Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Woman, 44, from indigenous community dies in town lock-up
The Australian
The 44-year-old woman was from a remote indigenous community in the Kimberley, but lived periodically in Broome. Her death was not considered to have been a suicide, The Weekend Australian was told. Detectives from the Western Australia Police ...

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Indigenous housing Sarra's next big challenge
The Australian
HAVING sparked a wave of reform around the nation based on his "Stronger Smarter" approach to indigenous schools, respected Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra is planning to leave education to try repairing the troubled area of indigenous housing.

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Brisbane Times
Repossessing the songlines
Brisbane Times
They brought the question of Aboriginal rights to land and the concept of native title before the courts for the first time in Australian history. The plaintiffs ''asserted on behalf of the native clans they represented that those clans and no others ...

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Clive James given special award
Herald Sun
And the latest winner is Kim Scott, the West Australian Aboriginal writer, who on Friday won a combined $50,000 for two NSW Premier's Literary awards for his novel, That Deadman Dance. He received $40,000 for the Christina Stead Prize and $10,000 for ...

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Gooda calls for Indigenous governance overhaul
SBS
The way Indigenous Australians are governed needs a complete overhaul, according to a report from the Australian Human Rights Commission. "We need Government to sometimes just get out of the road and give us a chance to make some decision sin out ...

Mining the middle class
Australian Mining
According to Professor Marcia Langton, chair of Australian indigenous studies at the University of Melbourne, the mining industry is helping pull many Aboriginal Australians out of poverty. By Langton's count around 7,000 indigenous people work in ...

Brisbane Times
And the ARIA goes to… constitutional recognition!
NEWS.com.au
Earlier this month, a series of concerts was held throughout Australia to promote awareness of the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. Gurindji man and rock hero Dan Sultan headlined ...
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks aheadSydney Morning Herald
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
The Australian -SBS -Business Spectator
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SA makes Indigenous constitutional move
ABC Online
He said it would correct the historical record, setting out that when South Australia was established in 1836 there was no recognition of, consultation with or authorisation from Aboriginal people, nor was this rectified when the present constitution ...

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Aboriginal agency wins valulable seed funding
Coffs Coast Advocate
The professional brokering service will set out to link indigenous artists and design students from across Australia with both national and international manufacturers to help them design products for the world stage. The not-for-profit organisation ...
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Brisbane Times
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks ahead
Brisbane Times
TWENTY years after Treaty, the song that became the reconciliation movement anthem, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step toward ''a truly united Australia''.

Sydney Morning Herald
Hall of Fame first, now Yunupingu looks ahead
Sydney Morning Herald
TWENTY years after Treaty, the song that became the reconciliation movement anthem, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step toward ''a truly united Australia''.
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
Yothu Yindi to enter ARIA Hall of FameYahoo!7 News
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The Age
Yunupingu voices hope for change to constitution
The Age
TWENTY years after releasing Treaty, the song that became an anthem of the reconciliation movement, Yothu Yindi's frontman, Mandawuy Yunupingu, has embraced constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians as the next step towards ''a truly united ...
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical historyABC Online
And the ARIA goes to… constitutional recognition!NEWS.com.au
Yothu Yindi push for constitution changeNinemsn
The Australian -SBS -Business Spectator
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Telegraph.co.uk
The art of Australia: coast to coast culture
Telegraph.co.uk
Before my trip this summer, Aboriginal art meant little to me – but going to Australia has a way of changing your preconceptions and opening you up to new experiences. Flying out of the tropical heat of Darwin in an alarmingly tiny plane and landing ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
Adelaide Now
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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Anderson slams education of Aboriginal children
ABC Online
Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson says all Territorians should be ashamed of the poor academic outcomes achieved by many Aboriginal children. Ms Anderson has told the Legislative Assembly that the Labor Party wasted a decade in office ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
NEWS.com.au
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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South Australian Constitution to be amended to recognise indigenous occupation
Herald Sun
PREMIER Jay Weatherill today will introduce a bill to Parliament to amend the South Australian Constitution to recognise indigenous occupation of the land prior to modern settlement. Mr Weatherill conceded it was a symbolic act but stressed the ...

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Brisbane Times
Mental health services 'appalling'
The North West Star
The report said that Indigenous Australians had twice the number of suicides than other Australians and that they used psychiatric disability services at double the rate of non-Indigenous Australians. North West Hospital and Health Service executive ...
Double access to mental health services, reduce forced treatmentThe Conversation
Mental health care scores F for failure in first report cardSydney Morning Herald

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UQ News
Sport provides swell times for Indigenous youth
UQ News
The report, a joint venture between the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, The University of Queensland's School of Human Movement Studies, and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), is titled The Impact of Indigenous Community Sports Programs: ...

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Radio Australia
Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
Radio Australia
Federal Minister and former lead singer of Midnight Oil Peter Garrett says Yothu Yindi has forged an important legacy in Australian music, Indigenous culture and politics. The band was formed in 1986 and its original members came from Yolngu homelands ...