Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous Australians can vote how they want
ABC Online
When Indigenous activist Warren Mundine announced he had voted conservative, he was accused of betraying his Aboriginality. For some progressive voters, it seems self-determination does not extend to the ballot box, writes Dean Parkin. The racial ...

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Cape Indigenous academy students vie for scholarships
ABC Local
The CEO of Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in far north Queensland says some of its students are in line to receive scholarships to the state's most prestigious boarding schools. Don Anderson says the school's program has been extended for ...

Cape Indigenous academy students vie for scholarships
ABC Local
The CEO of Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in far north Queensland says some of its students are in line to receive scholarships to the state's most prestigious boarding schools. Don Anderson says the school's program has been extended for ...

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Threat to Barrier Reef raised as indigenous mine deal signed
The Australian
THE first coalmine on Cape York is one step closer, after the indigenous-backed Wongai project inked a landmark deal with experienced operators Bounty Mining. The arrangement will see publicly listed Bounty chip in equity for the feasibility and ...
Conservationists fear Bounty Mining coal mine on Cape York could destroy ...ABC Online

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Green Left Weekly
Abbott has no mandate from Aboriginal Australia
Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal Australians awoke on Sunday morning to find they had a new “Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs”, a pledge Tony Abbott delivered during the 2013 election campaign. One problem — noone, including within the media, ever stopped to ask ...

TravelersToday
Karijini National Park, Australia: Indigenous People Win Rights to Their Land ...
TravelersToday
Negotiations occurred between the indigenous people and the Western Australia government between 1998 and 2011, though no progress was made during that time. The federal government has now recognized cultural rights that include BHP's Pilbara iron ...

A future from Australia's past of Aboriginal culture can be found in north ...
The National
Epitomising 200 years of English eccentricity, the fragrance house Atkinsons, launched four contemporary interpretations of vintage scents exclusively at Bloomingdales in The Dubai Mall this week.

Indigenous elder launching book during Geraldton writers' festival
ABC Local
An Indigenous elder says he is excited to launch his first novel at the Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in Geraldton this weekend. Clarrie Cameron was born in Wiluna and worked for the Aboriginal Legal Service in the Pilbara before moving to ...

Indigenous elder launching book during Geraldton writers' festival
ABC Online
An Indigenous elder says he is excited to launch his first novel at the Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in Geraldton this weekend. Clarrie Cameron was born in Wiluna and worked for the Aboriginal Legal Service in the Pilbara before moving to ...

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Aboriginal people are not a project
artsHub Australia (subscription)
'Our academy [the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy] is committed to “concerted cultivation”, and to exposing our students to opportunities taken for granted by middle-class students in urban Australia,' he said in a recent article in The ...

No 'silver bullet' in Indigenous portfolio shift
ABC Online
Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says there is no single way to address alcohol problems in remote Aboriginal communities. Senator Scullion was the Coalition's Indigenous Affairs spokesman and is a front-runner to become a ...

No 'silver bullet' in Indigenous portfolio shift
ABC Local
Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says there is no single way to address alcohol problems in remote Aboriginal communities. Senator Scullion was the Coalition's Indigenous Affairs spokesman and is a front-runner to become a ...

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Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs? Hardly
ABC Message Stick
If the swing against the Coalition in Aboriginal communities was replicated across Australia, Tony Abbott would be leading a minor party, writes Chris Graham. One of the features of a modern democracy is that apart from getting the government we ...
Deadly Awards Recognise Community ContributionsPro Bono Australia
Archie reserves judgment on AbbottWarrnambool Standard

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Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs? Hardly
ABC Online
If the swing against the Coalition in Aboriginal communities was replicated across Australia, Tony Abbott would be leading a minor party, writes Chris Graham. One of the features of a modern democracy is that apart from getting the government we ...
Deadly Awards Recognise Community ContributionsPro Bono Australia
Archie reserves judgment on AbbottWarrnambool Standard

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Deadly Awards Recognise Community Contributions
Pro Bono Australia
Youth suicide prevention researcher and indigenous mental health expert, and the first indigenous psychologist in Australia, Professor Pat Dudgeon won the Deadly for Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.Recipients of the most ...

MCA urges government to adopt indigenous future fund
The Australian
THE powerful Minerals Council of Australia has called on the Abbott government to put on its "short-term legislative agenda" a new tax-exempt community future fund to help pull indigenous Australians out of poverty and greatly increase economic ...

SBS
New government to review Indigenous healthcare
SBS
Indigenous health is to be the subject of a review by the incoming Abbott government as part of it efforts to assess the effectiveness of services being delivered to Indigenous Australians. And Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott says his planned ...
Will Tony Abbott be a 'prime minister for Aboriginal affairs'?The Conversation

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Will Tony Abbott be a 'prime minister for Aboriginal affairs'?
The Conversation
Will Tony Abbott be a 'prime minister for Aboriginal affairs'? Recently, Australian Indigenous policy has been characterised by an unambitious bipartisanship. After one too many dramatic and unsuccessful initiatives, there is a sense of lowered ...

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AFL.com.au
Goodes wins major indigenous award
AFL.com.au
Both have also been heavily involved in the decision to select an all-indigenous team to represent Australia in this year's International Rules Series against Ireland. “He is a leader for our time, on and off the football field,” Glen Ella said ...

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Aboriginal magistrate Pat O'Shane, Archie Roach honoured at Deadly Awards
ABC Local
Australia's first Aboriginal barrister and magistrate has been honoured at the 2013 Deadly Awards, held last night at the Sydney Opera House. Pat O'Shane received the Marcia Langton lifetime achievement award for her work in the areas of Indigenous ...
Deadly Archie wants action from AbbottTasmania Examiner
Jessica Mauboy, Archie Roach recognised at Deadly AwardsNorthern Rivers Echo

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