Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

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Jessica Mauboy to sing indigenous version of national anthem on Australia Day
dailytelegraph.com.au
And she will do so while standing atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge as the Aboriginal and Australian flags are raised at 7.50am on Tuesday. Her singing will come at the end of a long process to translate the anthem, which saw event organisers work closely ...
Aboriginal boy, 11, 'bashed' by guards in youth detention centre, say familyThe Guardian
8 alternative days to celebrate Australia Day that are not January 26SBS
Australia's day for secrets, flags and cowardsIndependent Australia

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Aboriginal-inspired smugglers land just in time for Survival Day
SBS
“Budgy Smugglers is an international brand so the impact will be huge. It might even help close the gap of inequality in Australia,” said Mr McGrie. He hopes the swimwear will start a national conversation about Australia's Indigenous history in the ...

SBS
Australia Day celebrations leave a bad taste for Indigenous Australians
SBS
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country, Australia Day embodies a variety of meanings. For some, it's a celebration of culture. For others it's a day of mourning. While many see it as a time to pay tribute to the survival ...
John Pilger: Australia's Day For Secrets, Flags And CowardsNew Matilda
Aboriginal boy, 11, 'bashed' by guards in youth detention centre, say familyThe Guardian
Australians invited to commemorate Survival Day at Indigenous eventsThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Aboriginality test changes will 'swamp the community with white people', Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre fears
ABC Online
"It's not as if there's a whole lot of money around for being Aboriginal, but Aboriginal people do have entitlements as original owners and by diluting those entitlements, by swamping with people who aren't really Aboriginal, there's going to be big ...

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John Pilger: Australia's Day For Secrets, Flags And Cowards
New Matilda
On Australia Day 2016 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people prefer Invasion Day or Survival Day – there will be no acknowledgement that Australia's uniqueness is its first people, along with an ingrained colonial mentality that ought to be an ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2016: What's on across Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
Hornsby: In Hornsby Park, watch the wise-cracking acrobatic comedy of The Crackup Sisters, Aboriginal dance, and get up close with native Australian fauna with the Australian Wildlife Talk (11am-3pm). Ku-ring-gai: Families are welcomed to Bicentennial ...

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ABC Online
National heritage body unhappy at deregistration of Aboriginal sites along Roe 8 route
ABC Online
A national body which advises UNESCO on world heritage sites will raise its concerns with the WA Government about the deregistration of Aboriginal sites along the route of the controversial Roe 8 project. The WA representative of Australia ICOMOS ...

The Guardian
Alice Springs camps services contract 'should stay in Aboriginal hands'
The Guardian
Little Sisters Aboriginal town camp on the fringe of Alice Springs. The camps that surround the central Australian town were leased to the federal government in 2009 in return for $150m in social services and public housing. Photograph: Terry Trewin/AAP.

ABC Online
Tasmanian Aboriginality test changes proposed by Premier Will Hodgman
ABC Online
Twelve months since promising to "reset the relationship" with Tasmania's Aboriginal community, Premier Will Hodgman vowed to take on the long divisive and contentious issue of Aboriginal identity. The Premier used his address ahead of Australia Day to ...
Tasmania to axe Aboriginal eligibility rulesSky News Australia

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Courier Mail
Australia's indigenous housing failure
Courier Mail
It found the 40-year-old indigenous Home Ownership Program (IHOP) — intended as a leg up for Aboriginal people on low incomes — gave 96 per cent of its loans to middle or high income earners. But Federal indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion ...

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ABC Online
National Indigenous Times acquired by Wayne Bergmann's 'pro-business' syndicate
ABC Online
A syndicate described as "pro-business", that includes former Kimberley Land Council CEO Wayne Bergmann and West Australian journalist Tony Barrass, have acquired ownership of the financially troubled Indigenous newspaper. The successful acquisition ...

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Tas to scrap Aboriginal eligibility rules
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Tasmania will move to align the state's rules on Aboriginal eligibility with the commonwealth, to allow more Australians to identify as indigenous. Premier Will Hodgman, who also wears the hat of Aboriginal affairs minister, wants to scrap Tasmania's ...

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SBS
John Batman: friend or foe to Indigenous Australians?
SBS
“Five years after the treaty was signed, the senior Kulin clan head Billibellary told the "Protector" of Aboriginal people that the colonial government was "no good" by comparison with Batman, at a time when Protectors tried to interfere with ...

ABC Online
Revamped Aboriginal plant use trail launched at Australian National Botanic Gardens
ABC Online
An Aboriginal plant use trail at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) has been revamped and extended to show visitors the multiple ways native flora helped people survive for tens of thousands of years. ANBG project officer Susan Sonntag said ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Deng Thiak Adut's Australia Day speech
Sydney Morning Herald
'Today, as we mark the beginning of Refugee Week, it is important to remember that all non‐Indigenous Australians are immigrants to this land.' Advertisement. She continued, 'From the perspective of thousands of years of Aboriginal custodianship, the ...

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SBS
Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: What's in a name?
SBS
The day involves recognising the history of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including the trauma caused by government policies of assimilation and separation that saw many people removed from their traditional lands and culture.

WA today
Aboriginal protesters return to Heirisson Island for 'refugee camp'
WA today
Both protests ended in ugly scenes with police forcefully removing protesters. One current family of campers claims rangers have already moved them from the south side of the island to the north, because of Tuesday's Australia Day Skyworks celebrations.

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Cadtle Hills News
Australia Day fun outdoors
Cadtle Hills News
Diramu Aboriginal Dance will perform traditional dances and Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime stories while the Hornsby Berowra Ukulele Group and the Jim Jam Music Studio Hornsby will also feature. Young people can enjoy a range of interactive activities ...

SBS
Amnesty calls for investigation as Qld police union praises police shoving of ...
SBS
"Violence against women is one of the great shames of Australia," he said. "It is a national disgrace." Amnesty International expressed disappointment towards the police service amid the government's push to protect women from violence. "In light of ...

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Gay News Network
Gooda blasts card in annual report
The Guardian (Australia)
Mr Gooda made 21 recommendations, including that the Western Australian government should not close any remote Aboriginal communities without proper consultation. And he addressed the anxiety and confusion caused by deep cuts to Aboriginal ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talents converge for Klub KooriGay News Network

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