Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Sydney Morning Herald
Story of Australia's People review: Geoffrey Blainey's conservative populism
The Sydney Morning Herald
As for contemporary indigenous Australians, Blainey almost gleefully points out that "while assimilation is an unfashionable word, it goes on and on". Four out of 10 Aboriginal people own their own homes, while "large numbers" belong to the teaching ...

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Courier Mail
Off the Record: Our holiday hopes for a better South Australia
Courier Mail
My wish for South Australia in 2017 is that fewer families will experience financial stress and more individuals and households will get financially fit. Financial stress can detract from every aspect of life – from personal relationships and health to ...

The Stringer
Australia's Mason-Dixie Line – Black peoples should flee Western Australia and the Northern Territory
The Stringer
Half of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides occur in Western Australia and the Northern Territory despite the fact that these jurisdictions between them are home to only 160,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Queensland ...

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Herald Sun
Decision made on whether Dusty Martin's deported dad can return to Australia
Herald Sun
THE deported bikie dad of AFL star Dustin Martin, who wanted to return to Australia because he believed he was of Aboriginal descent, has had his claim rejected. In March, Shane Martin, 49, was one of 81 bikie gang members or associates to have their ...

The Advocate
Concern for citizenship test changes
The Advocate
Practice questions for the current test include what are the colours of the Australian Aboriginal flag, what is the name of the legal document that sets out the rules for the government of Australia, and which arm of government has the power to ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Festival: Artist Vernon Ah Kee says he had 'no status' when he was born
The Sydney Morning Herald
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum in Australia, which recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as people and included them in the census. Ah Kee turns 50 this month. When he was born in January 1967 in Innisfail, ...

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Australia Day 2017
On Line opinion
For example UNSW states it is wrong to say that Aboriginal settlement of Australia began “40,000 years ago” because that “puts a limit on the occupation of Australia and tends to lend support to migration theories and anthropological assumptions”. We ...

Echonetdaily
DNA study confirms Aboriginal history
Echonetdaily
The largest study on the DNA of indigenous Australians confirms Aboriginal people were here tens of thousands of years before European colonisation. The study by La Trobe University analysed the mitochondrial DNA of 594 indigenous people from across ...

The Stringer
Racial divides are engineered – White privilege birthed White anger
The Stringer
Why is it that every time a charter of rights to advance Australia to a polycultural nation is met with derision from influential sections from the White end of town? It took effectively till 1962 to conceptually include Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

DNA study confirms Aboriginal history
Yahoo7 News
The largest study on the DNA of indigenous Australians confirms Aboriginal people were here tens of thousands of years before European colonisation. The study by La Trobe University analysed the mitochondrial DNA of 594 indigenous people from across ...

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DNA study confirms Aboriginal history
9news.com.au
The largest study on the DNA of indigenous Australians confirms Aboriginal people were here tens of thousands of years before European colonisation. The study by La Trobe University analysed the mitochondrial DNA of 594 indigenous people from across ...

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SBS
Centrelink wipes surprise $7800 debt after Indigenous woman seeks answers
SBS
The Centrelink welfare debt crisis engulfing the Department of Human Services has been affecting Aboriginal Australians, with NITV receiving more than one hundred claims from people saying they have received of demands for repayment despite correctly ...

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ABC Online
Australia unlikely to follow in international footsteps and adopt opt-out organ donation policy
ABC Online
"In Australia organ and tissue donation is recognised as an altruistic decision, it is not forced upon the community," she said. The OTA said culturally sensitive engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, multicultural and multi-faith ...

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Perth Now
Daniel's spare time well spent
Perth Now
He has helped youngsters through Curtin University's Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, which runs workshops for Aboriginal schoolchildren. He is studying health promotion and health and safety and cheerfully said he is “chipping away” at his ...

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The Australian
Tackling Aboriginal ear disease will help close the gap
The Australian
We should be embarrassed that Aboriginal Australians have the world's worst incidence of middle ear infection and the worst deafness rates because of those infections. More than 90 per cent of young Aboriginal children have hearing-aid-level deafness ...

ABC Online
Australia's first Aboriginal grower group established in Western Australia
ABC Online
The Noongar Land Enterprises (NLE) group has been set up by the Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA) in the hope it will maximise the potential for industry investment and international supply opportunities. DAFWA project organiser Kelvin ...

The Australian
Tougher test to be a citizen mooted
The Australian
The questions asks candidates about subjects such as the Australian national anthem, the purpose of Anzac Day, the colours of the Aboriginal flag, the purpose of the commonwealth coat-of-arms, the role of government and role of the governor-general.

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The Indian Express
India has inspired Australia to act on black money, may demonetise: Australian envoy
The Indian Express
There is a humanitarian element. Is there humanitarian concern for Australia's aboriginal community? That problem isn't unique to us, it's what indigenous communities face around the world. Entrenched disadvantage goes from one generation to another.

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Why Australia must stand united with Israel
dailytelegraph.com.au
That's akin to saying the Aboriginal people have no claim to Uluru. Shamefully, several Australian politicians on the Left celebrated the resolution, among them former NSW premier Bob Carr and the first Muslim elected to the NSW parliament, Labor MP ...
Opinion: Turnbull's stand against UN resolution on Israel worth toastingCourier Mail

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The Guardian
The biggest threat to culture is not an LNG plant: the real battle for James Price Point
The Guardian
The federal court met in Broome recently to hear from anthropologists in the Bindunbur native title claim, a case in which several Aboriginal groups are claiming ownership over large areas of the Dampier Peninsula, in the Kimberley, Western Australia.