Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Northern Star
Oi, oi, oi, take the Aussie test
Northern Star
B. Green, white and black. C. Blue, white and green. What does the yellow circle in the Australian Aboriginal flag represent? A. The moon. B. The Queen. C. The Sun. Which of these is an example of equality in Australia? a. Everyone follows the same ...

Tenterfield Star
Moriarty to lead Australia Day celebrations
Tenterfield Star
He is a former Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council, National Aboriginal Sports Corporation of Australia and a former Deputy Chair of Indigenous Business Australia. He is the Chairman and co-founder ...

MuMbrella
MLA accused of promoting rape, kidnap and murder of sheep in Australia Day ad ...
MuMbrella
Many of the complaints focused on the treatment of a vegan and also the appropriation of an Aboriginal boomerang as a symbol of the Australia Day “rescue mission”. People claim the ad has reduced children to tears, provoked supporters of the campaign ...

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True Blue: Australia Day ambassadors say what Australia means to them
The Weekly Review (blog)
“I understand that feeling, it is a real phenomenon,” says Mark Rose, an indigenous academic who sits on Victoria's Australia Day committee. Mark, a cousin of the first Aboriginal Australian of the Year, boxer Lionel Rose, disagrees with marking the ...

Huffington Post Australia
Australia Day Ideas To Suit Your New Year's Resolution
Huffington Post Australia
For most of us, the day revolves around barbecues, beers and the Australian Open -- with many only properly returning to work after the public holiday (we sure make the most of our four weeks). Which is why choosing something totally different that ...

SBS
Indigenous suicide prevention program launched in WA
SBS
Now, the alarming rate of Aboriginal people taking their own life has prompted the federal government to trial a "critical response" program. The initiative will see a rapid ... He says the trial in Western Australia should be rolled out nationally ...
The Health News – 19 January 2016Health Professional Radio (press release) (blog)

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SmartCompany.com.au
Meat & Livestock Australia ad featuring Lee Lin Chin does not break ...
SmartCompany.com.au
As for whether the ad should have used the words “Operation Boomerang”, the board noted that the ad does not parody Aboriginal Australians or Aboriginal culture. “In the board's view, the use of the tagline or phrase 'Operation Boomerang' as used in ...
MLA's Australia Day vegan flaming lamb ad cleared by advertising watchdogMuMbrella
Maria BervanakisNews Corp Australia NetworkNEWS.com.au
MLA's Operation Boomerang cleared by ASBAdNews
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Nauru-based refugees take aim at Australia's human rights record
ABC Online
A letter written by the refugees and reportedly sent to Mr Turnbull's office, stated Australia "does not even respect the rights of your own Aboriginal people". They also said they had no plans to move to Australia if they were granted asylum in New ...

ABC Online
Cyclist rides 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide to raise awareness for Indigenous ...
ABC Online
He decided to ride through the centre of Australia to highlight and support a charity which was attempting to tackle the issues. "It was a great tool to use for raising ... the whole reason for the ride, Mr Whelan said. "It was a real display of ...

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ABC Message Stick
Newcastle academic slams 'Eurocentric' education for indigenous students
ABC Message Stick
"Australia just seems to be reluctant to embrace the need for change, and I think it is fundamentally tied up with the notion of treating Aboriginal people as guests in the dominant educational domain," he said. "I talk about what I coin the 'guest ...

The Queensland Times
Pauline Hanson backs lamb ad, lambasts Aboriginal flag
The Queensland Times
Ms Hanson also threw her support behind Aussie Bums founder Sean Ashby who was forced to withdraw his Australia Day themed underwear from sale. The underwear featured boomerangs, dot paintings and a cartoon of an Aboriginal man standing on one ...

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More Aboriginal people than ever taking up home ownership
ABC Online
NATASHA ROBINSON: Eddie Clarke is one of thousands of Aboriginal people that have taken up home ownership in recent years. A scheme offered by the statutory body Indigenous Business Australia is claiming a milestone after revealing it has $1 billion in ...

ABC Online
Indigenous home ownership hits highest-ever level under loan program
ABC Online
The statutory body Indigenous Business Australia [IBA] claimed the milestone when it revealed it had $1 billion in Aboriginal loans on its books through the Indigenous Home Ownership Program [IHOP]. CEO Chris Fry said clients came to the IBA for ...

Gay News Network
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talents converge for Klub Koori
Gay News Network
He writes music of bravery and beauty, telling of Aboriginal life in Australia, of the quest for justice and belonging, of history, family and love. Geia is perhaps best known for his song and album of the same name Yil Lull, regularly described as ...

The Vine
Genocidal Game Encouraging Players To Kill Aboriginals Finally Removed From ...
The Vine
The violent game called Survival Island 3 warns players to “beware of Aborigines.” In the description of the game on Google Play, it says that the goal of is to survive in Australia by fighting animals and collecting food, while making sport out of ...

ABC Online
Stolen Generations: Elder's death renews push for accelerated compensation scheme
ABC Online
She's been fighting for years, me and her and all the Aboriginal people." Marlene Trevorrow was also part of the Stolen Generations and only reconnected with her sister Dawn in the last 10 years or so. "I was 45 years of age when I found out that I was ...

ABC Online
Critical response program to tackle high WA Indigenous suicide rate
ABC Online
"One in three deaths across the country among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 to 35 is a suicide," he said. "The rates of suicide for First Australians is twice that of other Australians. "The Critical Response Project helps to ...
$1m program to curb indigenous suicideThe Australian

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ABC Online
Indigenous student demands answers from Google and Apple over game that encourages death of Aboriginal ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The Gadigal woman who began a successful petition for the removal of a game that requires players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death is pushing for an explanation as to why Google and Apple hosted the app in their stores. The Turnbull ...
Game removed from app stores after backlash and online petitionABC Online
Game Requiring Users To Kill Aboriginal Australians Removed From App StoresHuffington Post Australia
Survival Island 3 encouraging death of Aboriginal Australians pulled from app storesThe Marshalltown
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Warning on drug side effects for Aborigines
The Australian
An article published today in the Medical Journal of Australia warns that doctors are working in the dark when they recommend common preventive medications to Aboriginal people. It says little is known about the specific side effects experienced by ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Lack of drug safety data is putting Aboriginal lives at risk, says report
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney: A lack of data on the safety of medicines for indigenous Australians is putting their health at risk, experts say. Writing in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Tilenka Thynne, from Flinders Medical Centre, and Dr Genevieve Gabb, from ...

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