Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Call for contributions: Indigenous and Queer in Australia
Star Observer
Indigenous people are invited to contribute an essay on their life experiences as Indigenous LGBTI people and/or the contributions that LGBTI Indigenous people make to Australian social, cultural and economic life.

Working For a Healthier Indigenous Australia
Pro Bono Australia
Years of experience in the Indigenous health field will guide Romlie Mokak as he establishes himself in his new role leading the Lowitja Institute, Australia's national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. Mokak is this ...

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Pedestrian TV
Andrew Bolt Insists Indigenous Australians Weren't 'Here First'
Pedestrian TV
You can watch the episode here, but if you're not quite up to it, the relevant discussion began at around the 33-minute mark, when Bolt and Johns started hashing out whether recognising indigenous Australians in the document would divide the nation by ...

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Melbourne Aboriginal heritage sites
The Australian
... significant buildings that tell the story of the radical organisations and movements created here by the Aboriginal community and famous leaders such as Doug Nicholls that profoundly influenced political and cultural reform in Australia; yarracity ...

SBS
Gooda urges fast-tracking of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
ABC Message Stick
If we got the model out, had the discussions within the Aboriginal community about whether we supported the model that the Government and the Opposition would come up with, that would give us enough time to then have a fairly lengthy campaign in most ...
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...SBS
Mick Gooda calls for 'recognise' vote next yearThe Australian
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015The Guardian

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The Journey to Recognition is doing a great job of raising awareness about the ...
The Australian
It is shocking to me that in 2014 we are still a country that has ties to our racist past, to the darker periods in our nation's history, such as the White Australia policy that had at its core the destruction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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SBS
Aboriginal justice commissioner pushes for 2015 referendum on Indigenous ...
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called on the government to break ties with Australia's 'racist past' and hold a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition by the end of 2015.
Mick Gooda pushes referendum on Indigenous recognition for 2015The Guardian

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Indigenous constitutional recognition too slow: Aboriginal justice commissioner
SBS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called on the government to break ties with Australia's 'racist past' and hold a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition by the end of 2015.

Frustration rises over changes to the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act
The Conversation AU
In June, the Western Australian Government released draft amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. This is the legislation that determines what qualifies for heritage protection in the state – and…

Nothing for Aborigines in Scullion's manoeuvres
The Australian
... other children across Australia. Without this step in remote communities, no other development will be sustainable or meaningful. After years of skimming commonwealth funds earmarked to ameliorate Aboriginal disadvantage, the source is finally ...

Jack Charles finds his purpose — and popularity — as an artist
Herald Sun
“Performing artists are the ones telling the stories of Aboriginal Australians,” he says. “I've realised there's a greater meaning to my life. I am JC, the second coming. I have a particular role in life, to waggle the finger and stamp the foot and ...

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International indigenous mining partnership developing
Australian Mining
Australian Aboriginal company Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation (KNAC) is working with Alaskan indigenous group NANA to develop global expertise. The two indigenous groups have been in discussions on business development and training ...

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International indigenous mining partnership developing
Ferret
Australian Aboriginal company Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation (KNAC) is working with Alaskan indigenous group NANA to develop global expertise. The two indigenous groups have been in discussions on business development and training ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Boots for kids: Reinvigorated Matildas star Kyah Simon hopes to inspire ...
Sydney Morning Herald
At 23, Kyah Simon has already had an enviable career, travelled the world and marked her name in football's history books for being the first indigenous Australian to score a goal in a World Cup. But after nine months on the sidelines following a ...

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Voice of America
No School, No Welfare Australia's Aboriginal Parents Warned
Voice of America
SYDNEY—. Beginning next week, school attendance will be linked to welfare payments for parents in Aboriginal lands in South Australia. If parents don't send their children to school, they could lose state benefits. But the Australian prime minister's ...

King Hit brings Indigenous tent boxers' struggle for equality to the stage
ABC Online
In an era when the only level playing field Indigenous people had with white Australians was the boxing ring or football field, tent troupes gave Aboriginal fighters a brief shot at glory. The boxing troupes travelled the country between the late 1800s ...

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GP co-payment a 'significant barrier' for Aboriginal health
The Australian
“There are pockets across Australia that don't have a NACCHO member service so that would leave a lot of Aboriginal people using mainstream services still subject to the GP co-payment.” Mr Mohamed said he was also concerned about additional pressures ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Medicare fee jeopardises Aborigines
Sydney Morning Herald
Health leaders have warned the Abbott government's proposed $7 Medicare fee could widen the gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. John Paterson, the chief executive of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance ...

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Pyning for Indigenous rights in the Australian Curriculum
The Conversation AU
The soon-to-be-released review of the Australian Curriculum was outlined by Education Minister Christopher Pyne as intended to address “fair criticism” that the curriculum was overly focused on “the way we've treated Indigenous Australians” at the ...

ABC Local
Early Aboriginal drawings showcased at the National Museum
ABC Local
More than 100 early Aboriginal drawings are on display at the National Museum of Australia, as part of a new exhibition launched in Canberra. Warlpiri Drawings, Remembering the Future showcases a collection by anthropologist, Mervyn Meggett, who spent ...

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