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Opinion: Thirty years of ‘Aunty’ Pauline
This week marks thirty years since Pauline Hanson first stood in the Australian...
Analysis: YiSSA and the NT Government's broken relationship with Aboriginal Territorians
When the Country Liberal Party (CLP) took office in August 2024, ending eight ye...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Sep 2026
New documents from Hawthorn racism investigation come to light
Submissions made and opinions offered during the investigation of alleged racism...
Young Indigenous woman repeatedly asked for medications before her death in custody, inquest told
This report contains the first name of an Indigenous person who has died. A Firs...
Giovanni Torre 7 Sep 2026
National register documenting racism against First Peoples secures $2 million in federal funding
The federal government will provide up to $2 million to support a national regis...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Sep 2026
Aboriginal Legal Service 'alarmed and disappointed' as NSW Premier doubles down on 'oppressive' police surveillance

The Aboriginal Legal Service of New South Wales and the ACT says it is "alarmed and disappointed" that the NSW Premier has chosen to expand a controversial police drone surveillance trial in Moree wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2026
Human Rights Commission’s new campaign supports employers to tackle workplace racism

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new national anti-racism campaign calling on employers to take more responsibility for addressing racism in their workplaces.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 27, 2026
Indigenous women and girls bearing the brunt of racism

The Senate Inquiry into racism against Aboriginal people hearing widespread serious reports of racism, Australia wide, is now wrapping up having traversed Australia and heard from many people from all...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Aug 24, 2026
New poll shows anti-Indigenous racism widespread, support for reconciliation stable

Seven in 10 Australians report hearing racist slurs or 'jokes' about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in public settings or on social media, according to the new Ipsos Indigenous Issues 2...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 19, 2026
Racist abuse after alleged Mildura attack sparks condemnation

Racist, violent and aggressive comments in the wake of an alleged attack on two 12-year-old Aboriginal children in Mildura have caused widespread emotions of "grief, anger and despair" among Aborigina...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2026
‘Completely blameless' Aboriginal children face racist online abuse after alleged Mildura ute attack

The alleged attack on two 12-year-old boys in Mildura by an adult man has spawned largely unmoderated racist comments online encouraging further violence, despite the children being completely innocen...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 13, 2026
The gelignite in our Constitution a populist government could detonate

Australia likes to think its democracy is secure. But buried inside our Constitution is an explosive power that, in the wrong political moment, could be turned against an entire people.

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Jesse J. Fleay Aug 8, 2026
Systemic racism fuelling child removals, Senate inquiry told

The story of racism is one of hate and unfathomable damage, but it is one that can be changed, the chief executive of the peak First Nations children and family body has told a parliamentary inquiry.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 7, 2026
Indigenous media leaders lay bare 'terrifying' racism at inquiry

Prominent Indigenous presenters are bearing the brunt of an "alarming escalation" of racism, with an inquiry told media outlets must be more accountable.

Olympian calls for Boxing Australia investigation at racism inquiry

There is a lack of support for some Indigenous athletes, a parliamentary inquiry has heard, whilst abuse and racism are rife in community sport.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 6, 2026
'Australia has a skeleton in its closet': Treaty leaders back national truth-telling

Racism against First Peoples is a direct consequence of colonisation and remains embedded in Australia's institutions, laws and systems, the Co-Chair of Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has told a p...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 6, 2026
Racist abuse worse since voice referendum, inquiry told at Hobart hearing

An inquiry into racism in Australia has been told abuse faced by Indigenous people online is getting worse amid the "culture wars" of recent years.

'Experiences of Aboriginal people in NSW must not be minimised or diminished': Land Rights peak body calls for more racism inquiry hearings

The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has called on the national Inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to hold an additional hearing in...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 5, 2026
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