Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Batman's Ged Kearney seeks electorate name change
The Australian
Newly elected federal MP Ged Kearney has backed calls for the Australian Electoral Commission to dump the electoral name of Batman because of concerns it is upsetting for Aboriginal Victorians. As the AEC takes submissions in response to its proposal ...

Google News

The Guardian
In the footsteps of their ancestors: Aboriginal XI begin celebratory tour
The Guardian
“I think it's fair to say that there has been a real push to help Aboriginal cricket in the last few years which was long overdue, and Cricket Australia have acknowledged that they could have done more. But I 100 per cent applaud the work they've been ...
Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gapMedical Xpress

all 2 news articles »

The West Australian
Indigenous cricketers push for BBL round
The West Australian
Australia's leading indigenous cricketers are pushing for their cultures to be celebrated during a stretch of the Big Bash League (BBL). D'Arcy Short, who is poised to make his ODI debut this month, and Dan Christian, currently in England as part of ...

InDaily
Govt begins search for Aboriginal children's commissioner
InDaily
Premier and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Steven Marshall said the role would help to bridge the gap in outcomes between young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in South Australia. “We must do more to deal with the poor outcomes for Aboriginal ...

Google News

The Age
'I'm a lost cause, aren't I?' Aboriginal legal service faces closure
The Age
It was a despairing question from the teenager to his lawyer, and proved to be the catalyst for a legal centre tailor-made for Victoria's Aboriginal children and young people. Balit Ngulu was launched by the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) in ...

Google News

The Northern Daily Leader
Labor NSW promises $3 million for Myall Creek Centre
The Northern Daily Leader
“Labor wants to see that the Myall Creek massacre site becomes a focal point for acknowledging the past and promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians,” NSW shadow Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris said.

NEWS.com.au
Deadly Questions: Aboriginal 'champions' behind Treaty push
NEWS.com.au
WHY should I say sorry to indigenous Australians for something I didn't do?”
Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gapThe Conversation AU
Australian cricketers push for Indigenous Big Bash roundThe Guardian
Indigenous Australian cricketers pushing for their cultures to be celebrated in special BBL roundTVNZ
iNews
all 5 news articles »

The Conversation AU
The art of healing: five medicinal plants used by Aboriginal Australians
The Conversation AU
People have lived in Australia for at least 65,000 years. In all those generations the land provided original Australians with everything they needed for a healthy life. At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants, and it was ...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times
Clemenger Melb designs campaign to raise awareness of Aboriginal issues
AdNews
With Victoria on the path to a Treaty, Clems Melbourne has launched a website where non-Aboriginal Australians can ask the Aboriginal community about things they've always wanted to know. The first-ever Treaty legislation in Australia is being launched ...
Amendments flagged for Vic Treaty bill9news.com.au
Briggs features in Victorian government campaign before Treaty legislationThe Music Network

all 3 news articles »

ABC News
Aboriginal leaders celebrate 40 years since they stared down the miners in Noonkanbah dispute
ABC News
Indigenous leaders will this week mark 40 years since Aboriginal protestors faced off against a convoy of police and miners to protect their sacred land. The Noonkanbah dispute in Western Australia's remote north put land rights on the national agenda ...

ABC News
Cummeragunja walk-off relived as residents unite to share history
ABC News
It was one of the first Indigenous mass protests in Australia, igniting a movement which has since fought for basic rights, such as the right to vote, and the right for Aboriginal Australians to be granted citizenship. Of those that fled, many ended up ...

The Conversation AU
Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
The Conversation AU
Ngangkari are Aboriginal healers of the Anangu of the Western Desert in Central Australia, which includes the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Yankunytjatjara peoples. In some places, particularly South Australia, ngangkari are increasingly being ...
Australia's indigenous cuisine is making a comebackUSA Today 10Best (blog)
Aboriginal XI tour England again for first time in 150 years, retracing steps of their forefathersiNews
How to experience Aboriginal culture in the Northern TerritoryThe National Student

all 5 news articles »

The Inverell Times
Labor NSW promises $3 million for Myall Creek Centre
The Inverell Times
“Labor wants to see that the Myall Creek massacre site becomes a focal point for acknowledging the past and promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians,” NSW shadow Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris said.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Captain Cook's legacy must be faced head-on
The Sydney Morning Herald
Statues of Cook and other colonial-era notables are prone to vandalism with an agenda behind it: the reassertion of an Indigenous consciousness into Australian history. That reassertion is legitimate; the vandalism is not. Nonetheless, we accept that ...

The Australian
Former Aboriginal Affairs minister takes Turnbull to task
The Australian
He said there was inadequate understanding in Australia that such indigenous parliamentary voices already functioned well in other countries “and do not disturb the democratic functioning in (those) jurisdictions”. Mr Turnbull has claimed the voice ...

The Guardian
Purple patch: Indigenous dialysis clinic gets surprise second Namatjira
The Guardian
Last week, an Aboriginal corporation in Alice Springs bought it for $18,500 then donated it to the public collection of the Araluen Art Centre. “This is such a lovely story of somebody deciding to help us out, but in the process central Australia gets ...

Moree Champion
Labor NSW promises $3 million for Myall Creek Centre
Moree Champion
“Labor wants to see that the Myall Creek massacre site becomes a focal point for acknowledging the past and promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians,” NSW shadow Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris said.

Moree Champion
Labor NSW promises $3 million for Myall Creek Centre
Moree Champion
“Labor wants to see that the Myall Creek massacre site becomes a focal point for acknowledging the past and promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians,” NSW shadow Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris said.

The art of healing: five medicinal plants used by Aboriginal Australians  The Conversation AU

At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants. And in terms of medicines, many different parts of plants were used.

The art of healing: five medicinal plants used by Aboriginal Australians  The Conversation AU

At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants. And in terms of medicines, many different parts of plants were used.