Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

NT traditional owners divided on national parks development plans
ABC Message Stick
He says there are overseas models where indigenous communities are treated more fairly. "We need to look at improving the yield that tourism brings to the park, and it is not just the economic yield," he said. "It is about non-indigenous Australians ...

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Traditional owners divided on government visions for commercial development ...
ABC Online
"It is about non-indigenous Australians and the government yielding to the Aboriginal community the resources it needs to properly manage tourism the way they see it." Simon Birmingham, Parliamentary Secretary to Environment Minister Greg Hunt, says ...

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Tribute to our Aboriginal soldiers
Great Lakes Advocate
AT their 2014 Anzac Day commemoration tomorrow students from the Great Lakes College Forster campus will pay special tribute to local Aborigines who fought in defence of Australia over the last 100 years. Dozens of Aboriginal men and women from the ...

MAHS students enjoy cultural exchange
Daily Advertiser
A DESIRE to learn about indigenous culture and life in regional Australia brought migrant students from Asian countries based in Sydney to Mount Austin High School yesterday. The group of students from the Chatswood Intensive English Centre (CIEC) ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leaders ask Attorney-General to protect their people in race law debate
Sydney Morning Herald
... safeguards to be included in its review. In a submission written to Attorney-General George Brandis (right) on Tuesday, the three co-authors, who have strong links with Australia's indigenous community, argue the act should be strengthened, not ...
Indigenous ACT MLA Chris Bourke moves to ensure protections against racial ...ABC Local

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'Australia Day in Spring' returning to city tomorrow
Daily Times
... original inhabitants of the Australian land and introduce their unique culture to Pakistan. Theme for this year's celebrations is “Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Heritage” where three-person music group called Western Creation is scheduled to ...

$500000 funding for Indigenous cultural projects::
Invest in Australia
Minister for the Arts, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC has announced 14 Indigenous arts, culture and languages activities have received funding through the Australian Government's Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts programs. The Australian ...

$500000 funding for Indigenous cultural projects::
Invest in Australia
Minister for the Arts, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC has announced 14 Indigenous arts, culture and languages activities have received funding through the Australian Government's Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts programs. The Australian ...

The Age
Indigenous leaders ask Attorney-General to protect their people in race law debate
The Age
... safeguards to be included in its review. In a submission written to Attorney-General George Brandis (right) on Tuesday, the three co-authors, who have strong links with Australia's indigenous community, argue the act should be strengthened, not ...
Australia debates repeal of parts of racial discrimination actIndex On Censorship

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Juvenile jails mull Forrest's indigenous jobs scheme
The Australian
MINING magnate Andrew Forrest's federally funded scheme training indigenous people for direct jobs is under consideration for trial in juvenile detention centres in Western Australia. The Australian has learnt that the West Australian government has ...

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SPECIAL: Unearthing indigenous fashion
Melton Weekly
When Australian Indigenous Fashion Week makes its debut in Sydney this week, it will be the first event of its kind – with a familiar face flying the flag. Samantha Harris, just the second indigenous model to grace the cover of Australian Vogue since ...

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Barriers to justice system faced by Indigenous Aussies revealed in report
SBS
The commission says opportunities to improve access to the system and cost-effectiveness. It also highlights particular difficulties faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and recommends funding priorities and culturally ...

Secret dinosaur footprints unearthed in WA's north
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For many years some of the biggest, best-preserved dinosaur footprints in the world have been shrouded in secrecy. But that is about to change with scientists conducting the first detailed study of dinosaur trackways in Western Australia's Kimberley ...

Secret dinosaur footprints unearthed in WA's north
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For many years some of the biggest, best-preserved dinosaur footprints in the world have been shrouded in secrecy. But that is about to change with scientists conducting the first detailed study of dinosaur trackways in Western Australia's Kimberley ...
Time to embrace Broome's 'Cretaceous Park' dinosaur footprintsABC Local

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Govt must secure indigenous funding: Calma
The Australian
Nearly 50 per cent of Australia's indigenous population is under 25, so it's crucial to intervene early on health matters such as smoking, he said. Almost half of indigenous people smoke, compared to about 16 per cent of the general population, he said ...

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Govt must secure indigenous funding: Calma
Ninemsn
Nearly 50 per cent of Australia's indigenous population is under 25, so it's crucial to intervene early on health matters such as smoking, he said. Almost half of indigenous people smoke, compared to about 16 per cent of the general population, he said ...

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Gail Sorronda at MBFWA 2014
The Conversation
Or the infectious joy filling the room at Desert Designs only a few hours earlier yesterday, a collective excitement to see so many Indigenous Australian models on the catwalk, the stately counterpoint to the focused, skillful dancing of the young ...

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SBS
Call for long-term homelessness strategy
SBS
"Indigenous members of Australia only make up 3 per cent of our population, but generally about 20 per cent of the homelessness community are people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. And once again, they have complex needs and ...

Spaced out in Central Australia
artsHub Australia (subscription)
Festival-goers can follow the musical journey of the Desert Divas, an ensemble of more than 20 young women formed out of a music development program for aspiring female Indigenous musicians. In 2012, they released Australia's first Indigenous female ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Children's Book Council announces 'stronger' shortlist for awards 2014
Sydney Morning Herald
The stories of an Aboriginal "Ned Kelly", Captain Cook and a kookaburra that falls from its nest will compete with a Japanese girl's wartime diary for the award for information books in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards ...

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