Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Aboriginal corporation exec plundered cash
9news.com.au
The former executive officer of a West Australian Aboriginal corporation has been ordered to pay more than $430,000 in compensation and penalties after he borrowed money from the non-profit entity that he couldn't repay. Ashley James Taylor took ...

The Guardian
Pru Goward rejects call to appoint Aboriginal child and family commissioner
The Guardian
The peak body for Aboriginal organisations working in the system, the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat, or AbSec, told Guardian Australia an Aboriginal child and family commissioner could direct investment in child and ...

Katherine Times
Rare Arnhem Land Bark Paintings on Show in Beijing
Katherine Times
“This delicate and beautiful collection of Arnhem Land bark paintings is one of Australia's great cultural treasures and the National Museum of Australia is delighted to share them with Chinese audiences,” said National Museum director, Dr Mathew Trinca.

ABC News
The real Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' to be highlighted in Dream Mine Time art exhibition
ABC News
When white anthropologists began studying Aboriginal culture, they came up with the term "Dreamtime" to describe the mythology and history of Indigenous Australians. But they couldn't have been more wrong. What they were trying to define is too complex ...

The Conversation AU
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
The Conversation AU
This year marked the tenth year of the Australian government reporting on targets made to close the educational gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian students. The report card showed some slow gains, but overall it was another national ...

ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal bark paintings described as among Australia's 'greatest treasures' bound for Beijing
ABC Message Stick
A decades-old bark painting of an ancient saltwater crocodile in Arnhem Land will make an historic journey to China next month. This intricately painted — and very carefully preserved — mystic creature is known as a "totemic crocodile" and was ...

The Australian
Marathon China tour a “cultural diplomacy milestone'
The Australian
A history-making exhibition of Aboriginal bark paintings and objects from Arnhem Land — most of which have never left Australia — will soon tour mainland China and Taiwan, in what is being hailed as a “cultural diplomacy milestone''. First stop on ...

The Advertiser
Scrapped indigenous treaty negotiations cost SA taxpayers $1.8 million
The Advertiser
Mr Maher initially pledged $4.4 million over five years to create treaties with dozens of indigenous groups in SA. He told The Advertiser that the treaty process was the “most significant piece of Aboriginal affairs reform South Australia has embarked on”.
Just one week away from making historyNational Indigenous Times
Victorian parliament votes for treaty — but still no sovereigntyGreen Left Weekly

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Independent Australia
Maimed but not dead: Is an Aboriginal rose a rose by any other name?
Independent Australia
I stated last week in conversations that I see Aboriginal words as a gift — not meaning that we are freely giving them to mainstream Australia for their unbridled use, but rather that, in the face of continual assimilation policies, ranging from ...

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The Guardian
Accused Bourke Street driver James Gargasoulas believes he is 'the messiah', jury told
ABC News
The accused Bourke Street driver believes he is the "second coming of Christ" and deliberately drove into people to try to stop police pursuing him so he could "contact Aboriginal royalty", a jury has been told. James Gargasoulas is facing a special ...
Bourke Street driver Dimitrious Gargasoulas believes he is 'messiah'The Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
Just one week away from making history
National Indigenous Times
Mr Wyatt said a $1.3 billion agreement between the WA Government and the South-West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council — currently before the National Native Title Tribunal for approval — was seen by many as Australia's first Indigenous treaty.

cricket.com.au
Christian leads Aboriginal XI to final win
cricket.com.au
In a double-header at Trent Bridge, the men's Aboriginal XI claimed their fifth victory of the tour while the women's XI were unable to finish on a winning note, losing to a star-studded ECB Academy team. Taking on the Nottinghamshire team he will soon ...

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The West Australian
Virgin Australia's Tinamirakuna recognises environmental restoration
The West Australian
Virgin Australia has acknowledged environmental restoration in Tasmania by keeping with tradition and naming its new Boeing 737 after a body of water. As a mark of respect for the traditional landowners, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre was consulted as ...

The Guardian
Morning mail: Trump suspends war games with South Korea
The Guardian
Fifteen thousand years before the Egyptians, Aboriginal Australians were grinding grain – making them very possibly the world's first bakers. That was the finding of Bruce Pascoe's seminal 2014 book, Dark Emu: Black Seeds – Agriculture or Accident ...

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The Guardian
Calls for NSW Aboriginal child and family commissioner in wake of scathing report
The Guardian
AbSec, the peak organisation for Aboriginal groups working in the system, said the “the lack of transparency around the report has made it impossible for Aboriginal communities to participate fully in reforms”. • Sign up to receive the top stories in ...

Banking royal commission: Suncorp, Youi, banks face grilling
The Australian
In the second week, during which the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory will focus on banks and financial services companies gouging indigenous Australians, Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Funeral Plans will take the stand, along with ANZ and ...

ABC News
Tourism video pulled down amid complaints Rockhampton's Indigenous culture 'whitewashed'
ABC News
A tourism marketing video posted on social media has been deleted just hours after a central Queensland council launched it, amid complaints the video was a "whitewash" with no recognition of local Indigenous culture. The Rockhampton Regional Council's ...

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ABC News
Two women fight to save Camp Coorong and help restore the ancient Ngarrindjeri craft
ABC News
A Filipino woman, who was the target of racism when she migrated to Australia 21 years ago, found friendship and connection with Aboriginal elders and their art in South Australia's Coorong. The artist and designer quickly discovered cultural ...

Latrobe Valley Express
A legacy stretching from Canberra to the Kimberley
Latrobe Valley Express
His principles carried him to Canberra when he was elected the member for McMillan and later took him to remote Australia to work with disadvantaged Indigenous communities. As a result of his work, the former Traralgon resident was today made a Member ...

The Australian
Queen could bow out to indigenous day
The Australian
The flag is now raised 15 days a year: on Australia Day and in reconciliation and NAIDOC weeks. NSW Liberal minister and monarchist David Elliott defended the Queen's Birthday holiday and attacked Mr Foley's pledge. “Given that more that 55 per cent of ...

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