Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Guardian
'Stolenwealth Games': Indigenous protests continue on Gold Coast
The Guardian
An Aboriginal group marched through the centre of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast on Saturday, continuing their protest against the hosting of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. After assembling on the foreshore, north of the Cavill Avenue mall, about 150 ...

euronews
Meet Australia's aboriginal singer who's ready to conquer Eurovision
euronews
That I guess was my question. What does love mean to me," the artist said on Thursday ahead of a performance at London's Cafe De Paris. Mauboy got her debut at the Australian Idol talent show in 2006 and has gone on to have five top 10 albums. A proud ...

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Yahoo7 News
'Disgusting' - Australian politician blasts indigenous focus at Games
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 7, 2018 (AFP) - - Rightwing politician Pauline Hanson slammed the segments on Aboriginal culture at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony as "absolutely disgusting", saying they didn't reflect Australian society. Hanson ...
Bundanon Trust Celebrates 25 Years Unveiling Future Vision & Program HighlightsBroadway World

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The Australian
Commonwealth Games 2018: Hanson hits out at indigenous focus of opening ceremony
The Australian
The One Nation leader and Queensland senator said that the indigenous segment of the ceremony dominated and was “over the top”. Aboriginal leaders from the Gold Coast's Yugambeh people rejected Senator Hanson's comments, and Queensland Commonwealth ...
This Commonwealth Games subtitling gaffe couldn't be more (in)appropriateTechly
Aboriginal activities stage Commonwealth Games protestsTampabay.com
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestFort Worth Star Telegram
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The Australian
Hidden truancy crisis lurks behind youth crime
The Australian
This year, 70 per cent of participants are Aboriginal. The whole group's average attendance rate has lifted from 63 per cent to 93 per cent and there have been benefits for siblings. One child whose brother is in the program had a school attendance ...

EducationHQ Australia
Expert out to slay "toxic beast" in Indigenous education
EducationHQ Australia
It was an action research mission to weed out unhelpful stereotypes and instil in children a positive sense of what it means to be Aboriginal today. Spurred on by his success at Cherbourg, Sarra developed the 'Stronger Smarter' approach to Indigenous ...

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Namoi Valley Independent
Gunnedah man wins CSIRO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM Professional Early Career Award
Namoi Valley Independent
Kamilaroi man Dean Foley is striving to give foundations to Indigenous youth like himself. Photo: CSIRO. Former Gunnedah man Dean Foley has a dream of elevating the next generation of Indigenous youth to great heights. The Kamilaroi man has been ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Bloody week in history wars as Alan Jones takes aim at opening ceremony and Abbott group seizes on Australian hero
The Sydney Morning Herald
There had been 4500 performers on stage, he said on ABC's The Drum, and about 300 of them were Indigenous: “It was new, fresh different and our story – the feeling of camaraderie was amazing.” He was “very excited” that Jones noticed the didgeridoo, he ...

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SBS
'Disgusting': Pauline Hanson blasts Commonwealth Games ceremony's focus on indigenous culture
NEWS.com.au
“As far as I'm concerned, that is not Australia,” Senator Hanson said. “They (indigenous Australians) are part of the culture, the heritage of this country. “They are not what Australia is about.” Senator Hanson also slammed more general preferential ...
Pauline Hanson slams Games ceremony for being 'too Aboriginal'SBS
Pauline Hanson claims she is indigenousThe Queensland Times

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DPP to appeal pedophile's release
InDaily
Last week, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in its Pathways to Justice report, confirmed this rate has now ballooned to 14.7 times for men and a staggering 21.2 times for women. It was urgent then. It is a crisis now. In the decade since the ...

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InDaily
Latest report on indigenous incarceration must be the last
InDaily
Last week, the Australian Law Reform Commission, in its Pathways to Justice report, confirmed this rate has now ballooned to 14.7 times for men and a staggering 21.2 times for women. It was urgent then. It is a crisis now. In the decade since the ...

Voice of America
Live: Commonwealth Games Day Two on the Gold Coast
NEWS.com.au
It's fair to say Pauline Hanson wasn't a fan of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Speaking on Sky News she addressed her distaste at the overuse of the Aboriginal culture when portraying Australia. “I'm not used to seeing Aboriginals sing rap ...
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Commonwealth Games begins with spectacular opening ceremony paying tribute to region's Aboriginal historyEvening Standard
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestNew Jersey Herald
Mail & Guardian
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Nhulunbuy space project naysayers will deter investors to Arnhem land, Indigenous group warns
ABC Online
Negative commentary about plans for Australia's first commercial space centre could dissuade other prospective investors to the East Arnhem land region, a local Indigenous group has warned. Key Points. Plans are underway set up a rocket launchpad near ...

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ABC Online
Living with the locals: Six extraordinary first contact stories of friendship and survival
ABC Online
Not all stories of first contact between European settlers and Indigenous Australians were fraught with violence and mistrust. Whether lost or escaped, marooned or shipwrecked, exiled or on the run, many Europeans found themselves living with the ...

9news.com.au
Indigenous people racially abused online
9news.com.au
The report focused on six key areas; indigenous identities, online communities, practising culture, racism and violence, help-seeking, and political activism. "Indigenous people must navigate many different tensions between the benefits and dangers of ...

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New York Times
Review: 1920s Australia Is No 'Sweet Country' for Aboriginal Australians
New York Times
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense. Around this spare story, though, the director Warwick Thornton ...
Australian western 'Sweet Country' spotlights race relations in the outbackLos Angeles Times

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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for some Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News
Golden Bay law student aiming to reform Australian law and reduce Indigenous over representation in prisonsCommunity Newspaper Group

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The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the ...
Preserving Aboriginal language with technology ​Particle
Indigenous activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremonyDeutsche Welle
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer
Action News Now -Turtle Island News
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Eternity News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
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This time around, the Games are taking place during a period of heightened awareness for indigenous rights following large-scale protests on Australia Day in January. "We call this the 'Stolenwealth Games' because we deserve more," protest leader Wayne ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News

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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of protesters ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer

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