Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Spreading the good lifestyle message
Brisbane Times
On his business card (one side Mark, one side Mary G) Bin Bakar, who also has an honorary doctorate, lists some of his awards: National Indigenous Person of the Year 07/08, WA Australian of the Year 08, A High Commendation for Human Rights Medal ...

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Spreading the good lifestyle message
The Age
On his business card (one side Mark, one side Mary G) Bin Bakar, who also has an honorary doctorate, lists some of his awards: National Indigenous Person of the Year 07/08, WA Australian of the Year 08, A High Commendation for Human Rights Medal ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The Vandemonian War review: Nick Brodie's study of brutal fighting in Tasmania
The Sydney Morning Herald
This was necessary because the British government refused to recognise Aboriginal sovereignty when they claimed and occupied Australia. It was argued all Aborigines had automatically become British subjects, and were technically protected by British law.

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The Australian
Indigenous tours strikes a chord with international visitors
The Australian
“I remember being amazed by the natural beauty and traditional stories,” recalls Whiteland, now 36, who has taken his grandfather's passion for indigenous tourism and turned it into an award-winning venture based in Western Australia's Margaret River.

The Australian
Recognise campaign comes to a quiet end
The Australian
The campaign was established in 2012 as a program within Reconciliation Australia, as one recommendation of an expert panel on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the constitution. It faced criticism from some quarters, including in ...

Daily Review
Yothu Yindi reforms for 25th anniversary of Treaty at Sydney Opera House's Homeground
Daily Review
The song begins by talking about Hawke's insistence at 1988's Barunga Statement that a treaty would be forged between black and white Australia by 1990. That treaty never materialised. Of course, not all Indigenous people have agreed with the notion of ...

50000 YEARS IN A HAIR
Aboriginal Art Directory News
“Aboriginal Australians represent one of the longest continuous cultural complexes known. Archaeological evidence indicates that Australia and New Guinea were initially settled approximately 50 thousand years ago (ka); however, little is known about ...

The Advertiser
Minority voices are being ignored in SSM debate
The Advertiser
These fearless freedom fighters led the campaign to have indigenous Australians recognised in the national census — a goal that was achieved with the 1967 referendum on indigenous rights. Perkins and Clague were not only eloquent orators; they were ...

NEWS.com.au
Gay marriage surveys torched in an Arnhem Land community after language mix up
NEWS.com.au
He said experienced ABS field officers are currently visiting around 200 remote locations to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities participate in the voluntary Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey — as most people in remote ...

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Yass Tribune
New breast awareness video launched by Cancer Australia
Yass Tribune
Professor Jacinta Elston, Chair of the Cancer Australia Leadership Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Control, and an Aboriginal woman from Townsville supported the video's message and encouraged women to share it on social media.
The government must bring the stolen Indigenous dead homeThe Guardian (blog)
Indigenous Queens of the Desert: 'There's not many of us out there, but we kick ass'SBS
Indigenous milestone connects the dotsPS News

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The Guardian (blog)
The government must bring the stolen Indigenous dead home
The Guardian (blog)
Body parts – skulls, bones, tribally-marked skin from the backs and torsos of men and women, and organs – belonging to multiple thousands of Australian Indigenous people, are held in collecting institutions in America, France, Britain, Poland and Germany.

SBS
Anti-racism campaign to combat discrimination against Indigenous and African Australians
SBS
The 'Racism It Stops With Me' videos depict acts of discrimination in the workplace and on the street experienced by an Indigenous man and an African Australian woman. The campaign, which will be screened on television and social media for the next two ...

SBS
Anti-racism campaign to combat discrimination against Indigenous and African Australians
SBS
The 'Racism It Stops With Me' videos depict acts of discrimination in the workplace and on the street experienced by an Indigenous man and an African Australian woman. The campaign, which will be screened on television and social media for the next two ...
Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane Launches New Ads As Counter To Rising Racial IntoleranceHuffington Post Australia
These Powerful Ads Targeting Casual Racism Are Coming To A TV Near YouJunkee

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Daily Mail
SSM: Same-sex marriage survey forms burned after misunderstanding in Arnhem land
ABC Online
... they misunderstood the question. Australian Bureau of Statistics deputy statistician Jonathan Palmer told the ABC a group of people in Ramingining, 560 kilometres east of Darwin, had believed the survey was asking whether or not a man should be ...
Aboriginal community sets FIRE to 50 gay marriage forms because its residents misunderstood the question and ...Daily Mail

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NEWS.com.au
Here's how to get the longest holidays in 2018 while taking the least amount of time off
NEWS.com.au
... Day, a public holiday to celebrate the founding of the Swan River Colony. It used to be called Foundation Day until 2011 however was renamed in 2012 after the law was changed to recognise Aboriginal Australians as the original inhabitants of WA.

NEWS.com.au
Sydney Swans legend is now chief executive officer of the Indigenous Defence Consortium
NEWS.com.au
The $89 billion naval submarine and shipbuilding projects, along with investments in the air force and army, mean many thousands of jobs for Australians. Universities, TAFEs and industry bodies yesterday launched the Defence Industry Education and ...

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The Advertiser
Marion Council moves against making changes to its Australia Day celebrations
The Advertiser
Cr Hull told the meeting January 26 was the wrong day to celebrate Australia Day, because it marked the British invasion of Aboriginal land. “Others say we should leave this to the Federal Government but they don't celebrate Australia Day functions ...

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Community Newspaper Group
Aboriginal identity Sam Lovell donates photographs to State Library of WA
Community Newspaper Group
Mr Lovell was born on Calwynyadah Station in the Kimberley in 1933 but was removed by the Australian Government from his family in 1936 and sent to the infamous Moola Bulla station, an Aboriginal settlement just west of Halls Creek. He worked as a ...

Katherine Times
Three community groups land grants
Katherine Times
Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation, Djilpin Arts and Enterprise Learning Projects have been recognised for their work in helping to improve the quality of life for those experiencing disadvantage. Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation run ...

SBS
New Indigenous activewear brand set to run across the globe
SBS
Making history by being the first-ever Indigenous woman to win, the Gurang Gurang/Wuthathi woman believes this is an opportunity to give the world a taste of Indigenous Australia. “It was very unexpected, but I'm very excited about winning as it will ...
New breast awareness video launched by Cancer AustraliaYass Tribune
The government must bring the stolen Indigenous dead homeThe Guardian (blog)
Indigenous milestone connects the dotsPS News

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