Sputnik International
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The Guardian
Indigenous legal aid cuts have harmed frontline services, says Productivity ...
The Guardian
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency is closing its Nhulunbuy office despite increasing caseloads, while the New South Wales prisoner ThroughCare program, launched at the recommendation of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in ...

The Guardian
WA premier Colin Barnett orders review into Indigenous deaths in custody
The Guardian
Western Australia will review the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the state's prisons, Colin Barnett has announced, more than a month after the premier committed to action on Aboriginal deaths in custody. But the family of a woman who died ...

The Guardian
Government 'dodging obligations' over jailed Indigenous men with disabilities
The Guardian
The federal government has been accused of trying to hide behind technical arguments while contravening the human rights of four Indigenous men with disabilities who have been incarcerated indefinitely despite not being found guilty of any crime ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians can take pride in disability policy gains
The Conversation AU
Even in Australia's largest urban centres, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are more likely to report a disability than their non-Indigenous counterparts. This is so for every age group. However, the disparity is greatest between the ages ...
Creating Digital Inclusion for Indigenous AustraliansPro Bono Australia
Yatdjuligin: an important new book for nursing and for the health of ...Crikey (blog)
Survivors join anti smoking campaignNational Indigenous Times

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The Guardian
Jailing four not-guilty Indigenous men with disabilities 'breached human rights'
The Guardian
The commonwealth has outright rejected the findings, saying it does not have responsibility for the Northern Territory government and does not accept the government has contravened international human rights treaties which Australia is a signatory to.

The Conversation AU
Creating Digital Inclusion for Indigenous Australians
Pro Bono Australia
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are embracing new technologies, but significant barriers remain when it comes to participating fully in the digital economy and emerging social media culture, according to an e-book commissioned by the ...
Indigenous Australians can take pride in disability policy gainsThe Conversation AU
Yatdjuligin: an important new book for nursing and for the health of ...Crikey (blog)
Survivors join anti smoking campaignNational Indigenous Times

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Indigenous communities 'have no rights to fight closures'
The Australian
South Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ian Hunter said that up to 4000 people would be affected across the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. “Prime Minister Abbott claims to be the prime minister for indigenous peoples, but his ...

The Guardian
Recognise: 'We need heroes, black and white'
The Australian
ASPIRING lawyer and East Arnhem Land teenager Budat Mununggurr believes constitutional recognition is crucial for the implementation of practical reconciliation for indigenous Australians, but says a referendum would need nationwide support.
NSW premier Mike Baird backs poll on Indigenous constitutional recognitionThe Guardian
Baird backs indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
NSW first state to support referendum for indigenous rightsThe Age
BBC News
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WA today
Justice targets needed to reduce indigenous disadvantage
WA today
The recent Productivity Commission's "Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage" report shows that indigenous imprisonment rates have more than doubled in the past decade, while rates for non-indigenous Australians have remained relatively constant.

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Slump in resources earnings hits indigenous businesses living big on royalties
The Australian
Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, one of the richest indigenous businesses in Australia, last week suspended all programs and laid off more than 20 staff following a sharp drop in iron ore royalty income from its agreement with Rio Tinto. Gumala earned ...

ABC Message Stick
Disaster calls over 'rushed' APY bill
The Australian
A LANDMARK reform to Aboriginal land rights will pass South Australia's upper house with the support of the major parties, amid concerns about governance and financial propriety, despite crossbenchers claiming the rushed legislation will be disastrous.
APY Lands food security strategy cut shortABC Message Stick
Greens argue against 'undemocratic' plan to suspend APY Lands management ...Yahoo!7 News

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The Canberra Times
Bar Association calls for more funding to Aboriginal legal services
The Canberra Times
He said the Bar Association believed the incarceration rate for indigenous Australians in the ACT was roughly triple that of non-indigenous, based on data from the Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services and from the Australian Bureau ...

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Brisbane Times
Bar Association calls for more funding to Aboriginal legal services
Brisbane Times
He said the Bar Association believed the incarceration rate for indigenous Australians in the ACT was roughly triple that of non-indigenous, based on data from the Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services and from the Australian Bureau ...

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ABC Message Stick
APY Lands food security strategy cut short
ABC Message Stick
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...
Greens argue against 'undemocratic' plan to suspend APY Lands management ...Yahoo!7 News

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Food security plan for South Australia's remote indigenous communities cut ...
Yahoo!7 News
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...

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ABC Online
Food security plan for South Australia's remote indigenous communities cut ...
ABC Online
A long-term plan to improve food security in South Australia's remote indigenous communities has been cut short by two years, despite opposition from community groups. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands Food Security Strategy was ...
Disaster calls over 'rushed' APY billThe Australian
Greens argue against 'undemocratic' plan to suspend APY Lands management ...Yahoo!7 News

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