Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

eTurboNews
British Columbia: An authentic aboriginal experience
eTurboNews
Keith Henry, Aboriginal Tourism Association of B.C.'s chief executive officer, says he's had similar experiences in Australia and New Zealand, countries long considered innovators when it comes to developing aboriginal tourism markets, but it's the ...

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OpEdNews
Another stolen generation: how Australia still wrecks Aboriginal families
OpEdNews
I would've been hung years ago, wouldn't I? Because [as an Aboriginal Australian] 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 ...

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First Aboriginal Woman in Senate Won Gold for Australia
WNN - Women News Network
Then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered her the chance to become the first female Aboriginal member of the federal parliament, ordering an incumbent senator to stand aside so Peris, who battled poverty and racist taunts on the path to becoming an ...

The Guardian
Another stolen generation: how Australia still wrecks Aboriginal families
The Guardian
I would've been hung years ago, wouldn't I? Because [as an Aboriginal Australian] 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 ...

Authentic aboriginal experience drives growing B.C. tourism market
Hamilton Spectator
Keith Henry, Aboriginal Tourism Association of B.C.'s chief executive officer, says he's had similar experiences in Australia and New Zealand, countries long considered innovators when it comes to developing aboriginal tourism markets, but it's the ...

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Culture war
The Australian
It would be the first enterprise to map the songlines of indigenous Australia with the tools of modern science, and do so with Aboriginal participation, in a cross-cultural spirit, co-operatively, preserving knowledge, advancing understanding. It would ...

Mandatory sentencing and indigenous Australians
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The recent debate of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Act 2014 ('the Act') in New South Wales Parliament has sparked discussion of the impact mandatory sentencing has on Australia's indigenous population. The Act is ...

A call for the wider community to stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and ...
Crikey (blog)
The story of Aboriginal leader William Cooper – “the lone voice in Australia in 1938 condemning the cruel persecution of Jews in Germany” – should stand as inspiration for greater solidarity from “multicultural Australia” with Aboriginal and Torres ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Is Racism the New Black? review – a light approach to Australia's dark side
The Guardian (blog)
“Australia is very diverse,” croons filmmaker and activist Richard Frankland, an Indigenous Australian of Gunditjmara origin. He smiles, waits a beat, then lets rip: “But I'm the only Greek-looking Aboriginal that's ever worked as a waiter in a Chinese ...

No forced adoption for Aboriginal children
The West Australian
The new laws, which are set to be debated in state parliament on Thursday, would see NSW become the first jurisdiction in Australia where child protection authorities would be required to consider adoption before placing a vulnerable child in foster care.

SBS
The long road to Close the Gap
ABC Local
The long road to Close the Gap. By Hilary Smale and Vanessa Mills. The head of Broome's main Aboriginal health organisation says there is still a long way to go in Closing the Gap, with a 17 year life expectancy difference in parts of northern Australia.
Government urged to maintain Indigenous health fundingABC Message Stick
Thousands gather across Australia for National Close the Gap DaySBS
Knights support Close the Gap DayNewcastle Knights
Whyalla News -Crikey (blog)
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Sky News Australia
Aboriginal drinkers punished by APOs
Sky News Australia
Not even suspected terrorists would face the wide-ranging police stop-and-search powers used to deal with indigenous problem drinkers in the Northern Territory. The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) says the law regarding alcohol ...

No forced adoption for Aboriginal children
Courier Mail
The new laws, which are set to be debated in state parliament on Thursday, would see NSW become the first jurisdiction in Australia where child protection authorities would be required to consider adoption before placing a vulnerable child in foster care.

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No forced adoption for Aboriginal children
Herald Sun
The new laws, which are set to be debated in state parliament on Thursday, would see NSW become the first jurisdiction in Australia where child protection authorities would be required to consider adoption before placing a vulnerable child in foster care.

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No forced adoption for Aboriginal children
The Australian
The new laws, which are set to be debated in state parliament on Thursday, would see NSW become the first jurisdiction in Australia where child protection authorities would be required to consider adoption before placing a vulnerable child in foster care.

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Government urged to maintain Indigenous health funding
ABC Message Stick
The day is held each year as a reminder for political leaders of their commitment to achieve health equality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by 2030. Dr Emma Ellis has just completed a six month placement at ...

The Guardian
Roseanne Fulton and the other Indigenous disabled people Australia has failed ...
The Guardian
She is a mentally impaired Indigenous woman aged 24, who has been in a Western Australian prison for 18 months without having been convicted of a crime, simply because the Northern Territory health department – in whose care she is – cannot provide ...

SBS
Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous home ownership too big
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous Business Australia says it's working to 'close the gap' between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the housing market. Its Home Ownership Program offers low deposit requirements and interest rates, to enable more Indigenous people ...
Thousands gather across Australia for National Close the Gap DaySBS
Knights support Close the Gap DayNewcastle Knights
Close the Gap Day recognises importance of health equalityWhyalla News
Crikey (blog)
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No forced adoption for aboriginal kids
Sky News Australia
The new laws, which are set to be debated in state parliament on Thursday, would see NSW become the first jurisdiction in Australia where child protection authorities would be required to consider adoption before placing a vulnerable child in foster care.

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Crikey (blog)
Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous home ownership too big
ABC Local
Indigenous Business Australia says it's working to 'close the gap' between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the housing market. Its Home Ownership Program offers low deposit requirements and interest rates, to enable more Indigenous people ...
Knights support Close the Gap DayNewcastle Knights
Close the Gap Day recognises importance of health equalityWhyalla News
Mundine leaves many questions unanswered about future of Indigenous health ...Crikey (blog)

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