Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Australia's haves and have nots
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Close to 13 million Australians aged 15 and over are employed with 68.4 per cent of them in full-time jobs. But 3.4 per cent of Australians receive some form of the dole. The group most frequently identified are the 670,000 Aboriginal and Islander ...
Government spending on community services and housing is revealedNEWS.com.au

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NEWS.com.au
Australia's haves and have nots revealed in stark wealth gap report
NEWS.com.au
The group most frequently identified are the 670,000 Aboriginal and Islander citizens, who are roughly three per cent of the population, with the total expected to grow to one million by 2026. “At 30 June 2016, 10.4 per cent of Australia's population ...
Community services bill hits $31 billionSBS

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NEWS.com.au
Australia's haves and have nots revealed in stark wealth gap report
NEWS.com.au
The group most frequently identified are the 670,000 Aboriginal and Islander citizens, who are roughly three per cent of the population, with the total expected to grow to one million by 2026. “At 30 June 2016, 10.4 per cent of Australia's population ...
Community services bill hits $31 billionSBS

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Aboriginal people have good reasons to celebrate
The Australian
Some people question the appropriateness of celebrating this day because, for Aboriginal people, it also represents the day when they no longer occupied this continent on their own. Certainly life has changed for Aborigines, but they could not have ...

Greens get good telling-off from indigenous leaders
The Australian
It's a day that represents the beginning of an ongoing genocide, the slaughter of so many Aboriginal people. How have indigenous leaders responded to Di Natale's push? Warren Mundine speaking to The Weekend Australian, Saturday: I'm on record saying we ...

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The Mercury
Tasmanian councils will hold a feast of events to mark Australia Day on Friday
The Mercury
Also changing the date of its iconic event is radio station Triple J, which will move its Hottest 100 countdown from January 26 to the following day, in acknowledgment of the “increasing debate” about the day's meaning for indigenous Australians. Those ...

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SBS
Commemorate instead of celebrate Australia Day, Indigenous ... - SBS
SBS
An Indigenous community leader says January 26 should be a day of commemoration instead of the celebration of the 'day darkness fell upon us'.

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SBS
Commemorate instead of celebrate Australia Day, Aboriginal leader says
SBS
"What happened on the 26th of January 1788 was on balance, for everyone - Aboriginal people included - a good thing because it brought Western civilisation to this country, it brought Australia into the modern world," Mr Abbott told 2GB radio in ...

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SBS
'He's an idiot': Abbott's First Fleet 'good' for Aboriginal people comment met with outrage
SBS
Pastor Ray Minniecon, one of the organisers of Sydney's Invasion Day rally, said Mr Abbott was 'an idiot' after the former Prime Minister said the arrival of the First Fleet was a 'good thing' for Indigenous Australians. "He's an idiot, he doesn't ...
First Fleet 'good' for Indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysThe Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott says January 26 marks a 'good thing' for Aboriginal peopleNEWS.com.au
British settlement was a “good thing” for indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysDaily Telegraph
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A quantum leap of change in Australia
Daily Mail
Cancer, indigenous issues, quantum physics and health are high on the national conscience if those up for the Australian of the Year award are anything to go by. Actor and cancer awareness campaigner Samuel Johnson received the Victorian state award ...

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The Advocate
'Let go and forgive': Jacqui Lambie backs January 26
The Advocate
Changing the date of Australia Day is not needed and Aboriginal Australians should “let go and forgive”, former independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says. Ms Lambie, who claims Aboriginal heritage, weighed into the debate around potentially ...

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Fox Sports
Former NRL player Joe Williams asks Johnathan Thurston to consider not standing for national anthem
Fox Sports
OUTSPOKEN former NRL player and indigenous activist Joe Williams has urged Johnathan Thurston to consider staying seated for the national anthem should the North Queensland Cowboys legend be honoured as Australian of the Year. Thurston is in the ...

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Shepparton News
Start by looking backwards
Shepparton News
And as we consider these issues, it is also timely to remember that back in 1938, on January 26, a group of Aboriginal men and women from across Australia — including Yorta Yorta man, William Cooper — gathered at Australia Hall in Sydney not to ...

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SBS
First Fleet was 'good' for Indigenous people: Abbott
SBS
"There are pressing problems and we should address them. We are nevertheless a great country and Australia Day I think is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all of the things we have achieved given that there are 364 other days where we can lament ...
Tony Abbott says January 26 marks a 'good thing' for Aboriginal peopleNEWS.com.au
British settlement was a “good thing” for indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysDaily Telegraph
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black ...The Australian
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WAtoday
'It's complicated': UWA Australian History chair advocates 'changing the date'
WAtoday
The first ever national "Australia Day" was held on July 30 in 1915, in order to raise funds for the First World War effort. It was only in 1935 when all states agreed to adopt a common date and name for a national day, and Australia Day became a ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
First Fleet 'good' for Indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott says
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott believes the arrival of the First Fleet was a good thing for Indigenous Australians. The former prime minister was on Monday again throwing his support behind keeping the existing date of Australia Day. SHARE; Share on Facebook SHARE; Share ...
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black armbandThe Australian

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Corey Bernadi says complaining musicians are “a bunch of privileged prima donnas”
3AW
Mr Bernadi posted the playlist, the AC 100, on music streaming service Spotify late last week, and asked readers of his blog to vote for their favourite songs. A slew of musicians who feature on the playlist, including Men at Work, Jimmy Barnes ...

Manning River Times
Australians need to acknowledge our shared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage
Manning River Times
We were appalled, but not surprised, to hear of the threats aimed at the Victorian parliamentarian who called for flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26. Many people obviously still feel threatened and indignant if challenged to reappraise the ...

ABC Online
Why Australia Day survives despite revealing our nation's rifts and wounds
ABC Online
Some would have difficulty naming the historical event that Australia Day commemorates, the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. If pressed, they might tell you it was when Captain Cook turned up at Botany Bay. It has long had its critics. In 1938, the ...

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
CQ mayor proposes long-weekend solution to date debate
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Ms Landry was one of several LNP leaders to create an online petition to "keep the date", though admitted she hadn't talk to "a lot of Aboriginal groups". This has caused upset for some members of the community, including "MB" of Mount Archer, who sent ...