Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

BBC News
Aboriginal activist Sam Watson backs schoolgirl's anthem boycott
Courier Mail
ABORIGINAL elder and author Sam Watson has hit back at critics of nine-year-old Harper Nielsen, who refuses to stand for the national anthem because she says its not inclusive of indigenous Australians. Mr Watson said we should applaud the schoolgirl ...
National anthem protest: 9yo refuses to stand because anthem is for 'white people of Australia'ABC Local
Australian schoolgirl Harper Nielsen's national anthem protestBBC News
Nine year old attacked after refusing to stand for Australian anthem because it's for 'white people'Telegraph.co.uk
Brisbane Times -ten daily
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Daily Mail
Community 'reeling' after two boys who drowned in Swan River
NEWS.com.au
The families of Jack Simpson, 17 and Chris Drage, 16 are “soaked in grief” about the loss of the boys, who drowned after plunging into the Swan River on Tuesday while allegedly trying to escape from Western Australia Police. Aboriginal Legal Service ...
Grief for Chris and Jack after police chase ends in river tragedyThe Australian
'It's a tragedy': Teen boys who drowned in Swan River mourned by family, friendsThe Sydney Morning Herald
PICTURED: Young Aboriginal boys who drowned after they jumped into a river trying to evade police in 'tragic mistake'Daily Mail
9news.com.au -ABC News -ABC Local
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Daily Mail
Drownings of boys in Perth being treated as 'death in police presence'
The Guardian
The drownings of two boys in Western Australia are being treated as “death in police presence” and a report is being prepared for the coroner, as the Aboriginal community and others express their grief and anger. The pair drowned in Perth's Swan river ...
Grief for Chris and Jack after police chase ends in river tragedyThe Australian
'It's a tragedy': Teen boys who drowned in Swan River mourned by family, friendsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Community 'reeling' after two boys who drowned in Swan RiverNEWS.com.au
Daily Mail -9news.com.au -ABC News
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Daily Mail
'It's a tragedy': Teen boys who drowned in Swan River mourned by family, friends
The Sydney Morning Herald
The National Indigenous Critical Response Service has provided support to the families of the two drowned teenagers, and support is also being provided to relatives. WA police officers from the major crime division and the internal affairs unit were ...
Swan River deaths: Family left reeling after loss of grandson in fatal Maylands police chaseABC Local
PICTURED: Young Aboriginal boys who drowned after they jumped into a river trying to evade police in 'tragic mistake'Daily Mail
Father's tearful tribute as trolls attack grieving familyThe Cairns Post
NEWS.com.au -SBS
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ABC Local
Serena Williams cartoon: Herald Sun publishes defiant front page defending Mark Knight
ABC Local
"I think there is some kind of sense that Australia is somehow outside of any history, any kind of race history," she said. "And historically it has been Aboriginal Australian people who have been portrayed in this really incredibly dehumanising way ...
Game, set and match KnightThe Australian
News Corp defiant after 'racist' Serena Williams cartoon sparks global furoreThe Guardian
Serena Williams Cartoon 'Not About Race,' Artist Says. Experts Strongly Disagree.WRAL.com
World Tribune
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Mirage News
UniSA leads Aboriginal education in South Australia
Mirage News
The University of South Australia is leading the way in creating tertiary education opportunities for Aboriginal peoples as it becomes the first university in the State to unveil a Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). With its initial RAP released ...

New York Times
National anthem protest: 9yo refuses to stand because anthem is for 'white people of Australia'
ABC Local
Student Harper Nielsen given detention for protesting against the national anthem because it "completely disregards Indigenous Australians"; Parents support their nine-year-old daughter's stance, with her father saying she showed 'incredible bravery' ...
Australian Politicians Threaten Schoolgirl Over National Anthem ProtestNew York Times
Australia's anthem: Why the words 'young and free' sparked protestsBBC News

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ABC News
National anthem protest: 9yo refuses to stand because anthem is for 'white people of Australia'
ABC News
Student Harper Nielsen given detention for protesting against the national anthem because it "completely disregards Indigenous Australians"; Parents support their nine-year-old daughter's stance, with her father saying she showed 'incredible bravery' ...

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Daily Mail
Yassmin Abdel-Magied has weighed in on Serena cartoon and deaths of two Aboriginal teens
NEWS.com.au
On Tuesday, Abdel-Magied tweeted a news article about the deaths of Perth boys Jack Simpson and his friend Chris Drage who were part of a group being chased by police on Monday afternoon. In her post she said: “The original sin of invasion in Australia ...
Yassmin Abdel-Magied blames racist Serena Williams cartoon and Aboriginal teens' drowning deaths on 'original sin of ...Daily Mail

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The Guardian
Six babies left unclaimed in Katherine hospital morgue, inquiry hears
The Guardian
There was one social worker at Katherine hospital and one Aboriginal liaison officer, Potter said, who spent much of their time managing cases in accident and emergency. The hospital only has two Aboriginal health practitioners, one in emergency and ...

ABC News
Dancer Joel Bray grapples with life between worlds as a gay Aboriginal man raised in a white Pentecostal Christian ...
ABC News
For dancer Joel Bray, this curious, confounding creature has become the perfect metaphor for his experience as a gay Aboriginal Australian man raised in a white Pentecostal Christian household. "I identify with this character because I feel a bit like ...

Grant to curb deafness and disadvantage
The University of Newcastle, Australia
A Worimi man, and Australia's first Indigenous surgeon, Dr Kong is passionate about reducing the disparity that exists between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and our non-Indigenous population. “This research will help the equity and ...

Daily Mail
Grief for Chris and Jack after police chase ends in river tragedy
The Australian
Grief and shock have swept through a large network of Aboriginal families across Perth and regional Western Australia after two teenage boys drowned in the Swan River while being chased by police. Grieving mother Winne Hayward last night gave ...
Two teenage boys die in Swan River after jumping in to escape during police chase in MaylandsABC News
PICTURED: Young Aboriginal boys who drowned after they jumped into a river trying to evade police in 'tragic mistake'Daily Mail

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Jobs can break Aboriginal welfare cycle
The Australian
Even so, Aboriginal numbers have been restored, life expectancy is markedly longer than in 1788 and a growing number of indigenous people achieve great success in many fields. Three are in federal parliament. National Congress of Australia's First ...

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Genetic Literacy Project
National identity and what the genes of Aboriginal Australians tell us about 'what it is to be human'
Genetic Literacy Project
Recent genetic research suggests that Aboriginal Australians have lived on their island continent for at least 50,000 years (with some archaeological evidence pushing this back as far as 65,000 years). But what do such dates actually mean? While we can ...

cricket.com.au
Doggett's call up latest step in remarkable rise
cricket.com.au
Brendan Doggett's remarkable rise from outback Queensland club cricket to the top of Australian cricket has continued, with the speedster on the verge of becoming just the third Indigenous player to earn a Baggy Green. A proud descendant of the Worimi ...

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Defending racism in Australian media 101
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
We saw the tactic above played out then, just like we did when Andrew Bolt pretended he wasn't allowed to talk about fair-skinned Aboriginal people after he was found in breach of 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act for writing a series of articles ...

Broadsheet
A Contemporary Aboriginal Arts Market Comes to Carriageworks
Broadsheet
Indigenous art techniques of the Western Desert and Central Australia are some of the most iconic and recognisable styles of the 20th century. But in early October, one art fair is helping to update the canon. The South East Aboriginal Arts Market is ...

The Australian
Body of second teenager pulled from Perth's Swan River
The Australian
The Federal government's National Indigenous Critical Response Service is helping to support the relatives of the deceased boys as grief and shock sweeps a large network of Aboriginal families across Perth and regional Western Australia. The Australian ...

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Auditions for 2019 - Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts
ArtsHub
The Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) invites Australia's next generation of stage, screen and recording stars to audition this September for a coveted place in one of the centre's nationally accredited courses starting in February 2019.