Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Linda Burney: Barnaby Joyce's comments on Australia Day show 'complete lack of empathy'
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Even those who don't believe that the date should be changed need to understand that Australia Day doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. For many Aboriginal people it is a reminder of dispossession and oppression. "It is a painful day, and for ...
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
The fight to move Australia Day from January 26Ten Eyewitness News
Barnaby Joyce to Australia Day protesters: 'Crawl under a rock'The Guardian
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ABC Online
Australia Day: Clashes between police and protesters erupt at Sydney Invasion Day march
ABC Online
... the date was something for Australians to consider. Hobart had their largest crowd to date at the protest, with Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre president, David Warrener, telling the crowd the date was not appropriate and it continued to be a day of ...
5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous historyThe Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2017: Why a date change won't change our past | Joe ...NEWS.com.au
Indigineous pain remembered in SydneySky News Australia
Yahoo7 News -dailytelegraph.com.au -The Canberra Times
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The Mercury
Big turnout at Hobart rally
The Mercury
Opposition Aboriginal Affairs spokeswoman Madeleine Ogilvie said Labor was open to discussions about the date of Australia Day and a treaty for Aboriginal Tasmanians. “There is no need to fear discussions,” she said. Former Greens leader Bob Brown, ...

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ABC Online
Australia Day: Changing date 'pointless — and there is much to celebrate'
ABC Online
In response to my words "Australia is a great country to live in", some will immediately retort: 'Well, it's not so great for many Aboriginal people.' I agree, and this should never be forgotten. But how will protesting about the date and Australia Day ...
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe HildebrandNEWS.com.au
Australia gets its first aboriginal ministerThe Economist
How do LGBTI Aboriginal Australians really feel about Australia Day?Gay Star News
New Matilda
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SBS
Celebrations, citizenship ceremonies, protests mark Australia Day
SBS
An indigenous ceremony at Barangaroo was held in Sydney before the Australian and Aboriginal flags are raised on the Harbour Bridge. The NSW governor has acknowledged pain and mixed emotions that January 26 evokes within Australia's Aboriginal ...
New citizens welcomed for Australia DaySky News Australia

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ABC Online
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce says
ABC Online
"Most Aboriginal Indigenous people want to celebrate Australia Day and they feel they are Australians, that they are part of the Australian community," he said. Mr Mundine said the date marked Indigenous people losing their land, massacres, people ...
Joyce slams Australia Day date fussNEWS.com.au
Barnaby Joyce ridicules 'change the date' campaignThe Cairns Post

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SBS
Australia Day pain noted at Sydney ceremony
SBS
The NSW governor has acknowledged pain and mixed emotions that January 26 evokes within Australia's Aboriginal people at an indigenous ceremony on Sydney Harbour. Governor David Hurley told the crowd of several hundred at Barangaroo Point ...

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Ballarat Courier
Ballarat's Order of Australia Medal recipients
Ballarat Courier
Order of Australia recipient and Aboriginal rights activist Neville Oddie would rather his Australia Day honour was conferred on another day. Mr Oddie was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to conservation and reconciliation on Thursday.

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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OPINION: What does Australia Day mean to a young aboriginal person?
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Unfortunately for myself and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this is a reality lived here in Australia. I have never been one to protest Australia Day, but I haven't been one to celebrate the day either, I've been somewhat indifferent.

The Conversation AU
Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: a long history of ...
The Conversation AU
The marking of our national day has long been fraught, and this year is no exception.
Australia Day 2017: What to Know About the Holiday's History | Time ...TIME

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The Australian
Australia Day honours: academic Maryann Bin-Sallik blazed path for Aborigines
The Australian
Much of this can be sheeted home to Emeritus Professor Bin-Sallik, who has been named an Officer in the Order of Australia. Bin-Sallik was Darwin's first Aboriginal resident to graduate as a nurse at the city's hospital, and the first indigenous worker ...
Indigenous elder honoured on Aust Day9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull's Australia Day message recognises Aboriginal people and cultural diversity
The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull has used his Australia Day message to recognise Aboriginal people and to highlight the country's cultural diversity. In the video message, the prime minister said Aboriginal Australians were the first Australians and had lived on and ...

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The Advertiser
Protesters warned against raining on parade
The Advertiser
Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) put a call-out on social media for all “sovereign peoples and supporters” to attend the rally and not bring Australian flags unless they are “to be burnt”. More than 400 have given an indication online of ...

Daily Mail
Should this be allowed? The moment Aboriginal activist sets fire to the national flag then STOMPS on the burning ...
Daily Mail
This is the moment a man was filmed setting the Australian flag alight while standing on top of a spray painted Aboriginal flag. The incident occurred in the Sydney suburb of Newtown, just one day before Australia Day on January 26, the anniversary of ...

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Perth youth group's rethink Australia Day video goes viral
WAtoday
A video by a Perth-based youth foundation has gone viral after the group decided to add their voices to the growing movement of people opposed to Australia Day being held on January 26. Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness (ICEA) Foundation's ...

The Good Men Project
Aboriginal Australian Co-Existed With the Megafauna for at Least 17000 Years
The Good Men Project
Aboriginal people arrived in the Willandra some 50,000 years ago. It is always possible that earlier evidence for the First Australians in that landscape will be found in the future. The Zygomaturus specimen shows that people and megafauna co-existed ...

NEWS.com.au
After 28 years, the Triple J Hottest 100 could play on Australia Day for the last time
NEWS.com.au
“There's also discussions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, language groups, and many of the indigenous artists featured on Triple J.” Since its 1989 debut, the Hottest 100 has taken on something of a cultural icon status, with many an ...
Triple J's Intense Review Of The 'Hottest 100' Date Will Last Most Of 2017Pedestrian TV

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An Alternative Australia Day
Pro Bono Australia
About the author: Justin Mohamed is the CEO of Reconciliation Australia. An Aboriginal man of the Gooreng Gooreng nation near Bundaberg in Queensland, Mohamed has spent the past 25 years working towards building a stronger and healthier nation for ...

The Conversation AU
Changing Australia Day is pointless – and there is much to celebrate
The Conversation AU
Consequently, some Aboriginal people and a number of other Australians see Australia Day as a day of mourning – as first marked in 1938 – while others simply believe it is offensive to Aboriginal Australians.. Darumbal woman Amy McQuire, for example, ...
Solving the problem of Australia DayOn Line opinion
Australia Day to Invasion Day: A difficult historyThe Canberra Times
NT town won't change Aust Day amid rallyYahoo7 News

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