Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

deaths in custody must end
The Australian
Western Australia has the highest Aboriginal imprisonment rate in the country; Aboriginal people are about 21 times more likely to be imprisoned, with about one in 20 Aboriginal men in jail. The rundown prisons in the Kimberley, Roebourne, Bunbury ...

The Stringer
Aboriginal suicide
The Stringer
Australian aboriginal suicide has generated a vast scientific and lay secondary literature. Local analyses of that suicide expose the divide in identity between First and Second Nation Australians. For the Second Nation suicidologist, the main risk ...

WA today
Anzac spirit celebrated by indigenous WWI soldier's family on visit to Albany
WA today
These are the words of Michael Laing, the grandson of Gordon Charles Naley, an indigenous soldier who fought as part of the 16th Battalion in World War One. It was only fitting that Mr Laing spoke about the Anzac spirit while in the West Australian ...

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'Never enough' jobs in remote Australia: Jobs Australia chief
The Australian
JOBS Australia chief executive David Thompson has hit back at criticism from indigenous leader Marcia Langton over jobs in remote areas, arguing that even if all the jobs were given to aboriginal people there would never be enough for the 37,000 ...

Amateur historian challengesblack armband story
The Australian
HISTORICAL evidence shows a “black armband” version of Australian history is deeply flawed and that Aborigines were not “herded” on to missions, driven from their lands or had countless children stolen from their families, researcher Joe Lane says.

SBS
Indigenous Governance awards for women's group and theatre troupe
The Guardian
A central Australian women's group and a regional Victorian theatre troupe have won the prestigious Indigenous Governance awards and $20,000, it was announced in Melbourne on Thursday night. The awards, run by Reconciliation Australia in partnership ...
'Reconciliation can occur with goodwill'Sky News Australia
Call for greater recognition of Indigenous successSBS
Tony Abbott admits challenge of Indigenous reconciliationDaily Mail

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ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal deaths in custody bring focus to disturbing rate of imprisonment
ABC Message Stick
Two Aboriginal deaths in custody in three months have focussed attention on the disturbing rates of Indigenous incarceration, particularly in Western Australia where one in every 13 adult males are in prison.

The Conversation AU
Empowering Indigenous communities to prevent child abuse and neglect
The Conversation AU
In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased ...
Scheme to avoid 'second stolen generation' criticised for paternalismThe Guardian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
Sydney Morning Herald
Investigative reporter Jeff McMullen has explored a lot of complex stories throughout his career. But few have been as unique as Jerome, a 14-year old indigenous boy born without any sporting ability whatsoever, or as the journalist puts it, completely ...

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Six White Aussies See Aboriginal Australia For The First Time In SBS ...
Junkee
As host Ray Martin points out, six out of ten non-indigenous Australians have had little to no contact with Aboriginal people, and as the contestants themselves make pretty clear, that leads to some pretty misleading ideas about Aboriginal Australia ...

MUA intervenes in indigenous labour agreement
The Australian
Aboriginal Maritime's original EBA had been endorsed by its employees and ratified by the FWC. The company said the EBA would allow it to expand its business and start competing for big contracts in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Black Comedy: Australia's first indigenous sketch show since 1973 hits the screens
The Age
"I've always thought comedy is an area we could excel in, an area I feel we're built for, because the Aboriginal sense of humour is one people respond to," she says. The show's life began in 2012 when, Riley says, the network put a callout for ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal groups cool on remote dole shake-up
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion did not confirm the plan on Wednesday, with his spokeswoman saying only that the government was "considering measures to make sure that jobseekers in remote Australia are work-ready and able to secure jobs.".
Warren Mundine backs new work-for-the-dole schemeThe Australian
Coalition may not meet 25-hour pledge for Indigenous work for the doleThe Guardian

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Huge leap in fine-defaulters doing jail time
The Australian
According to WA government data seen by The Australian, the number of fine-defaulters sent to prison has increased from 194 in 2008 to 1358 last year. In the same period, the number of Aboriginal people held for unpaid fines jumped by 484 per cent ...

Blitz on remote dole scheme
The Australian
The Australian has previously foreshadowed that the Abbott government was looking at overhauling Labor's remote jobs scheme. Unlike the now downscaled CDEP scheme, under which unemployed indigenous people did work-for-the-dole activities and ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...
Sydney Morning Herald
The committee outlined three options for forms of words to recognise indigenous Australians in the constitution. One of these included a broad provision banning racial discrimination, while a second option included a protection from discrimination for ...
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
Ballina Shire Advocate
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teleSUR English
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'
teleSUR English
The suicide of an Aboriginal man in a Western Australian prison has sparked renewed controversy over the decades old issue of Indigenous deaths in custody. To find out more, teleSUR English spoke to the head of the Indigenous Social Justice Association ...
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...The Guardian
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committeeThe Australian
Questions proposed for Indigenous referendumThe Conversation AU
Coffs Coast Advocate
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The Guardian
Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in ...
The Guardian
The stone faces of that man and woman are the only specific statues of Indigenous Australians that I can find in the memorial. Some present and former staff reckon they should be removed, so pejorative is their continued depiction of the Indigenous at ...

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teleSUR English
Remove race reference from Constitution: Recognise committee
The Australian
The report contains three options for recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution and for dealing with issues of discrimination. In all three options, the committee recommends removing references to race ...
Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers' 'Indifference'teleSUR English
Referendum to recognise indigenous Australians should be held in 2016 ...Sydney Morning Herald
MPs offer options on indigenous recognitionThe West Australian
The Guardian -Coffs Coast Advocate
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Australian Mining
Aboriginal cultural heritage survey industry under scrutiny
Australian Mining
SMH reported that claims of price fixing for consulting work carried out on Aboriginal heritage surveys, as well as destruction of artefacts and sites to enable mining development have come to the attention of the competition watchdog. With concerns ...
ACCC investigates claims of Aboriginal and mining 'cartels'Sydney Morning Herald

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