Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Australian
State funeral for indigenous rights pioneer Evelyn Scott
The Australian
“Thanks to Dr Scott, more Australians have dared to dream,” the Premier said last night. “Dr Scott was prominent in the successful campaign for the 1967 referendum to give the Australian parliament the power to legislate for Aboriginal peoples. “She ...

The Australian
Local indigenous leaders back cashless welfare card trial
The Australian
Ian Trust has no regrets about backing to the hilt the introduction of the federal government's controversial cashless welfare card in his hometown of Kununurra, Western Australia. The head of the Wunan Aboriginal development organisation simply says ...

ABC Online
Stolen Generations member tired of Aboriginal people being told to 'get over it'
ABC Online
"Do you ask yourself, white Australia, to get over Anzac?' So please don't ask us to get over our history and what we are still going through." The 66-year-old was taken from her Indigenous family at the age of three and forced to live at the Churches ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal massacre sites uncovered in first forensic science study
ABC Online
Cutting edge forensic science techniques have been used in a fresh examination of reported Aboriginal massacre sites in WA's north, in an effort to prove alleged atrocities from 100 years ago. A team of archaeologists and forensic scientists travelled ...

The Canberra Times
ACT police apprehending many more Aborigines than four years ago
The Canberra Times
Aboriginal Legal Services ACT practice manager Leo Nickels said police were in denial about racial profiling, which was straining the legal system. "The racism in Canberra, and in Australia in general, hasn't gotten any better," Mr Nickels said. He ...

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Port Macquarie News
Come along to free community events to learn about atomic bomb testing in Australia in the 1950's
Port Macquarie News
The exhibition, entitled Black Mist Burnt Country: Testing the Bomb is a national touring exhibition of artworks by over 30 indigenous and non- indigenous artists commemorating the British atomic tests in Australia in the 1950's, and exhibition curator ...

MONEY KEEPS THE 'STOLEN GENERATIONS' MACHINE ROLLING
Herald Sun (blog)
Gray noted, for instance, that in 1923, as South Australia passed a law to help neglected Aboriginal children, the then treasurer assured Parliament: "The dictates of humanity forbid the state to deprive mothers of their infant children in cases where ...

AACHWA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RE-ADVERTISED)
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Aboriginal Art Centre Hub WA (AACHWA) is the peak body for Aboriginal art centres in Western Australia. AACHWA promotes the value of Aboriginal art centres to a broad range of stakeholders and advances the skills of organisations and individuals ...

Daily Telegraph
One of Australia's richest citizens is preparing to take on big tobacco
Daily Telegraph
Philanthropist and iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest, whose charity organisation Minderoo Foundation was behind the introduction of the cashless welfare debit card in Aboriginal communities, is privately seeking legal advice from some of Australia's most ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal woman jailed over unpaid fines after police call, 10 months on from Ms Dhu inquest
ABC Online
An Indigenous single mother has been locked up over unpaid fines from more than five years ago relating to an unregistered dog after police were called to her house for a family violence incident. The case has echoes of the circumstances which led to ...

ABC Online
Cape Grim reveals hidden human tragedy to Smithton students
ABC Online
What began in the classroom became a deeper life experience for Smithton students exploring the largely hidden history of Aboriginal people in their region. A Tasmanian Aboriginal man named Tunnerminnerwait has been the central ... in their quiet ...

Fortescue backs indigenous business loans
The Australian
The company has also committed to spending 10 per cent of total procurement with Aboriginal businesses by 2021. However Fortescue chief executive Nev Power said consultation with communities in the Western Australia Pilbara region had revealed that ...

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ABC Online
Koori Knockout: Indigenous rugby league carnival a festival of family and community
ABC Online
... of the largest gatherings of Indigenous people in the country. Approximately 145 teams will contest for titles in the men's, women's, under 12s, 15s and 17s competitions. The Redfern All Blacks, the oldest Aboriginal rugby league team in Australia ...
2017 Koori Knockout on NITV this weekendInside Sport

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The West Australian
Dylan Voller and mother Joanne arrested at a deaths in custody rally in Alice Springs
NEWS.com.au
Northern Territory Police confirmed the pair was apprehended after marching from the local courthouse on Friday to protest against youth prisons and Aboriginal deaths in custody. The rally against ... Australia is a crime scene. pic.twitter.com/C3smFzbOkn.
Spithood teen Dylan Voller arrested at Alice Springs rallyThe West Australian
Dylan Voller arrested during protest against youth imprisonmentThe Guardian

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Honi Soit
Painting the blood red centre: unfair dealing in Aboriginal art
Honi Soit
The gallery of Sabine Haider, President of the Australian Aboriginal Art Association, is housed in the Hilton Hotel. Sabine is seated on an armchair in the lobby when I arrive. She notes that I am late and that she'd wondered if I'd show. I am ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Banking barriers broken for Aboriginal business with $50m facility from FMG, ANZ
The Australian Financial Review
"At the moment, Aboriginal businesses that don't have a trading history and don't have a credit history find it very very difficult to secure funding from the bank and what this does is provides a back stop for them," Mr Power told The Australian ...
Fortescue backs indigenous business loansThe Australian

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ABC Online
Boaty McBoatface: Australia sees the light on naming new icebreaker after southern aurora
ABC Online
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has given formal approval for the use of the Indigenous name. School students from around Australia suggested nearly 800 names for the icebreaker, about a fifth of them Indigenous, many inspired by the southern lights.
Icebreaker name a nod to indigenousSBS
St Virgil's students break the ice and the recordsTriple M

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Bega District News
Tackling high Indigenous unemployment: 'There's untapped opportunities'
Bega District News
“It's not just about giving someone a job but creating culturally safe workplaces that genuinely support and understand Indigenous Australians,” she said. “There's a lot of inter-generational trauma in Bega, and I feel the community is not over that ...

ABC Online
Boaty McBoatface: Australia sees the light on naming new icebreaker after southern aurora
ABC Online
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has given formal approval for the use of the Indigenous name. School students from around Australia suggested nearly 800 names for the icebreaker, about a fifth of them Indigenous, many inspired by the southern lights.
Icebreaker name a nod to indigenousSBS

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The Mandarin (registration)
Martin Parkinson: The promise of 1967: Commonwealth Public Administration of Indigenous Affairs 50 years on
The Mandarin (registration)
It's not a comfortable place, where different knowledge systems intersect. But that's where Australia needs to go if it's to truly succeed in ensuring Indigenous Australians have the same opportunities, economic empowerment, cultural and social health ...

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