Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural liaison officer
Pro Bono Australia
knowmore has been established by the National Association of Community Legal Centres Inc, with funding from the Australian Government represented by the Attorney-General's Department. knowmore provides legal advice and practical assistance, ...

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Bad news: negative Indigenous health coverage reinforces stigma
The Conversation
... to look for positive stories? My colleagues and I analysed all articles relating to Aboriginal health from print media in The West Australian, The Australian and The Sunday Times (WA) and from the ABC Online news service during 2012, a total of 335 ...

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Aboriginal exhibition to go ahead
The Australian
AN exhibition that depicts an ancient Aboriginal songline will go ahead largely unchanged after South Australia's top judge warned the ongoing legal dispute could end in a “schism” in the community. Chief Justice Chris Kourakis yesterday lifted an ...

Search to track down Indigenous serviceman barred from Australia
SBS
The missing servicemen fought alongside Australian soldiers in South Africa, but were not allowed back into Australia because of the White Australia Policy. Lecturer Dale Kerwin from Griffith University estimates that around 50 trackers went to Africa ...

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Taking Pilbara lessons from Aboriginal comic project to Greenland
ABC Local
Stu spent 18 months working with 40 young people in Roebourne which is 1,700 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Through a process of workshops in literacy, scriptwriting and filmmaking, the team created the NEOMAD series ...

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Tracking down Australia's Indigenous servicemen
SBS
Aboriginal trackers who weren't allowed home after serving in the Boer War are the focus of an ongoing search by Australian organisations. The missing servicemen fought alongside Australian soldiers in South Africa, but were not allowed back into ...

Daily Mail
Model Samantha Harris rocks possum fur for Indigenous Fashion Week
Daily Mail
The 23-year old model shared the striking photo on Sunday. 'Campaign shot for the first ever Australian Indigenous Fashion Week which launches next month,' she posted to more than 45,000 followers.

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Once again, Australia is stealing its Indigenous children
Thanh Nien Daily
I would've been hung years ago, wouldn't I? Because [as an Australian Aborigine] you're guilty before you're found innocent.” The child's grandmother demands to know why “the stealing of our kids is happening all over again.” A welfare official says ...

Australian Teacher Magazine
Aboriginal AFL Academy launched
Australian Teacher Magazine
AN exciting and innovative new Indigenous AFL program has been launched in South Australia, which aims to provide an elite training environment for Indigenous students who demonstrate a commitment to achieving excellence in both sport and education.
Once again, Australia is stealing its Indigenous childrenThanh Nien Daily

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The Guardian
Indigenous MPs accuse NT ruling party colleagues of racial harassment
The Guardian
“Alison Anderson is a very, very fine and articulate voice of Indigenous Australia – I deeply respect Alison Anderson,” Abbott told reporters in Sydney. “In the end though, the relationship between Alison and Adam Giles is a matter for Alison and for ...
Another NT government in crisisSBS

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Crime reduction or racism?
ABC Local
A demonstration in the CBD last week attracted an estimated 300 people, most of whom were Aboriginal - speeches were broadcast to Indigenous communities around Australia via the CAAMA Radio network and local Facebook forums were raging.

Christine Milne's speech to the National Press Club, April 1
WA today
And in doing so, I commit to the constitutional recognition of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and reject immediately any question over the need to retain aboriginal history as part of our curriculum. Can you believe it, we have a ...

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inmycommunity
Call of culture
inmycommunity
THE chairwoman of Cockburn's Aboriginal Reference Group says the proposed Aboriginal cultural and visitors centre in Bibra Lake can play a role in attracting tourists to WA. More than 6500sq m of land on the western side of Bibra Lake will be used to ...

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The Land Account must be protected for future Indigenous generations
On Line opinion
Connections to and caring for land have been central to the lives of Indigenous peoples in Australia for thousands of years. The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) has released a Draft Bill to focus attention on a key land issue for the future. The ...

Ahhh, the days of sprummer
The Age
Professor Entwisle's research found as many as seven seasons for indigenous peoples in different regions of Australia, all starting at different times based on local weather, plant and animal life. He found only one indigenous group who had four ...

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The Guardian
Race act debate misses the point
The Australian
The original inhabitants of Australia didn't see themselves as an “Aboriginal race”. They were part of hundreds of separate tribal nations. I'm from the Bundjalung nation and also a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr and Yuin peoples. On my desk there's a ...
I used to believe I had the right to be a bigot. But reason prevailedThe Guardian

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Sydney Morning Herald
PM's council splits over free speech
The Australian
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation chief executive and NSW Human Rights Ambassador said that racism must be fought “head on”, not through the courts as under section 18C of the RDA. Section 18C makes it unlawful to offend, insult, ...
Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasyNinemsn
Jewish donations to Liberal party could be hit by race act changesThe Guardian

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Ibiza Spotlight
EVENT | Aboriginal art exhibition
Ibiza Spotlight
During his travels through Aboriginal Australia, Lucien took photographs of the people he met whilst living for several months in an Aboriginal community. These portraits will accompany the paintings in the exhibition, and as well as showing the source ...

Indigenous model quest
Blacktown Sun
KINGS Langley resident Kane Wright is taking part in the first Australian Indigenous Fashion Week on April 11 and 12 at the Centennial Hall in Sydney Town Hall. He is among 18 finalists chosen for the Indigenous Model Search competition incorporated in ...

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Indigenous leader makes Brandis uneasy
The Australian
Speaking at the launch of a reconciliation action plan, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma continued his criticism in front of the politician driving the reforms. While Mr Calma's comments were not quite as pointed as in media reports on ...