Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Prominent Aboriginal campaigner farewelled
ABC Local
A public memorial was held on Tuesday for Aboriginal campaigner Les Nayda, who died in Alice Springs at the age of 70 earlier this month. Mr Nayda spent 30 years advocating for Aboriginal rights as a senior public servant in the South Australian ...

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Prominent Aboriginal campaigner farewelled
ABC Local
A public memorial was held on Tuesday for Aboriginal campaigner Les Nayda, who died in Alice Springs at the age of 70 earlier this month. Mr Nayda spent 30 years advocating for Aboriginal rights as a senior public servant in the South Australian ...
Alice Springs forum tackles ways to wipe out trachoma in remote communitiesABC Online

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Tasmanian Aboriginal land rights stalled on the road to reconciliation
ABC Local
National Reconciliation Week is celebrated across Australia each year between the dates that commemorate two more significant milestones in the reconciliation between Indigenous Australia and the broader community. 27 May is the anniversary of the 1967 ...

Deb Nelson says she hopes she is helping to change opinions of Aboriginal ...
BBC News
Deb Nelson, an Aboriginal Australian, wants more members of her community to set up their own businesses. At the same time, she says many still do not consider it to be a viable option. "[Becoming an entrepreneur] is really a tough ask for people who ...

Prominent Aboriginal campaigner farewelled
ABC Local
A public memorial was held on Tuesday for Aboriginal campaigner Les Nayda, who died in Alice Springs at the age of 70 earlier this month. Mr Nayda spent 30 years advocating for Aboriginal rights as a senior public servant in the South Australian ...

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Prominent Aboriginal campaigner farewelled
ABC Local
A public memorial was held on Tuesday for Aboriginal campaigner Les Nayda, who died in Alice Springs at the age of 70 earlier this month. Mr Nayda spent 30 years advocating for Aboriginal rights as a senior public servant in the South Australian ...

SBS
Indigenous leader warns Australians of 'racist venom'
SBS
During his public address, Professor Dodson said all Australians have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to stop racism and fix the silence on Aboriginal history in our country's founding document. He urged listeners to join the journey towards ...
I'm tired of Aboriginal people being seen as anthropological curiositiesThe Guardian
Indigenous leader Patrick Dodson wants "modest protections" against "foul ...ABC Online
Deb Nelson says she hopes she is helping to change opinions of Aboriginal ...BBC News
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Roy Morgan Research (press release)
Aboriginal ceremonies are not 'bullshit'
The Conversation
There's enough social discrimination and systemic abuse against Aboriginal Australians already without naming individuals who willingly continue to deviate from Anglocentric institutional norms, or who insist on practising ceremonies that many ...
New map reveals aboriginal knowledgeABC Online
I'm tired of Aboriginal people being seen as anthropological curiositiesThe Guardian
Indigenous youth head to Canberra to tackle community issuesABC Local
Roy Morgan Research (press release) -The Australian
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I'm tired of Aboriginal people being seen as anthropological curiosities
The Guardian
In 2001, I hosted an event for reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In the room were a former prime minister, a then opposition leader, assorted other politicians and leaders of business, media, academia, sport and culture.
Indigenous youth head to Canberra to tackle community issuesABC Local
Indigenous leader warns Australians of 'racist venom'SBS
Let's keep walking in the right directionHerald Sun
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The West Australian
A nightmare in Utopia
The West Australian
"This was one of the most savage attacks on indigenous Australia, a false national emergency based on allegations of paedophile rings that were discredited by the Australian Crime Commission and the Northern Territory police," Pilger said. "I wanted to ...
John Pilger looks at Australia's "Utopia"ABC Online (blog)

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The West Australian
A nightmare in Utopia
The West Australian
"This was one of the most savage attacks on indigenous Australia, a false national emergency based on allegations of paedophile rings that were discredited by the Australian Crime Commission and the Northern Territory police," Pilger said. "I wanted to ...

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Sky News Australia
Indigenous youth head to Canberra to tackle community issues
ABC Local
South Australia's only regional representative to the National Indigenous Youth Parliament says she wants more Aboriginal youth to learn about their heritage. 17-year-old Laura Hardbottle, from Quorn in South Australia's Flinders Ranges, will head to ...
Dr Tom Calma praises reconciliationSky News Australia

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New map reveals aboriginal knowledge
ABC Online
The online map, curated by the Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge working group, aims to convert ancient oral knowledge about Australia, into an accessible visual and literary format. Griffith University anthropologist and ethnobiologist, Dr Philip ...

Merger 'aids indigenous farms'
The Australian
ABORIGINAL feuding and politics have hurt indigenous-run pastoral stations in Western Australia's far north as they compete in tough times for the industry, according to a concept plan for the new Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op. Five Aboriginal-run cattle ...
China backing pastoral visionWeekly Times Now

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AFL fans appreciate indigenous in national life
The Australian
The Swans reconciliation plan sets goals of employing more indigenous Australians, establishing a stream for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the club's academy program and promises to offer financial support to the GO Foundation. Goodes ...
Swans fans embrace indigenous cultureFox Sports

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Factbox: What is Sorry Day?
SBS
On 26 May every year, ceremonies, marches and presentations are held to commemorate Sorry Day, the day on which Australians express regret for the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal people.

Roy Morgan Research (press release)
How do AFL supporters really feel about Aboriginal culture?
Roy Morgan Research (press release)
This week is National Reconciliation Week, a time to reflect on the relationship between the wider Australian community and the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. While the vast majority of the population 14+ believe that ...

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Choosing lore and life: the campaign against Aboriginal youth suicide
Sydney Morning Herald
Two decades ago, one in 20 deaths by suicide was that of an Aborigine. Given indigenous people make up only about 2.5 per cent of the Australian population, that was already disproportionately high. Today, half of deaths by suicide in northern ...
The Zone transcript: Peter McConchieThe Age

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Steep rise in number of Aborigines in jail
The Australian
Overall, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian prisons has increased by almost 75 per cent over the past decade, analysis by the Jesuit Social Services, to be released today, reveals. Jesuit Social Services chief ...

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China backing pastoral vision
The Australian
TEN of Australia's biggest Aboriginal-run pastoral stations are preparing for a Chinese-backed merger that aims to reverse their economic fortunes using world-class breeding, management and feed-crop technology. The Aboriginal Pastoral Co-op will begin ...
Indigenous pastoral stations look to mergeABC Online

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