Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Indigenous All Stars to play Tigers in Red Centre
ABC Online
The AFL has confirmed an Indigenous All Stars team will play Richmond at Alice Springs next year. The match will be staged at Traeger Park in February. Former Sydney Swans star Michael O'Loughlin will coach the All Stars and will be assisted by Roger ...

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NTNews.com.au
Tough existence for indigenous women | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern ...
NTNews.com.au
INDIGENOUS women are still by far the most vulnerable Territorians, according to the latest crime figures. Tennant Creek residents are four times more likely to be assaulted or have their homes broken into than any other NT town, and Nhulunbuy is the ...

Learning for the western world? The Indigenous education dilemma
The Conversation
Last week the Western Australian Indigenous Labor MP, Ben Wyatt, told a conference in Perth that Aboriginal children in remote communities need a “full Western education”. Wyatt went on to say that the State had delivered “a palliative education system ...

Mundine says radical change needed in indigenous jobs training
The Australian
GENERATIONONE boss Warren Mundine has revealed there are 12,301 indigenous Australians in real jobs under the scheme founded by mining magnate Andrew Forrest, but another 48,020 jobs are waiting to be filled. Mr Mundine told The Australian the ...

Indigenous Aussies 'should vote for their own senators'
SBS
Indigenous Australians should be able to elect Indigenous senators, a human rights lawyer says. Geoffrey Robertson QC told Living Black presenter Karla Grant that Australia lags behind other countries when it comes to recognising the rights of ...

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Indigenous Aussies embrace round ball game
Fifa.com
Now Football Federation Australia (FFA) are hoping to unearth the next generation of stars from Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The FFA relaunched their indigenous development programme earlier this year under the title ...

Indigenous Australians 'still seeking to be heard'
SBS
Although the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, or ATSIC, was closed down amid controversy and corruption allegations, it was seen by many Indigenous Australians as "their" representative body. Regional councils were elected with ...

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Indigenous Australians 'still seeking to be heard'
SBS
Regional councils were elected with representatives from those councils then attending national meetings, giving many Indigenous people in even the remotest regions of Australia the feeling of having their voices heard. When the Howard government axed ...

Menopause and the influence of culture: another gap for Indigenous Australian ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
There is great variation in experience of menopause in women around the world. The purpose of this study was to review current understanding of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) women's experiences of menopause.

Indigenous Aussies embrace round ball game
Fifa.com
Indigenous Australians have long made a strong contribution to the nation's rich sporting landscape, but until recently few had made a major impact in football. That is now changing with a host of male and female Aborigines featuring not only in the ...

'Mood of change' needed for referendum: PM
SBS
The federal government in September put on hold plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge Indigenous Australians until there was more community awareness and support. Ms Gillard says it would be devastating if the proposal didn't succeed.

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'Mood of change' needed for Indigenous referendum: PM
SBS
The federal government in September put on hold plans for a referendum to constitutionally acknowledge Indigenous Australians until there was more community awareness and support. Ms Gillard says it would be devastating if the proposal didn't succeed.

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The West Australian
Dazzling windows into indigenous art - The West Australian
The West Australian
Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art by Pamela McClusky, Wally Caruana, Lisa Graziose Corrin and Stephen Gilchrist (Seattle Art Museum/Yale, $65) was published to accompany the exhibition of the same name and to celebrate the first collection of ...

Sydney Morning Herald
New TV channel has indigenous voice
Sydney Morning Herald
Yet today in the dusty red centre of Australia, and very close, appropriately, to the spectacular natural wonder that is Uluru, the switch was flicked on for Channel 34 – the National Indigenous Television network. NITV, as it is branded, has ...
The first storytellers: The history of NITVSBS

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Poor attendance data hindering remote Indigenous education
ABC Online
Remote Indigenous education is said to be suffering from a lack of consistent data on attendance rates in schools and preschools. The Federal Government's advisor for remote Indigenous communities wants regular figures published to better identify ...

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Indigenous TV channel launched
The Australian
Conroy said all Australians would now have the chance to share the stories of the culture of indigenous Australia. Macklin said today was "all about making sure we have a strong future for our children." NITV Channel Manager Tanya Denning said it had ...
New era for Australian indigenous television dawns todayMedia Spy
New TV channel has indigenous voiceThe Age
Indigenous channel goes live today on SBS4The Sunshine Coast Daily
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Liverpool-born Scott Gardiner first indigenous Australian on PGA tour
Herald Sun
LIVERPOOL-BORN golfer Scott Gardiner will be the first indigenous Australian to play on the prestigious and lucrative PGA tour. After battling away on the secondary tour for eight years, he will finally realise his goal of playing with the big guns ...

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Study finds jail more likely for Indigenous offenders
ABC Online
Indigenous offenders in New South Wales and South Australia are more likely than others to receive a prison sentence. A study done for the Australian Institute of Criminology compared the rates of imprisonment from magistrates courts over a 10-year ...

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Indigenous channel goes live today on SBS4 | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
"SBS is incredibly proud to be playing a role in delivering content about Indigenous Australians, produced by Indigenous Australians, to every Australian household," he said. "With NITV part of the SBS family, we will reflect Australia's diversity in a ...

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Gloomy forecast for Aboriginal super
Eureka Street
Dark-skinned hands holding pink piggy bank At a recent conference hosted by the National and Torres Strait Island Council (NATSIC), a gloomy conversation point emerged. The discussion was meant to be about Aboriginal superannuation. But Anthony ...