Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Big Think (blog)
Australian Fires Are Being Set by Legendary Pyromaniacal Raptors
Big Think (blog)
The aboriginal people of northern Australia have spoken of them for at least a century: “Firehawks” who carry fire through the sky, dropping it to the ground to spark flames that drive prey out of hiding. These creatures are even characters in certain ...

The Advocate
Letters to the Editor
The Advocate
Anzac Day works as a military commemoration without jingoism at least partly because the date is not the anniversary of some great Australian military victory, but a costly failure. The ambiguity drives a reflection, and encourages a commitment to ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Tracker review: Alexis Wright's collective memoir of Bruce Tilmouth's life
The Sydney Morning Herald
A major, fascinating thread concerns land rights and Tracker's passion for economics, his "grand vision of turning land rights into positive economic and social change, so that Aboriginal people could occupy higher levels of the economy". He equipped ...

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Cosmos
Australian raptors start fires to flush out prey
Cosmos
Australian Aboriginal lore is replete with references to birds carrying fire, and some traditional ceremonies even depict the behaviour. Now ornithologists have collected accounts from witnesses across the savannas of Australia's far north, known as ...
Firehawks: In Australia, birds of prey are intentionally setting the forests on fireZME Science

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Daily Telegraph
Changing Australia Day won't change history
Daily Telegraph
Most of the self-identifying indigenous members of our community who claim to feel hurt by Australia Day being held on January 26 would also have white ancestors in their family trees and may not even have been born if the First Fleet hadn't come. In ...

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The Advertiser
Changing Australia Day won't change history
The Advertiser
Most of the self-identifying indigenous members of our community who claim to feel hurt by Australia Day being held on January 26 would also have white ancestors in their family trees and may not even have been born if the First Fleet hadn't come. In ...

ABC Online
Meet Alice in Wonderland, an Indigenous AFL-playing tomboy
ABC Online
Traditionally a dancer, Yunupingu was nominated as best newcomer at the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards for her lead role in the Australian Theatre For Young People's production of Sugarland. It was her big break in the acting world. "I've been dancing ...

3AW
Dick Smith wants to move Australia Day, but praises 'best ad yet'
3AW
Former Australian Of The Year Dick Smith has again called for the date of Australia Day to be moved to a more inclusive date. “We should call January 26 First Fleet Day – it's a very important date,” he said. “But I think if I was an Aboriginal person ...

SBS
Reporting on Indigenous trauma on the other side of the world
SBS
The song is part of a traditional welcome to Sagkeeng First Nation reserve, a self-governing Indigenous community in Canada's prairie province of Manitoba, which I am visiting while on assignment for Dateline. A dozen or so First Nations people have ...

Yahoo7 News
'Never satisfied': The Aboriginal councillor campaigning to 'save' Australia Day
Yahoo7 News
... shoppers and the elderly are all too paranoid to celebrate Australia Day openly. "In an environment where you have so much political correctness, where certain words, themes and values are banned in public institutions, I think the Big Brother ...
This 'save Australia Day' ad is the dumbest thing I've ever seenTechly

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The Guardian
$500m meant for Indigenous services was spent elsewhere by NT government
The Guardian
The Northern Territory underspent about $500m in GST payments meant for disadvantaged Indigenous communities in 2015-16, the Yothu Yindi Foundation has told the Productivity Commission's GST review. It accused governments of running policies that ...

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The Australian
Tropical Cyclone Joyce: Police warn against cyclone parties
The Australian
Cyclone Joyce has formed in the Timor Sea and is gathering strength as it tracks towards the West Australian coast, prompting the evacuation of the world's largest bulk minerals port and forcing people in the tourist town of Broome and nearby ...
Tropical Cyclone Joyce has formed off WASBS

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Stay 'Sobah' with new bush tucker beer
Beer and Brewer
“My brother Tristan is a designer and brought the Sobah brand to life using an artwork by Gamilaroi artist Jason Passfield. We give them full credit! We wanted the label to say that we're Aboriginal, Australian and have a story to tell, and we think ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous woman sacked after making racial discrimination complaint
The Sydney Morning Herald
A Queensland Indigenous woman sacked two days after filing an official complaint about racism is taking a government-funded domestic violence organisation to the workplace watchdog. Case manager Samantha Cooper had worked for the Centre Against ...
Woman, 25, fired TWO DAYS after filing complaint about racial discrimination when a co-worker told her she was ...Daily Mail
QLD Indigenous woman says she was fired after complaining about racial discriminationInternational Business Times AU

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InDaily
Sefton's Grounded is a Fringe family affair
InDaily
Described as the creative concept of Sefton and presented in partnership with Insite Arts and Carclew, the space has been named Grounded and today released its full schedule of events which will run from February 16-18 and February 21-25. They include ...

The Guardian
Father tells of bullying after suicide of Akubra girl 'Dolly' Amy Everett
The Guardian
Readers in Australia seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14; Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467; MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78; Multicultural Mental Health Australia www.mmha.org.au. Local ...
Amy 'Dolly' Everett: 5 Fast Facts You Need to KnowHeavy.com

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ABC Online
Not all doctors agree my patient deserved his kidney transplant. They're wrong
ABC Online
Just before Christmas 2016, a 68-year old man received a kidney transplant, one of 1091 Australians that year. However, as an Aboriginal Australian, he was one of only six over the age of 65 to receive a kidney transplant in the past 20 years. In fact ...

In a PC world, don't dare criticise what you can't understand
The Australian
Yet they are. Judges have become politicians in robes and, like the police and other unelected authorities, selectively administer the law according to their prejudices. Then there's South Australia's initiative to commit $4.4 million to commence ...

Brisbane Times
Region braces for full fury of Cyclone Joyce
The Australian
Kimberley residents are bracing for a Category 3 tropical cyclone to cross the coast tomorrow morning, a predicted direct hit on the remote Sandfire roadhouse and close to Western Australia's largest Aboriginal community of Bidyidanga, where 1000 ...
Cyclone Joyce approaches northern WANEWS.com.au

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Illawarra Mercury
Yothu Yindi Foundation's call for Aboriginality definition change could see Tasmania lose out on GST
Illawarra Mercury
However, Western Australia has complained that it is disadvantaged by the current system, which prompted the Productivity Commission's review. If the system is changed, Tasmania could lose up to $1 billion over four years. In its submission, the Yothu ...

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