Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

New Matilda
Behind Bars: Australia's Shocking Cruelty To Aboriginal People With Disabilities
New Matilda
The abuse of Aboriginal prisoners with disabilities in Australian jails is confronting, and ongoing. In this special three part series for New Matilda, Michael Brull profiles the shocking revelations uncovered in a report written by Human Rights Watch ...

The Cairns Post
Culture change needed as apology, big money for 'Stolen Generation' fail to heal wounds
The Cairns Post
Australia has just marked 10 years since the apology to Aborigines taken from their families to be raised in Christian missions and orphanages. It is right to say sorry for what happened but more like how you'd say “sorry” to someone grieving a dead ...

Let those who understand indigenous needs take over control of spending
The Australian
It is clear that current and indeed past government policies and interventions have failed, and it is time to hand responsibility to those who know and understand the needs and wishes of Aboriginal people. Jim Laffer, Bassendean, WA. Bravo, Andrew ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal leaders say PM Malcolm Turnbull was 'deceitful' over ...
ABC Online
Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson accuses Malcolm Turnbull of being duplicitous for privately encouraging Aboriginal leaders to consult the Australian public on enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution before publicly rejecting the ...
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
Save the Children Australia calls for urgent reform to government's approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Save The Children Australia
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
The Mandarin -NEWS.com.au -Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
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The West Australian
Winter Olympics 2018: History-making Aboriginal skater Harley Windsor just misses out
The West Australian
... what we did,” Windsor told reporters. “But it is what it is and there's nothing we can change about it now. “We had the potential quite easily to qualify but (for) just little mistakes and the scores not being what we expected. “But knowing our ...
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in ...ABC Online
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes history ...The Guardian

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PerthNow
New Qantas Dreamliner artwork honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
PerthNow
QANTAS has unveiled a stunning new colour scheme for its latest 787 to honour the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians at Seattle today. This is the fifth design in Qantas' flying art series, which started more than 20 years ago ...
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflictThe Australian
Save the Children Australia calls for urgent reform to government's approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...Save The Children Australia
Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament' an idea worth revisitingThe Age
The Mandarin -NEWS.com.au -Catholic Outlook (press release) (blog)
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ABC Online
Winter Olympics: Harley Windsor inspires Indigenous Australians in Pyeongchang debut
ABC Online
Harley Windsor hopes he has become a "role model" for young Indigenous Australians after making his Olympic Winter Games debut alongside Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in the figure skating in Pyeongchang. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to ...
Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor makes historyThe Guardian

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Fairbridge program gives Aboriginal men in the justice system a second chance
Mandurah Mail
A local Aboriginal man who has been in and out of prison since 19 said he has “turned his life around” after participating in the Fairbridge Bindjareb Program. Photo: Supplied. Rob Jackson has been in and out of prison since he was 19-years-old and at ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Aboriginal desert art heads new auction season
The Australian Financial Review
As the Australian art auction scene comes to life for 2018, an offering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait art in England is among the early highlights. Sotheby's in London will hold its annual London sale of Aboriginal art on March 14 – offering major ...

WAtoday
Brain disorder rate alarmingly high among jailed youths
The Australian
Criminologist Harry Blagg, from the University of Western Australia's Centre for indigenous Peoples and Community Justice, says the Closing the Gap report has ignored cognitive impairment in young Aboriginal people as a factor in high crime rates. “It ...
Kids incarcerated in Australia have 'alarming' levels of neurodevelopmental impairmentWAtoday
Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairmentThe Conversation AU

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Aljazeera.com
Australia former PM talks about indigenous abuses
Aljazeera.com
The man who apologised to indigenous people in Australia for the mistreatment they suffered for centuries, has been speaking to Al Jazeera. Ten years ago, Kevin Rudd, Australia's then-prime minister, apologised in parliament to generations of ...

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The Guardian
Revealed: how Australian spies filmed Indigenous activists during the cold war
The Guardian
While researching a film on other Indigenous activists, multi-award winning filmmaker and scriptwriter Morgan came across the Asio footage of Peckham and Bandler, publicly released under the 50-year rule, in the National Archives of Australia. Asio ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Inner West Council debates Australia Day celebrations
The Sydney Morning Herald
Greens Cr Rose Porteous said the issue fell within the council's remit because ratepayer funds were used to cover the costs of the Australia Day events. She said it made “no sense” to hold Australia Day, even in a commemorative form, on January 26, as ...

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The Guardian
Shorten goads Turnbull into indigenous conflict
The Australian
Since the cabinet decision to reject the proposal, the idea has been propagated widely that Turnbull betrayed the indigenous peoples, violated public opinion and had exposed himself to Labor's pursuit of the “voice”. The reality lay elsewhere. There ...
Stolen generations apology anniversary sparks call for children in care targetsThe Guardian
10 years since apology for 'stolen' Aboriginal childrenAljazeera.com
PM, Shorten duel over indigenous voice9news.com.au
BBC News -The West Australian
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The Australian Financial Review
Closing the Gap Indigenous policy has been a decade of disappointment
The Australian Financial Review
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hailed this year's Closing the Gap annual report card on ending the gulf in health, education and economic outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians as the most promising result since 2011. His declaration ...
Rudd's apology, 10 years on: the elusive hope of a 'breakthrough moment'The Guardian
Three reasons why the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aren't closingThe Conversation AU
Stan Grant: The Indigenous truth we don't hear — we can close the ...ABC Online
Deutsche Welle -The Australian -NEWS.com.au -Closing the Gap - Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Aljazeera.com
10 years since apology for 'stolen' Aboriginal children
Aljazeera.com
On February 13, 2008, the country's then prime minister formally apologised to generations of Aboriginal children who had been "stolen" from their families by the state in an attempt to integrate them into "white Australia". Kevin Rudd also launched ...
Today marks 10 years since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic apology to the Stolen GenerationHerald Sun
Stolen generations apology anniversary sparks call for children in care targetsThe Guardian
A decade after Kevin Rudd's apology, indigenous policy still a sorry messThe Australian
Daily Mail -9news.com.au
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Community Newspaper Group
Investing in Aboriginal art ensures Dreamtime lives on, says OzBid Auctions head of art
Community Newspaper Group
According to OzBid Auctions head of art Giovanna Fragomeli, investing in Aboriginal art goes a long way to ensuring Dreamtime stories live on in Australian culture. “I believe that Australians should all own a piece of Aboriginal art,” Ms Fragomeli ...

SBS
Sydney's Inner West Council to consider Australia Day change
SBS
"I'm proposing that we consult with the local Aboriginal community about how the nature of Council' January 26 events can further evolve to recognise the history of Indigenous Australia," he added. Mr Byrne noted Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has ...
Sydney council to consider Aust Day changeNEWS.com.au

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ABC Online
Stan Grant: The Indigenous truth we don't hear — we can close the ...
ABC Online
We are not good at telling the story of Indigenous Australia, too often repeating the predictable and enticing tale of deficit and disadvantage. Hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people are living successful lives, and I am one of them, writes Stan ...
Rudd's apology, 10 years on: the elusive hope of a 'breakthrough moment'The Guardian
Three reasons why the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aren't closingThe Conversation AU
Australia failing to improve lives of AboriginesDeutsche Welle
The Australian -BBC News -New York Daily News -Closing the Gap - Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Happy
Racism is alive and well in Australia according to Urban Dictionary
Happy
This conversation comes directly after the contentious Australia/Invasion Day debate, and raises huge issue with how we articulate and communicate our perspectives on Indigenous people in Australia. Especially where lines are to be drawn, and why ...