Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
Why are Indigenous smoking rates high? Colonialism, that's why
ABC Online
Discriminatory practices dating back to Australia's colonial history are at least partly to blame for a comparatively high smoking rate among Indigenous populations, according to a team of academic researchers at the Australian National University.

Daily Telegraph
Fruit bats inspire an upside-down art installation on Observatory Hill
Daily Telegraph
Sala's reimagined version, recorded with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, substitutes the original tempo instructions with wind conditions noted on a voyage to Australia in 1838. Bettina Kaldor, John's daughter and general manager of the public art ...

ABC Online
States urged to back 'life-saving' policy to prevent Indigenous deaths in custody
ABC Online
The program was first recommended more than 26 years ago by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, but is currently only used in New South Wales and the ACT. The family of Ms Dhu, who died in a Western Australian watch house, ...

Central Australia battles an 'unprecedented' Meningococcal outbreak
ABC Online
Aboriginal communities in Central Australia are in the grip of a Meningococcal outbreak on an unprecedented scale. The Centre for Disease control today confirmed the 25th case of the disease, and 19 of those cases are children under 10. One doctor said ...

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Mandurah Mail
Mandurah aboriginal students collaborate for Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation milestone
Mandurah Mail
Established in Karratha in 1997, the foundation sponsors programs for Aboriginal students across the state, with aim of graduates moving into university courses, apprenticeships, traineeships or other meaningful employment. Local students involved in ...

The distance between us
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Males born in Australia in 2013–2015 can expect to live to the age of 80.4 years on average. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males born in 2010–2012, life expectancy was estimated to be 10.6 years lower than that of non-Indigenous males.

Bega District News
Painkillers and meth drive surge in Australian drug deaths
Bega District News
The ABS also released data about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, showing it increased by 19 per cent - or 128,500 people - in the five years to June 2016. That's more than double the 8 per cent increase for the non ...
The distance between usAustralian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)

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NT meningococcal outbreak worsens
SBS
More meningococcal diagnoses have been recorded amid an unprecedented outbreak in Central Australia that has so far affected mainly indigenous children. There have been 25 confirmed cases of the W strain of the deadly disease so far this year, with one ...

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'What kind of Aboriginal is right for you?'
The Mandarin
The “Indigenous Affairs and Public Administration: Can't we do better?” conference continues today, bring together public servants, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and academics from across Australia. Follow along on Twitter with ...

Regional Implementation Manager, First 1000 Days (Moreton Bay)
The Conversation AU
Guided by a Council of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thought leaders and Elders and Local Implementation Hubs, First 1000 Days Australia will provide critical support to Indigenous Australian families to allow them the same opportunities as ...

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ABC Online
Indian sandalwood oil producer celebrates success of Indigenous recruitment program in WA's remote Kimberley
ABC Online
An Indian sandalwood oil producer in Western Australia's remote Kimberley is celebrating the resounding success of its Indigenous employment program. Last March, Santanol took on 10 Indigenous workers following its first targeted recruitment drive ...

Community Newspaper Group
Opinion: Australia Day headline incorrect
Community Newspaper Group
In March 2017, the council resolved to allocate an additional $10,000 for further consultation with the Aboriginal Reference Group and Aboriginal community regarding the nature and type of cultural activities for future Australia Day events, and $2000 ...

ArtsHub
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
ArtsHub
The reader is taken back not only to an Australia at war but to the time of the White Australia Policy, with a government and community that for the most part treated Aboriginal people as less than human. The Japanese prisoners of war were better fed ...

The Adelaide Review
Exploring Future Indigenous Matriarchs
The Adelaide Review
Curated by Yorta Yorta woman Kimberley Moulton and Liz Nowell, Next Matriarch brings together seven Aboriginal women artists who reflect the next wave of sovereign female voices in Australian contemporary art. “We particularly wanted to look at the ...
Next Matriarch: An “Ode to the Sisterhood”Broadsheet

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ABC Local
Murder rates in NT towns of Katherine, Tennant Creek worse than US, Government figures show
ABC Local
All seven victims and those charged with the crimes in Katherine and Tennant Creek are Aboriginal. The crimes occurred in pockets home to some of Australia's most extreme poverty and family violence, fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse. In an attempt to ...

Victorian indigenous leader Tim Chatfield joins the First Super Board
The New Daily
As a fund which has a significant proportion of its members living and working in rural and regional Australia, we welcome the highly relevant perspectives and diversity Mr Chatfield brings to First Super.” In a landmark move, the Victorian Government ...

ABC Online
Wotif founder's donation seals the deal to return Kings Run to Aboriginal owners
ABC Online
Kings Run, the 338-hectare stretch between the Arthur River and Marrawah, has been purchased from previous owner Geoff King by the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT) through a funding arrangement. The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), ...

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Tas land returned to traditional owners
The Australian
The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has bought the 338 hectare Kings Run property as part of a funding arrangement with organisations including the Bob Brown Foundation. "Kings Run provides a base for interpretation of our links specific to the ...

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The Mercury
Australia is getting human rights so wrong in its pursuit to look tough on terror
The Mercury
His West Australian counterpart Shane McGowan, who presides over 19th century laws which see Aboriginal Australians jailed in record numbers, agreed. And New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian sees nothing wrong with detaining people after they ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
University of Sydney senior executive staff member takes legal action over dismissal
The Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Spence said he looked forward to continuing to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and research "as core to our identity as an Australian institution". "The university remains committed to ensuring the continuing success of the ...

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