Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Local artist in touring exhibition for Aboriginal Art Prize
Northern Star
Lismore Regional Gallery director Brett Adlington said Aboriginal artists of NSW held a special place in the lexicon of both Australian and Australian Aboriginal art. While artists based in Northern and Central Australia often focused on traditional ...

Welfare quarantine 'must have Aboriginal community support'
The Australian
... to other indigenous communities. Mr Forrest said in his report to the Abbott government that the commission and its “basics card”, which controls spending of welfare payments, should be the model to be rolled out across Australia's indigenous ...

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's plea for indigenous Australia: Early childhood the ...
The Daily Telegraph
“As soon as an aboriginal person gets an education, the disparity ends. “Indigenous women with a degree are in fact more successful than their Australian sisters. “ If you're an indigenous woman you're 30 times more likely to be hospitalised than your ...

Proudly Aboriginal and manic depressive Part 1
ABC Online (blog)
Keir Wells is a former journalist, soldier and private investigator. He is also proudly Aboriginal and proudly calls himself a manic depressive. Keir spoke at this week's fifth anniversary celebrations for The Junction Mental Health Activity and ...

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Indigenous Australians experience diabetes 20 years earlier: ABS
ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Indigenous adults experience diabetes 20 years earlier than non-Indigenous adults: that's just one of the findings in a new release by the Australian Bureau of statistics. It involved the biggest ever survey of blood and urine samples of ...
Suicide prevention: Demolishing the 'appalling' rate of Indigenous suicideSBS
Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Culture is KeyThe Epoch Times (blog)
Corroboree Sydney to educate more kidsWebWire (press release)

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Bill Shorten 'open' to Pearson compromise call on Constitution
The Australian
BILL Shorten has signalled he is open to Noel Pearson's call for compromise on proposed Constitutional changes to recognise indigenous Australians, despite a fierce warning from Labor senator Nova Peris against adopting a more conservative approach.

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Beyond victims: Dr Chris Sarra on the challenge of Indigenous leadership
ABC Online
There is a need for both a new approach to Indigenous leadership and a new relationship between Australia and its Indigenous citizens, argues Indigenous educator Dr Chris Sarra. This relationship needs to be based on respect and high expectations ...

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To succeed, indigenous recognition referendum must be handled deftly
The Australian
If the Australian public sees a significant group of indigenous leaders opposing the referendum model then they will think why, in these circumstances, should we support the referendum? As Pearson says in his forthcoming Quarterly Essay, the referendum ...
Why the problem of indigenous recognition can only be addressed by a ...WA today
RACIAL DISCRIMINATIONThe Monthly (subscription)

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NT's PUP leader Alison Anderson lashes out at chief minister Adam Giles
The Guardian
“Adam Giles is a weak, insignificant boy in the history of Aboriginal Australia – but he is doing the cause of Aboriginal unity real harm by dividing our political bloc.” She called Kurrupuwu's defection “a victory for raw evil”. “The Giles government ...
NT denies roads offer for returned MLANEWS.com.au
Kurrupuwu rejoins Country Liberal PartySky News Australia

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Aboriginal elder Uncle Roy Maynard defends Jacqui Lambie over indigenous ...
The Australian
Senator Lambie, who has revealed she wants to be the “face” of Andrew Forrest's sweeping indigenous reforms, has provided ABC TV's Australian Story with her family tree, which shows a link to one of Mannalargenna's granddaughters. Lambie wants to live ...
Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry rowSBS
Violent row over Jacqui Lambie's family tree: Threats of violence after she ...The Daily Telegraph
Mansell doubts Lambie claimsTasmania Mercury

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Lambie threatens legal action in Aboriginal ancestry row
SBS
"I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal traditional owners. I share their blood, culture and history through my mother's, Sue Lambie's, family," she told parliament. "We trace our history over six generations to celebrated ...
Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...Yahoo!7 News
Jacqui Lambie wants to live Twiggy Forrest's visionThe Australian
Mansell doubts Lambie claimsTasmania Mercury

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NT chief "weak, insignificant": Anderson
The Australian
ALISON Anderson said Monday's decision by her fellow Aboriginal MLA Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu to leave the PUP to return to the Country Liberals (CLP) government was "a win for manipulation, for lies, for pressure, for dark political techniques".

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NT chief "weak, insignificant": Anderson
SBS
"Adam Giles is a weak, insignificant boy in the history of Aboriginal Australia - but he is doing the cause of Aboriginal unity real harm by dividing our political bloc." She called Mr Kurrupuwu's defection "a victory for raw evil". "The Giles ...
Kurrupuwu rejoins Country Liberal PartySky News Australia
NT politician Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu leaves PUP, returns to CLPYahoo!7 News

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Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...
ABC Online
The outspoken Senate newcomer claimed in her maiden speech last week that she was related to, if not descended from, a prominent Aboriginal resistance leader of north-eastern Tasmania. "I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal ...

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You should know her name: Miss Dhu was Aboriginal, 22, and died four days ...
Daily Life
And while I don't wish to further disempower Aboriginal communities by assuming to speak for them, I do want to express my horror at the fact that something like this can happen and not cause even the vaguest ripple across mainstream Australian media.

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Aboriginal man's death in custody triggers call to review 'draconian' law
The Australian
An inquest today into Lord's death follows the death of 22-year-old Julieka Dhu, who died in police custody in Western Australia in August while held for unpaid fines. NSW's “draconian” driver licensing regime, contributing to the mass jailing of ...
Aboriginal death in custody prompts call for minor traffic offenders to be ...Yahoo!7 News

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Daily Life
You should know her name: Miss Dhu was Aboriginal, 22, and died four days ...
Daily Life
In terms of infrastructure, Australia is a developed nation. We have a (mostly) affordable healthcare system, access to effective medical intervention and a welfare system that, while imperfect, is still more comprehensive than many other countries. So ...

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New project offers hope to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides
The Stringer
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health has welcomed funding by the Australian Government for a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project. The Project, to be undertaken ...

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Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...
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"I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal traditional owners. I share their blood, culture and history through my mother's, Sue Lambie's, family," Senator Lambie said. "We trace our history over six generations to celebrated ...

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