Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Guardian
AussieBum axes Indigenous-themed Australia Day underwear collection
The Guardian
The original advertising for the underwear also featured the Australian flag planted on top of Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site. The chief executive of AussieBum, Sean Ashby, said on Thursday his company would seek Indigenous community consultation for ...
Are these Australia's most offensive underpants?The Australian Women's Weekly
AussieBum pulls Aboriginal undies9news.com.au
AussieBum ads 'disrespectful' to Indigenous peopleAdNews

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The Australian Women's Weekly
Are these Australia's most offensive underpants?
The Australian Women's Weekly
Australian underwear company AussieBum have been criticised for their Australia Day underwear. The new range features dot paintings, boomerangs and a cartoon depiction of an Aboriginal person. The associated advertising campaign also featured an ...
AussieBum pulls Aboriginal undies9news.com.au
Backlash against AussieBum's Australia Day undies shows why brands need to be ...SmartCompany.com.au
AussieBum axes Indigenous-themed Australia Day underwear collectionThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Aboriginal elder Aunty Josie Agius farewelled at Port Adelaide funeral
ABC Online
Hundreds of mourners have farewelled Aboriginal elder Aunty Josie Agius at a funeral service in Port Adelaide. South Australian Governor Hieu Van Le and Premier Jay Weatherill were among those present to mourn the passing of the 81-year-old community ...

SmartCompany.com.au
AussieBum pulls Aboriginal undies
9news.com.au
Underwear brand AussieBum has pulled its indigenous-themed Australia Day underwear from sale after the collection was criticised for being "disrespectful" to Aboriginal people. The underwear featured boomerangs, dot paintings and a stereotypical ...
Backlash against AussieBum's Australia Day undies shows why brands need to be ...SmartCompany.com.au
AussieBum ads 'disrespectful' to Indigenous peopleAdNews
AussieBum chief takes 'AusDay' briefs off market after claims design is ...Gay News Network

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SmartCompany.com.au
Backlash against AussieBum's Australia Day undies shows why brands need to be ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Brands need to be aware of cultural sensitivities with their products and advertising after an Australian underwear company has been accused of being insensitive to Indigenous people, according to one marketing expert. Men's underwear and swimwear ...
AussieBum ads 'disrespectful' to Indigenous peopleAdNews
AussieBum chief takes 'AusDay' briefs off market after claims design is ...Gay News Network

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The Australian (blog)
Finders not keepers as meteor hunters strike a mother lode
The Australian (blog)
The West Australian researchers, in a race against the clock to snatch the meteorite before rain wiped away all trace of it, used a 32-camera network, a light plane, Aboriginal trackers, quad bikes and a drone in a three-day operation in South ...

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New Matilda
Malcolm Turnbull Becomes First PM To Discover Not All Aboriginal People Live ...
New Matilda
Most Australians are surprised to learn that around 75 per cent of the Aboriginal population doesn't live in a remote community. Indeed, the largest population of Aboriginal people in the nation is in and around Blacktown, in western Sydney. But that's ...

Perth Now
Crocodile caught after WA attack
Perth Now
DPaW and the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation caught the crocodile which attacked a woman in Three Mile Creek, Wyndham. Picture: Coralie Morgan. The reptiles live in coastal rivers and creek system and often occur in open sea and around islands.

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ABC Online
AussieBum chief reacts to claims Australia Day undies are offensive to ...
ABC Online
"I find the 'Ausday' hipster and brief designs very offensive to myself and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Australians (many on social media already), and to all Australians, given there is a stylised, stereotypical and offensive version of ...
AussieBum under fire for Aboriginal undiesYahoo7 News
AussieBum's Australia Day underwear 'disrespectful' to Indigenous peopleThe Guardian

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NT News
Red Centre remembers Bowie
NT News
Then I realised it was David Bowie,” Mr Williams said. It was the early '80s and Bowie was in Australia to record the video for his single Let's Dance. Mr Williams said he didn't know what Bowie was doing in Hermannsburg, but it's been reported the pop ...
David Bowie and the Return of the Music VideoThe New Yorker

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The Guardian
AussieBum under fire for Aboriginal undies
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Underwear brand AussieBum's new Australia Day collection has been criticised for being "disrespectful" to Aboriginal people. The brand's new underwear line features boomerangs, dot paintings and a stereotypical cartoon of an Aboriginal man standing on ...
AussieBum's Australia Day underwear 'disrespectful' to Indigenous peopleThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Aboriginal people need to come together for future generations
The Guardian
The first step towards making something like this happen is to buy Aboriginal products, support Aboriginal businesses and support our people to get ahead. We want to compete on the world stage but to get there, we must first come together and show the ...

Torres Strait Islander flag flies in Rockingham
Community Newspaper Group
“Flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags is the result of significant collaboration and consultation with the local Aboriginal community” City of Rockingham Mayor Barry Sammels said. “It is part of our Reconciliation Action ... The flag ...

The Mercury
Foreign buyer offers 50% Aussie stake in VDL
The Mercury
“Moon Lake will continue VDL's work with the Aboriginal community, and will honour the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, following completion of the transaction.” Australian company TasFoods, which failed in its $250 million bid in November, ...

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Daily Life
How the Australia Day lamb ad contributes to everyday cultural erasure
Daily Life
Moreover, MLA has taken for granted that the boomerang would be recognised as a symbol of Australiana even though the ad neither features a single Aboriginal person nor mentions that Australia Day is a day of mourning and protest for Aboriginal people.
'Operation Boomerang' lamb ad insults Indigenous people, say criticsThe Guardian
This Insane Ad About Australian Grilled Lamb Is Sparking Controversy Down UnderAdweek
Aussie lamb's Operation Boomerang boomerangsMore About Advertising | Insights into Advertising
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BuzzFeed News
Here's How David Bowie Fought For Indigenous Rights
BuzzFeed News
The visionary singer and actor, who died on Tuesday at 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer, felt compelled to expose the mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians to the world through the video for his 1983 hit “Let's Dance”. “There is also a right ...

TheRecord.com.au
Passion for optimal health for first peoples drives aspiring nurse
TheRecord.com.au
“Over the three years of her Bachelor of Nursing degree, Gningla was actively involved in extracurricular activities such as the Aboriginal network group on campus and AIME (the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) where she became involved in ...

SBS
Indigenous dance troupe tackles climate change
SBS
Cut the Sky will be touring Australia starting at the Sydney Festival tomorrow night, then to Melbourne before heading overseas. Its creators hope the international language of dance can bring this Australian story to the world. "So that we can take ...

SBS
Stan Grant: How David Bowie's Let's Dance shone a light on Australia's ...
SBS
As King told Fairfax in 2013, “[The clip] showed the rest of the world that there are Indigenous people here in Australia, and that we're not this textbook carbon copy of someone standing there with a spear; that there are modern Aboriginals, and this ...
Bundaberg link to David Bowie rememberedBundaberg News Mail
David Bowie was absolutely entranced by Australia, but not its racist pastMashable
How David Bowie fled cops, dodged snakes and almost sparked a riot on wild Let ...The Sun

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NT News
Indigenous corporation taps into large furniture market
NT News
The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation is already sourcing timber locally and making items such as beds and other flat pack items at Milingimbi. A larger factory is currently under construction. The business will see a master joinery craftsman ...

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