Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

SBS
From model to role model: Lois Peeler on inspiring the next generation of Indigenous Australians
SBS
In the 1960's she became Australia's first Aboriginal model, then joined the now famous band The Sapphires touring war-raved Vietnam, as imortalised in the 2012 film. Ms Peeler considers the production “mostly accurate – with some artistic licence” and ...

The Guardian
Indigenous leaders head to Uluru for 'historic' meeting on constitutional recognition
The Guardian
Anderson said the message from the community dialogues was that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would reject any purely symbolic attempts at recognition and demanded substantive, structural reforms dictating how the Australian parliament, ...
PM, Shorten shun Uluru stop on road to indigenous recognitionThe Australian

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The Australian
Forrest failed to deliver on promises, says Aboriginal dealmaker
The Australian
Tony Shaw tells The Weekend Australian Magazine today that he regrets his role in the Murrin Murrin nickel project in the West Australian Goldfields that launched Mr Forrest's mining career in the late 1990s. Mr Shaw is now a leading Perth-based native ...

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The Australian
Renewing the faith of 67: Indigenous recognition remains elusive
The Australian
It has helped to reshape Australia's self-image and the national approach to Aboriginal people and indigenous culture — so much so that today's proponents of a new referendum hope their proposals for constitutional reform also may have the potential ...
Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendumThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Sky News Australia
Mundine wants Indigenous voice in parliament
Sky News Australia
Mr Mundine previously believed effective representation for all Australians already existed in parliaments and has rubbished plans to have dedicated seats in parliament for Aboriginal people or other constitutionally protected bodies. He said ...
Anthony Mundine hints at a future in politicsDaily Mail

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ABC Online
Artefacts found in Pilbara cave show Aboriginal life in northern WA dates back 50000 years
ABC Online
Testing of artefacts in an island cave in northern WA has established some of the oldest occupation dates recorded in Australia, proving Aboriginal Australians were living in the now largely submerged northern coast 50,000 years ago. Professor Peter ...
Cave dig shows the earliest Australians enjoyed a coastal lifestyleThe Conversation AU
Remote cave reveals earliest Australians lived around 50000 years agoUQ News

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The Guardian
It's 50 years since Indigenous Australians first 'counted'. Why has so little changed?
The Guardian
Indigenous people had never previously been officially included among the Australian citizenry, nor counted in the Commonwealth census – so the federal government could not legislate for them. But on 27 May 1967, more than 90% of the Australian ...

The Australian
Warren Mundine bolsters chance for indigenous reform
The Australian
“I come from a background of recognising Australia's First Nations, and then working (up) from there,” he writes. Mr Pearson, who has been in political disagreement with Mr Mundine, said the new suggestion was simply a new way of creating an indigenous ...
Q&A: Recognising Australia's first peoples ... properlyPursuit
Indigenous recognition referendum question will hit the 'sweet spot': Noel PearsonThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Alisha Geary launches Faebella to 'raise appreciation' - The Australian
The Australian
Clothing is the new canvas for Indigenous Australian art. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business law student Alisha Geary wants stories told in indigenous ...
Indigenous recognition referendum question will hit the 'sweet spot': Noel PearsonThe Sydney Morning Herald
'I talk the truth': Anthony Mundine signals future in politics | SBS NewsSBS

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The Australian
Indigenous language would enhance the national anthem
The Australian
Everyone's favourite war-cry at my school was our indigenous chant, the Gunga Lora, which was always performed with gusto even if few had much idea of its meaning or relevance. This is not atypical of Australia's connection with our indigenous roots ...

Pursuit
Q&A: Recognising Australia's first peoples ... properly
Pursuit
Australia will soon take an important step towards potentially recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in its Constitution. The Referendum Council is due mid-year to report its final advice to the Commonwealth Government and the Opposition ...
Indigenous recognition referendum question will hit the 'sweet spot': Noel PearsonThe Sydney Morning Herald
Back from the brinkThe Australian
'I talk the truth': Anthony Mundine signals future in politicsSBS

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Golf Australia
Golf part of the course for indigenous students
Golf Australia
Situated 986km away from its nearest capital city, Adelaide, and 250km from its closest main town, Ceduna, the Aboriginal community of Yalata isn't flushed with entertainment options. But the local school Yalata Anangu now has its very own golf course.

ABC Online
Commercial fishing laws to be challenged in court by Victoria's traditional owners
ABC Online
Mr Saunders' lawyer Michael Anderson said they would be testing if the tribes outlined in the act could be taken to include Aboriginal Australians. "It's a question as to whether or not the Parliament has the jurisdiction to deal with Aboriginal people ...

ABC Online
Respected Aboriginal elder Alice Rigney remembered as pioneering educator and cultural warrior
ABC Online
Friends and family have paid tribute to Alice Rigney, the first Aboriginal woman to become a school principal in Australia, who died in Adelaide over the weekend. Dr Rigney was the principal of Kaurna Plains School for Aboriginal students in Adelaide's ...

The West Australian
Art a positive link to NAIDOC week
The West Australian
“I think it shows respect for the Aboriginal people of Western Australia.” “I've spoken to a lot of people in the Aboriginal community about it and the majority of people have been very positive.” A Noongar man, Kickett's acrylic painting of Point ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Australia's 'line in the sand' on recognition
Camden Advertiser
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered. They have challenged political leaders to discuss what is emerging as ...
Referendum on Indigenous recognition in constitution must succeed, Aboriginal MP Linda Burney warnsABC Online
250% jump in female prison rates sounds alarm for reformNational Indigenous Times
Learn lessons from 1967 referendum: BurneySBS

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ABC Online
Referendum on Indigenous recognition in constitution must succeed, Aboriginal MP Linda Burney warns
ABC Online
Federal Labor frontbencher Linda Burney has warned the referendum question put forward to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution must be "winnable". Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives will propose a model for ...
Well-off indigenous can 'walk in the Dreaming'The Australian
250% jump in female prison rates sounds alarm for reform - National ...National Indigenous Times
Learn lessons from 1967 referendum: BurneySBS

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ABC Online
WA Police uniforms, cars to feature Indigenous designs for NAIDOC week
ABC Online
WA Police will be wearing specially made shirts and driving vehicles sporting colourful Aboriginal art as part of NAIDOC Week. The work of seven different artists will represent each police district in the state as well as the metropolitan region from ...

$30 million for indigenous ranger training
Yahoo7 News
More indigenous rangers will be protecting Australia's coastlines and bushlands with $30 million in federal funding for training to boost jobs in remote communities. Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion announced the investment while visiting ...

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$30 million for indigenous ranger training
The Australian
The federal budget committed $15 million to new Indigenous Protected Areas and ongoing funding for the program for five years. It also announced $55.7 million over five years to help improve the job prospects of indigenous Australians across the country.

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