Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Conversation AU
Reviving Indigenous languages – not as easy as it seems
The Conversation AU
The NSW government has announced it will propose legislation for protecting and reviving NSW Aboriginal languages. NSW Aboriginal languages are part of the heritage of NSW Aboriginal people, and part of Australia's heritage. Recognising this should ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Thank God for David Oldfield
The Sydney Morning Herald
Before starting out on their 28-day immersion in Aboriginal Australia, each of the six "well-known" (SBS doesn't do celebrity) participants records an interview in which they lay out their preconceptions of the Aboriginal people and culture they have ...

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Perth Now
Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisis
Perth Now
Overall, the suicide rate among Aboriginal people in the state is 3.3 times higher than among non-Aboriginal people. Despite only comprising three per cent of Australia's population, Aboriginal children and young people represent 28 per cent of all ...
WA Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisisSBS

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WA Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisis
Herald Sun
Overall, the suicide rate among Aboriginal people in the state is 3.3 times higher than among non-Aboriginal people. Despite only comprising three per cent of Australia's population, Aboriginal children and young people represent 28 per cent of all ...

Google News

WA Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisis
NEWS.com.au
Overall, the suicide rate among Aboriginal people in the state is 3.3 times higher than among non-Aboriginal people. Despite only comprising three per cent of Australia's population, Aboriginal children and young people represent 28 per cent of all ...

WA Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisis
The West Australian
Aboriginal youth suicide rates in Western Australia have worsened despite 40 inquiries over 15 years, a report has concluded. The parliamentary inquiry, which focused on remote areas, analysed the recommendations of past inquiries and found they had ...

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Daily Mail
Actress Nicki Wendt says she fears Aboriginal people on SBS First Contact
Daily Mail
Actress Nicki Wendt says she is scared of Aboriginal people as she prepares to spend 28 days living an indigenous community in Australia's remote outback. Wendt is one of six celebrities appearing on First Contact - a series on SBS looking at what life ...

Interview: Jonathan Hunyor, CEO of The Public Interest Advocacy Centre; Damian Griffis, CEO of The First Peoples ...
ABC Message Stick
So there wouldn't be an Aboriginal family in Australia that doesn't have a very close personal connection to disability. But furthermore at least as many as 60,000 Aboriginal people should be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme for ...

ABC Online
Indigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'
ABC Online
"We have a crisis of violence in Aboriginal families and households," she said. "The figures are telling us that homicide rates in the Indigenous community are about 10 times the rate for other Australians. "In the Northern Territory, it's even worse ...
Indigenous advocates say 'destructive culture of silence' fuels family violenceThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Aboriginal health: Indigenous medical graduate wants to bring skills home to Derby
ABC Online
A young Aboriginal medical graduate hopes to return to her home in a remote part of Western Australia to become the town's first Indigenous doctor. In a record for the University of Western Australia, six Aboriginal medical students will graduate this ...

MuMbrella
MLA to push on with Australia Day ad despite Aboriginal unrease after leak of 'early draft' of script
MuMbrella
It's the first united celebration of Australia”. Two Aboriginal characters called Ian and Stewart bring their canoes to the shore and step onto land. One says, “Cracking spot. Let's fire up the barbie.” The Indigenous characters then decide to have a ...
Infamous MLA Australia Day ad script leakedAdNews

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The Conversation AU
The red professor and the white anting that continues to this day
The Conversation AU
Rose (1915-1991) migrated to Australia in 1937 to conduct anthropological fieldwork in a classical Aboriginal society. Born in London and educated at Cambridge, he was inspired by zoologist and anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon, who in the late 19th ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Australians' wellbeing 'stagnating or worsening', Productivity Commission report reveals
ABC Online
Despite the disturbing assessment, a number of case studies have been highlighted where good governance is contributing to the success of Indigenous organisations. These include the Waitja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation in Central Australia ...
'Lift the bonnet' on Indigenous spending, Productivity Commission urgesThe Australian Financial Review
Indigenous disadvantage getting worse in mental health and incarcerationThe Guardian
Productivity Commission slams lack of policy evaluation as Indigenous incarceration soarsThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Courier Mail
Gallery captures arts and mines
Courier Mail
AFFECTIONATELY known as the “Big Australian”, BHP Billiton is investing big in Aboriginal art, with a whopping $17.5 million sponsorship of the Art Gallery of South Australia's Tarnanthi festival. In one of Australia's biggest corporate sponsorships ...

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The Advertiser
Gallery captures arts and mines
The Advertiser
AFFECTIONATELY known as the “Big Australian”, BHP Billiton is investing big in Aboriginal art, with a whopping $17.5 million sponsorship of the Art Gallery of South Australia's Tarnanthi festival. In one of Australia's biggest corporate sponsorships ...
BHP Billiton puts up $17.5m to support indigenous art festivalsThe Australian

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The Australian
US activist Carole Johnson recalls role in Aboriginal dance
The Australian
“There is a tremendous amount of racism Australia doesn't recognise. There was and there is still. It's not overt and it's not too bad, although I had much less trouble than the Aboriginal people. But it was exciting to meet up with Aboriginal people ...

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The Australian
Lack of account in $5.9bn indigenous spend 'beggars belief'
The Australian
Ms Chester said the OID report, produced in consultation with federal, state and territory governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including peak body the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, had not put a dollar figure on ...

SBS
NSW leads the way to protecting Aboriginal languages
SBS
NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Leslie Williams says this is the first act of its kind in Australia and that NSW is paving the way for the future. "Aboriginal people who speak their language are healthier, Aboriginal children learning an ...
NSW to become first state to pass laws protecting Indigenous languagesThe Border Mail
Aboriginal languages in NSW to be protected by legislation, Minister saysABC Online

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The Age
Refugee advocate Paris Aristotle named 2017 Victorian Australian of the Year
The Age
Paris Aristotle, who has spent decades advocating for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, has been named 2017 Victorian Australian of the Year at a ceremony at Melbourne's Government House. In 1988 Mr Aristotle was a community development ...
Refugee advocate Paris Aristotle named Victoria's 2017 Australian of the YearSBS

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Perth Now
Australia ignorant on Aboriginals: Barnett
Perth Now
I don't think the rest of Australia understands the severity of some of the issues faced not exclusively in Aboriginal communities but predominantly and increasingly Aboriginal children." A 12-year-old Perth indigenous boy, who was 11 when arrested ...
It's time to invest in carbon farming on Aboriginal lands | Rowan FoleyThe Guardian

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