Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
Indigenous MP Linda Burney condemns WA remote community closures
SBS
The Canterbury MP says closing Indigenous communities is reminiscent of Australia's past annihilation policies of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 1961 Policy of Assimilation adopted by federal and state governments which intended Indigenous people to ...
Indigenous leaders take 'empowered communities' overhaul to the peopleThe Guardian

all 3 news articles »

Top Indigenous politician condemns closures first time
SBS
The Wiradjuri woman says closing Indigenous communities is reminiscent of Australia's past annihilation policies of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the 1961 Policy of Assimilation adopted by federal and state governments which intended Indigenous people ...

50 Aboriginal soldiers fought on Gallipoli
SBS
Perhaps 50 Aboriginal soldiers fought on Gallipoli in an era when they weren't recognised as Australian citizens and enlistment was technically forbidden. No-one really knows for sure, not even the Australian War Memorial which has sought to catalogue ...

and more »Google News

SBS
Lambie calls for dedicated Indigenous seats in parliament
SBS
"You tell me 'why we can't have Constitutional recognition [of Indigenous Australians] and why we can't have dedicated Indigenous seats in this country,' and you'd better give me a damn good reason why we can't have both," Ms Lambie told NITV News.

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion denies claims Indigenous funding strategy is chaotic
The Guardian
In the days following the announcement of $860m in grant offers, Guardian Australia spoke to numerous organisations that had been denied funding for programs, or had been offered a grant smaller than their previous budget in return for expanded ...

and more »

Aboriginal war heroes remembered with new Anzac memorial in Hyde Park
The Daily Telegraph
Yininmadyemi (pronounced yinn-in-madj-amee) — Thou didst let fall, by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert, features four seven-metre tall, 1.5-tonne bullets and three fallen shells to represent the diggers who returned to Australia and the ones who lost ...

and more »

The Age
More bang needed for the indigenous buck says Noel Pearson
The Australian
The report found that the government spent $30.3bn on services for indigenous people in 2012-2013; $43,449 per Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. “We need to get a better bang out of the money that's going into indigenous Australia,” Mr ...
Interview: Noel Pearson from Empowered CommunitiesABC Message Stick
Empowered Communities a chance to close the gapThe Age

all 5 news articles »

The Guardian
Child and domestic abuse in Indigenous communities 'chronically undisclosed'
The Guardian
Child abuse and domestic violence in Indigenous communities “will remain chronically undisclosed and under-reported,” an Australian Crime Commission (ACC) investigation has found. In some communities every person had reported being affected by child ...
Family violence and child sex abuse widely under-reported in remote ...Sydney Morning Herald
Comment: Un-masking the five faces of oppressionSBS

all 6 news articles »

Claimants ink $1.3 billion Western Australia Noongar native title deal
ABC Online
A landmark $1.3 billion native title deal across Western Australia's south west is expected to proceed after all six claimant groups involved voted in its favour. The West Australian Government and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWLSC) ...

and more »

ABC Message Stick
Australia's key health organisations say thousands of people needing vital ...
ABC Message Stick
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

and more »

ABC Online
Thousands of people needing alcohol and drug services to be turned away after ...
ABC Online
Public Health Association of Australia spokesman Michael Moore said the organisations affected provide essential services in rural, regional and remote Australia. He said the organisations worked to close the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous ...

and more »

Sydney Morning Herald
Crime groups plotting to steal from Indigenous communities, probe reveals
Sydney Morning Herald
Organised crime groups are plotting to steal from Indigenous communities that survive on multi-million dollar mining royalties and land use agreements, an eight-year Australian Crime Commission investigation into isolated and trouble-plagued regions ...

and more »

Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal leaders promote bold blueprint to close the gap
Sydney Morning Herald
Led by Noel Pearson, they have proposed a paradigm shift they compare with Australia's move from protection to competition, insisting the focus of Indigenous policy should move from crisis management to productivity and development. Mr Pearson believes ...

The Guardian
Gina Williams on why every Australian should know some Indigenous words
The Guardian
But unlike Mandarin, alive and kicking with over one billion speakers, there are just 250 native speakers of Noongar left on the planet – the devastating result of Australia's historical policy of forced assimilation. Both Williams' parents were ...

Australian Geographic (blog)
Subscribe and save
Australian Geographic (blog)
These humble beginnings would scarcely foretell of the Jagara infant's later rise to become Australia's first indigenous parliamentarian. In 1979 Neville would not only forge an indigenous first, but he would also become the only sitting politician to ...

Mic
The Man Behind Michael Jackson Says This Indigenous Australian Is the Next ...
Mic
Geoffrey Gurrumul was born blind in a small village as a member of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people on Elcho Island, off the northern coast of Australia. When as a young boy Gurrumul began to exhibit true musical talent, his family told him: "It is ...

Sportal.com.au
Jail rates expose education, work needs: Warren Mundine
The Australian
Warren Mundine, chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, told The Weekend Australian the government was targeting the reduction of crime in communities to address the high rates of imprisonment: “We have got to get people into jobs.
Indigenous recognition in the constitution overwhelmingly supported in new ...Radio Australia

all 20 news articles »

Sydney Morning Herald
The long, hard road to empowering Indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
There is no better indictor of its absence in Indigenous Australia than the most recent statistics on Aborigines in jail, which show the situation is three times worse than when Johnston wrote his report, or the latest Closing The Gap report card ...
Pearson's beacon of hopeThe Australian

all 5 news articles »

ABC Online
Indigenous Marathon Project trials come to Canberra
ABC Online
"We've had about 150 applicants from all around Australia from very remote communities through to regional towns and major cities," Mr de Castella told 666 ABC Canberra. Young Indigenous men and women who are prepared to commit themselves to a ...

and more »

Story of Patty Mills: Spur, Aussie, Bala
SI.com
Patty Mills knew, but the Australian point guard couldn't bring himself to speak—not after the portrait of a black man in his 40s, with a beard and freckles, flashed up on the screen. The intimacy of the photograph, Mills's familiarity with the man ...