Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Crikey
Gulag Territory: NT's shameful incarceration of Aboriginal Australians
Crikey
In mid-November last year, the Australian Productivity Commission released the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report, which described Australia's ongoing failings in dealing with the problems that continue to afflict Australia's Aboriginal ...
Australia's indigenous affairs minister set on outright kava banRadio Australia

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Australian fans are angry at American sitcom 2 Broke Girls for a racist joke ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian fans of the American comedy show 2 Broke Girls responded in uproar over the racist joke about Indigenous Australians, which aired on Tuesday evening. During the season four episode, titled And the Fun Factory, a male character is shown ...

Sydney Morning Herald
2 Broke Girls season 4 under fire for racist joke about Aboriginal Australians
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian fans of the American comedy show 2 Broke Girls responded in uproar over the racist joke about Indigenous Australians, which aired on Tuesday evening. During the season four episode, titled And the Fun Factory, a male character is shown ...
'WTF is with the racial slur?': Viewers take aim at popular US sitcom Two ...Daily Mail

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The Guardian
Colin Barnett turned down invitation to meet Aboriginal land councils
The Guardian
The Western Australian premier, Colin Barnett, turned down an invitation to meet Aboriginal land councils about a government proposal to close up to 150 of the state's remote communities, one day before telling parliament he would consult Aboriginal ...

The West Australian
Abolish key Aboriginal body: Wyatt
The West Australian
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs should be abolished because it cannot properly advocate for Aboriginal West Australians, shadow Aboriginal affairs minister Ben Wyatt says. Mr Wyatt said the department should be replaced by a special advocate for ...

Aboriginal groups launch firm
The Australian
KRED legal director Wayne Bergmann said there was an urgent need for an Australia-wide Aboriginal-owned legal entity. “Across Australia, we're seeing pressure on traditional owners from proponents and companies wishing to access, explore and develop ...

Gulag Territory: NT's shameful incarceration of Aboriginal Australians
Crikey
In mid-November last year, the Australian Productivity Commission released the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report, which described Australia's ongoing failings in dealing with the problems that continue to afflict Australia's Aboriginal ...

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Crikey (blog)
Gulag Territory – how the NT leads the world in indigenous incarceration
Crikey (blog)
One week later, the Australian Productivity Commission released its report, “Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage.” The findings described Australia's ongoing failings in dealing with the problems which continue to afflict Australia's Aboriginal population.

Fishing the old way: moves to save the Aboriginal fish traps of Western ...
The Guardian
With several Menang fish traps spread across the Albany region of Western Australia, Harley Coyne is spearheading work to have the sites preserved for visitors and locals alike. The cultural heritage officer of the state's department of Aboriginal ...

The Australian
Property red tape 'stifles Aborigines': Tim Wilson
The Australian
“We can't complain about the cost of welfare programs for Australia's first citizens when we concurrently deny them the freedom to use the primary asset they own to escape dependency. It is not our place to tell Aboriginal Australia how to use their ...
Indigenous Australians should get more from native title: Human Rights ...The Conversation AU
Native title reforms to escape dependency9news.com.au
A quiet death by a thousand cutsThe Daily Telegraph

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The Guardian
LGBTI Indigenous people offered a rainbow to follow
The Guardian
“We don't have a clear picture of what the figures are in Australia because the research doesn't exist. As someone who is Aboriginal and working in suicide research, I realised that I had also become complacent to the fact that there is no health ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australians should get more from native title: Human Rights ...
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal Australians are being denied the freedom to exercise their property rights under native title, Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson has said. Wilson said that, in meeting Indigenous leaders from Broome to Cairns, he had found “an appetite ...
Native title reforms to escape dependency9news.com.au

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Sydney Morning Herald
Fiftieth anniversary re-enactment of freedom ride goes north to fight ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian students headed to the deep north, with the goal to "expose segregation and the shameful treatment of Aboriginal people." The original freedom ride was led by Sydney University student Charles Perkins, who was to make history the year ...
Freedom Ride sets off 50 years after original civil rights protestThe Australian
Freedom Riders Ann Curthoys and Brian Aarons reflect on NSW Ride 50 years onABC Online
Freedom Ride's 50th anniversary a celebration and a reminderBrisbane Times
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The Australian
Royalists recognise need for indigenous constitution change
The Australian
ACM, which worked with Tony Abbott to defeat the republic referendum in 1999 and has opposed changes to the Constitution, has now submitted a constructive proposal to the parliamentary committee looking at the recognition of indigenous Australians, ...

Plans to shut Aboriginal communities driving people out
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal leaders say a government plan to close communities is already driving people out of some of the most remote parts of Australia. The West Australian Government last year announced as many as 150 of the state's 274 communities would be closed ...

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Plans to shut Aboriginal communities driving people out
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal leaders say a government plan to close communities is already driving people out of some of the most remote parts of Australia. The West Australian Government last year announced as many as 150 of the state's 274 communities would be closed ...

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Aboriginal communities to close: WA Government shutdown plans already ...
Yahoo!7 News
Aboriginal leaders say a government plan to close communities is already driving people out of some of the most remote parts of Australia. The West Australian Government last year announced as many as 150 of the state's 274 communities would be closed ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal communities to close: WA Government shutdown plans already ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal leaders say a government plan to close communities is already driving people out of some of the most remote parts of Australia. The West Australian Government last year announced as many as 150 of the state's 274 communities would be closed ...

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The West Australian
Aboriginal truancy plan lashed
The West Australian
"If you're an Aboriginal child and your literacy and numeracy skills are very limited, you find school a vehemently negative experience - if you've got a bloke waiting out there or chasing you and telling you to go back to school, that's not going to ...

The West Australian
Aboriginal truancy plan lashed
The West Australian
"If you're an Aboriginal child and your literacy and numeracy skills are very limited, you find school a vehemently negative experience - if you've got a bloke waiting out there or chasing you and telling you to go back to school, that's not going to ...