Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Plan to Boost Indigenous Jobs
Pro Bono Australia
“The Australian Government will be leading by example by increasing its own Indigenous workforce to 3 per cent by 2018, which equates to around 7,500 Indigenous employees across the Commonwealth public sector,” he said. The procurement target, and ...

Echonetdaily
Tweed march backs WA Aboriginal communities
Echonetdaily
The Tweed's indigenous community has organised a protest march for next week in the Tweed Heads CBD in solidarity with remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia who face being forcibly removed from their lands. The fears about the closures ...
Positives in the remote desertThe Australian
Australians stage anti-government rally in SydneyPress TV

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Green Left Weekly
'Living remotely no lifestyle choice'
Courier Mail
Indigenous activist Sam Watson warned the Palaszczuk Government against following in Western Australia's footsteps. “In Queensland in the 1960s, we had the appalling situation when Joh Bjelke-Petersen moved the bulldozers into old Mapoon,” he said.
Why health care in remote communities is not a 'lifestyle choice'Green Left Weekly

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Green Left Weekly
Why health care in remote communities is not a 'lifestyle choice'
Green Left Weekly
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recent comments on the “lifestyle choice” of Aboriginal Australians living in remote areas are troubling, especially given his self-anointed role of “Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. I have been privileged to work in ...

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The Canberra Times
Lifestyle choice fiasco revives Aboriginal debate
The Canberra Times
The case Dodson made this week can be summarised thus: there is now no real dialogue, no relationship, between the Australian government and the leaders of Aboriginal Australia. Any significant advances Aboriginal Australians have made have been ...
Twenty per cent still think it's OK to discriminate against Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
More than 1000 protesters rally against closure of Aboriginal remote ...ABC Online
2015 #ClosetheGap: focus on remote communities, funding cuts, & improving ...Crikey (blog)
The Daily Telegraph
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The Age
Lifestyle choice fiasco revives Aboriginal debate
The Age
The case Dodson made this week can be summarised thus: there is now no real dialogue, no relationship, between the Australian government and the leaders of Aboriginal Australia. Any significant advances Aboriginal Australians have made have been ...
Twenty per cent still think it's OK to discriminate against Indigenous AustraliansSydney Morning Herald
More than 1000 protesters rally against closure of Aboriginal remote ...ABC Online
Tony Abbott's emotive words stop discussion with Aboriginal communitiesThe Australian
Crikey (blog) -WA today -Third Sector
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Sydney Morning Herald
Lifestyle choice fiasco revives Aboriginal debate
Sydney Morning Herald
The case Dodson made this week can be summarised thus: there is now no real dialogue, no relationship, between the Australian government and the leaders of Aboriginal Australia. Any significant advances Aboriginal Australians have made have been ...
Resistance builds against plan to close Aboriginal communitiesGreen Left Weekly
Tony Abbott's emotive words stop discussion with Aboriginal communitiesThe Australian
Colin Barnett pushed as anger erupts at protest over remote communities closureABC Message Stick

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Sydney Morning Herald
Geoffrey Blainey takes fresh look at Australia's early history
Sydney Morning Herald
In contrast to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's view that the arrival of the First Fleet "was the defining moment in the history of this continent", Blainey argues that the migration of Aboriginal people to Australia some 50,000 years ago "might have ...
Book review: The Story of Australia's People, by Geoffrey BlaineyBrisbane Times

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WA today
Tony Abbott's emotive words stop discussion with Aboriginal communities
The Australian
Last week Tony Abbott expressed support for Western Australia's proposal to “close” about 150 remote Aboriginal communities. The Prime Minister raised several legitimate issues. He also suggested indigenous Australians in remote communities had made ...
Aboriginal community closures: Kimberley protests in picturesABC Local
Lifestyle choice fiasco revives Aboriginal debateWA today
Resistance builds against plan to close Aboriginal communitiesGreen Left Weekly
ABC Online -The Age
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SBS
A photographer and a mission to shed light on Aboriginal life
SBS
"I had always had Aboriginal friends growing up. As I got older, I realised I actually didn't know very much about them. The further I delved into my friends' parents' and grandparents' lives, I just realised how little I actually knew and how much I ...

The Guardian
Colin Barnett links closure of remote Aboriginal communities to child abuse
The Guardian
It was not clear from Barnett's comment whether the 39 cases he mentioned were found in remote Aboriginal communities, or in cities and towns in WA. Guardian Australia contacted his office and requested the source of the statistics, but did not receive ...
Australians Rally against Closure of Aboriginal CommunitiesteleSUR English
Restore funding to bush settlements or the gap 'will widen'The Australian
Thousands rally in protest of remote community closuresABC Message Stick
Radio Australia
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ABC Online
Pemulwuy: Commemorating Australia's first Aboriginal resistance leader at the ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal leader Pemulwuy's campaign of resistance has been commemorated at the National Museum with the unveiling of a new plaque honouring his role in Australian history. Pemulwuy was a member of the Bidjigal clan who led his people in guerrilla ...
National museum honours Aboriginal warrior9news.com.au

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The Daily Telegraph
Hugh Jackman's big gesture to a young, unknown indigenous girl in remote ...
The Daily Telegraph
“Hugh Jackman, you said publicly that you only grew up after spending time in remote Aboriginal community,” the sign read. “Now the govt (sic) wants to shut them down. This week we will protest and the media will ignore us. We need your support.”.

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The Age
Indigenous AFL players speak out against closure of remote Aboriginal ...
The Age
Indigenous AFL players have joined an online campaign to stop remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia from being closed. The WA government intends to close about 150 remote communities after responsibility for delivering their essential ...
Hugh Jackman's big gesture to a young, unknown indigenous girl in remote ...The Daily Telegraph
Hugh Jackman and AFL stars call for remote communities to be allowed to ...ABC Online

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Australians Rally against Closure of Aboriginal Communities
teleSUR English
Thousands rallied Western Australia Wednesday, following similar actions last week in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide, to protest against plans to close 150 of Western Australia's 274 remote Indigenous communities. According to the Australian Bureau ...
Restore funding to bush settlements or the gap 'will widen'The Australian
Thousands rally in protest of remote community closuresABC Message Stick

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The Canberra Times
Aboriginal community closures: Kimberley protests in pictures
ABC Local
Protesters marched in Kimberley towns and remote locations against planned closures of Aboriginal communities, most of which are located in the north west of WA. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share ? Share. March under flag. People marched ...
Lifestyle choice fiasco revives Aboriginal debateThe Canberra Times
Resistance builds against plan to close Aboriginal communitiesGreen Left Weekly
Colin Barnett pushed as anger erupts at protest over remote communities closureABC Online
WA today -ABC Message Stick -The Age
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The West Australian
Productive jobs breathe life into desert outposts
The West Australian
The study said: “Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa has demonstrated success where many other initiatives have failed, by improving the lives of Aboriginal Australians.” It found that KJ's promoted activities have saved 41 years of Aboriginal incarceration over the ...

The West Australian
Aboriginal protesters confront Premier
The West Australian
... and work with the government to improve the lifestyle and opportunities for Aboriginal people. A protester makes her voice heard in a rally against the closure of remote Aboriginal communities and deaths in custody. Picture: Bill Hatto/ The West ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Twenty per cent still think it's OK to discriminate against Indigenous Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
An advertising campaign that explores the casual racism of Australians towards Indigenous people has been viewed more than 3.75 million times, but 20 per cent of respondents to a beyondblue survey still think it is OK to discriminate against Aboriginal ...
More than 1000 protesters rally against closure of Aboriginal remote ...ABC Online
Senate inquiry to target contentious Indigenous funding strategyThe Guardian
2015 #ClosetheGap: focus on remote communities, funding cuts, & improving ...Crikey (blog)
Yahoo7 News -The Australian -ABC Message Stick
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2015 #ClosetheGap: focus on remote communities, funding cuts, & improving ...
Crikey (blog)
Since that interchange, we have undertaken a large body of research investigating disparities in heart disease and medical care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians. The results from this work is summarised in our recently released ...