Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Age
TV highlights: First Contact introduces six participants to indigenous Australia
The Age
In the style of Go Back to Where You Came From, this ambitious, engaging and thought-provoking series takes six people – none of whom have ever had any real contact with indigenous Australians – and introduces them to our nation's first inhabitants.
First Contact, Awaken and Scandal top the TV picks for Tuesday November 18WA today

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The Australian
by: first watch: Graeme Blundell
The Australian
It's one she hopes will reveal Aboriginal Australia — its beauty, culture, history and humour — in a more immediate way than her groundbreaking First Australians. In that snarled epic tale, in which she and her writers tried to hold fast to the ...

Cape land council pushes for indigenous access to bauxite field
The Australian
Marcia Langton, professor of Australian indigenous studies at the University of Melbourne who is an expert in the local Wik people's battle for land rights on western Cape York, insisted the ILUA was a “binding contract'' and could not be ignored ...

Brisbane Times
WAR declared at Aboriginal G20 gathering
Brisbane Times
Mr Spearim said he hoped WAR would bring together indigenous youth in Australia around a common cause. "There's a lot of Aboriginal people talking about independence and there's a lot of Aboriginal people talking about treaties," he said. "The steps ...
Indigenous protest custody deaths at G20 - The West AustralianThe West Australian
Indigenous protesters decry Genocidal 20Yahoo!7 News

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Brisbane Times
Remote indigenous communities under threat
Brisbane Times
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has accused the South Australian government of neglecting its obligation to Aboriginal residents, after it became the second Australian state this week to raise the possibility of closing remote indigenous ...
SA Government warns Indigenous communities could close without federal ...Yahoo!7 News
Cost of closing remote communities greater than tackling issues, Aboriginal ...ABC Online
Barnett expected remote communities flakThe West Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Remote indigenous communities under threat
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has accused the South Australian government of neglecting its obligation to Aboriginal residents, after it became the second Australian state this week to raise the possibility of closing remote indigenous ...
SA Government warns Indigenous communities could close without federal ...Yahoo!7 News
Remote Aboriginal communities in the outback face uncertain futureThe Australian
Barnett expected remote communities flakThe West Australian

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ABC Online
SA Government warns Indigenous communities could close without federal ...
Yahoo!7 News
Aboriginal communities in South Australia could face closure if the Federal Government ceases its funding, the State Government has warned. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has announced the state will close 100 to 150 of the 274 remote ...
Cost of closing remote communities greater than tackling issues, Aboriginal ...ABC Online
WA remote closures 'apartheid', says Warren MundineThe Australian
Fears over WA community closuresSBS
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The Conversation AU
I merge Indigenous stories with my design – maybe others should too
The Conversation AU
The Briggs Family Tea Service (main image) I designed for Australian design studio Broached Commissions tells the story of a young British man (George Briggs) and a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman (Woretermoeteyenner), during the very early years of the ...

Sydney Morning Herald
First Contact challenges white preconceptions about first Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
"We wanted to make something about indigenous Australians, but we wanted something that has not been told before," says Dale, a director of Blackfella Films. "We wanted something that was going to cut through and connect with Australians in a different ...

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UN Told Indigenous Deaths in Custody Worsen
Pro Bono Australia
The CEO of First Peoples Disability Network, Damian Griffis told the hearing there are many concerns for indigenous peoples in relation to Australia's compliance with the Treaty including the rate of incarceration of Indigenous people and secondly, the ...

ABC Online
Plan to close more than 100 remote communities would have severe ...
ABC Online
A plan to close more than 100 of Western Australia's remote Indigenous communities will have severe consequences, the Premier says, but added his hands were tied. Premier Colin Barnett revealed plans to close between 100 and 150 of the 274 remote ...
Remote WA communities face closureNEWS.com.au

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The Guardian
Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson hits out at Abbott government
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...
Mick Dodson blasts Tony Abbott for 'negativity' towards Indigenous peopleThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Bill to recognise Aboriginal people in West Australian constitution unlikely ...
ABC Online
Legislation to recognise Aboriginal people in Western Australia's constitution is unlikely to be passed today after the Premier revealed he will not be voting in favour. The private members bill was introduced by Kimberley MLA Josie Farrer three months ...

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Student Support Executive
Pro Bono Australia
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is a private sector led, non-profit organisation focused on empowering Indigenous children to build a future through quality education and careers. A product of strong partnership between the ...

Indigenous health service contests claims of ice use in remote communities
ABC Online
But if we were to create a hysteria or a knowledge that Aboriginal Australians throughout Australia are using drugs of this nature, it would certainly be an unknown. We don't know what the evidence is. We need to make sure we get the evidence before we ...

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Mick Dodson appeals to save indigenous heritage
The Australian
“When the institute began, in 1964, the mission of what was then known as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was to rescue knowledge about Australia's indigenous cultures before they were lost forever. It was thought then, even by the best ...

WA today
VCE's Australian History Study Design snubs indigenous perspectives
WA today
Thus, the content of the proposed VCE Australian History Study Design is extremely important to those who recognise that widespread ignorance of indigenous matters in mainstream Australia is an underlying cause of the acute disadvantage indigenous ...

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Barnett to axe 150 bush towns
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has acknowledged there may be no future for some remote indigenous communities in Western Australia as Premier Colin Barnett yesterday revealed he plans to close up to 150 of the state's 274 tiny settlements.

The Age
VCE's Australian History Study Design snubs indigenous perspectives
The Age
Thus, the content of the proposed VCE Australian History Study Design is extremely important to those who recognise that widespread ignorance of indigenous matters in mainstream Australia is an underlying cause of the acute disadvantage indigenous ...

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The Guardian (Australia)
A call for funding certainty for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Crikey (blog)
While there has progress in closing the gap between the health status of Indigenous Australians and that of non-Indigenous Australians, there is still much to be done. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report Australia's Health 2014 ...
Poverty on rise: reportThe Guardian (Australia)

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