Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

American film director Spike Lee has praised indigenous rugby league players who plan to remain silent during the national anthem at next week's Origin clash.

Blake Ferguson has not sung Advance Australia Fair in three years. But he makes a point of telling Indigenous youngsters to make up their own minds about singing the national anthem. Blake Ferguson would also have remained silent during the national anthem on Wednesday had he made the Blues side.Photo: Wolter Peeters And Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie has welcomed the stance taken by NSW players Cody Walker, Josh Addo-Carr and Latrell Mitchell, as well as Queensland's Will Chambers, to remain silent at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday as the anthem plays. Beattie said...

American director Spike Lee has praised indigenous rugby league players who plan to remain silent during the national anthem at next week's State of Origin. ".

The co-founder of the Australian Indigenous Football Championships believes Aboriginal football is booming after the Indigenous men's and women's teams ...

An online petition to fly the Aboriginal flag from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge year-round has won the unanimous support of Eurobodalla Shire ...

Scientists are pushing for Indigenous knowledge to be put into practice to help conserve species in one of the world's unique biodiversity hotspots. Stephen Hopper, a biodiversity professor and author at the University of Western Australia, has spent years learning from Aboriginal elders and absorbing the land management practices of our First Nations people. He suggested that an effective approach to environmental protection boiled down to two simple outlooks: firstly caring for the water and mountains and secondly, adopting a totem. Kaat and beeliar: Water and mountains Professor Hopper s...

A CROWD of more than 300 were treated to a unique performance by the indigenous dance group Djuki Mala at the Gladstone Entertainment Convention ...

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Last year Piper Stewart realised she was the only Indigenous child in her swimming club at Griffith, in the New South Wales Riverina, and decided to do something about it. "I went home, and I was thinking about why and I realised not as many people have as much money to pay, because swimming lessons are pretty expensive," she said. Key points: - Griffith teenager Piper Stewart was the only Aboriginal child in her swimming club - Indigenous Australians are four times more likely to drown than non-Indigenous Australians - Piper started a charity to help fund swimming lessons for local Aborigi...

Last year Piper Stewart realised she was the only Indigenous child in her swimming club at Griffith, in the New South Wales Riverina, and decided to do something about it. "I went home, and I was thinking about why and I realised not as many people have as much money to pay, because swimming lessons are pretty expensive," she said. Key points: - Griffith teenager Piper Stewart was the only Aboriginal child in her swimming club - Indigenous Australians are four times more likely to drown than non-Indigenous Australians - Piper started a charity to help fund swimming lessons for local Aborigi...

Last year Piper Stewart realised she was the only Indigenous child in her swimming club at Griffith, in the New South Wales Riverina, and decided to do something about it. "I went home, and I was thinking about why and I realised not as many people have as much money to pay, because swimming lessons are pretty expensive," she said. Key points: - Griffith teenager Piper Stewart was the only Aboriginal child in her swimming club - Indigenous Australians are four times more likely to drown than non-Indigenous Australians - Piper started a charity to help fund swimming lessons for local Aborigi...

Last year Piper Stewart realised she was the only Indigenous child in her swimming club at Griffith, in the New South Wales Riverina, and decided to do something about it. "I went home, and I was thinking about why and I realised not as many people have as much money to pay, because swimming lessons are pretty expensive," she said. Key points: - Griffith teenager Piper Stewart was the only Aboriginal child in her swimming club - Indigenous Australians are four times more likely to drown than non-Indigenous Australians - Piper started a charity to help fund swimming lessons for local Aborigi...

At school, Bruce Pascoe was taught Aboriginal people were backward wanderers. Today, the Dark Emu author argues for curiosity and doubt.

JULIE Gough is an important artist. Dont run and hide when you hear that. Leave that to Gough, who literally runs and hides sometimes. Shes not here to ram ...

JULIE Gough is an important artist. Dont run and hide when you hear that. Leave that to Gough, who literally runs and hides sometimes. Shes not here to ram ...

The Northern Territory government's plan to close courts to the public when dealing with young offenders has been welcomed by legal and social organisations ...

Local authorities in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of Western Australia say a Gold Coast-based payday lender has charged hundreds of people in remote Aboriginal ...

Hundreds of Indigenous people in remote WA communities are being signed up to loans by a "predatory" payday lender they can neither afford nor understand, locals and advocacy groups say. Key points: - Advocates allege a Gold Coast payday lender is targeting vulnerable Aboriginal communities - Aboriginal people have accrued thousands in fees for loans worth a couple hundred dollars - ASIC is aware of the problem but is yet to use new product intervention powers against the firm People living in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands claim that Gold Coast-based Cigno Loans has charged borrowers — some of th...

Indigenous filmmakers are branching into horror to tell their stories in a unique way, with their work set to be showcased at the Sydney Film Festival this month.

ITS taken 15 years for Grace Lillian Lee to transform herself from a teenage creator of wearable art at Cairns High into a collectable artist, curator and fashion ...