Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Conversation AU
Gargoyles and silence: 'our story' at the Australian War Memorial
The Conversation AU
The representation of Indigenous peoples as fauna is indicative of their treatment throughout Australian history. Indigenous Australians were not accorded citizenship and voting rights until 1967, some 26 years after the AWM opened and 49 years after ...

The Conversation AU
Wiradjuri words show the power of learning Australia's first languages
The Conversation AU
Acknowledging Australia's traditional owners of country and paying respect to Indigenous elders past and present has become a normal part of ceremonies held across the nation. But in the current New South Wales election, one non-Indigenous political ...

Third Sector
Vale Dr Alf Bamblett: Australia mourns indigenous leader
Third Sector
He was a key force behind the launch of Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care in response to the amount of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being removed from their families. Dr Bamblett was named Victorian Aboriginal ...
Lowitja O'Donoghue: Abbott is 'as weak as water'SBS

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Australia Increases Support for Aboriginal Health Programs in 2015
Sputnik International
The Australian Human Rights Commission has repeatedly stated that the country's indigenous peoples have on average poorer health status than other Australians. Aborigines live on average 10-17 years less than other Australians, and children born in ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal people denied access to cyclone shelter
ABC Online
Category three Severe Tropical Cyclone Olwyn was moving south towards the West Australian coastline north of Carnarvon on Thursday 12th March. Authorities had ordered the evacuation of the tourism community of Coral Bay, 240 kilometres north of the ...

Petition to Save Indigenous Legal Services
Pro Bono Australia
Law Council of Australia (LCA) President Duncan McConnel called for the Federal Government to immediately re-commit funding to Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS). “Given what we know – that Indigenous people are ...

'First Aboriginal-owned' iron ore mine in Pilbara gets environmental approval
ABC Online
An iron ore mine believed to be Australia's first owned and operated by Aboriginal people is one step closer to becoming a reality after WA's environmental watchdog gave operators the green light. Perth-based company Australian Aboriginal Mining ...

The Conversation AU
Aboriginal lifestyles could fix the hole in the heart of Australia
The Conversation AU
The prime minister's recent assertion that the government cannot afford to fund the “lifestyle choices” of remotely based Aboriginal people is an opportunity to increase the debate about the future of outback Australia. Tony Abbott was repeating that ...
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
Echonetdaily -The New Daily
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The Australian
Dave Maher, from the Aboriginal Health Service in the NSW Hunter, and ...
The Australian
The Acting Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies, said the MOU was part of the air force's commitment to “playing our part in closing the gap for Aboriginal Australians” and maximising “opportunities for our future workforce, which must ...

Light-skinned indigenous people face discrimination: Michelle Lovegrove
CBC.ca
Judging aboriginal people by their skin colour — whether light or dark — is wrong, asserted an indigenous Australian broadcast journalist in a public talk last week at the University of British Columbia. "Australia has this obsession with colour and ...

Brisbane Times
Sharing a country with Aborigines a privilege
Brisbane Times
When will non-indigenous Australia wake up to and celebrate the enormous privilege of sharing a country with the world's oldest continuing culture? This is the question I found myself pondering in the wake of the Prime Minister's distressing statement ...

The Diplomat
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous Australians
The Diplomat
With his throwaway “lifestyle choice” comment about those who live in remote communities Tony Abbott has angered indigenous Australia. The prime minister's recent track record on gaffes may well be laughable, but in this case things are a little more ...
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind themHerald Sun
Aboriginal 'recognition'—a cover for assimilationThe Stringer
The New Daily -Independent Australia -Newsfirst
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Herald Sun
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind them
Herald Sun
And Abbott does say he's “prepared to sweat blood” to get the Constitution changed. He even gave $5 million to Recognise. No one can doubt his commitment to Aboriginal Australia. He has worked for months as a volunteer aide in Aboriginal communities, ...
Is Tony Abbott a pass or fail on Indigenous affairs?The New Daily
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' commentsThe Guardian
Bishop backs PM after Aboriginal commentsPerth Now
Independent Australia -Newsfirst
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“A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous ...
The Stringer
The Aboriginal community has shown itself to be mindful of the migrant experiences of different communities. It is imperative that the migrant communities display the same regard for the experiences of the Indigenous communities. The Australian ...

The Guardian
Tony Abbott refuses to apologise for 'lifestyle choices' comments
The Guardian
The Australian prime minister has suffered near universal criticism from Aboriginal leaders over his “lifestyle choice” comments last week when he was defending the closure of Indigenous communities in Western Australia. He has refused to apologise for ...
Abbott Confuses on Indigenous AustraliansThe Diplomat
Aboriginal leaders miss the point – they need a man like Tony Abbott behind themHerald Sun
Without connection to country, Australia is a shallow nation. That's what ...The Guardian
The New Daily -Echonetdaily
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Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson's heartfelt plea to Tony Abbott: Change course on indigenous ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Patrick Dodson, one of the country's most respected indigenous leaders, has issued an urgent plea to Tony Abbott to change track, warning that the fate of the referendum on recognition of the first Australians hangs in the balance. Mr Dodson issued his ...

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Green Left Weekly
Tony Abbott shuts down Aboriginal legal services
Green Left Weekly
On March 9, the ABC reported that the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, based in Darwin, will soon have to stop taking new clients amid uncertainty over its funding next financial year. On March 9, the Lawyers Weekly quoted Australian Bar ...
Nigel Scullion under fires for cuts under new Indigenous Advancement StrategyHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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Independent Australia
Abbott trashes Australia's reputation abroad — again
Independent Australia
'Australia's increasingly controversial Prime Minister Tony Abbott has blundered into yet another self-inflicted disaster with a deeply insensitive and racist comment about Australia's Aboriginals when he defended his government's decision to remove ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...Bendigo Advertiser

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The Australian
Abbott loses Aboriginal friends as disappointed expectations pile up
The Australian
WHEN the Prime Minister for indigenous affairs leaned into the microphone of a Kalgoorlie radio station last Tuesday and expressed his view that existence on remote West Australian outstations was a “lifestyle choice”, he may not quite have foreseen ...
Tony Abbott's lifestyle comments highlight the lack of policy in Aboriginal ...The Age
Tony Abbott: Taxpayers can't fund indigenous Australians 'lifestyle choices'NEWS.com.au
Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystemsThe Conversation AU
Sydney Morning Herald -The Guardian -Crikey
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The Age
Protesters “shut down Melbourne" to fight against closure of Aboriginal ...
The Age
More than a thousand protesters shut down traffic in Melbourne's CBD to rally against the planned closure of remote Indigenous communities in West Australia. The group had hoped to confront Tony Abbott at the National Gallery, where he had been ...
Aboriginal rally brings Melbourne CBD to standstillHerald Sun

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