Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Heroes of Redfern walk the walk
The Australian
For his national political leadership I'm on a unity ticket with former Labor national president, Warren Mundine, the most capable indigenous Australian never to have been given the chance to serve in parliament. But he is not the Mundine I am talking ...

Toledo Museum of Art brings Aboriginal Australian art to Ohio - Art Daily
Art Daily
“Although exhibitions of art by Indigenous Australians have been shown on both the East and West Coasts of the United States, the Toledo Museum of Art is pleased to introduce these extraordinary works for the first time to our regional audience,” said ...

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The West Australian
Woodside says giant onshore Browse plant 'not commercially viable'
The Australian
WOODSIDE Petroleum has scrapped its controversial $US45 billion ($43 billion) plan to build the Browse liquefied natural gas project (LNG) plant at James Price Point, north of Broome, because of the high cost of building in the heated West Australian ...
Woodside is looking at other options after shelving its $45 billion Browse LNG ...ABC Online
$45b Browse gas hub deadThe West Australian
Woodside gas plan dump causes mixed reactionsPerth Now
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Indigenous Australian channel praises Maori TV support
Radio New Zealand
Aboriginal broadcasters in Australia are praising Maori Television for the support it's given and sharing its knowledge and TV shows to help fill their programme content. The National Indigenous Television service (NITV) was launched in 2007 but six ...

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COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA : Commonwealth Bank continues its ...
4-traders (press release)
The 2013 and 2014 RAP highlights the Bank's achievements over the past two years and looks ahead to the future as we continue to collaborate with Indigenous Australians to achieve social, economic and financial equity. Building on the success and ...

Australian state launches website for indigenous businesses
FutureGov Magazine
Australian state launches website for indigenous businesses. By Sumedha Jalote | 11 April 2013 | Views: 282. The Queensland State Government in Australia launched Black Business Finder, a website designed to boost indigenous businesses and give ...

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UNICEF and Sony photo workshop promotes rights with Darwin's indigenous youth
UNICEF Australia (press release)
INDIGENOUS children from Darwin have this week been handed high-tech Sony cameras and instructed in documenting their lives thanks to a photography workshop hosted by UNICEF Australia, Amity Community Services Inc. and Sony Corporation.

Report Highlights Disadvantage Among Indigenous Offenders
Pro Bono Australia
A report finds that Indigenous offenders sentenced in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria are more likely to receive a term in prison rather than an order supervised in the community than their non- Indigenous counterparts. The report by the Sentencing ...

Department changes from Indigenous to Aboriginal
ABC Online
"Even though it may seem semantics and may be minor in terms of the challenges that face Aboriginal people, to Aboriginal people it was very significant," he said. "So the change reflects the will of Aboriginal people across Western Australia and I'm ...
Protecting a cultural right to abuseSydney Morning Herald

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The Mercury
Indigenous four off to Oxford, Cambridge
Sky News Australia
She wants to become a qualified architect when she returns to Australia and put some indigenous flavour into design work. 'I'm interested in the concept of nomadic housing,' Ms Lynn Rees said, adding there are only seven indigenous architects ...
Indigenous students head to Oxford, CambridgeSBS
Star scholar off to CambridgeTasmania Mercury

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Indigenous four off to Oxford, Cambridge
The Australian
She wants to become a qualified architect when she returns to Australia and put some indigenous flavour into design work. "I'm interested in the concept of nomadic housing," Ms Lynn Rees said, adding there are only seven indigenous architects ...

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Claim renews sovereignty campaign
SBS
A declaration of independence refreshes the campaign for Indigenous sovereignty over parts of Australia. Veteran Aboriginal activist Geoff Clark says he's encouraged by what he calls a reinvigoration of the campaign for Aboriginal sovereignty in Australia.

What can we learn from Indigenous culture about mental health?
Crikey (blog)
They were struck by what is happening here, and there is growing international interest in the focus and investment that is being given to mental health in Australia. The 'Sydney Conversations' were hosted by the National Mental Health Commission, who ...

NSW to get first indigenous war memorial
The Australian
The City of Sydney council has asked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to submit designs for the monument, which will be in place in Sydney's Hyde Park for Anzac Day 2015, the centenary of Australia's involvement in World War I. The ...

Memorial at last for indigenous Diggers
The Australian
Australia has no national or state monuments dedicated to the military contribution made by indigenous troops, although there are a number of monuments in regional towns and a larger memorial is being built in Adelaide. Digital Pass $1 for first 28 ...

Kev Carmody wins Australia Council Don Banks Music Award for outstanding ...
NEWS.com.au
QUEENSLAND indigenous songwriter Kev Carmody has won the prestigious Australia Council Don Banks Music Award for outstanding contribution to Australian music. The $60,000 annual prize is the nation's most valuable individual music award.
Kev Carmody wins major Oz music awardYahoo!7 News
Carmody rewarded for recording historyThe Australian
Kev Carmody Wins $60000 Australia Council AwardtheMusic

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Wealthy Western Australia - from the Secret Country to Forgotten Peoples
National Indigenous Times
Western Australia has the nation's highest median income. Per capita it is the richest State in the Commonwealth of Australia yet it has the highest homelessness rate in the nation. Its poorest people, most of them Aboriginal, have not benefited from ...

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Mission Australia joins call to do something about Kimberley's homeless
National Indigenous Times
kalgoorlie-homeless Mission Australia has joined in to trying to focus the Western Australian Government's attention on the homelessness epidemic in the tourist mecca of the Kimberley region. ... Most of the homeless are Aboriginal people. Few listened to.

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Asher Keddie walks away with Logie gold
ABC Online
The ABC won seven awards, including one for Mabo actress Deborah Mailman, who won the Most Outstanding Actress category for her portrayal of Indigenous activist Bonita Mabo in the 2012 telemovie. "I got the chance to play the most extraordinary ...
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Australia celebrates its TV starsStuff.co.nz
Nine bags Logie haul, ABC dominates news, Asher Keddie rescues TenMarketing magazine Australia
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Discrimination faced by our indigenous soldiers
Yahoo!7 News
Those who survived, nevertheless suffered terrible injustice upon their return to Australia. Percy Pepper was one of one thousand Aboriginal soldiers to serve in World War One. "He enlisted while he was in Warnambool to go to war and I think the reason ...