Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
Explainer: Who were the first Australians?
ABC Online
The Bradshaw rock paintings, or the Gwion Gwion figures, found in the north-west Kimberly region of West Australia have in the past been used to argue that Indigenous Australians were not the first Australians. Archaeologists claimed these paintings ...

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The Guardian
Developing the North: Indigenous advocates call for forum to air views
The Guardian
The request was made at a community forum in Darwin on Saturday, led by panellists including Labor senator Nova Peris, Northern Land Council (NLC) chair Joe Morrison and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (Naaja) CEO Priscilla Collins.
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communitiesABC Online
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous livesThe Australian
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
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The Land Newspaper
Flawed report creates problems for recognition
The Australian
Australia now faces a divisive debate and protracted deadlock over the ambitious, idealistic yet deeply flawed report of the parliamentary committee on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This issue has been derailed ...
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land

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The Land Newspaper
White paper has the potential to improve indigenous lives
The Australian
The white paper, released just over a week ago, focuses on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who own more than 31 per cent of the north under native title. Many indigenous Australians are quite open to economic development.
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsStock & Land
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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ABC Online
Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communities
ABC Online
Protests are being held around Australia and overseas by people concerned with a proposal by the Western Australian Government to close nearly half of the state's 247 remote Aboriginal communities. Mitch Torres from the group SOSBlakAustralia said a ...
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognitionSBS
NT parliament march for indigenous rightsThe Australian (blog)
Program supports Indigenous rural doctorsQueensland Country Life

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SBS
Call for conversation on Indigenous recognition
SBS
"The summit is important because it's the opportunity for a strong (Indigenous) delegation to meet with the leaders of the major political parties. So it's important in that sense. But now having this report out with the recommendations, it will give ...
Constitutional report paves way for Indigenous recognitionAustralasian Lawyer
Leadership is key to breaking the impasse on constitutional recognitionThe Conversation AU

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The Guardian
Protestors stage more rallies over plans to close remote Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
For the fifth time since the Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, announced that many of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities would be closed, protesters will shut down major cities during peak hour on Friday. Barnett has not provided ...
CBD rally to stop closure of remote Aboriginal communitiesThe Age
Protests to bring the Melbourne's CBD to a standstill3AW

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NT parliament march for indigenous rights
The Australian (blog)
The crowd marched on Parliament and handed Mr Vowles signed copies of a letter destined for the government, raising concerns about the defunding of indigenous services and arguing that under a labour plan in the northern Australia white paper ...

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Senator Raises Doubts Of Indigenous Australians As First Inhabitants As Reform ...
Pedestrian TV
NSW Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has questioned the historical roots of Indigenous Australians as Australia's first inhabitants, calling for a historic Constitutional reformation—currently gaining increasing support—to be delayed until ...

The Guardian
Indigenous recognition will help redress discrimination, says Nova Peris
The Guardian
Recognition in the country's founding document will go some way to redressing the racial discrimination Indigenous Australians “live, eat and breathe”, Labor senator Nova Peris has said. A bipartisan parliamentary committee looking into constitutional ...

ABC Online
Senator David Leyonhjelm questions if Aboriginals were first occupants of ...
ABC Online
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says there are doubts about whether Aboriginal people were the first occupants of Australia. "There are some anthropologists who argue that," he said this morning, when asked his view on a referendum to ...
A senator just said Aboriginal people shouldn't be in the Constitution because ...Business Insider Australia
Leyonhjelm casts doubt over first Aussies9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Indigenous people in West Australia's prisons to get 24/7 legal advice
The Guardian
Indigenous people brought into prison in Western Australia are to be given immediate access to an around-the-clock phone helpline, as part of a promise made to the family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody. The premier, Colin Barnett, made a ...
Legal Service alert to save livesThe Australian
Western Australia to introduce Custody Notification Service – at long lastThe Stringer
Funding fears for vital lifeline to Indigenous detaineesThe Age

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ABC Online
Call to end 'deafening' silence on the place of Aboriginal people in the ...
ABC Online
The draft document further says a referendum should consider including a provision to recognise that Australia was first occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, acknowledge the continuing connection of Indigenous people to their ...
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitutionThe Guardian
Lawmakers Call for Recognition of Indigenous AustraliansteleSUR English
Ken Wyatt says referendum recognising Indigenous peoples in constitution 'must ...ABC Message Stick
Sydney Morning Herald
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Brisbane Times
Leyonhjelm casts doubt over first Aussies
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Senate crossbencher David Leyonhjelm has cast doubt over whether Aboriginal people were the first Australians. His comments came ahead of the release of a parliamentary committee report on Thursday that will give the green light to a referendum to ...
Leyonhjelm not so sure Aborigines were here firstBrisbane Times

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The Stringer
Legal Service alert to save lives
The Australian
The practice of alerting the Aboriginal Legal Service each time an indigenous person is taken into police custody, a scheme credited with saving lives in NSW, will be rolled out in Western Australia as a direct response to the death last year of the ...
Western Australia to introduce Custody Notification Service – at long lastThe Stringer
Funding fears for vital lifeline to Indigenous detaineesThe Canberra Times

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The Guardian
Bipartisan report calls for recognition of Indigenous Australians in constitution
The Guardian
A clause mentioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be inserted into Australia's founding document and another that discriminates on the basis of race removed, a parliamentary report will recommend. The cross-party parliamentary committee ...
Indigenous recognition referendum: Report set to show Government, Labor ...ABC Online
Bold plan to break impasse over constitutional referendumSydney Morning Herald

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The Australian
Aboriginal medical service at risk
The Australian
“The Australian government acknowledges that this could be disruptive for patients, many of whom benefit by the community controlled model of care presently offered by AMSWS, but as this service is now no longer viable, every effort will be made to ...

Daily Mail
Frozen's Queen Elsa sends heartfelt message to racially abused Aboriginal girl
Daily Mail
Ms Hope, who has worked at Walt Disney World as a lifeguard while studying overseas, told Daily Mail Australia she had hoped Samara would see it. 'I was upset to hear that someone could be so hurtful to a young child trying to be a child,' Ms Hope said.
Samara Muir, 3, was racially abused at a Ballarat shopping centre last month ...NEWS.com.au
3-Year-Old Told She Couldn't Dress Up As Elsa Because "Elsa Isn't Black ...Refinery29
girl tried to 'scrub' her skin whiteStuff.co.nz
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Perth Now
Indigenous Aussies making history
Perth Now
THE anniversary of a historic moment for indigenous Australians 41 years ago has coincided with Matildas Lydia Williams and Kyah Simon creating a new chapter at the FIFA women's World Cup in Canada. On June 22, 1974 Harry Williams broke new ...
Aussie footballers writing historyFox Sports

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ABC Online
Aboriginal leader Jimmy Wright farewelled by hundreds in Newcastle
ABC Online
Jimmy Wright led the push that saw Newcastle become the first council in Australia to fly the Aboriginal flag in 1977. Former Federal Member for Newcastle Allan Morris spoke at the memorial and said Jimmy's work with the Awabakal Co-op was inspiring.

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