Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
160000 people turned away: How the justice system is failing vulnerable Australians
ABC Online
All Australians have the right under the law to seek justice. Yet this right means little when you cannot exercise it because you can't get the help you need. That's the problem now facing countless Australians, and it's getting worse. Tens of ...

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The Conversation AU
Australia has ignored black viewpoints before – why would a constitutional 'voice' be any different?
The Conversation AU
Australia has previously flirted with designated parliamentary seats for Aborigines elected on an Aboriginal roll, akin to the (now) seven reserved seats for Māori in New Zealand. In 1944 Pastor Doug Nicholls sought one such federal seat for an ...

The Conversation AU
Dr G. Yunupingu's legacy: it's time to get rid of chronic hepatitis B in Indigenous Australia
The Conversation AU
News of the tragic death of Dr G. Yunupingu last week in Darwin at only 46 years of age has again highlighted the unacceptable gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. Yunupingu had been living with ...

Smithsonian
Aboriginal Rangers Uncover Trove of Rock Art in Northern Australia
Smithsonian
Hundreds of pieces of rock art were recently discovered in a remote region of northern Australia by Aboriginal rangers fighting wildfires, one example of many such sites left behind by the continent's first humans. "This part of the world … is covered ...

NBCNews.com
On a rainy day, Philip's duty finally done
The West Australian
Known for his gaffes - including asking Aboriginal leader Ivan Brim on a 2002 visit to Australia "do you still throw spears at each other?" - the Prince is largely viewed in Britain as a loyal companion to the Queen. "Well you can't change the weather ...
Gaffe-prone prince met his match in AbbottSBS

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ABC Online
WA police officers cleared over treatment of Aboriginal man Clifton Penny
ABC Online
An internal investigation has cleared WA police officers of any wrongdoing over allegations they stomped on the head of an Aboriginal man earlier this year. Police alleged ... The vision, released to the Guardian Australia, showed Penny constantly shaking.

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The West Australian
Accused man called alleged victim 'thing'
The West Australian
Foodworks supermarket employee Karen Collett said she saw a "scruffy" man thrusting against an Aboriginal woman in the biscuit aisle on Australia Day in 2011. "He was actually standing behind her doing sexual references - pushing himself against her," ...

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Sydney City News
Locals demand recognition of our first people
Sydney City News
Currently, the only times the Aboriginal Flag is displayed is during Reconciliation week, National Aboriginal & Islanders' Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week, and on the anniversary of Kevin Rudd's 2008 apology to the Stolen Generations.

Triple J surveys listeners on Hottest 100 shift from Australia Day
The Australian
The date has widely been recognised as a day of mourning for Aboriginal people, who see Australia Day as commemorating British arrival rather than the nation's ancient culture. The issue has been debated since 1938, when the first Day of Mourning was ...

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Turnbull, Shorten under pressure at Garma
NEWS.com.au
High profile indigenous Australians including Noel Pearson, Referendum Council co-chair Pat Anderson, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar will participate, while Aboriginal Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Scorching Malcolm Turnbull quotes resurface as push for same-sex marriage postal plebiscite grows
The Sydney Morning Herald
It would disenfranchise more than a million voters who were not at their address listed on the electoral roll, he warned, particularly young people and Aboriginal Australians in remote communities. Mr Turnbull said a postal vote would also ...

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Think beyond selfies to tackle slavery
NEWS.com.au
Ms Griffiths told a federal parliamentary inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act that Australian organisations which arrange orphanage tourism visits in countries like Cambodia have an important role to play. While people have good intentions ...

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Central Western Daily
Celebrating culture: Emus announce landmark scholarship ahead of Indigenous round
Central Western Daily
These numbers are a huge factor in why Emus Rugby Club has decided to devote this weekend to celebrating Australian culture, by hosting its first ever Indigenous round. The club's under 17s will wear special jerseys – they're playing Orange City under ...

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ABC Online
Alaska trip to attend hepatitis B meeting a first for NT Indigenous health workers
ABC Online
Three Indigenous health workers from a remote island community will leave Australia for the first time to speak at a hepatitis B conference in Alaska. The trio, Sarah Bukulatjpi, George Gurruwiwi and Roslyn Dhurrkay, work in the community of Galiwinku ...

The West Australian
Roebourne first on new top cop's policing agenda
The West Australian
Premier Mark McGowan says he will dispatch incoming police commissioner Chris Dawson to Roebourne as his first priority next month, as WA's peak indigenous health group said his predecessor's admission police can't protect kids in remote communities ...

Huffington Post Australia
'Cleverman': How A Landmark Series Became The Benchmark
Huffington Post Australia
... lunch with two of the people from the company they casually asked what I wanted to do in the industry and I said I wanted to do an Indigenous superhero. It all started to go from there. Rosemary Blight (Producer): Ryan was over in Western Australia ...

ABC Online
Indigenous community takes alcohol policy into its own hands, using elders as bouncers at club
ABC Online
Fred Ryan isn't a typical bouncer: at 76 years old, he's an amputee and is deaf in one ear. But he's also one of the most senior and respected elders of the Beswick community, near Katherine, and for four nights a week he's the community social club's ...

MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)
The untold story of Islam and indigenous Australia
MuslimVillage.com (press release) (blog)
From at least as early as 1650, Muslim fishermen from Makassar in Indonesia made annual trips to Australia's far north coast in search of sea cucumbers—or trepang—which are highly valued in Chinese medicine and cooking. Indigenous Australians also ...

Gaffe-prone prince met his match in Abbott
SBS
The Duke of Edinburgh has been on 637 solo overseas visits, where his inappropriate comments often caused a stir in the hosting nation. Over 20 royal visits to Australia were no different, asking Aboriginal leader Ivan Brim on a 2002 visit to Australia ...

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The West Australian
Budget pressure signals cash fight for new top WA cop Chris Dawson
The Australian
... The West Australian newspaper that his officers had uncovered evidence of welfare cash being spent on sexual favours as well as drugs and alcohol during an investigation into child sex abuse in the Pilbara town of Roebourne and surrounding ...
WA Police get a new police commissionerThe West Australian

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