Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Australian
Australia Day debate: reclaim history instead of distorting it
The Australian
Nothing does more to cloud a discussion of the state of the nation and the role of Australia Day than the existence of two such contrasting indigenous groups. There is even a third, with a very different history and background. Torres Strait Islanders ...
ABC Aboriginal TV presenter Stan Grant cooks up a recipe for turmoilGold Coast Bulletin

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Yahoo7 News
Australian PM slams 'Stalinist' critics of colonial statues
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday dismissed calls to change colonial-era monuments and the date of Australia Day as "Stalinist" exercises in rewriting history as debate intensified over the country's treatment of its ...
Captain Cook statue sparks debate about whether it should be removedNEWS.com.au
Captain Cook didn't 'discover' Australia: Aborigines seek removal or changes to statue of explorerMontreal Gazette
Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue which said he 'discovered Australia' REMOVED following violent protests in the ...Daily Mail
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Courier Mail
Opinion: Confederate statue demolition shouldn't extend to Australia
Courier Mail
Grant says that for himself, he is happy to leave Cook's statue standing but would change the inscription which credits him with the discovery of Australia, saying it dishonours Aboriginal people. He also points to the existence of statues of Europeans ...
The statue of Captain Cook seen in Hyde Park.NEWS.com.au
Aboriginals want Captain Cook statue which said he 'discovered Australia' REMOVED following violent protests in the ...Daily Mail
Dutton fury over moves to remove historical statues in Sydneydailytelegraph.com.au
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NEWS.com.au
Australia's best restaurant started from a conversation with a busker
NEWS.com.au
Zonfrillo took Jimmy's lessons and embarked on a journey of discovery, visiting numerous Aboriginal communities across the country, watching food being prepared and cooking his own food in return. “At the moment we have a crocodile soup on the menu, ...
Adelaide's Orana named top Australian restaurantInDaily
Australia's best restaurant is run by a Scottish chef serving bush tucker in AdelaideBusiness Insider Australia

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Central Western Daily
Gerald Power calls for extra public holiday to help celebrate NAIDOC Week | Poll
Central Western Daily
According to the Orange NAIDOC Week chairman and council candidate a public holiday during NAIDOC week would help bring the community together to celebrate Indigenous history and the contribution it has made to Australia. Mr Power's comments come ...

Putting Indigenous heritage at heart of national story
Collie Mail
And he liked the initiatives that came out of the recent Uluru Summit of Indigenous leaders to consider reform of the constitution, and says it's frustrating for many Indigenous people that the nature of the shared Australian history - "something akin ...

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Putting Indigenous heritage at heart of national story
Illawarra Mercury
And he liked the initiatives that came out of the recent Uluru Summit of Indigenous leaders to consider reform of the constitution, and says it's frustrating for many Indigenous people that the nature of the shared Australian history - "something akin ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Put Indigenous heritage at heart of national story, says novelist Kim Scott
The Sydney Morning Herald
The recent decision by two Melbourne councils to dump Australia Day was "eminently sensible", he said, although he did not object to its existence provided it was made clear what it was about: "The colonisers arrived in Sydney and grabbed the land." ...

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Herald Sun
See 'Saltbush', a journey through culture and landscape of Aboriginal Australia, at Frankston Arts Centre
Herald Sun
Saltbush features an interactive journey through the culture and landscape of Aboriginal Australia — celebrated via dance, music, song and stories. Children are invited to dance with cast members, providing an immersive experience where the audience ...

NT News
Contemplating the Southern Cross
NT News
Thornton said along the way he learned not to judge someone based for having a Southern Cross tattoo and also how different Indigenous cultures viewed and used the constellation. “You realised how multicultural Aboriginal Australia is without ...

ABC Online
Break the cycle of youth offending with intervention, SA Aboriginal elder says
ABC Online
Harsher punishments will not break the cycle of youth offending, a South Australian Aboriginal elder has said. The comments follow charges being laid over Adelaide's second fatal hit-and-run in a year. Adelaide woman Lucy Paveley, 40, was killed on ...
Lucy Paveley death: Community divided on response to 'gut-wrenching atrocity'NEWS.com.au

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SBS
Guilty of being Aboriginal
SBS
In response to questions from SBS, Victorian Attorney-General Martin Pakula said: “The forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families was a very dark period in Australia's history and has caused profound pain and suffering among thousands ...

Geelong Advertiser
Geelong opts not to scrap divisive Australia Day celebrations
Geelong Advertiser
Earlier this year, administrator Kathy Alexander told the Geelong Advertiser she empathised with concerns of indigenous people and said a loving Australia “wasn't just about January 26”. “I personally understand and empathise with the feelings of our ...

InDaily
Adelaide's Orana named top Australian restaurant
InDaily
Gourmet Traveller said that as a stranger to Australian culture, Scottish-born Zonfrillo “foraged for inspiration where too few chefs had looked”, visiting Indigenous communities all over Australia to learn about native foods. “At Orana, Zonfrillo's ...
Australia's best restaurant is run by a Scottish chef serving bush tucker in AdelaideBusiness Insider Australia

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NEWS.com.au
Captain Cook statue sparks debate about whether it should be removed
NEWS.com.au
Critics have slammed the statue for overlooking indigenous Australians and Sydney City Council is seeking advice on whether the prominent statue should stay or go. Another statue of Captain Arthur Phillip could also be on he chopping block. The ABC's ...

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NEWS.com.au
Lucy Paveley death: Community divided on response to 'gut-wrenching atrocity'
NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal elder Tauto Sansbury told ABC's 7.30 last night: “Throwing the book at young criminals is not the answer we need proper rehabilitative programs, bot within the system, and outside. And these rehabilitative systems are made compulsory.”.

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ABC Online
Traditional owners accuse former WA government and Onslow Salt of collusion
ABC Online
"The way Indigenous groups are treated in Western Australia, and in fact throughout the country, is still very poor," he said. "Organisations are still more interested in their own interests than paying due respect to the rights and interests that ...

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The Conversation AU
Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence
The Conversation AU
The federal government last week passed legislation to expand the trial of the cashless welfare card to other areas of Australia. The controversial policy quarantines 80% of welfare payments to Indigenous Australians living in the Ceduna and East ...

The Conversation AU
The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
The Conversation AU
O'Neill also took aim at Australia's Yarra Council for its recent decision to no longer celebrate Australia Day on January 26. This a result of ongoing calls from Indigenous groups to change the date of the national day. This is because it marks the ...

Yahoo7 News
Statues of limitations: Warren Mundine speaks out on push to remove Captain Cook statue
dailytelegraph.com.au
Labor MP Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman to enter the house of representatives, told The Project: “Captain Cook certainly did not discover Australia. And many statues right around this country actually reflect exactly what was written on the ...
'You can't rewrite history': Sydney indigenous leader says Australia Day date change will divide nationYahoo7 News
Stan Grant: It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered ...ABC Online
Captain Cook statue: Sydney refers 'discovery' claim to Indigenous ...The Guardian
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