Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Aboriginal Artist Beautifies the Australian Bush Country
Ketchum Keystone -- An e-newspaper for the greater Ketchum Idaho community
She wrote and delivered the inaugural Indigenous Art, Culture and Design course to the South Australian School of Art students before commencing as the first Indigenous Curator at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2008. Cumpston also curated and ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Racism on the rise in Australia: migrants report cultural shift
Sydney Morning Herald
The latest Mapping Social Cohesion survey by the Scanlon Foundation found 19 per cent of Australians were discriminated against because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religious beliefs last year - up from 12 per cent in 2012. It was the highest ...

Critic's choice
Sydney Morning Herald
Seeing Kelton Pell on screen is always a reason to be cheerful, and it is just one of many in this new local drama with a strong indigenous bent. Wheat Street is the creation of Jon Bell, ... THE BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA Season final ...

The Canberra Times
Study of indigenous smokers provides new strategies for quit campaigns
The Canberra Times
''But a huge amount - 92 per cent - of the indigenous population want to quit smoking, so there is an opportunity for change.'' Dr Lovett said the indigenous community in Australia was very young, with half the population aged under 30. ''If you can ...

Our Constitution is racist, says Australian of the Year Adam Goodes
The Daily Telegraph
AUSTRALIAN of the Year Adam Goodes has described the Constitution as “very, very racist'' as he campaigns to have indigenous people recognised in the nation's founding document. Goodes highlighted several aspects of the Constitution he believes to be ...

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ABC Online
The Gods of Wheat Street: a TV drama about a family who just so happens to be ...
ABC Online
Taking Australians into the home, and hearts, of an Aboriginal family, 'The Gods of Wheat Street' aims to fill a huge gap in Australian television. Director Jon Bell says the production, which explores modern Aboriginal stories, has been described as ...

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laws should be applied equally
The Australian
The majority of Australians are not racist — the majority embrace a moral code and know that racism is wrong. In a truly good society, a state-imposed sanction should be irrelevant; the punishment should reside within the conscience of an individual.

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Mark Williams backs vision of all Australian football factory in Adelaide
Herald Sun
AFL coaching great Mark Williams has emphatically backed a ground-breaking all Australian football factory planned for Adelaide's northern suburbs that will tackle indigenous disadvantage. Former state cricketer Chris Harms' innovative plan for a ...

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SBS
Be Deadly Online: Campaign to improve Indigenous digital literacy
SBS
Australia's media watchdog has launched its Be Deadly Online Project to improve the cybersmarts of Indigenous Australians. By. Myles Morgan. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO. Australia's media watchdog has launched its Deadly Online ...

Hundreds apply for Australia's first Indigenous model program
SBS
More than 200 applicants have applied to be a part of the Australian Indigenous Fashion Week model search hoping to follow in the footsteps of Indigenous model Samantha Harris. By. NITV News. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 14 MINS AGO. With such a ...
Style Dreamtime: Unearthing indigenous fashionMonash Weekly

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SBS
Cultures combine for Homeground Festival
SBS
The Festival will showcase a unique collaboration of song, music and dance from Indigenous cultures across Australia and the world. "It's part of our commitment to really engaging with not only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures of ...

Style Dreamtime: Unearthing indigenous fashion
Frankston 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 ...

Style Dreamtime: Unearthing indigenous fashion
Monash 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 ...

UQ adjunct wins visual arts award
UQ News
“Her work examines issues of Indigenous identity on a regional, national and international level and challenges historical stereotypes, which encourages debate between artists and communities in Australia and internationally.” The first Visual Arts ...

ABC Local
The Gods of Wheat Street: a TV drama about a family who just so happens to be ...
ABC Local
Taking Australians into the home, and hearts, of an Aboriginal family, 'The Gods of Wheat Street' aims to fill a huge gap in Australian television. Director Jon Bell says the production, which explores modern Aboriginal stories, has been described as ...

Still striving for child rights at home
UNICEF Australia
UNICEF Australia spoke to Members of Parliament on low rates of birth registration among Australia's indigenous community during a visit to Canberra last month and shared the success of UNICEF innovation in increasing birth registrations among ...

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Social media hurts indigenous Australians
NEWS.com.au
MALICIOUS gossip and bullying through social media is fuelling violence within Australia's indigenous communities, a social welfare advocate says. Elke Smirl, who heads an action group dealing with indigenous family violence, says over the past few ...

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SBS
Social media hurts indigenous Australians
Courier Mail
The chair of the Eastern Metro Indigenous Family Violence Regional Action Group said bullying on social media can have enormous ramifications for indigenous Australians. "Lateral violence is a very serious issue for us and it can be described as ...
ACMA launches 'Be Deadly Online' campaign aimed at indigenous cybersafetyMuMbrella

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SBS
Social media hurts indigenous Australians
Ninemsn
Social media hurts indigenous Australians. 2:15pm April 4, 2014. Malicious gossip and bullying through social media is fuelling violence within Australia's indigenous communities, a social welfare advocate says. Myriam Castro of Brazil has been jailed ...
ACMA launches 'Be Deadly Online' campaign aimed at indigenous cybersafetyMuMbrella

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Aust trackers forgotten in foreign land
SBS
A Queensland researcher is investigating the fate of up to 50 Aboriginal trackers who assisted Australian troops in South Africa only to disappear from the record books. It's possible some died but others may have fallen victim to the new White ...