Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

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NATSIAA shows how urban trends eclipse Aboriginal art traditions
The Australian
Aboriginal art's journey from the remote settlements of the western desert to the gleaming gallery spaces of modernity has taken 40 years, but it is complete now. Indigenous art in Australia is becoming a subset of the mainstream art space: defined by ...
Tony Albert Wins $50000 Indigenous Art AwardAustralian Photography + digital
DARWIN 2014 - The Bigger PictureAboriginal Art Directory News

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World Socialist Web Site
Australia: NAIDOC glorifies Aboriginal involvement in World War I
World Socialist Web Site
In line with the Australian government's intensive efforts to condition the population to future military conflicts and boost recruitment, the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) has embraced the official centenary ...

NRL.COM
NRL Indigenous leaders launch Close The Gap Round
NRL.COM
Aboriginal babies are up to three times more likely to die before the age of one than other babies in Australia and Aboriginal people face much higher risks of heart disease, cancer and kidney failure. Greg Inglis said it was important that Indigenous ...
Learning about home ownershipIllawarra Mercury

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Port Adelaide
Power Community Ltd secures $300000 in Federal funding for Aboriginal ...
Port Adelaide
"Led by our outstanding Aboriginal Programs Manager Paul Vandenbergh, our unique new program will involve both regular on-the-ground experience for the children and remote high-tech education from our community classroom at Alberton.

Indigenous players working on Aboriginal war cry before All Stars game
Sydney Morning Herald
The All Stars game was conceived by former Gold Coast star Preston Campbell and chief executive Michael Searle to raise awareness of shorter life expectancy for Aboriginal Australians and the NRL will use this weekend's round of matches to promote the ...

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Indigenous recruiting group Karlka secures work for 1000 people at major food ...
ABC Online
A Western Australian Aboriginal Corporation, Karlka Nyaparli Aboriginal Corporation (Karlka), has joined forces with the Australian Recruiting Group to form a national indigenous employment business. The Karlka Recruiting Group (KRG) will partner with ...

Clark to push Aboriginal trade deal with Russia
Warrnambool Standard
ABORIGINAL activists Geoff Clark and Michael Mansell are proposing to set up a trade deal with Russia in defiance of Australian sanctions. Mr Clark said he and Mr Mansell would travel to Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria communities in late September ...

Australia's most prestigious Indigenous art award goes to...
ArtsHub (subscription)
And with winners from QLD, SA, NT, WA and NSW chosen across this year's 306 entries, this is an award that connects with the pulse of indigenous Australia. We asked Albert why he valued the NATSIAA Telstra Awards: 'What I love about the Telstra Award ...

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Old coin shows early Chinese contact with Aboriginal people in Elcho Island ...
ABC Online
Mr Owen said the Chinese coin was possibly brought to Australia by the Macassan people, who came from Indonesia to trade with Aboriginal people for trepang, also known as sea cucumbers, or from Chinese merchants. "The [the Macassans] dealt with ...

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Green Left Weekly
Why Australia should not become the world's nuclear waste dump
Green Left Weekly
Former prime minister Bob Hawke is urging Australia to become the world's nuclear waste dump. But he has little hope of succeeding. Hawke said Australia could end the disadvantage endured by its Indigenous population by opening up traditional lands as ...
The nuclear war against Australia's Aboriginal peopleIntercontinental Cry

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Intercontinental Cry
The nuclear war against Australia's Aboriginal people
Intercontinental Cry
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes have been evident in recent debates over uranium mines and nuclear waste, but ...

Aboriginal Martu of Australia helped kangaroos thrive
Jagran Josh
Aboriginal Martu peoples of Australia were in news in the first week of August 2014. They were in news because in a study published in the journal Human Ecology found that their practice setting small grass fires to catch lizards actually boosted ...

The Guardian (blog)
Sydney artist wins Aboriginal art award for work inspired by police shooting
The Guardian (blog)
A 33-year-old Sydney-based artist has won one of Australia's most prestigious art awards with a bold critique of police attitudes towards Indigenous men. Tony Albert picked up the $50,000 main prize at the 31st National Aboriginal & Torres Strait ...
Tony Albert hits Telstra prize targetThe West Australian

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2nd Aboriginal passport ceremony on 13 september 2014
Sydney Indymedia
the passports are not for overseas use. they are for internal use for travel and respect purposes to the traditional owners of the stolen lands called australia. please be aware that the aboriginal passports are not recognised by any of the australian ...

Perceived lack of jobs, education lowers Indigenous aspirations: Mission ...
ABC Online
The aspirations of many young Indigenous people are diminished because of a perceived lack of education and employment opportunities where they live, a report has found. Nearly a quarter - 22.9 per cent - of youths surveyed by Mission Australia said ...

Perceived lack of jobs 'lowers Indigenous aspirations'
ABC Message Stick
The aspirations of many young Indigenous people are diminished because of a perceived lack of education and employment opportunities where they live, a report has found. Nearly a quarter - 22.9 per cent - of youths surveyed by Mission Australia said ...
Youths lose hope over work prospectsThe Australian

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Perceived lack of jobs, education lowers Indigenous aspirations: Mission ...
Yahoo!7 News
The aspirations of many young Indigenous people are diminished because of a perceived lack of education and employment opportunities where they live, a report has found. Nearly a quarter - 22.9 per cent - of youths surveyed by Mission Australia said ...
Youths lose hope over work prospectsThe Australian

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Australian Jewish News
Hebrew letters and bush art
Australian Jewish News
“My placement was at Wowara Aboriginal College in Healesville, where I worked with Aboriginals in their curriculum. I have always wanted to connect more with Aboriginal Australia and would like to collaborate with an Indigenous artist,” she says.

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Indigenous groups welcome scrapping of Racial Discrimination Act changes
ABC Online
The decision to scrap proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act will come as a big relief to WA's Indigenous population, the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) says. The Federal Government was considering lifting the ban on ...
Racial Discrimination Act 18C backflip due to 'Aboriginal pain' not Muslim ...Yahoo!7 News
10 Things: Say goodbye to our nation's proud bigot rightsThe Vine
Attorney-General George Brandis under pressure after his controversial 'Bolt ...Daily Mail
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The Roar
AFL improving the education of Indigenous youth
The Roar
Over the past 40 years the sport of Australian football has punched above its weight with respect to the number of Indigenous participants at the elite level. At present Indigenous Australians account for 2.7 per cent of the total population while ...