Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Australian Tribune
Identity Politics! Early Access to Super for Indigenous People Spruiked
The Australian Tribune
The Banking Royal Commission asked for submissions on a number of issues. Perhaps the most controversial is whether indigenous people should be allowed to access superannuation earlier due to their lower life expectancy. The Australian Tribune ...

National Indigenous Times
Sour news for Cricket Australia sees top dog topple
National Indigenous Times
A tumultuous couple of weeks at Cricket Australia continues after its chair David Peever stepped down on Thursday. Co-chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cricket Advisory Committee Earl Eddings is the favourite to replace Peever.

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Beat Magazine
Baker Boy has had a whirlwind of a year
Beat Magazine
“Through my music, I'd hope to educate people about my language, to inspire them to explore just how many Aboriginal languages there are in every state and hopefully get schools around Australia to include their local language in their curriculum for ...

Australia: Inside track: Competition and Consumer Law
Mondaq News Alerts
The Federal Court has found that Birubi Art Pty Ltd (Birubi) made false or misleading representations that products it sold were made in Australia and hand painted by Australian Aboriginal persons, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law (24 October ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Kickstarting Indigenous Businesses to Achieve Success
Pro Bono Australia
The six month program, run through a partnership between Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) and The Difference Incubator (TDi), combines formal training, practical skills, and mentorships to kickstart Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led businesses.

The Advertiser
Scotch College to honour indigenous hero on Remembrance Day
The Advertiser
Returning to Australia, Fred, like many indigenous service personnel, found the respect he gained in the military was not reciprocated in the post-war society. Racism and exclusion continued, and the contribution of those indigenous Australians who ...

Women from Aboriginal Australia transcend the horizon of contemporary art
Ubyssey Online
“Some of the paintings are comprised of thousands of dots ... looking at the paintings is as though we're peering into the infinity and the cosmos. But to the artist, each and every dot is [a] bush plum flower,” said Carol E. Mayer, the curator of the ...

The Guardian
More than 800 Aboriginal children could be adopted under NSW law change
The Guardian
The Department of Family and Community Services has confirmed that between 810 and 815 Aboriginal children are on guardianship orders, which could be converted to open adoptions under the Berejiklian government's planned changes to the system.

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion offered to fund dispute over Indigenous land claim, fishing group says
The Guardian
The Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, offered to fund the NT's Amateur Fishermen's Association's dispute over several Aboriginal land claims, its executive officer has said, as calls increase for a full investigation into his use of ...

More than 800 Aboriginal children could be adopted under NSW law change  The Guardian

More than 800 Aboriginal children in New South Wales could be adopted without parental consent if controversial changes to the state's child protection ...

Banks open to early super access for Indigenous Australians  SBS News

The possibility of allowing indigenous Australians to access superannuation earlier due to lower life expectancy has received a mixed response.

More than 800 Aboriginal children could be adopted under NSW law change  The Guardian

More than 800 Aboriginal children in New South Wales could be adopted without parental consent if controversial changes to the state's child protection ...

Wollondilly Advertiser
Matthew James named Australian Mental Health Nurse of the Year
Wollondilly Advertiser
Matthew James knows all too well about the challenges that mental health can bring. Mr James has assisted Macarthur's Indigenous population as a mental health practisioner at the Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation for the past year. The nurse leads ...

Wollondilly Advertiser
Matthew James named Australian Mental Health Nurse of the Year
Wollondilly Advertiser
Mr James said Tharawal did a great job supporting Macarthur's Indigenous community. “Tharawal offers the leading Aboriginal health service in Australia,” he said. “I am very proud of our work.” Tharawal's social and emotional well-being team manager ...

The Sector (press release) (blog)
SNAICC says The Children's Report puts the spotlight on disadvantage
The Sector (press release) (blog)
The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) has welcomed the release of the Australian Child Rights Taskforce The Children's Report for UNICEF, saying that it sheds an important light on the widespread disadvantage ...

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Gympie Times
Beloved Gympie woman a nominee for Qld Australian of Year
Gympie Times
GYMPIE region Aboriginal elder Lilian Bourke is a nominee for the 2019 Queensland Australian of the Year awards. Lillian Burke (Aunty Lillian) has been nominated for her volunteer work in the community, and her position as a community elder. She was ...

West Coast Sentinel
Group wins coveted award
West Coast Sentinel
The Far West Coast Investments (FWCI) group was delighted to take out the 2018 Indigenous Business of the Year award at the inaugural AEMEE (Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy and Exploration) Resource Sector Awards in Western Australia last ...

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West Coast Sentinel
Group wins coveted award
West Coast Sentinel
The Far West Coast Investments (FWCI) group was delighted to take out the 2018 Indigenous Business of the Year award at the inaugural AEMEE (Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy and Exploration) Resource Sector Awards in Western Australia last ...

ABC Life
Dating as an Aboriginal woman: here's how I avoid a racist
ABC Life
In the words of Malcolm X: "The most disrespected person in America is the black woman". Well damn! The same could be said for Australia. There's still a sense that Aboriginal women aren't as beautiful or deserving of love and respect than other women.

The Conversation AU
Found: the earliest European image of Aboriginal Australians
The Conversation AU
The earliest found European image of Aboriginal Australians, engraved in 1698, depicts them resisting their enslavement. Recently discovered in the Hamilton library of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa it is an apocryphal image for its times, intending to ...