Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
Legal stoush continues over artwork of renowned Indigenous painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye
ABC Online
A prominent art dealer has been ordered to "put his money where his mouth is" as a long-running legal dispute involving Australia's highest paid female artist continues in court. The late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who died in 1996 at the age of 86, is one ...
Qantas Dreamliner artwork inspired by celebrated Australian artistLonely Planet Travel News

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SBS
WA kids use bush medicine to qualify for science award
SBS
High school students from Coolgardie in Western Australia's Goldfield region made it to the finals of a national Science and Engineering Award by using bush medicine found in their community. David Simeolo, Jeremias Rene Wade and Nyheemah Cox all ...

NEWS.com.au
Intertwining indigenous art for Festival 2018 on the Gold Coast
NEWS.com.au
At the weekend, local Indigenous models took part in workshops to prepare for the show. Ms Lee has been working with six artists from the Gold Coast to transform their artwork into wearable art. ''The collection is quite tropical,'' Ms Lee said, noting ...

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The Guardian
Progress made on Indigenous retention rates masks growing racial divide at schools
The Guardian
While the proportion of Indigenous enrolments is growing in all sectors, the pace of growth is significantly faster in the poorest schools. Photograph: Peter Hendrie/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images. Indigenous students are disproportionately ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
A second nod to Aboriginal tradition prompts debates over its place
The Sydney Morning Herald
But he did say that he felt MPs' favoured option would be for it to be on the table on special occasions but displayed inside a specially fitted glass case that stood above the doors to the chamber, which was founded in 1823 and was Australia's first ...

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New Matilda
BEHIND BARS PART 2: Australia's Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities; In Their Own Words
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In Part 2 of this special three part series for New Matilda, Michael Brull gives voice to the victims detailed in a report written by Human Rights ...

South Coast Register
Nations Connect app to bring together Australia's Indigenous services
South Coast Register
Jacob Keed believes he's invented a "one stop shop" for Australians looking to find local Indigenous services. Mr Keed's app, Nations Connect, allows people to search near them for local elders or businesses and nearby health, cultural and social ...

The Canberra Times
Nations Connect app to bring together Australia's Indigenous services
The Canberra Times
He said the inspiration for the project was his mother, a "very hardworking single mother" who was always looking for Indigenous programs for him and his brother to take part in. "What if there was something that held all the information in one spot ...

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WAtoday
Nations Connect app to bring together Australia's Indigenous services
WAtoday
That's why it's called 'Nations Connect'," Mr Keed said. He recently presented the app to the Canberra Business Yarning Circle, a forum for Indigenous entrepeneurs, the brainchild of ACT Australian of the Year, Dion Devow. Darkies Design founder and ...

SBS
Historic Buthera agreement first step towards Indigenous treaty in South Australia
SBS
SA Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher and Narungga Elders sign the Buthera Agreement. Source: SBS News. Efforts between the South Australian government and Indigenous leaders to reach a treaty agreement took a step forward in Adelaide on Friday ...

The Mandarin
Aboriginals of Australia: Ten Years from the Apology – How Much Has Changed?
UNPO (press release)
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, marked 10 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations of Australia and launched the Closing the Gap initiative. Both marked a 'new era' in indigenous affairs in Australia but in the ...
Closing the Gap: improvements in living standards take root through steady school attendanceThe Australian
Indigenous people can't simply trade their way out of disadvantageThe Mandarin
Parnell McGuinness: It's time to stop treating Aboriginal people as projectsDaily Telegraph
Pro Bono Australia -The Omega -Atlanta Black Star
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The Australian
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School: learning to close gap
The Australian
Of the group of 22 indigenous students — the latest intake of Year 7s at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School — some have travelled from as far as remote islands off the west coast of Arnhem Land to fulfil the dream of a city education. Few had ...

The Mandarin
Closing the Gap: beware hazards of metrics gone mad
The Australian
Between the 2011 and 2016 censuses, the number of Australians identifying as Aboriginal ballooned more than 18 per cent, or by more than double the rate of population growth, to 649,000. Immigration can't explain that, and Aboriginal birthrates are ...
Aboriginals of Australia: Ten Years from the Apology – How Much Has Changed?UNPO (press release)
Indigenous people can't simply trade their way out of disadvantageThe Mandarin
Parnell McGuinness: It's time to stop treating Aboriginal people as projectsDaily Telegraph
Pro Bono Australia -The Omega -Atlanta Black Star
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The Mandarin
Closing the Gap: improvements in living standards take root through steady school attendance
The Australian
Apparently it's one rule for them, another for Aboriginal people still living in poverty. End the excuses and resistance or forget about closing the gap. Imagine what Australia's indigenous population would be like if every indigenous child went to ...
Indigenous people can't simply trade their way out of disadvantageThe Mandarin
Parnell McGuinness: It's time to stop treating Aboriginal people as projectsDaily Telegraph
Sorry – Again!Pro Bono Australia
The Omega -Atlanta Black Star -Іnsіdеr Cаr Nеws
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Adelaide Crows
Crows launch Reconciliation Action Plan
Adelaide Crows
The Adelaide Football Club has unveiled a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to build on and strengthen its efforts to promote reconciliation in the community, as well as within the Club. The Plan will operate for the next two years and aims to promote a ...

The Australian
'Opportunity, not cash, is key to indigenous aid'
The Australian
Outgoing Fortescue Metals Group boss Nev Power says it will take a change in mindset to truly close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, with business opportunities rather than handouts the best way to improve Aboriginal ...

The West Australian
Program focuses on Broome-based tours
The West Australian
A Broome-based tourism business has been given a chance to showcase Broome to the rest of Australia. Narlija Cultural Tours will be one of 10 WA Aboriginal tourism businesses to be featured in the latest series of Destination WA. The television series ...

ABC Online
'I took the leap': Unauthorised Instagram-friendly signage at Aboriginal massacre site prompts outrage
ABC Online
Munanjahli woman and professor at the University of Queensland, Chelsea Bond, said the frame was "appalling" and reflected a wider practice of "disdain" towards Aboriginal historical sites including Uluru and Devil's Marbles. "There is a pattern of ...

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SBS
Australia's new $50 note unveiled by Reserve Bank
SBS
Updated Updated 6 mins ago. Australia's $50 note has been spruced up, with new security features and four bumps on each edge for the vision impaired, while maintaining the yellow colour which gives rise to its 'pineapple' nickname. The Reserve Bank of ...
Australia's new $50 note revealedThe Sunshine Coast Daily
'Next generation' new $50 note revealed9news.com.au
RBA reveals new $50 note designNEWS.com.au

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PerthNow
Winter Olympics 2018: History-making Aboriginal skater Harley Windsor just misses out
PerthNow
HISTORY-making Australian Harley Windsor and figure skating partner Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya believe they were underscored after falling short of the medal competition at the Winter Olympic Games. The pair gave themselves a chance to progress from the ...
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in ...ABC Online
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes historyThe Guardian

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