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Ngarrindjeri women’s resistance takes centre stage in 'Kumarangk: Sisterhood'
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains na...
Joseph Guenzler 27 Oct 2026
Sacred tree reportedly felled, 'heavy-handed' police presence criticised, on Djab Warrung Country
Two people have been arrested and a sacred tree cut down at the Djab Wurrung pro...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Oct 2026
Land Council says court decision on Blayney mine highlights need for heritage reform
The decision by the Federal Court this week to overturn the Indigenous Heritage...
Giovanni Torre 16 Oct 2026
Federal court overturns Aboriginal heritage protection order stalling $1 billion gold project
A court has overturned an Aboriginal heritage protection order stalling the deve...
Funding boost for Aboriginal-led cultural heritage services
Eleven Aboriginal organisations across Western Australia's Mid West and Gascoyne...
Giovanni Torre 22 Sep 2026
Water Act needs 'major rewrite' to include First Nations rights, advocates say

With a review of the federal Water Act underway, the Gamilaroi Water Carriers - Elder Traditional Owner women based in Moree, New South Wales - have come together "because the voices of the Northern B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 3, 2026
Wuggubun Statement calls for Aboriginal authority, economic empowerment, water security and heritage reform across the Kimberley

The Kimberley Land Council (KLC), Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), Kimberley Language Resource Centre (KLRC), Aarnja and Empowered Young Leaders have released the Wuggubun Stateme...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 1, 2026
Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation lodges Full Court appeal in native title compensation case

Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation has lodged an appeal with the Full Court of the Federal Court regarding the amount of native title compensation awarded by the Court in relation to mining on...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
'Traditional Owners play a vital role' - Grants to boost protection of Kimberley cultural heritage

WA Government grants provided under the Native Title Party Capacity Building Program are helping Aboriginal organisations expand their workforces, improve governance and enhance services that support...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 26, 2026
Energy infrastructure project leads to thousands of Indigenous artefacts repatriated to Country

Several thousand Aboriginal artefacts recovered before construction of a NSW energy infrastructure project have been returned to Wiradjuri Country.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 18, 2026
Shire of Victoria Plains signs up to help protect Yued heritage

The Shire of Victoria Plains has become the second local government in the Yued Agreement Area to sign up to the 'Noongar Heritage Agreement - Local Government'.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 17, 2026
Exclusive: Local Council fails to consult Traditional Owners on clearing of Aboriginal heritage site

The City of Busselton in south west Western Australia has paused a project to clear 27 native trees along Vasse-Yallingup Siding Road after National Indigenous Times asked whether Wardandi Traditional...

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Dianne Bortoletto Aug 17, 2026
Senior Elder petitions to halt rocket and military testing at Koonibba Test Range

More than 1,300 people have thrown their support behind a Senior Elder's petition urging federal Minister of Environment and Water, Murray Watt, to halt rocket and military testing by Southern Launch...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 6, 2026
Yued Aboriginal Corporation seeks heritage protection for Lake Ninan

Yued Aboriginal Corporation has collaborated with Archae-Aus to seek Aboriginal Heritage protection for the place widely known as Lake Ninan in the Shire of WonganBallidu.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2026
Karri Karrak signs landmark heritage agreement with Talison at world's biggest lithium mine

The operator of the world's largest hard rock lithium mine has signed a cultural heritage agreement with the Traditional Custodians of the land it mines, more than a century after mining began at Gree...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
First Nations Leadership Council sounds alarm over fast-tracked fossil fuel expansion without consent

Canada's First Nations Leadership Council says it is "deeply troubled" by the efforts of the Canadian and British Columbian governments to fast-track new fossil fuel infrastructure and energy export p...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 10, 2026
Indigenous forest defender had cultural obligation to save 'slaughtered kin'

An Aboriginal activist accused of trespassing during an anti-logging protest says she had a reasonable reason to be there and it is her cultural obligation to protect "slaughtered kin".

Rottnest Island Deaths Group seeks heritage protection for Wadjemup / Rottnest under federal law

The Rottnest Island Deaths Group Aboriginal Corporation is seeking heritage protection of Wadjemup / Rottnest Island under federal law. The application under section 10 of the Commonwealth's Aborigina...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 3, 2026
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