Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
In an opinion piece for the ABC, Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, wrote: “Growing up as an Aboriginal child in remote Australia, Dr G Yunupingu was less likely to receive ...

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Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
In an opinion piece for the ABC, Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, wrote: “Growing up as an Aboriginal child in remote Australia, Dr G Yunupingu was less likely to receive ...

Here's what you won't learn in school, kids
National Indigenous Times
You have the Aboriginal history and then you have Australian history, as if they are two separate things, and they are not. They are the same history. “It's all great and well to go 'Let's blow our trumpet for Australia' and say how wonderful we are ...

Hepatitis numbers higher for Indigenous: study
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous peoples in countries including Australia are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and C than the general population, an international study has found. Researchers from the Polaris Observatory in Colorado presented their findings to ...

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BuzzFeed News
Social media elevates 10th Indigenous Day
National Indigenous Times
Meanwhile the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat has urged Australians to remember and respect Aboriginal children's rights to their culture. “Many Australians still don't know that Indigenous peoples' rights to practise and ...
First Nations People Celebrate Cultural Survival On International Day Of World's Indigenous PeoplesBuzzFeed News

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The Guardian
Garma's drumbeat was a call for change
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and Australia's premier forum for discussing Indigenous affairs. About 2500 people, including ...
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight backThe Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
She said the educational achievements of children in remote Australia were well below national averages. “I have often said that our peoples endure conditions that would be intolerable to non-Aboriginal Australians,” Ms Oscar said. “And I believe that ...
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
She said the educational achievements of children in remote Australia were well below national averages. “I have often said that our peoples endure conditions that would be intolerable to non-Aboriginal Australians,” Ms Oscar said. “And I believe that ...
Canberra vigil to protest abuse of Indigenous children in justice systemThe Canberra Times
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online
Indigenous-Driven Organisations Deliver Better Health Outcomes ...Pro Bono Australia
ABC Local -My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Guardian
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...
The Guardian
Banduk Marika, a Yolngu artist and board member of the Indigenous Art Code, who lobbies for action against fake Indigenous art in Australian shops.

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Spatial Source
The 'Atlas of Living Australia' comes to life
Spatial Source
By adding the local knowledge of Aboriginal custodians to ALA, users of the data will have access to unique insights for how we understand and manage the Australian environment. The challenge is recording and sharing this information to support good ...

Curtain Call | On stage theatre participation for children
Manning River Times
Saltbush is a plant that can be found throughout Australia in almost all Aboriginal lands, and so it represents a common thread between all the different nations of Australian Indigenous peoples. This shared idea acted as a point of inspiration for the ...

The Canberra Times
Canberra vigil to protest abuse of Indigenous children in justice system
The Canberra Times
Hundreds will gather in Canberra for a candlelit vigil on Wednesday night, protesting against the "nightmarish abuse" of Indigenous children within Australia's justice system. The vigil will protest local abuses such as those recently revealed within ...

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The Mercury
Tasmania to launch its own Reconciliation Australia Council
The Mercury
“Within Tasmania, I believe that we need reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Tasmanians as well as between indigenous and indigenous Tasmanians as there are obvious tensions across Tasmania's Aboriginal communities,” Mr Lawson ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for their intellectual property
ABC Online
... buyers are being urged to purchase ethically in the face of companies creating mash-ups of Indigenous designs and mass-producing them in Asia before selling them through Australian tourist shops. "If someone copied someone's original artwork and ...

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ABC Online
Weaving program connects students with Indigenous culture in Hunter Valley schools
ABC Online
But Ms Johnson said more could be done to teach Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. "This is Australia and it's really important we learn about Aboriginal history," she said. "I'm an advocate for teachers … it isn't an easy job. "My whole mission ...

The West Australian
Ex-boss 'ripped off' Aboriginal group
The West Australian
One of Australia's biggest Aboriginal corporations has alleged a controversial former chief executive ripped it off to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars — including claiming accommodation expenses while staying at his mother's flat and ...

The Advertiser
Changing Australia Day debate put on indefinite hold by Adelaide City councillors
The Advertiser
... Government to change the date of recognition of Australia Day”. Mr Simms said his view “that it was a shame that we do not celebrate Australia Day on a day in which all Australians, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal can enjoy” was shared by many in the ...

The Guardian
All Australians can keep this Torch burning to help deliver for indigenous people
Herald Sun
When then prime minister Gough Whitlam changed the laws affecting indigenous Australians in 1972, it had unintended ramifications from which many are still suffering. Whitlam's changes allowed for equal pay and access to alcohol for our first people on ...
Garma: Kidney failure that killed Dr G Yunupingu highlights huge ...ABC Online
Still plenty of work neededNT News
Garma festival 2017 ends with hope, determination and questionsThe Guardian
EducationHQ Australia -Gears Of Biz -Australian Times
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ABC Online
Yami Lester: More than 500 people travel to South Australia's far north for leader's funeral
ABC Online
Aboriginal elder, activist and leader, Yami Lester, has been laid to rest on the red soil of his homeland in front of hundreds of loved ones. In what could be one of the most remote South Australian funerals, more than 500 people travelled to Walatina ...
Yami Lester farewelled at state funeralSky News Australia

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Richo takes on Noel Pearson over indigenous constitutional recognition
The Australian
Since its demise more Aboriginal MPs have been elected and consultation in a wide range of issues affecting our indigenous people has been ongoing. As for Pearson's personal criticism of myself, I plead guilty to failing Aboriginal Australia on a grand ...