Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Australian
Adoption can save Aboriginal kids from chaos
The Australian
Children need permanent care, guidance and a home.” Some Aboriginal leaders agree, but unfortunately the federal government does not have the legislative power to change policy in this area, although it does in the case of international adoptions. Most ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
James Cook: founder of 'modern Australia', or the embodiment of dispossession?
The Sydney Morning Herald
Since 2000, every anniversary of Cook's landing has been commemorated through a “Meeting of Two Cultures” ceremony, in which visiting dignitaries, politicians, local Indigenous elders and school and community groups come together to listen, remember ...

North Queensland Register
Most Aboriginal languages come from Burketown region
North Queensland Register
“Our findings suggest this language family spread across Australia as people moved in response to changing climate,” Prof Bowern said. “Our research adds further evidence to Australia pre-1788 being a dynamic place, where people moved and adapted to a ...

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Most Aboriginal languages come from Burketown region
North Queensland Register
In an article in The Conversation, researcher Claire Bowern, Professor of Linguistics at Yale University said Burketown was the home of Australia's largest language family called Pama-Nyungan which comprises 300 language and covered 90% of the country ...

Red Flag
Remembering Aboriginal leader William Ferguson
Red Flag
It's been 80 years since the first recorded protest for civil rights in Australia, led by the Aboriginal community in what is now known as the “Day of Mourning”, 26 January 1938. The Aboriginal organiser of the march, William (Bill) Ferguson, was a ...

BuzzFeed News
Sunrise Stolen Generation segment sparks large protest in Sydney's Martin Place
ABC Local
Nat Heath, an Aboriginal early education worker who was at the protest, said the issue was broader than a breakfast TV show. "Aboriginal people have basically just had enough of white people speaking for us and not letting us have a voice," he said. "I ...
Why can't Sunrise apologise?The Sydney Morning Herald
'Leave the kids alone!': Sunrise tries to hide protesters after Stolen Generations commentsSBS - The World Game
Sunrise Literally Covered Up An Indigenous Protest About Its Segment On Aboriginal AdoptionBuzzFeed News
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BuzzFeed News
Why can't Sunrise apologise?
The Sydney Morning Herald
But once they have been removed, Indigenous children (who are hugely over-represented in child protection) are considered differently to non-Indigenous kids. If they can't be placed with a relative, an effort is made to find them an Indigenous carer ...
Sunrise Literally Covered Up An Indigenous Protest About Its Segment On Aboriginal AdoptionBuzzFeed News
'Leave the kids alone!': Sunrise tries to hide protesters after Stolen Generations commentsSBS - The World Game
Sunrise admits blocking visuals of Stolen Generation protestersThe New Daily
Daily Mail
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ABC Local
Approval to destroy 23000-year-old indigenous sites to be reviewed by Federal Government
ABC Local
The Federal Government is reviewing a decision to allow the destruction of a number of culturally significant indigenous sites in Western Australia's remote Pilbara which would make way for a railway proposed by Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue ...

Katherine Times
Long way to go before we close the gap
Katherine Times
A review revealed last month that the Federal Government had “abandoned” long term goals for Indigenous parity five years ago. Yesterday marked Australia's annual “Closing the Gap” day where citizens come together to acknowledge the huge gaps in health ...

BuzzFeed News
'Leave the kids alone!': Sunrise tries to hide protesters after Stolen Generations comments
SBS - The World Game
However, the "Aboriginal child placement principle", written into law in every state and territory, is a guideline designed to enhance and preserve Aboriginal children's connection to family, community and retain their sense of identity and culture ...
Why can't Sunrise apologise?The Sydney Morning Herald
Sunrise Literally Covered Up An Indigenous Protest About Its Segment On Aboriginal AdoptionBuzzFeed News
Channel Seven have been accused of running stock footage of Sydney's Martin Place to avoid showing angry ...Daily Mail

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Shepparton News
Treaty step closer
Shepparton News
She will soon be on the road to lead consultations with Aboriginal leaders. ''Australia is one of the only Commonwealth countries that does not have a treaty with indigenous peoples,'' she said. ''Victoria can lead the way, ensuring recognition of ...

NT News
Flying high as Australia's first indigenous female pilot
NT News
It only made sense to Tori that she would one day follow in the path of her Greek father Tony, who cut his aviation teeth as a bush pilot in the skies over the Territory and Northern Australia. In a matter of days she will achieve her dream to follow ...

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The Australian
Greg Hunt flagged STI concerns with Labor a year ago
The Australian
In a letter obtained by The Australian, written in March last year, Mr Hunt told opposition health spokeswoman Catherine King and Labor MP Warren Snowdon that he shared Labor's concerns about increased rates of STIs in Aboriginal communities. Mr Hunt ...

Radio Australia
#MeToo global campaign resonates with Indigenous women and the frontline shelters of domestic violence
Radio Australia
The Alice Springs Women's Shelter has adopted the global #MeToo campaign, highlighting the record levels of sexual assault and violence that central Australian women live with on a daily basis. The campaign gained global notoriety on social media in ...

Talking Aged Care
More older Australians without aa place to call home
Talking Aged Care
The 2016 Census of Population and Housing was released on 14 March and shows that homelessness in Australia is on the rise - focusing on three key groups such as youth, those displaced by domestic and family violence and Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Guardian
Indigenous Australians far more likely to die from cancer, new data shows
The Guardian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to get cancer and far more likely to die from the disease than non-Indigenous people, with remoteness having a dramatic impact on their prospects. According to new data from the Australian ...
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ABC Online
#MeToo global campaign resonates with Indigenous women and the frontline shelters of domestic violence
ABC Online
The Alice Springs Women's Shelter has adopted the global #MeToo campaign, highlighting the record levels of sexual assault and violence that central Australian women live with on a daily basis. The campaign gained global notoriety on social media in ...

3AW
Law Council of Australia says there is 'systemic racism' in our justice system
3AW
The Australian justice system's over-incarceration of indigenous Australians is evidence of 'systemic racism', according to Australia's peak law body. A quarter of all Australian prisoners are indigenous, when they represent less than three per cent of ...

Radio Australia
NT businessman awarded Indigenous grant worth more than $400000 may have Aboriginal status revoked
Radio Australia
His business emails and website carry an image of the Australian Aboriginal flag and state that the company is "100 per cent Indigenous owned and operated". According to criteria provided by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, an Indigenous ...

ABC Online
NT businessman awarded Indigenous grant worth more than $400000 may have Aboriginal status revoked
ABC Online
Allan Lodge, 48, was certified in November 2015 as being Aboriginal under the previous board and CEO of the NT Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation. Chair Eileen Cummings said the current board of directors last night determined that Mr Lodge ...
Businessman given a $407000 government grant reserved only for Indigenous Australians is accused of falsely ...Daily Mail

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