Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

NEWS.com.au
Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
NEWS.com.au
A submission by the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations group, representing traditional owner organisations across the Murray-Darling Basin, says the Water Act is inconsistent with Australia's international obligations under the Biodiversity ...

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The Australian
Aust breaching standards: Indigenous group
The Australian
"After decades of advocacy, Basin governments are beginning to acknowledge First Nations' rights and interests in water, yet Australia's Water Act and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fall far short of international standards of recognising Aboriginal ...

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InDaily
Marshall aims to build 'stronger' relationship with APY communities
InDaily
He said last week a number of senior Aboriginal leaders in South Australia had questioned him about Marshall's commitment to Aboriginal affairs, including on issues relating to the treaty process – which Marshall has ended – and remote Indigenous housing.

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The Conversation AU
Ten classics of Indigenous design
The Conversation AU
Blak Design Matters is the first exhibition in Australia specifically dedicated to contemporary Indigenous design. Its curator, architect and academic Jefa Greenaway, describes the show as a snapshot that “takes the pulse of what's happening now ...

The Australian
'White feminists' blame colonisation for indigenous domestic violence
The Australian
Aboriginal women victims of domestic violence are ending up in jail at astonishing rates.” The latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, released in February, show that indigenous women are 32 times more likely than non ...

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The West Australian
Kununurra women celebrated at NAIDOC Week march
The West Australian
WA Premier Mark McGowan was welcomed to Miriwoong country and said the State appreciated the role and importance of Aboriginal people in Australia. “It's important we acknowledge Aboriginal people here in the Kimberley but also Aboriginal people ...

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EducationHQ Australia
Indigenous boarding students face great challenges but reap big rewards
EducationHQ Australia
More than 4000 secondary Indigenous students received ABSTUDY boarding payments in 2015, and Indigenous boarding school scholarships receive major government and philanthropic funding. One of Australia's largest funding providers, the Australian ...

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Travel+Leisure
Australia's Uluru Is Back in the Hands of the Aboriginal People — and There's Never Been a Better Time to Visit
Travel+Leisure
Australia's more than 500 Aboriginal tribes are like individual nations, each with its own language and customs. But one belief unites them all: the idea of an ancestral tie to Mother Earth. For the Anangu people who live around Uluru, the rock is the ...

Daily Telegraph
Australia campaigned for Nelson Mandela's freedom but disappointed indigenous Australians by not wanting to 'interfere'
Daily Telegraph
But the Australian visit was not without controversy. Indigenous leaders, many of whom regarded Mandela as a hero and had been active anti-apartheid campaigners, were hopeful Mandela would champion issues relating to the treatment of Aborigines.

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Herald Sun
Michael Long's journey captured in bronze as Essendon pay tribute to on and off-field great
Herald Sun
Three years after he retired, in 2004, Long set out to walk from Melbourne to Canberra to talk to the Prime Minister about improving the health of and saving the lives of aboriginal Australians. “Too many are dying,'' Long once said. Footy folk will ...
Michael Long's legacy forged in bronzeThe Age

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Gizmodo Australia
3 Australian True Crime Podcasts You Should Definitely Be Listening To
Gizmodo Australia
Wrong Skin investigates the 20 year-old cold case of young Aboriginal couple – Julie Buck and Richard Milgin – who, in 1994, vanished in suspicious circumstances from the remote Aboriginal community of Looma in Outback WA. Buck, a young mother, was ...

History uncovered by DNA
Latrobe Valley Express
DNA from hair samples taken from Indigenous Gippslanders in the 20th century is being studied to reconstruct the genetic history of Aboriginal communities across Australia. The samples from 14 people from the Lake Tyers Aboriginal mission have been ...

The Guardian
Guards at Victoria's youth jails receive just 30 minutes of Indigenous cultural training
The Guardian
Guards at Victorian youth detention centres receive just 30 minutes of compulsory Indigenous cultural training despite Indigenous children making up one in five children in detention, a report has found. The youth detention system also has just four ...

The West Australian
Pair pave way for more Aboriginal opportunities
The West Australian
Two former Eastern Goldfields College students are highlighting the pathways available to Aboriginal students in the Goldfields to pursue a career in the mining industry, says AngloGold Ashanti Australia vice-president of corporate affairs Andrea Maxey.

The West Australian
Putting Aboriginal models on world stage
The West Australian
Two aspiring Kalgoorlie-Boulder models will feature in an upcoming promotional campaign for a leading Australian indigenous talent management company, after appearing in an on-the-fly photo shoot in the city last week. Former Kalgoorlie-Boulder ...

Lithgow Mercury
Thales Lithgow celebrates NAIDOC week with permanent Aboriginal flag
Lithgow Mercury
“We are proud of the fact we have the largest number of Indigenous employees in all the different Thales sites in Australia,” Director of integrated weapons and sensors, Graham Evenden said. Thales workers were invited to attend the celebrations ...

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The West Australian
Beyond NAIDOC 2018: Our responsibility to elevate and celebrate the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
This year's NAIDOC week encourages us to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women all around Australia. 'Because of Her, We Can!' conjures up images of the strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have been pioneers, ...
Academy duo mix with emerging leaders in CanberraThe West Australian

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The Canberra Times
Queensland considers treaty talks as federal bids stall
The Australian
The Queensland government will consider treaty talks with the state's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, bringing it into line with moves by Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia and potentially forging ahead of stalled ...
NAIDOC Week: King William IV 'intended a treaty' be negotiated with SA Aboriginal peopleABC News
With NAIDOC week wrapped, here are 8 ways to keep supporting Indigenous Australians in the artsHappy
Indigenous children's access to hearing aids on rise: reportThe Canberra Times
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Particle
Deadly Science connects to country
Particle
Deadly Science—sounds a bit scary, right? Fear not. It's simply the umbrella term for a new series of programs aimed at encouraging Aboriginal youth into science careers. Here in Western Australia, those programs are targeting young Aboriginal women.

Harrowing video footage shows death in custody of Aboriginal man  The Guardian

David Dungay died after telling five Australian police officers that he could not breathe while being restrained.