Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

What a shame, considering yesterday we concluded National Reconciliation Week, which commemorates the 1967 referendum, recognising Aboriginal Australians, and the High Court Mabo decision. Reconciliation Week is celebrated to “live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respected relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’’. According to its website, Reconciliation Australia promotes and facilitates respect, trust and positive relationships between white and black Au...

A herd of Fostoria dinosaurs walks along a lakeshore near what is now Lightning Ridge, Australia, in an illustration. Unusually colorful fossils found in Australia belong to a stunning new species of plant-eating dinosaur, scientists report today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The remains not only belong to the first herd or family group of dinosaurs discovered in the country, they also represent the most complete dinosaur fossil yet found preserved in opal. Discovered near the town of Lighting Ridge, about 450 miles northwest of Sydney, the hundred-odd bones have a rare blue-gr...

The Australian Public *Service* (APS) has been urged to 'Indigenise' the Public *Service* Act 1999 to recruit and retain Indigenous employees and incorporate the ...

The Kakadu plum fruiting season in the Top End is just finishing. Over one weekend, I was able to find a few fruits on the ground beneath some trees in the ...

The Swinburne Annual Reconciliation Lecture was a panel discussion that revealed the many layers of Indigenous astronomy.

A finance program will tour through the Northern Territory and Western Australia to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders reunite with superannuation they ...

Reconciliation Week has come to a close in Warrnambool with an uplifting community event.

Congratulations to Reconciliation Australia for hosting a great event last Friday in Perth. It is certainly a step in the right direction on a very long journey towards ...

Congratulations to Reconciliation Australia fora great event. It is a step in the right direction towards equity and parity for the Indigenous people.

Two new executive agencies were gazetted by the federal government last week — one to build the nation's high-speed rail capacity, and the other to lead ...

Sports star and activist Joe Williams has suggested a new national anthem - saying Advance Australia Fair does not represent many Australians, especially Indigenous people. Mr Williams has published to Twitter little-known lyrics from the original version of Advance Australia Fair which included references to 'Brittania'. The lyrics were left out of the anthem when it was officially adopted in 1984. The old lyrics said: 'When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd, To trace wide oceans o'er, True British courage bore him on, Till he landed on our shore .... Brittania then shall surely know, Beyond...

Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans says he not only respects a national anthem boycott by State of Origin players, he hopes it sparks debate for change.

The Moree community came together in force on Friday night to celebrate the achievements of individuals and groups who are paving the way in reconciliation.

Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans says he not only respects a national anthem boycott by State of Origin players, he hopes it sparks debate for change. The Maroons skipper on Monday threw his support behind the likes of teammate Will Chambers and NSW’s Cody Walker and Josh Addo-Carr who have declared they will refuse to sing Advance Australia Fair ahead of Wednesday’s Origin opener. The trio have taken the stance after claiming the anthem doesn’t represent Indigenous Australians. Retired Queensland great Johnathan Thurston has already called for a referendum on the continued use of Advan...

Jeff McMullen's powerful 'Mabo Address' in Sydney, is reproduced here in full in the hope that Koiki and Bonita's "seasons of hope" will continue.

By Michelle Grattan Kristina Keneally is continuing her rise and rise, appointed to "shadow" home affairs minister, opposite Minister Peter Dutton, in Anthony Albanese's frontbench line-up announced on Sunday. After last week obtaining a place in the shadow ministry and becoming Labor's deputy Senate leader, with two men standing aside to make way for her, Senator Keneally now takes on one of the toughest players in the Coalition. She will also cover immigration, which comes under the home affairs portfolio but has a separate minister in the Government's ranks. At Bill Shorten's side all th...

Kristina Keneally is continuing her rise and rise, appointed to "shadow" home affairs minister, opposite Minister Peter Dutton, in Anthony Albanese's frontbench line-up announced on Sunday. After last week obtaining a place in the shadow ministry and becoming Labor's deputy Senate leader, with two men standing aside to make way for her, Senator Keneally now takes on one of the toughest players in the Coalition. She will also cover immigration, which comes under the home affairs portfolio but has a separate minister in the Government's ranks. At Bill Shorten's side all through the election c...

Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans says he not only respects a national anthem boycott by State of Origin players, he hopes it sparks debate for change.

The Australian Museum is providing a platform for our First Nations communities to respond to Cook and the events of 1770.

Theatre Network NSW farewells founding Director; City of Parramatta appoints Group Manager of Cultural Strategy; new board members at NAVA and Polyglot, ...