Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Child dies from meningococcal in Darwin
SBS
Last week the 25th case of the W strain of the deadly disease was confirmed in the central Australian indigenous communities of Barkly and Katherine. All of those affected had been Aboriginal people while 19 of the recorded were kids younger than 10.

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Eureka Street
Nobel winners amplify Aboriginal anti-nuclear stories
Eureka Street
What was shameful however, was his insulting of one of Australia's own 'nuclear survivors', the late Yankunytjatjara Elder Yami Lester. Lester, an anti-nuclear and Aboriginal rights advocate who died in July this year, was left blind following British ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
A century on, an Indigenous family rides back into its World War I history
The Sydney Morning Herald
He was one of five Lovett brothers from the Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission in western Victoria to sign up to fight in the First World War. They and other men from Lake Condah had to battle for the very right to fight for Australia, for Indigenous men ...

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ABC Online
Darwin's prison population reaches record high as Government accused of complacency
ABC Online
The Darwin prison population reached a record high in April 2017 — a total of 1,047 prisoners, and 99.7 per cent of its total capacity — documents obtained by the ABC show. Yet the Northern Territory Government did not reveal that fact at the time ...

ABC Online
Australia's human rights record under scrutiny ahead of expected election to UN committee
ABC Online
... indefinite detention of some 2,000 asylum seekers in offshore detention centres, along with the backward trend in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, education and employment, means Australia's once highly regarded reputation is being ...
Australia's human rights record under microscope amid UN council bidSBS
Australia's Getting A Seat On The UN Human Rights Council Despite Our Many Human Rights AbusesJunkee

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The Conversation AU (blog)
We just Black matter: Australia's indifference to Aboriginal lives and land
The Conversation AU (blog)
Meanwhile, the murders of Aboriginal people in Australia have been less visible. If mentioned at all, Aboriginal deaths at the hands of the state are variously framed as “suspicious”, “unknown”, “accidental” or “inevitable”, despite the presence of ...

ABC Online
Eastern quolls will soon be reintroduced to Australian mainland after being wiped out by foxes
ABC Online
The eastern quoll will be reintroduced to the Australian mainland more than 50 years after the species was wiped out by foxes. Over the next three years, 100 of the spotted, carnivorous marsupials will be released in Booderee National Park in Jervis ...

First Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography being compiled by university academics
ABC Local
Many Australians have heard of prominent Indigenous activists such as Bennelong, Eddie Mabo and Faith Bandler but know little about their background. Academics from the ANU and the University of Western Australia have begun work on the first ...

SBS
Australia's human rights record 'no hurdle' to UN council bid: Bishop
SBS
"During Australia's last review, in 2009, committee members raised concerns about the Australian government's policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights, its cruel treatment of people seeking asylum, its use of national security ...

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The Advertiser
BHP's $17.5m cultural commitment
The Advertiser
It is one of the largest corporate sponsorships of artistic endeavour in Australia. “Tarnanthi is a visible celebration of the important contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to society,” Jacqui McGill, asset president at BHP's ...

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The Australian
PoliticsNow: NSW Nats leader says Coalition has lost its way
The Australian
She became the general secretary of the Council to advance the Aboriginal Australians, and chair of the council for Aboriginal reconciliation between 1997 and 2000.” Mr Turnbull says Corroboree 2000, when 250,000 Australians walked across the Sydney ...

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SBS
Australia's human rights record under microscope amid UN council bid
SBS
An expert committee will grill the Australian government on its human rights record, including on indigenous affairs and asylum seeker policies, as Australia prepares to join the powerful UN Human Rights Council. A coalition of non-government ...

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The Conversation AU (blog)
Noble horses and 'black monsters': the politics of colonial compassion
The Conversation AU (blog)
Recent research by Lyndall Ryan documents the sites where thousands of Aboriginal people and tens of settlers were killed in south-east Australia. During the 1840s, Hamilton began to produce less sympathetic images, including many drawings and prints ...

Aust under microscope ahead of UN spot
SBS
"During Australia's last review, in 2009, committee members raised concerns about the Australian government's policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights, its cruel treatment of people seeking asylum, its use of national security ...

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NEWS.com.au
New wave of indigenous issues in visual art at ACE Open exhibitions as part of Tarnanthi Festival
NEWS.com.au
As former director of the South Australian Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Saunders' works reflect her role in the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair (Women's Business 2000 and Lore vs. Law 2000) and ongoing political observations (Redfern Speech … and ...

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Huffington Post Australia (blog)
Family Of Namatjira Recover Copyright After 30 Year Battle
Huffington Post Australia (blog)
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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SBS
Albert Namatjira's family recover copyright of his work
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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Voice of America
Australian State Enacts Landmark Laws to Revive Aboriginal Languages
Voice of America
In Australia, a drive is on to restore the identity and culture of the country's native, non-European peoples. New South Wales is the first state to pass laws to recognize and revive indigenous languages. Dozens of languages and dialects are thought to ...

Namatjira copyright returns to family
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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The West Australian
Pilbara school kids are staying on long after the bell - and it promises to pay off in the future
The West Australian
Since 1997, it has spread across Australia, providing tutoring and mentoring support to Aboriginal students at 33 sites in WA, the Northern Territory, NSW and South Australia. It now has three main programs: Follow the Dream/Partnerships for Success in ...