Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

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Former politician named senior Australian
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"We have to work in partnership with Aboriginal people ... and if we do that then the political firepower that's being directed, the bureaucratic firepower and the community firepower will enable the Aboriginal people of Australia to have their ...

Former politician named senior Australian
The West Australian
Former federal politician Fred Chaney's contribution to Australian society remains resolute, as does his championing of indigenous rights since his departure from parliament in 1993. The one-time Liberal senator and lower house MP for Western Australia ...

Former politician named senior Australian
Sydney Morning Herald
Former federal politician Fred Chaney's contribution to Australian society remains resolute, as does his championing of indigenous rights since his departure from parliament in 1993. The one-time Liberal senator and lower house MP for Western Australia ...

AFL indigenous star Goodes named Australian of the Year
The Australian
In other awards by the council for 2014, paralympian Jacqueline Freney was named Young Australian of the Year, pro-indigenous activist and former federal minister Fred Chaney was named Senior Australian of the Year, and children's charity founder Tim ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Australian of the Year: Adam Goodes mixes sorrow with celebration on Australia ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Chaney named Senior Australian of the Year. Having been crowned Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes said he was extremely honoured to receive the award, describing himself as a ''very proud indigenous man'' keen to fight racism in Australia. “I'm a ...

Australian of Year 2014: Adam Goodes, Sydney Swans footballer, recognised for ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal AFL player and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes has been named the 2014 Australian of the Year. Prime Minister Tony Abbott presented Goodes with the award at a ceremony on the lawns outside Parliament House attended by a large ...

WGAR News: Fight for land rights and justice for Aboriginal people: The ...
Sydney Indymedia
The Coalition's Policy for Indigenous Affairs released on September 5 2013 stated that Indigenous people in remote areas have no property rights. This observation is bewildering and wrong given that one-third of the Australian continent is under some ...

SBS
Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes named Australian of the Year
SBS
For more than a decade Adam Goodes has been part of the Sydney Swans pack and now he's been recognised for kicking goals off-field as an indigenous ambassador. The 34-year-old AFL superstar has been named Australian of the Year for 2014 for his ...

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The Guardian
Adam Goodes pushes for indigenous recognition ahead of Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian of the Year Finalist, football superstar Adam Goodes, sees Australia Day as a survival story and a chance to celebrate his Aboriginal culture. Goodes joined other state and territory finalists at a special lunch in Canberra on Saturday ahead ...
Champions of indigenous advancementThe Australian
Why it's time to redefine Australia DayThe Guardian
As we remember old battles, Advance Australia where?The Canberra Times

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SBS
Australia Day: What's on around the country?
SBS
The raising of the Australian and Aboriginal flags on the Sydney Harbour Bridge launches New South Wales' Australia Day celebrations. The WugulOra Indigenous ceremony commemorates Australia's Indigenous past while celebrating its future. 7:30-8:00am ...

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The Guardian
Defining the Australian Aboriginal business
The Conversation
How we define Aboriginal business determines how well we recognise the level of indigenous entrepreneurship. Kodja Place WA. In 2006 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimated that there were around 7,000 self-employed indigenous Australians ...
Most want original cultures celebratedThe Australian
Australia Day ambassador to add inspiration and prideMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
How Indigenous Australians map their worldABC Online (blog)
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The Guardian
Why it's time to redefine Australia Day
The Guardian
This happened just months after thousands of Indigenous Australians marched in protest of Australia Day, as the tall ships in Sydney Harbour simultaneously re-enacted what Aboriginal leaders called “Invasion Day”. I was aware of tragedies such as those ...

As we remember old battles, Advance Australia where?
The Canberra Times
Much of what Howard said in defence of existing institutions and attitudes was in direct response to Paul Keating's push for a republic, a new flag and his blunt recognition, delivered in the Redfern speech, that it was ''we non-Aboriginal Australians ...

WA today
As we remember old battles, Advance Australia where?
WA today
Much of what Howard said in defence of existing institutions and attitudes was in direct response to Paul Keating's push for a republic, a new flag and his blunt recognition, delivered in the Redfern speech, that it was ''we non-Aboriginal Australians ...

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The Guardian
Most want original cultures celebrated
The Australian
Leading recognition campaigner Tanya Hosch, one of the new generation of advocates working with Aboriginal leaders including Patrick Dodson and Lowitja O'Donoghue, told The Weekend Australian the survey was a further sign that Australia was ready to ...
Australia Day ambassador to add inspiration and prideMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
How Indigenous Australians map their worldABC Online (blog)
Q&A with Kirstie Parker: on acts of kindness and Indigenous survivalThe Guardian

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Champions of indigenous advancement
The Australian
Beyond that cusp is a future where indigenous Australians close the gap on black and white numbers in employment, incarceration and education. Grab yourself a pen green, gold, red, black, yellow and scribble the words of Mr Mundine across your 2014 ...
Australian of the Year: NSW candidate Adam GoodesABC Online

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Different reflections on Australia Day
Newcastle Herald
Melinda Brown from Speers Point, the Lake Macquarie citizen of the year in 2012, is an indigenous woman who usually spends Australia Day in Sydney taking part in Aboriginal events. She said she wanted her granddaughter Yasmine, 3, to know there were ...

SBS
Debate revived on what Australia Day means to Indigenous Aussies
SBS
As millions of Aussies prepare to celebrate Australia Day this weekend, the debate on what the day means to Indigenous Australians has been revived. By. Tara Callinan. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 3 MINS AGO. On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur ...

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SBS
'Invasion Day' debate resurfaces
SBS
"What is of issue for many people, those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians, is that the 26 of January is not really Australia Day. It's not a day that we should be celebrating. We need to have a conversation about ...
Should we shift our Australia Day?Central Queensland news

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Indigenous soldiers remembered: the research behind Black Diggers
The Conversation
Black Diggers premiered at the Sydney Festival last weekend – and initial inspiration came from the discovery by festival director Lieven Bertels, that a young Aboriginal soldier, Private Rufus Rigney from Raukkan in South Australia, was buried in the ...