Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Research shows Alaska Native, Australian indigenous groups' isolation from flu
Ktoo
Indigenous populations in Alaska and Australia may be vulnerable to influenza, particularly a recent form of bird flu. Since the first break-out of H7N9 in China early last year, 150 people have been infected and 45 people have been killed. Two people ...

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Patriot games: keeping it real on Australia Day
Brisbane Times
Twitter lit up with outrage, quickly followed by Facebook and news websites. Some said the T-shirts were insensitive towards indigenous Australians. Others went further and argued the shirts were racist. It wasn't long before Aldi took the T-shirts off ...
Racism leaves a bad tasteThe Advocate

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Harness goodwill to close the gap
The Australian (blog)
When prime minister Kevin Rudd made the apology to indigenous Australians in 2008, he invited indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to work in partnership to close the indigenous employment gap. Governments across Australia pledged to halve the ...

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keeping it real on Australia Day
The Age
Twitter lit up with outrage, quickly followed by Facebook and news websites. Some said the T-shirts were insensitive towards indigenous Australians. Others went further and argued the shirts were racist. It wasn't long before Aldi took the T-shirts off ...
Racism leaves a bad tasteThe Advocate

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Australia's human rights performance under fire
SBS
The New York-based group, Human Rights Watch, has released a scathing review of Australia's policies on asylum seekers, disability, sexual orientation and Indigenous affairs. The report criticises the current Coalition government and its Labor predecessor.
Australia marked down in rights reportSydney Morning Herald

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More 'money on ground' with indigenous reforms
The Australian
THE powerful Minerals Council of Australia says the government's decision to merge 26 indigenous programs into five will provide significantly more money to be spent on aboriginal people with up to half of all commonwealth money spent clogged up in ...

Yareah Magazine
Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Australian art. Black Australia
Yareah Magazine
And opening 28 March is the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art ever shown in New Zealand in My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia – a touring show from Queensland Art Gallery ...

From 26 indigenous programs to five
The Australian
... Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Health and Ageing; Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education; Regional Australia, Local Government, ...

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Asian Scientist Magazine
Some Indigenous Groups More Vulnerable To H7N9 Viruses
Asian Scientist Magazine
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicated that some indigenous people in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza. The genetic susceptibility of indigenous ...

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Government funding for Aboriginal regional arts projects
artsHub Australia (subscription)
NSW is home to the largest Indigenous community in Australia and NSW Aboriginal artists are producing high-quality works that fuse traditional stories and culture with contemporary art forms and media.' Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello ...

Chance to Develop Young Indigenous Leaders
Pro Bono Australia
NIYLA connects Indigenous young people from communities across Australia as the next generation of leaders and changemakers and is an initiative of the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA). “NIYLA taught me that if you're passionate about something, ...

Scullion blasts 'scare tactics'
The Australian
INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has accused the Indigenous Land Corporation of running a misleading "scare campaign" after the organisation decided to hire two people to fight its potential amalgamation with the Indigenous Business Australia.

Pilger says 'Utopia' long overdue
SBS
Mr Pilger was Inspired by the struggle and achievemnets of Aboriginal people in Australia and said the film was long overdue. "In 2007 I was reminded that another [movie] was needed, and that was a response to one of the most savage attacks on ...

Eureka Street
Time to honour Aboriginal frontier warriors
Eureka Street
Professor Tim Flannery of Macquarie University has expressed his 'sense of outrage' that the Australian War Memorial (AWM) refuses to honour Aboriginal warriors who fought and died defending their lands and their people against white invader settlers ...

Indigenous Advocate Takes Top Job
Pro Bono Australia
Meehan will come to ANTaR from Oxfam Australia where he leads its Indigenous rights advocacy and policy. He will commence his role at ANTaR in May. According to ANTaR, Meehan was selected after a recruitment process that attracted a very strong field ...
TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and shareSydney Indymedia

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Sydney Morning Herald
Outside pressure key to better life for Aborigines
Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran filmmaker John Pilger believes the lot for indigenous people will improve only after pressure from outside Australia. "My own sense is that the so-called problem of indigenous Australia, which is really a problem for non-indigenous Australia ...

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Major Aboriginal art exhibition for Auckland Art Gallery
National Business Review (subscription)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is bringing the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art yet seen in New Zealand to Auckland in March. My Country showcases the breadth of recent work by Aboriginal and Torres ...

Outside pressure key to better life for Aborigines, says Pilger
Brisbane Times
"My own sense is that the so-called problem of indigenous Australia, which is really a problem for non-indigenous Australia, will only be resolved when there is enough pressure from outside the country," he says. This claim and others come from Utopia, ...

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Adam Goodes and the 'matter of choice'
The Australian
She chose not to be a victim, not to wallow in a past that saw nine of her 10 siblings taken from their parents; saw her removed at the age of five from her parents at Point Pearce, an indigenous town on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 70km from ...

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Tim Flannery in call to honour Aborigines killed in land wars
Sydney Morning Herald
Tim Flannery, Australian of the Year in 2007, has expressed his ''personal sense of outrage'' that Aboriginal warriors who fought and died defending their lands and people against white settlers are ignored by the Australian War Memorial. In any other ...
Put indigenous warriors in war memorials: FlanneryThe Canberra Times

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