Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Situation of remote indigenous people often overlooked
The Australian
The paper, to be released by the Australian National University's Nicholas Biddle, also found indigenous Australians in regional centres tended to be younger than their non-indigenous neighbours. The regional centres - which Dr Biddle and co-author ...

SBS
Australia 'rates poorly' on federal policies
SBS
Lecturer in indigenous policy at the Australian National University, Professor Jon Altman says the assessment of the federal government's treatment of Indigenous Australians is too lenient. "I think that the rating of C+ is quite generous, but I don't ...

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Australia 'rates poorly' on asylum and Indigenous policies
SBS
"The main change has been an increased hardening of political rhetoric against boat people and an increasing determination that we will deter people from seeking asylum in Australia by whatever mistreatment or cruelty we think is the most likely to be ...

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Indigenous water reserve policy tap turned off
ABC Online
The Northern Territory Government says it will no longer include strategic Indigenous reserves in water allocation plans. Water Resources Minister Willem Westra van Holthe has told Parliament that previous water management strategies were too focused ...

Indigenous Business Australia runs free Into Business workshop
The Transcontinental
Indigenous Business Australia is running free Into Business workshops to assist Indigenous Australians in the Port Augusta area who are interested in going into business. An Into Business workshop will be held in Port Augusta on Wednesday, October 16.

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Indigenous Business Australia runs free Into Business workshop
The Transcontinental
Indigenous Business Australia is running free Into Business workshops to assist Indigenous Australians in the Port Augusta area who are interested in going into business. An Into Business workshop will be held in Port Augusta on Wednesday, October 16.

Sky News Australia
Forrest heads indigenous training review
Sky News Australia
Mr Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, will work closely with the prime minister's new Indigenous Advisory Council on the review, which will report back on April 7 next year. Mr Forrest started the GenerationOne campaign to end indigenous ...

AFL.com.au
Barry added to Indigenous Australian team
Melbourne FC
DOM Barry has been named in the Indigenous Australian Rules team to play in this year's International Rules Series in Irealand. Barry, along with Adelaide's Cameron Ellis-Yolmen, has remarkably yet to play an AFL match, but has been named in the side.
Buddy joins IRS squad to fly to IrelandAFL.com.au
Crows trio to tour IrelandAdelaide Crows

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Dom Barry and Cameron Ellis-Yolmen selected in Indigenous All-Stars team to ...
Herald Sun
Indigenous Australian Rules team. Tony Armstrong (Sydney), Dom Barry (Melbourne), Eddie Betts (Adelaide), Alwyn Davey (Essendon), Aaron Davey (Melbourne), Shaun Edwards (GWS), Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (Adelaide), Lance Franklin, Jarrod Harbrow ...

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AFL.com.au
Buddy joins IRS squad to fly to Ireland
AFL.com.au
"The series is a fantastic opportunity for the Indigenous All-Stars to come together as a team and to represent Australia for the first time in the International Rules series against Ireland," Evans said. In the most recent series in Ireland in 2010 ...
Barry added to Indigenous Australian teamMelbourne FC
Ireland tour adds to Eddie Betts' golden weekHerald Sun
Crows trio to tour IrelandAdelaide Crows

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Review aims to find 'real' jobs
The Australian
"This review is vital, as indigenous Australians continue to suffer the racism of low expectations but can make the greatest social and economic contribution to our workplaces and to our nation when given the opportunity. I have seen in my own company ...
A lode of real actionOn Line opinion

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SBS
Should we have Indigenous MP quotas?
SBS
Australia's oldest political party has never had an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander take up a seat in the House of Representatives. But Labor leadership aspirant Bill Shorten says he is determined to change that. Mr Shorten has put forward plans ...

Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?
SBS
And earlier this year, the Country Liberal Party's Adam Giles made history in the Northern Territory when he became the first Indigenous Australian to lead a government when he defeated Terry Mills in a ballot for Chief Minister. An Indigenous Labor MP ...

SBS
How do Indigenous rights compare to those of Maori?
SBS
Perhaps the greatest difference between Indigenous Australians and Maori people is Parliamentary representation. In New Zealand, Maori people have seven designated seats to make sure there is enough representation, and the Maori Affairs Minister is a ...

SBS
Indigenous Engagement Needs Strategic Leadership
Pro Bono Australia
Engaging with Indigenous Australia reviewed the evidence on engagement and outlined the conditions required for effective engagement. The paper said the evidence showed that effective engagement required strong and strategic Indigenous and ...
Indigenous Australians more likely to get cancerSBS
High cancer risk for Aboriginal peopleSky News Australia
Commonwealth Bank and Indigenous Business Australia partner to help ...StartupSmart
ABC Online -ABC Message Stick -The Guardian
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British Museum and National Museum of Australia host dual indigenous exhibition
The Australian
IT is 97cm long, 29cm wide and has a ragged hole near its centre. Made from the bark of the spotted mangrove tree, the "elemong" shield has few distinctive features, yet it is a rare and potent symbol of the first, tense moments of contact between ...

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Historians say Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts
Herald Sun
This display featured stories of violent encounters between Indigenous Australians and settlers, including the 1894-1897 Bunuba uprising in West Australia and the 1824 Wiradjuri war in NSW. "The National Museum is committed to representing the full ...
History war flares up againPerth Now

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The Guardian
Indigenous waiting times for surgery 'far worse than official report suggests'
The Guardian
Indigenous Australians have to wait far longer than their non-Indigenous counterparts for surgery, according to a report released on Friday, but the true extent of the problem could be far greater than the official data reveals. While it takes 140 days ...

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Sky News Australia
High cancer risk for Aboriginal people
Sky News Australia
Indigenous Australians experience higher rates of cancer than non-indigenous Australians and are more likely to die from it, data released on Friday reveals. Cancer affects 461 in every 100,000 indigenous people, compared with 434 non-indigenous people ...

WA today
Mundine says keep indigenous health plan
Sky News Australia
The prime minister's top adviser on Aboriginal affairs has urged the government not to dump the national indigenous health plan. Warren Mundine, chair of the new Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, said it was a good scheme. 'The real issue ...
Aboriginal adviser hits out at green campaignerWA today

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