Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS unveils NITV promo campaign ahead of free-to-air launch
B&T Marketing & Media
In the lead up to the free-to-air launch of Australian Indigenous TV channel, National Indigenous Television (NITV), SBS and NITV have launched a new campaign called 'Stories from the world's greatest storytellers'. NITV will begin broadcasting free-to ...

Yothu Yindi cements its place in musical history
ABC Online
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 ...

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Sarawak Indigenous People Win Australian Greens to Anti-Dam Cause
Environment News Service
Sarawak indigenous leaders and Australian Greens senators announce campaign urging Hydro Tasmania to withdraw from Sarawak. From left: James Nyurang, Peter Kalang, Senator Christine Milne, Senator Lee Rhiannon, November 27, 2012 (Image from ...
Aussie campaign against Hydro Tasmania in S'wakFree Malaysia Today

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Are soft public-sector jobs just another form of welfare?
The Australian
However, there are other civilian parts of Australia where more than 60 per cent of the workforce is engaged by the public sector. In the indigenous community of Kowanyama, on the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 79 per cent of a 300-strong ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Adelaide Now
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
Herald Sun
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Prince William searches for missing skull of Aboriginal resistance leader ...
NEWS.com.au
Federal MP for Sturt Christopher Pyne took up the cause, writing to the Prince earlier this year, seeking further information on the search and noting Pemulwuy's hero status among modern indigenous Australians. Pemulwuy. An illustration of Aboriginal ...

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Aboriginal group Chairman admits FMG ties and frustration
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: A long-running Native Title dispute involving one of Australia's richest miners took a dramatic turn today. After years of silence, the highest ranking officer of an Indigenous group has conceded the group was created and funded ...
Woodley: Room for peaceNational Indigenous Times

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Are you Indigenous? You will have to prove it's true, Australia Council tells ...
National Indigenous Times
He was involved in setting up Australia's first Indigenous theatre group, Nindethana, at the Pram Factory in Melbourne... More of this story can be read in the Print Edition, or subscribe online now. Receive full access to this article and also a years ...

Better health prospects for Indigenous children
ABC Online
A report into the health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory shows improvements have been made but there is still a long way to go. The Australian Institute of Health report is the final review of services funded under the Emergency ...

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Indigenous recognition bill introduced
The Australian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin on Wednesday introduced to parliament legislation for an act of recognition, initiating a bipartisan step towards recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. "We do not underestimate the challenge ...

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Indigenous recognition bill introduced
Herald Sun
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin on Wednesday introduced to parliament legislation for an act of recognition, initiating a bipartisan step towards recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. "We do not underestimate the challenge ...

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Dreams can happen
The North West Star
Recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show 60 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were renting their home, with 11 per cent owning their home outright and 25 per cent owning their home with a mortgage. Indigenous ...

Feel-good factor is vital to indigenous health
The Australian
Australia and Canada have a lot in common - both commonwealth nations, they have resource-based economies, a colonial past, thriving major cities and vast northern remote areas with extreme climates and similar issues in indigenous health. I like to ...

New ABS figures reveal a younger indigenous population
The Queensland Times
INDIGENOUS Australians have a median age of just 21 years, compared with 38 years for non-indigenous people, new figures from the greatly-expanded 2011 Census revealed on Tuesday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released data from the Census ...

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Australia gets first Aboriginal softball pitcher
Adelaide Now
Local softballer Vanessa Stokes has won the 2012 Marion Sports and Community Club Sportsperson of the Year. Vanessa plays for Glenelg Rebels Softball Club, was a member of the 2011/12 SA Starz and the 2012 Australian Open Women's Team. Picture: ...

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Australia gets first Aboriginal softball pitcher
Herald Sun
Earlier this month, she was named the 2012 Marion Sports and Community Club Sportsperson of the Year. Stokes, the first Aboriginal pitcher for the Australian softball team, is only the ninth indigenous woman to represent Australia. Digital Pass - $5 ...

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Australia gets first Aboriginal softball pitcher
NEWS.com.au
Stokes, the first Aboriginal pitcher for the Australian softball team, is only the ninth indigenous woman to represent Australia. "My mum has so much belief in me and I think that helped the belief in myself," Stokes, of Woodville, says. "I believe no ...

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About Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES)
PRWire
A Centre for Indigenous Excellence, the AES seeks to bring about significant positive social change by supporting Indigenous Australians in establishing successful careers. They do this through the delivery of school based training programs, group ...

Marcia Langton on The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources ...
ABC Message Stick
Professor Marcia Langton gives this year's Boyer Lectures. The theme for this lecture is: The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom. She is an outstanding choice and this, the first of her lectures, is terrific. She examines the ...