Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Armidale Express
NSW Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi will present at NERAM
Armidale Express
“It's about time that somebody recognised the attempted genocide of Aboriginal people in Australia throughout the 19th century because a lot of people aren't aware of the hundred of massacres of Aboriginal people that occurred in this country.” ...

SBS
COMMENT: Aboriginality is more than skin deep
SBS
Being Aboriginal should not be seen as a bad thing, nor should the colour of one's skin be seen as a way to attack. Australia still has a huge road of recognition ahead and there is a heap of healing still to be done. I encourage you to challenge ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
National Gallery of Australia announces artists for National Indigenous Art Triennial
The Sydney Morning Herald
The National Gallery of Australia has announced the 30 Indigenous artists participating in an exhibition that will mark the ongoing resistance, resilience and defiance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Defying Empire: 3rd National ...
Australia alots $8 M to expanded Lighthouse Hospital ProjectEnterprise Innovation
We must do better to close the gapThe RiotACT
Failed 'closing the gap' the least of worries – hidden are more shocking crisesThe Stringer
National Indigenous Times -The Guardian -The West Australian
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Bendigo Advertiser
Did First Contact producers deliberately cast David Oldfield as the villain?
Bendigo Advertiser
Actor Nicki Wendt and former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris both hail from Perth, and both had similarly negative experiences with Aborigines there, and a desire to get beyond them. "They sit and drink goon in the park, and I've had them come up ...

The Australian
Aboriginal scheme 'benefits select few'
The Australian
Warren Mundine, the former head of the government's Indigenous Advisory Council, told The Australian the management of the scheme should be reconsidered, and should include a strategy “over a period of time so that indigenous people are actually ...

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Enterprise Innovation
Australia alots $8 M to expanded Lighthouse Hospital Project
Enterprise Innovation
Australia has announced plans to transform hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Acute Coronary Syndrome. The government has allotted $8 million for the expansion of the Lighthouse Hospital Project, a joint initiative ...
Prison to wellbeing to education and work – transforming livesThe Stringer
Yes, we jail too many Indigenous Australians – but what happens next is worseThe Guardian
Ken Wyatt delivers $27m to Indigenous health servicesNational Indigenous Times
Shepparton News -The West Australian -PRWire (press release)
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The Guardian
Australia failing on multiple human rights fronts: Amnesty International
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Aboriginal children are 24 times more likely to be detained than non-indigenous Australian children, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a report accusing Canberra of complacency amid a raft of rights abuses. From indigenous justice ...
Australia's 'inconsistent approach' to human rights could jeopardise UN seat bid, Amnesty warnsThe Guardian

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Pemulwuy Project: The Block in Redfern to house 500 students under new plans
The Sydney Morning Herald
Once home to Redfern's Aboriginal community, The Block is set to become a university student hub, under revised plans lodged by the Aboriginal Housing Corporation for the area's redevelopment. More than 500 students will live in new student ...

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The Guardian
Failed 'closing the gap' the least of worries – hidden are more shocking crises
The Stringer
The latest Closing The Gap report reveals that Australia is failing six of seven measures. The closing of the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the rest of the Australian population was slated for 2031. There is no ...
More meaningful actions neededShepparton News
Indigenous incarceration: turning the tide on colonisation's cruel third actThe Guardian
Pemulwuy Project takes big strides forwardPRWire (press release)

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NT News
Popular festival spreads it wings
NT News
The festival was one of four NT events to receive funding through the Coalition Government's Festivals Australia program. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair received $106,700 to support interactive artist workshops during the free public program of the annual ...

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SBS
Why you should laugh at racism
SBS
Founded by Jason Tamiru and Toby Sullivan, the competition has been able to mine a rich vein of comedy talent that has long been waiting to be tapped in Aboriginal Australia, says Hood. “Within our community and families we have so many funny people ...

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SBS
Labor to establish national caucus to increase Indigenous representation
SBS
"The rules should be that our first Australians get asked first about anything affecting them and what Labor is doing today is we're actually practising what we preach and we are saying to Aboriginal Australians that the politics and the process can ...

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SBS
Diving into defining moments of Australian Indigenous civil rights with the Freedom Rides
SBS
Starting from the grounds of Sydney University, where 29 students set out on a journey to raise awareness about the living standards, segregation and racism experienced by Aboriginal people in Australia. Led by enigmatic Arrente man, Charles Perkins ...

ABC Online
Archaeologists discover 'coexistence' between Aboriginal people and settlers in North Parramatta
ABC Online
"The glass is really important because we don't have a great deal of evidence of that coexistence between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people," she said. "It's a very significant find for Aboriginal people for the history of Australia as well. "The ...

SBS
Could language revival cure diabetes?
SBS
After identifying this gap, Prof Zuckermann contacted Professor Alex Brown, Aboriginal Health Theme Leader from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). Together they applied for a National Health and Medical Research ...

The West Australian
Culture and fun at Karijini
The West Australian
“You've got this really unknown but magnificent asset that's sitting out there that can provide the catalyst for connecting Aboriginal people, the stories and the histories that they have, with this desire for non-Aboriginal people, particularly in ...

The Queensland Times
Shorten's national caucus for Australia's first people
The Queensland Times
SPRINGFIELD'S only dedicated school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children became the backdrop for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to announce Labor's plans to establish a caucus to represent Australia's first people. Mr Shorten visited the ...

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ABC Online
Racial Discrimination Act: NT Aboriginal communities not united on changes to section 18C, inquiry hears
ABC Online
Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are not in agreement on whether section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be changed, a federal inquiry has heard. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights was in Darwin on Monday to ...

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Cosgrove praises NT Aboriginal WWII hero
Courier Mail
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove has recognised the efforts of indigenous people in defending the nation when Japanese planes bombed Darwin during WWII. He said the Tiwi Islands community, north of Darwin, has enormous significance in Australian ...

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SBS
COMMENT: Racism in Australia: The stats are clear
SBS
In 1984, for 289 SA non-Indigenous high schoolers, over 50% endorsed every negative stereotype of Aboriginal Australians that was listed. 84.2% thought Aboriginal people drink too much. 82.2% said Aboriginal people are often in trouble with the police.
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