Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

dailytelegraph.com.au
Why blackfellas need a voice in Parliament
dailytelegraph.com.au
Because of this history, Parliament makes special laws about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — like Native Title, to recognise their land rights, and cultural and heritage protection, or closing the gap policies. These laws are ... Now ...

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Plan for indigenous people to watch cops
The Australian
Sixteen Aboriginal communities in NSW's central west will put their hand up for Copwatch if it gets off the ground. "The community shouldn't be the ones monitoring the police behaviour but we have to because of ongoing abuse," Murdi Paaki chair Des ...

Australia's Indigenous artefact repatriation program has a long way to go
ABC Science Online
In 1948, a team of Americans and Australians travelled throughout the Northern Territory, collecting data and artefacts. But on a visit to one remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, the scientific mission they also robbed graves. The bones were ...

EducationHQ Australia
New scholarship, ancient culture
EducationHQ Australia
The Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship recognises the life of an extraordinary Indigenous seminarian and enables an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student to study at the Rome Centre. The scholarship commemorates the story of Francis ...

The Guardian
The Kimberley: 'We want people to appreciate how long Aboriginal people have been here'
The Guardian
Angela Bell expected her two-week tour of the outback Kimberley region in Western Australia would give her a rich cultural experience, given Aboriginal history in the region dates back at least 40,000 years. The 28-year-old communications manager paid ...

National Indigenous Times
Racism puts Aboriginal kids at abuse risk
The Australian
"We have highlighted the racist social attitudes that dehumanised, denigrated and sexualised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and empowered perpetrators by providing legal and social sanction to high levels of sexual and other violence ...
NAIDOC Week rich with colour, ceremonyNational Indigenous Times

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Funding boost for indigenous aged care services
Australian Ageing Agenda
The grants come under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program in response to funding applications and have been provided to aged care services in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western ...

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Fresh qualifications empower trailblazers
National Indigenous Times
Four men from remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia have become the first people to complete a unique new national apprenticeship with WA electricity provider Horizon Power to improve outcomes in remote communities. Keith Hunter, of ...

ABC Online
Fact check: Has trachoma among Indigenous kids fallen from 20pc to 4pc?
ABC Online
The 2009-10 federal budget papers spell out $58.4 million in funding over four years for "improving eye and ear health services for Indigenous Australians". According to the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit, in 2009 the Government ...

Shepparton News
Inspiring, thought-provoking works to visit
Shepparton News
A travelling indigenous photomedia exhibition, produced by the National Gallery of Australia, will come to Shepparton next month. Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia celebrates some of the most significant work made by indigenous photographers, ...

National Indigenous Times
NAIDOC Week rich with colour, ceremony
National Indigenous Times
Mr Mills was just one of the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievers recognised during NAIDOC Week, which ended on Sunday amid celebrations and awards ceremonies held across Australia. Mr Mills' father Benny collected his son's award on ...

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National Indigenous Times
NT Aboriginal men fall behind in life expectancy
National Indigenous Times
Life expectancy gaps for Northern Territory Aboriginal women are closing yet widening for men, a new study has found. The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found that between 1967 and 2012 the difference in life expectancies for NT ...

National Indigenous Times
From Uluru to Constitutional reform: the journey continues
National Indigenous Times
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples welcomed the decision of the Referendum Council to proceed with the Indigenous consultations for First Nations Peoples. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten will meet with ...
Indigenous netball camp unearths future Diamonds starsSBS
ART ACROSS THE COUNTRYAboriginal Art Directory News
Additional funding and support for remote and rural aged care services welcomedTalking Aged Care

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Smithsonian
Online Map Charts Massacres of Indigenous Australians
Smithsonian
The project seeks to highlight the sheer scope of violence committed against Aboriginal people during Australia's Frontier Wars, a long, often vicious conflict that pitted Indigenous groups against pioneers from Europe. Presently, the map only records ...

ART ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Queensland and Western Australia are both opening major Indigenous art exhibitions and/or fairs this month – two, in fact in Queensland, headed by the annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair this weekend. As I wrote earlier, CIAF is exploring the theme ...

SBS
Indigenous netball camp unearths future Diamonds stars
SBS
On hand to mentor the rising stars was the first Indigenous woman to represent Australia, Marcia Ella-Duncan. "This is the culmination of a lot of years of what I call trying to raise awareness about the barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Particle
Storylines—the digital database uncovering Indigenous history
Particle
It's his job to connect Indigenous West Australians with the library's heritage collections. But that's a hard job to do within four walls. Many Indigenous communities live in remote or regional areas. And WA is a big place. So how do you reach the ...

Talking Aged Care
Additional funding and support for remote and rural aged care services welcomed
Talking Aged Care
“We want aged care that is flexible, non-discriminatory and culturally appropriate, no matter where people live, and inclusive of elderly Indigenous Australians who are among our most vulnerable citizens.” The grants also give providers an opportunity ...

ABC Online
Art opens doors to healing, equality, opportunity says Aboriginal artist Jandamarra Cadd
ABC Online
She said data about whether an entrant was Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander was inconclusive because that detail was only a recent and optional section on the entry form. In its 95-year history, the Archibald Prize has been won 11 times by nine women.

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Pro Bono Australia
Calls for 'Urgent Reform' to Address Skyrocketing Indigenous Incarceration Rate
Pro Bono Australia
According to the latest report from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released on Monday, the NSW Indigenous imprisonment rate is 13.5 times higher than the non-indigenous rate and Indigenous Australians are close to eight ...