Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Aussies target Brazil in cultural festival
SBS
The goal of 'Australia now' is to broaden and deepen that image." Bromilow is confident he knows what aspects of Australian culture will "speak" to Brazilians. "One is expressions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. This is something that ...

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The West Australian
Anzac Day means so much
The West Australian
They can laugh about it now, but both men fought against the Japanese when the war was threatening to reach Australia. In 1942, Mr Goldie, a signalman, was sent from Victoria to WA to defend against a possible invasion. “When we got on the train they ...

The Stringer
What is the Western Australian Government's problem?
The Stringer
He is the third Aboriginal man to take his life this year while in custody in Western Australia. He was presented to the Magistrates Court in Perth by teleconference. His bail was renewed to the end of March but surety had to be presented. An uncle ...

Generations yet to be born will be lost to the prison system & to suicide
The Stringer
However Australia per capita is wealthier than America. Australia in general is nowhere near as punishing of its poorest with the exception of the descendants of its First Peoples, the cultures of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders. From a ...

The Border Mail
GALLERY: Best Pictures of 2015
The Border Mail
Peter Sutherland from Thologolong in Victoria owns 39 year old Shah who was once ridden by Australia's first female jockey June Lossius who now is 84 years old. Picture: ELENOR TEDENBORG. Annual Gerogery Field Day at ..... Beverley King, of Wodonga ...

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Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Artefacts: Saltwater Country
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Historically the beaches of Australia were the site of first contact between the colonisers and the Indigenous inhabitants and more recently the site of the arrival of asylum seekers. Michael Aird, whose traditional country includes the Gold Coast ...

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The Age
We need to fund the ABC to tell Australian stories
The Age
To produce the show in a different location around Australia each week, as the BBC produces Question Time around Britain, would be vastly more expensive. But if Brown and Martin's recommendations are accepted, it's money that the ABC's News Division, ...

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ABC Local
Gonski funding concerns in New England North West
ABC Local
"Every student in every school in Australia would be funded in an identical way and if they meet the criteria such as students of Aboriginal background, students in isolated areas, there would be additional funding." Her concerns have been echoed by ...
Fears schools' money may be forever GonskiThe Advertiser

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ABC Online
Calls for Government to introduce no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme
ABC Online
... there's still time to get their children up to date. And for those parents it's really important that they go to their GP, their immunisation nurse or Aboriginal health worker and check what they need to do get their child caught up and put onto a ...

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Coffs Coast Advocate
Saltwater Freshwater cut for Australia Day 2016
Coffs Coast Advocate
Over the last six years, the one-day event showcases the breadth of Aboriginal talent and culture across the Mid North Coast through dance, music, workshops, theatre, cinema, forums as well as arts and crafts stalls. Last year, the Saltwater Freshwater ...

Lawyers Weekly
Human rights in Australia: what to expect in 2016
Lawyers Weekly
The problem of indigenous imprisonment was acknowledged as a national crisis in 1991 following the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission. At that time indigenous people were being imprisoned at seven times the rate of the rest of the population.

Perth Now
Why I became a politician
Perth Now
For me, I 'looked' at the biggest injustice — racism in South Africa and here in Australia. Racism wrecks the lives and rights of Aboriginal people and other disadvantaged groups in our community. My 'involvement' was to be part of a land rights ...

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Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among ...
Medical Xpress
Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.

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The Australian
Art of APY survival puts youth in the frame
The Australian
South Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Kyam Maher, says the centres' viability was important. “People talk to me about two things on the APY Lands — keeping culture strong and making sure there's opportunities in jobs and economic development ...

The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull urged to block dairy sale to China
The Australian
“The Aboriginal heritage issues are being dealt with.” Mr Shwe said Mr Lu was engaging with Brand Tasmania, land clearing was “not a high priority” and the devil proof fence plans were “well advanced”. Mr Hunt said foreign investment was “a matter for ...

The Canberra Times
More than one quarter of children in care are Indigenous
The Canberra Times
More than one quarter of children in care are Indigenous, but no data on Aboriginal foster families. Date: December 29, 2015 - 11:30PM. (29) ... The ACT government cannot say how many of Canberra's foster carers are Indigenous, despite a vast over ...

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The Advertiser
Fears schools' money may be forever Gonski
The Advertiser
The state Education Department said the funding calculation for each school considered factors such as socio-economic background and numbers of Aboriginal children. Of the $31 million for 2016, $28.6 million will go straight to schools and the rest ...

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Newcastle Herald
World War 1: December 27, 1915 to January 2, 1916
Newcastle Herald
Extracts from The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, for December 27, 1915 to January 2, 1916. A total of 4984 Hunter Valley men and women had enlisted in the Australian Defence Forces and nursing service up to the beginning of this week ...

Courier Mail
Bob Hawke: abolish absurd state borders
The Australian
Mr Hawke elevated the need to tackle aboriginal disadvantage, saying it was a critical moral issue for the nation's leaders which reflected on Australia's values. “We will not be able to call ourselves a decent society until these gaps are eliminated ...
Hawke gives his vision of ideal AustraliaCourier Mail
Thus Spake Mungo: Grasping for the big ideasEchonetdaily

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The Straits Times
Australia's Aboriginal soldiers are military's eyes and ears in the north
The Straits Times
In the vast expanse of bush land across northern Australia, the nation's security is in the hands of an unusual military force whose local Aboriginal soldiers are renowned for their unique hunting and survival skills. Entrusted with surveillance and ...