Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Constitutional convention would offer a way forward on Aboriginal recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal people have held a convention, and so too should the community at large. A constitutional convention representing all Australians will provide a platform to argue why an Indigenous advisory body is the right change. It will fill in the ...

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Inside Film
SBS launches interactive Indigenous doco My Grandmother's Lingo
Inside Film
SBS has launched an online interactive documentary, My Grandmother's Lingo, which highlights the endangered status of Indigenous languages in Australia. My Grandmother's Lingo tells the personal story of Angelina Joshua, a young Aboriginal woman ...

ABC Online
NSW Government considers cashless welfare card rollout across state
ABC Online
Billionaire founder of Fortescue Metals Group, Andrew Forrest has met with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to push for a cashless welfare card to be rolled out across New South Wales. Created by Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation, the income ...

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ABC Online
Ngadju native title: Federal court ruling determines last piece of WA claim the size of Tasmania
ABC Online
A Federal Court ruling has seen the last piece of a native title claim stretching from the Nullarbor to the Great Western Woodlands handed back to traditional Aboriginal owners. On Monday Australia's Federal Court ruled to hand back the final piece of ...

The Australian
Referendum Council 'limiting' scope of indigenous recognition: Burney
The Australian
Asked whether she believed the Referendum Council process showed indigenous Australian's weren't especially exercised about constitutional recognition, Ms Burney said that while they were are very exercised about the social justice situation for ...

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Inside Film
Six Australian films set for world premieres at MIFF
Inside Film
Naina Sen's The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir. Eddie Martin's Have You Seen the Listers? is a ...

ABC Local
Youth suicide: Teachers, support staff struggling in 'highly dysfunctional' communities
ABC Local
A coronial inquest into the suicides of 13 Aboriginal people in Western Australia's far north has heard support workers are struggling to address high levels of community dysfunction. If you or anyone you know needs help: Lifeline on 13 11 14; Kids ...

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WA sisters not protected before deaths
9news.com.au
A harrowing description of life in Western Australia's Aboriginal communities was given by witnesses to state Coroner Ros Fogliani in Broome, where the inquest investigating a cluster of deaths involving 13 young indigenous people in the Kimberley ...

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ABC Message Stick
Pat Dodson discusses changing the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body
ABC Message Stick
I think you could simply have a set of words that said, "There ought to be an Aboriginal voice to the Parliament. Do you agree?" But I think Australian voters would find that a bit difficult to - because they would want to know, well, what it is going ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Kurtley Beale breaks out into corroboree dance while unveiling new Wallabies indigenous jersey
dailytelegraph.com.au
Australia's only current indigenous rugby international, Beale was inspired to push for recognition by union of Aboriginal culture after seeing the reaction to the NRL's indigenous-All Stars match. His request was heeded, and the Wallabies will become ...

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The Australian
Indigenous Recognition Referendum Council delivers final report
The Australian
While unsurprising, because it reflects the call of the recent Uluru Statement from the Heart that was held after consultations with almost 1500 indigenous Australians, it effectively dismisses what has been called the “minimalist” model preferred by ...
Referendum Council advises Government to hold vote on Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament'ABC Online
Referendum Council endorses Uluru call for Indigenous voice to parliamentThe Guardian
The road to constitutional recognition9news.com.au
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ABC Online
Referendum Council advises Government to hold vote on Indigenous 'Voice to Parliament'
ABC Online
Just one key question should be taken to a potential referendum to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a place in Australia's Constitution, according to a major report released today. The Referendum Council advised Prime Minister Malcolm ...
Indigenous Recognition Referendum Council delivers final reportThe Australian
The road to constitutional recognition9news.com.au
Referendum Council endorses Uluru call for Indigenous voice to parliamentThe Guardian

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The Advertiser
South Australian bookworms top reading stakes in national arts participation survey by Australia Council
The Advertiser
SOUTH Australians are more likely to read novels and poetry than their interstate counterparts and one in three now attended indigenous cultural events, the third National Arts Participation Survey by the Australia Council has found. The survey also ...

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SBS
Uncover the real Australia through an Indigenous lens
SBS
You Are Here explores the place of Indigenous people in Australia today through documentary films, which all capture moments in time that have the power to shape our history. From national issues to personal battles and triumphs, each story inspires a ...

ABC Online
Relatives of Aboriginal woman stabbed to death demand ex-partner be charged
ABC Online
The ABC understands Mr Swan is the only suspect in the case and is currently living in northern Western Australia. The inquest heard Mr Swan was present on the night of Kwementyaye McCormack's death and that she had no history of self-harm. She was ...

Lawyers Weekly
Legal bodies call for 'rethink' of justice system
Lawyers Weekly
“The ABA holds significant concerns about Australia's legal assistance budget being able to provide the necessary and adequate access to justice both now and into the future, and that without a complete rethink of its funding, the rule of law hangs in ...

The Australian
NITV goes for gold in Games coverage
The Australian
Times have changed and the channel now champions some of the 300 indigenous languages spoken in Australia. “Audiences are quite attracted to hearing a variety of languages. They are very happy to hear (Northern Territory language) Warlpiri down in ...

The Australian
'Feral' politics threaten move to recognition
The Australian
The 183-page document includes key proposals drafted in discussions with up to 1500 indigenous Australians and contained in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, calling for “constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our ...

Herald Sun
Indigenous kids need basics for real equality, writes Kevin Donnelly
Herald Sun
“Whiteness” is described as teaching “the white values, culture and history” of Australia. As an alternative, Dr Schultz argues the schools must teach “racial literacy across all subjects” and that teachers must “allow indigenous knowledges and ways of ...

The Guardian
Kulaluk lease: NT minister upholds rejection of Aboriginal site heritage listing
The Guardian
The Northern Territory minister for culture has followed the much-criticised footsteps of her predecessor and rejected a recommendation to heritage list a tract of Aboriginal land near Darwin. Lauren Moss confirmed on Sunday she had made the ruling on ...

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