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Plan to protect Country and reach net zero unveiled at AIATSIS Summit
Key points:- Proposal for national body and Caring for Country commissioner- Pla...
David Prestipino 3 Jun 2026
National Environment Week drives local action across Samoa
Samoa has launched new biodiversity, invasive species and environmental communic...
Rebekah Rasmussen 26 May 2026
Community calls for Barrambin protection before Olympic works
Indigenous Elders and community supporters gathered at Barrambin, Victoria Park...
Joseph Guenzler 26 May 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be...
Giovanni Torre 25 May 2026
New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership
For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now,...
Nicole Brown 22 May 2026
Cultural burn helps restore koala habitat on Gumbaynggirr Country

Cultural burning is helping restore koala habitat on Gumbaynggirr Country on the NSW North Coast. Traditional Custodians and project partners delivered a low-intensity cultural burn at Narlu, a privat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 21, 2026
'If we don't look after Country, we won't have anything' - Maaman Marra Boodja founder Clint Hansen shares traditional knowledge of the land

The TAAM project (Transformational Aboriginal Agricultural Methods) works with traditional owners and farmers in regional communities to address drought resilience, exploring ways we can improve soil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 11, 2026
Traditional Owners blame Rio Tinto groundwater pumping for drying sacred Pilbara waterhole

Yarrala, a waterhole in Western Australia's West Pilbara where Robe River Kuruma women once gave birth, has dried out and filled with red pindan earth, with Traditional Owners blaming Rio Tinto's grou...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 7, 2026
Amnesty International condemns Canadian court system’s treatment of Wet’suwet’en land defender Chief Dsta’hyl

Amnesty International has condemned Canadian authorities for unjustly criminalising an Indigenous leader defending Country. On April 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled that Likhts'amis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 7, 2026
Partnership sees Yolŋu Rangers lead education rethink

In northeast Arnhem Land education is being reimagined. Not through policy reform or curriculum adjustment, but through a rethink of how learning is recognised, delivered and valued.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 5, 2026
Aboriginal forest defender speaks out on 'shock' rejection of request for on-Country hearing

An Aboriginal woman has been left shocked after an on-Country hearing request was rejected by a Hobart magistrate last week. Ruth Langford sought the approval of Chief Magistrate Catherine Geason this...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 30, 2026
Alberta separatism in Canada: 'One of the most troubling times in my lifetime for First Nations people'

With the threat of separatism from Canada and annexation by the United States, persistent treaty violations, fast-tracked resource development projects, and ongoing societal issues, the present moment...

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Thomas Law Apr 28, 2026
Cultural heritage key as vast Pilungah Reserve permanently protected from mining, logging and grazing

A significant stretch of Country in north-western Queensland - about twice the size of Magandjin / Brisbane - has been granted the highest level of legal protection for private land in Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2026
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering explores vital lessons from First Nations knowledge

With an uncertain climate future ahead, the resilience and millennia of knowledge of First Peoples is being prioritised and canvassed as potentially holding some answers as environmental disaster thre...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 27, 2026
Indigenous-led cultural burning program expands across NSW and ACT

An Indigenous-led cultural burning research program will be expanded across parts of New South Wales and the ACT. First Nations communities, the Australian National University and the NSW Government's...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 27, 2026
Magistrate denies Aboriginal forest protester's on-Country hearing request

An Aboriginal woman's request for her trespass case to be heard on Country has been rejected by a Hobart magistrate. Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ruth Langford's request for her hearing relating...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 20, 2026
Indigenous firm WV Tech leading the way in e-waste recycling

A First Nations business is leading the way when it comes to recycling, recovery of precious metals and job creation with the company preventing 19 million kilograms of e-waste being sent to landfill...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 16, 2026
Peru's largest Indigenous organisation takes stand against illegal mining as nation votes

Peruvians headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but illegal mining — a major driver of deforestation and mercury pollution — has received little attention on...

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Steve Grattan Apr 13, 2026
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