Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Telegraph.co.uk
Experience Australia's indigenous culture
Telegraph.co.uk
As such, more than a million visitors took part in indigenous tourism experiences during their time in Australia in the year to June 2016, and the allure of Aboriginal Australia means that there is a rapidly increasing number of operators specialising ...

'A national shame': Spike in Indigenous STI rates prompts call for urgent action
The Sydney Morning Herald
A syphilis outbreak in northern Australia caused the number of diagnoses Australia-wide to rise to 2736 in 2015, with 16 per cent of those among Aboriginal people. The rate was six times higher than for non-Indigenous people, and up to 132 times higher ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal Upper House seat proposal rejected by Tasmanian Government, Indigenous group
ABC Online
He suggested an Aboriginal electorate would be more beneficial on a federal level. "State Government doesn't fund very much in Tasmania, and I think the Federal Government is where they do fund the Aboriginal organisations throughout Australia," he said.

The Canberra Times
Reducing Indigenous incarceration by transforming lives and schools in prison
Independent Australia
If Western Australia continues on in the same way it has been, two out of every three people in its gaols will be Indigenous, writes Gerry Georgatos. NON-INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS are incarcerated at around 200 per 100,000 adults, but Aboriginal and/or ...
Australian War Memorial unveils new Rover Thomas painting Ruby Plains Massacre 1The Canberra Times
'We've got to stop doing stupid things': Indigenous leader Warren Mundine slams judge for saying Aboriginal people ...Daily Mail

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The Stringer
Transform Australia's prisons
The Stringer
94 per cent of the Northern Territory prison population is comprised of Aboriginal peoples, 38 per cent in Western Australia, 32 per cent in Queensland, 24 per cent in NSW, 23 per cent in South Australia, 19 per cent in the ACT, 15 per cent in Tasmania ...
Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wivesHerald Sun (blog)
'We've got to stop doing stupid things': Indigenous leader Warren Mundine slams judge for saying Aboriginal people ...Daily Mail

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The Conversation AU
Friday essay: the politics of Aboriginal kitsch
The Conversation AU
For over a century, European-heritage Australians have been consuming Aboriginalia – Aboriginal cultural designs and figures in souvenirs and bric-a-brac. It includes garden ornaments, ceramics, figurines, prints, fabric design, swap cards, linen ...

The Conversation AU
Women who commit violent crimes need programs to help them while in prison
The Conversation AU
In 2016, 39% of women in Australian prisons were convicted of, or awaiting sentencing for, violent offences. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were overrepresented in these statistics – 51% incarcerated for violent offences compared to 33 ...

ABC Online
Andrew Forrest signs largest-ever deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs
ABC Online
Five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders will be hired over the next decade as part of one of the country's biggest employment drives for Indigenous workers. Labour firm Programmed will create the positions and provide the necessary ...

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TravelersToday
Where to See Art In Aboriginal Australia
TravelersToday
Here are the sites an art lover wouldn't miss once visiting Australia. Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Aboriginal Art Centre, Yirrkala. You can find artists sitting on the ground painting on big canvasses while some men carve wooden statues while turning them ...

Deal for 5000 new Indigenous jobs puts business on notice: Andrew Forrest
The Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, VTEC surpassed 5000 job placements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, by offering job-specific training to potential employees with the promise of guaranteed employment. Mr Forrest said the deal showed momentum was ...

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ABC Online
Tiwi Islands Sistagirls prepare to wow Sydney Mardi Gras, want to show Indigenous LGBTIQ culture
ABC Online
It took decades of fighting for recognition and several suicides before the Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands community finally accepted a group of Aboriginal transgender women. The Sistagirls want to spread the message of their journey of resilience ...

Huffington Post Australia
We Didn't Need Another Inquiry To Figure Out That Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech
Huffington Post Australia
Twenty percent of Australians say they have been subject to verbal racial abuse. That figure soars to 90 percent for Aboriginal Australians. This law provides assurance to Australians of all backgrounds that, in the eyes of the law, they are not fair ...
Turnbull assures 18C critics parliament a 'house of freedom' and debate welcomeThe Guardian

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SBS
Comment: Why the term “Australian” can be an imposition on Aboriginal people
SBS
What a lot of people don't understand in this country is that “Australia”, and indeed the idea of being “Australian”, is viewed by many Aboriginal people as an imposition. Our ancestors did not consent to being governed, there is no agreement in place ...

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Inquiry: jail fewer Aborigines for bashing wives
Herald Sun (blog)
The head of a national inquiry into Indigenous incarceration has said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people might need to be treated differently by the justice system in order to achieve equity under the law. Federal court judge Matthew Myers ...

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PBS NewsHour
Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the US These women are at the forefront.
PBS NewsHour
Aboriginal Australian art can take many forms: drawing, painting, weaving, carving, or, more recently, video and photography. Artists often use natural elements, such as bark, feathers, earth pigment, flowers or sand, but they may also use synthetic ...

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The Australian
Participant alleges SBS racism program 'biased by its agenda'
The Australian
It almost reads like the sort of joke the show's producers are looking to see punted to the scrap pile for ever: an African, Asian, Aboriginal, Muslim and a white Australian walk into an SBS experiment. Yet the goal of The Truth About Racism — which ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian poet Ali Cobby Eckermann receives telephone call of a lifetime
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's described as a telephone call of a lifetime: that moment when an unsuspecting writer receives the ground shaking news that they have won one of the world's richest prizes for literature. For Ali Cobby Eckermann, a celebrated Aboriginal poet and ...
Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins US$165000 Windham-Campbell PrizeThe Advertiser
Yale awards eight writers $165000 Windham-Campbell PrizesYale News

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The Guardian
Cousins' gathering a model for pilot program for Aboriginal children in care
The Guardian
In 2014-15 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were 6.7 times more likely to be the subject of substantiated child protection reports than non-Indigenous children, and 9.5 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care, according to the ...

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The Advertiser
Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins US$165000 Windham-Campbell Prize
The Advertiser
The Aboriginal poet, writer and visual artist from South Australia's Mid-North has been named winner of the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry. Cobby Eckermann has published and performed her poetry around the world, and is honoured for her body ...

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SBS
Why the term “Australian” is an imposition on Aboriginal people ...
SBS
Terms like “First Australians” and “Aboriginal Australians” may be well intentioned, but along with concepts like “Real Australians,” they can do more harm than ...
Universities set goals to attract more Indigenous students in ... - ABCABC Online

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