Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA
NEWS.com.au
Representatives from Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria met on Friday for the first roundtable meeting in seven years to discuss their progress on Aboriginal affairs. WA Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben ...

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Aboriginal affairs roundtable held in WA
9news.com.au
State and territory Aboriginal affairs leaders say it is inevitable the federal government will need to have treaty negotiations with indigenous people. Representatives from Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, South Australia and ...

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The Mercury
It's time to talk about Australia Day, says Rebecca White
The Mercury
“There's shared concern I think that at the moment it excludes indigenous Australians and that's certainly very worthy of us to give consideration to how we make sure Australia Day is an inclusive day that celebrates everything we're really proud of as ...

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The Stringer
Australia soaked in apartheid; national shame continues with jailing First Peoples at world's highest rate
The Stringer
White Australians are incarcerated at the nation's lowest rate. Migrant Australians and Australians born of non-White backgrounds are incarcerated at higher rates. But Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are incarcerated at both the highest rates in ...

ABC Online
Meet the Aboriginal women kicking goals in their Top End communities
ABC Online
Aussie Rules has long been the sport of Aboriginal Australia. But women's place has been on the sidelines, cheering men along at local games. Now, East Arnhem Land women have set up a competition with teams from local Aboriginal communities because ...

Community Newspaper Group
Northam: aboriginal students land jobs with Greening Australia
Community Newspaper Group
ABORIGINAL students have landed jobs with Greening Australia after learning more about land restoration and conservation at an agricultural college in Northam. The not-for-profit group snapped up the new recruits who recently completed a Certificate II ...

Independent Australia
Why Marcia Langton is wrong on Adani
Independent Australia
For all her powerful and peerless leadership of Aboriginal rights, Professor Marcia Langton has it wrong on Adani. Her speech to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) this week made headlines because she provocatively accused environmentalists of ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australians Have Said How They Want To Be Heard, But We're Not Listening
Huffington Post Australia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from across this vast and diverse nation met in Uluru for the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, having had a series of meetings around Australia over the previous six months. Two hundred and fifty ...

SBS
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
SBS
There are also inconsistencies in who is considered Australian. Aboriginals are named as Australian in initial chapters on Aboriginal life. However, this description of Aboriginals as Australian is contradicted by the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres ...

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The West Australian
Kimberley elder Since Ruth Abdullah gets Order of Australia medal for Aboriginal legal work
The West Australian
Since Ruth Abdullah became part of the Stolen Generation aged just seven, her focus has been preventing further injustices by helping Aboriginal people know their legal rights. Her dedication to this cause has on Monday led to her being awarded the ...

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The Mercury
Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2017 features 891 prominent Australians
The Mercury
RESPECTED Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Aunty Patsy Cameron and former Tassal managing director Peter Shelley have been recognised as Officers of the Order of Australia (AO) in today's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Governor-General Sir Peter ...
Fewer women recognised in Queens's Birthday honoursThe Australian
Migrants adding to Australian multiculturalism honoured in Queen's listSBS
Queen's honours list the most progressive since 1975The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Conversation AU
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
The Conversation AU
Textbooks published in the White Australia era openly taught a celebratory version of history in which Aborigines were either absent or derided. White people were portrayed as the developers of the nation. This can be seen in the following extract from ...

ABC Online
Queen's birthday: Aboriginal elder 'from humble beginnings' among Tasmania's honourees
ABC Online
An Aboriginal Elder who has spent 45 years working to improve access to education for Indigenous Tasmanians has topped the state's list of Queen's birthday honours recipients. Patsy Cameron is now an officer of the Order of Australia, having been ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2017 features 891 prominent Australians
dailytelegraph.com.au
She was the co-founder of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal community Alliance. She has also served as the director of the Melythina Tiakana Warrana Aboriginal Corporation since 2000 and ...
Fewer women recognised in Queens's Birthday honoursThe Australian
Stonnington residents receive Queen's Birthday HonoursHerald Sun
Queen's honours list the most progressive since 1975The Sydney Morning Herald

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Australian Ageing Agenda
Supplement crucial to viability of indigenous aged care
Australian Ageing Agenda
However, the targeting of viability supplements to providers under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program could be improved by refocusing towards remote and very remote locations. That's according to an Australian National ...

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Warrnambool Standard
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendum
Warrnambool Standard
For Yanti Ropeyarn it was a moment of pure joy, when the significance of what was being attempted on behalf of Aboriginal Australia half a century ago was distilled into a single sentence in a hand-written note in the palm of her hand. The note was ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal women 'sick of being another domestic violence statistic'
ABC Online
A young mother from a town camp in Alice Springs says Aboriginal women are sick of being just another domestic violence statistic. Shirleen Campbell from Hoppy's Camp spoke at this week's inaugural Indigenous Family Violence Policing Conference in ...

ABC Online
Call for corporate Australia to invest in remote Indigenous art centres
ABC Online
The art of remote Australia can often be seen in the background when corporate giants and political leaders appear on the evening news. Depictions of waterholes, dreaming tracks and ancestral spirits animate the walls of many boardrooms and government ...

The Conversation AU
How Indigenous tourism can help bring about reconciliation in Australia
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use tourism to bridge the cultural divides and create better futures by sharing culture, knowledge and country. Settler-colonial states such as Australia have sought strategies to reconcile their divided ...

Ancient Origins
Remote Australian Archaeological Site Provides More Evidence to Refute Traditional Theory of Entirely Nomadic ...
Ancient Origins
Were the Australian Aborigines of years ago really hunter-gatherers, or did some have settled lives in villages with agriculture and architectural features? Some archaeologists are exploring this new avenue with Aboriginal researchers at a large site ...