Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Guardian
Aboriginal group fights to stop $16bn Carmichael coalmine, Australia's largest
The Guardian
An Aboriginal group in central Queensland is attempting to prevent Australia's largest mine from being established on its ancestral land, in what is shaping up to be an unprecedented test of the country's native title laws. Representatives for the ...

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The Guardian
'Leave our land alone': Queensland traditional owners vow to fight Adani's ...
The Guardian
An Indigenous group in central Queensland is appealing to the Queensland government in a bid to stop the massive Carmichael coalmine from being constructed on its ancestral land. Indian firm Adani has turned to the native title tribunal to appeal the ...

Australian aboriginals support India to win
Times of India
He dictates the terms of the game when he plays in full flow. He is a magnificent cricketer and will be India's trump card," said Michael who now spends most of his life uplifting his aboriginal community told TOI in the northern territory of Australia ...

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The Age
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cuts
The Age
Aboriginal legal services that help some of Australia's most vulnerable people – including a huge number of family violence clients – are facing deep cuts in this year's federal budget. The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is bracing for a $500,000 ...

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The Guardian
WA says report won't influence closures of remote Aboriginal communities
The Guardian
The Western Australian government has said it won't be influenced by a five-year-old federal government report when deciding which Aboriginal communities to close. The report, produced by the then Labor government in 2010, had said 192 remote ...
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Indigenous students encouraged to consider public service careersThe Canberra Times
Remote Indigenous communities will be consulted before closures decision, WA ...ABC Online
3rd Watch News -9news.com.au
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Crikey
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programs
Crikey
Fiona McLeod, president of the Australian Bar Association, which has also signed the letter, has called for the government to reverse the cuts to the legal services. She says that rate of incarceration for indigenous Australians has already had a ...
WA constitution: Indigenous recognition recommended by parliamentary ...ABC Online
WA says report won't influence closures of remote Aboriginal communitiesThe Guardian
Residents of remote Central Australian Aboriginal communities are worried ...NEWS.com.au
SBS -The Australian -WA today
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The Guardian
Indigenous sector outrage at funding for government departments and sport
The Guardian
“The structure of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy allows the Australian government to address service delivery gaps that are identified and we will continue to methodically work through any gaps which are identified, in consultation with providers ...
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programsCrikey
Aboriginal legal services call on Federal Government to reverse funding cutsThe Age
Indigenous students encouraged to consider public service careersThe Canberra Times
3rd Watch News -The Queensland Times -Honi Soit
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ABC Online
'PM for Aboriginal Affairs' slashes millions from indigenous programs
Crikey
Fiona McLeod, president of the Australian Bar Association, which has also signed the letter, has called for the government to reverse the cuts to the legal services. She says that rate of incarceration for indigenous Australians has already had a ...
Remote Indigenous communities will be consulted before closures decision, WA ...ABC Online
Remote homes more likely to go hungry, finds ABS surveyThe Australian
Leaked document reveals 192 WA Aboriginal communities deemed ...SBS
The Canberra Times -Honi Soit -WA today
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ABC Online
Venice Biennale artist Fiona Hall questions Indigenous art's future if remote ...
ABC Online
"These people are the cultural ambassadors for Australia - these Aboriginal artists, visual artists but also performers - so in many, many, many ways Australia is going to be the poorer if these people cannot continue to live in their country," she ...

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FoxReno.com
NO BOUNDARIES: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting
FoxReno.com
RENO, Nev. - Drawn from the collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, No Boundaries features the work of nine trailblazing artists who were at the forefront of Australia's Aboriginal art movement. Each artist was a respected senior lawman, knowledgeable ...

funding cuts 'a recipe for injustice'
The Australian
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency will axe all criminal services for Aboriginal clients in Darwin and Katherine, other than those already in custody or for youths, and will also reduce its civil law services from April 1. Revelations about ...

ABC Online
Leaked document reveals 192 WA Aboriginal communities deemed ...
ABC Online
Extensive research was conducted as early as 2010 to identify West Australian remote Aboriginal communities considered unsustainable, a leaked document held by the State Government shows. The Government has resisted calls to accelerate consultation ...
Tweed march backs WA Aboriginal communitiesEchonetdaily
Positives in the remote desertThe Australian
Recognise an assimilationist shamRed Flag
The Ecologist (blog) -Crikey
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ABC Online
CCTV footage shows police arresting 17yo Aboriginal girl
ABC Online
Re-elected Premier Mike Baird celebrates and Labor promises to rebuild after voters turned out across New South Wales for the state election. Australia's Steve Smith bats against India in the World Cup semi-final against India. Maxwell preview ...

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The Guardian
Government departments among list of federal Indigenous grant recipients
The Guardian
Guardian Australia understands the NT Department of Health was granted funding for two initiatives, including sustaining Aboriginal employment in the department. The Queensland Department of Education and Training successfully applied for a project ...
Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding revealedThe Australian

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SBS
No choice but politics for Indigenous women: Pat O'Shane
SBS
A Yalangi woman from the Kunjandji clan and prominent former Magistrate, O'Shane has demonstrated a lifelong-trend for achieving 'firsts'. She was the first Aboriginal teacher in Queensland, Australia's first Aboriginal Barrister, the first woman and ...
Indigenous-controlled sector the clear loser of Indigenous Reform AgendaCrikey (blog)
Positives in the remote desertThe Australian

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ABC Online
Residents leaving WA town amid fears of closure, Aboriginal leader says
ABC Online
"This process will take time and be carefully planned to ensure we build stronger more sustainable communities that provide greater opportunities for Aboriginal people in Western Australia," Mr Collier said. Mr Eggington said consultation had not yet ...

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Aborigines must face up to the hard questions
The Australian
The rolling crisis in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia and the looming removal of services from 150 remote outstations in Western Australia signal the beginning of the end of the link between discrete Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal legal services warn clients will face court unrepresented if ...
ABC Online
While the precise size of the cuts will only become known when Treasurer Joe Hockey hands down his second budget in May, Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) say the funding uncertainty has already led to the loss of staff and the closure of some offices.

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SBS
Comment: Don't close the door on Indigenous opportunities on country
SBS
Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett plans to close up to 150 of the state's 274 remote Aboriginal communities after a federal funding cut. Prime Minister Tony Abbott agreed, stating we cannot “endlessly subsidise lifestyle choices if those ...
Indigenous-controlled sector the clear loser of Indigenous Reform AgendaCrikey (blog)
Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystemsThe Ecologist (blog)

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The Guardian
Malcolm Fraser was unflinching in his support of Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
My last direct exchange with Fraser was at the time he was writing the introduction to my book, Indigenous Australia for Dummies. He was supportive of my aims in the book – to make information about Indigenous people much more accessible in a light, ...
Malcolm Fraser paved the way for reformThe Australian Financial Review
Vale the 'father' who gave Vietnamese new lifeThe Australian
The Vietnamese refugee with so much to thank former prime minister Malcolm ...Sydney Morning Herald
On Line opinion -WA today
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