Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Australian (blog)
Answer to republic is clear: head of state must be Aboriginal
The Australian (blog)
Perhaps the answer to the whole puzzle is that the Australian head of state should be Aboriginal. We all know that by far the most painful and divisive element of Australia's long colonial and post-colonial success story is the historical and current ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous push for treaty gathers momentum
Sydney Morning Herald
"I think it is worth putting a stake in the ground and being committed to that kind of outcome, even if it takes five years or 10 years or 15 years – an outcome that will finally see the humanity of Aboriginal Australia honoured in the way that it ...

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The Canberra Times
'Sleeping giant' of Aboriginal engagement awaits business investors
The Canberra Times
The economic benefits from the mining boom should have been the corner stone of profound change in the living standards and employment and business aspirations of Aboriginal people from all parts of Australia. This was our opportunity for the future.

Sky News Australia
Indigenous soldiers honoured in Canberra
Sky News Australia
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla might have been the guests of honour, but it was Australia's indigenous diggers who were the focus of a Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra. For the first time, an indigenous person presented the national ...
Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall visit Canberra for Remembrance Day ceremonyABC Online

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The Guardian
Kevin Rudd to contribute $100000 for ANU job for Closing the Gap
The Australian
This year's closing the gap report, released in February, found that there had been little to no progress made in improving the difference between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in life expectancy, education, reading, writing and numeracy ...
Kevin Rudd calls for bipartisan support for Indigenous recognitionThe Guardian
Kevin Rudd Announces Donation To Establish 'Close The Gap' Chair At ANUHuffington Post Australia

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The Guardian
Public service ordered to increase number of Indigenous staff
The Guardian
Earlier this year, the government set a target of Indigenous employees making up 3% of the overall public service workforce by 2018. The last census found that 2.4% of Australia's population identified as having Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ...

The Age
Indigenous soldiers honoured in Canberra
The Australian (blog)
FOR the first time, an indigenous person presented the national commemorative address at the Australian War Memorial. Author and historian Jackie Huggins recounted the stories of her grandfather and father, who served in World War I and II respectively.
An Australian republic, with an Australian head of stateThe Age
Prince Charles and Camilla join Malcolm Turnbull for Remembrance DayThe Guardian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Taking action on Aboriginal jobs and businesses would have a positive ripple ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The economic benefits from the mining boom should have been the corner stone of profound change in the living standards and employment and business aspirations of Aboriginal people from all parts of Australia. This was our opportunity for the future.

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The Age
'Sleeping giant' of Aboriginal engagement awaits business investors
The Age
Companies and government that understand the leadership that is necessary to engage with appropriate authorised Aboriginal organisations will "wake a sleeping giant" of productivity and certainty in northern Australia. This will be the single biggest ...

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ABC Online
Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall visit Canberra for Remembrance Day ceremony
ABC Online
"What every one of us needs to remember is that only four or five generations after the first fleet arrived, here were Aboriginal Australians living in a desperately unequal Australia, banned from enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force, and yet ...
Prince, Duchess to attend Remembrance Day service in CanberraSBS

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Carriageworks celebrates forty years of contemporary Indigenous dance
ArtsHub (subscription)
Carriageworks will celebrate the fortieth birthday of Australia's premier Indigenous dance college next year, alongside an ambitious program of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artistic work. As part of its 2016 Artistic Program, Carriageworks ...

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The Guardian
Aboriginal activist who refused to vote for cultural reasons has fine quashed
The Guardian
An Aboriginal man, who refuses to vote in Australian elections because of cultural beliefs, has been granted an exemption and accused the government of using “sneaky and coercive” methods to register Indigenous people to vote. Callum Clayton-Dixon, an ...
Aboriginal man doesn't have to vote in Queensland for religious reasonsABC Online (blog)

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ABC Online
Injected drug use rise linked to Hep C, HIV infections in Indigenous ...
ABC Online
New research has linked a rise in Indigenous Australians injecting drugs and concerning rate of Hepatitis C and HIV. Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) associate professor James Ward has found a higher prevalence of injected drug ...
Why saying 'Aborigine' isn't OKSBS
Injecting surge in WA Aboriginal communitiesPerth Now

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SBS
Australians support recognition of Aboriginals in constitution: survey
SBS
Nearly 80 per cent of Australians would vote yes in a referendum to see Aboriginal people recognised in the constitution, a poll for Recognise, the group charged with raising awareness of the vote, has found. Recognise is campaigning for a refendum ...
ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment ratesLawyers Weekly
Risk of death high after release from prisonThe Stringer

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The Guardian
Indigenous constitutional recognition: public awareness has risen, poll shows
The Guardian
The polling, commissioned by Recognise from Polity Research, showed awareness of Aboriginal constitutional recognition had climbed from 37% in March to 63%, and from 52% to 73% among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PMNEWS.com.au
ABA 'shocked' at Indigenous imprisonment ratesLawyers Weekly
Risk of death high after release from prisonThe Stringer

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9news.com.au
Australia grilled on refugees by UN
9news.com.au
Many delegates on Monday also expressed concerns about Australia's treatment of its indigenous peoples, including high incarceration rates for young Aboriginal men. Mr Reid said gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in key life ...
Australia's human rights performance going backwards, warns Save the Children ...Save The Children Australia
Australian asylum policies under fire at UN rights reviewReuters

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NEWS.com.au
Survey shows surge of support for constitutional change — thanks to the former PM
NEWS.com.au
The latest polling released by the organisation urging recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution shows a majority of voters now would back it in a referendum. And the body, Recognise, puts the big jump in support down to a meeting with ...

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Daily Mail
Amateur historian uncovers mystery location of Australia's Stonehenge in NSW
Daily Mail
The stones featured carved symbols and he was in no doubt all languages had roots in Australia. 'The language which we speak today is not Anglo-Saxon, but just Aboriginal,' Slater wrote, according to the father and son. Steven told Daily Mail Australia ...

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SBS
Qld election non-voter's fine dropped over Aboriginal religious belief
SBS
... Mr Clayton-Dixon wrote to the commission that, “I did not vote in the Queensland State General Election held 31 January 2015 because it is my religious obligation, as a member of the Anaiwan Aboriginal tribe not to participate in Australian elections”.

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ABC Local
National treasure: West Australian Aboriginal oral histories recorded on film
ABC Local
A project recording oral histories of Aboriginal people in Western Australia needs to secure private funding to complete 100 short films. The Indigenous Community Stories (ICS) project has been running since 2008 and is on track to complete 83 films by ...