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'We are repeating history' - why the Child Placement Principle must remain
Every time an Aboriginal child dies, the response is the same. Not fund services...
Dr Tracy Westerman 14 May 2026
Thorpe: Racism inquiry welcomed, but action, not reports, is needed
One of the Albanese government's most outspoken critics on the need to combat ra...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Mar 2026
GPs peak body welcomes federal investment in Indigenous health, urges nationwide action to confront racism
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has welcomed investments a...
Giovanni Torre 12 Feb 2026
CCC review sparks police dog changes in WA
Warning: This article contains an image of wounds sustained by a child attacked...
Giovanni Torre 10 Feb 2026
On Invasion Day, Australia cannot dodge the truth in Geneva

Our people have always told the truth about what January 26 means. Dispossession. Violence. Stolen Land. Stolen children. Attempted cultural and linguistic erasure.

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Nerita Waight Jan 26, 2026
Why Aboriginal patients say surgery in the NT is frightening

"I'd rather go home and die": what Aboriginal patients say surgery feels like in the Northern TerritoryBefore the operation, the fear had already set in.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 19, 2026
Four years on from Canadian Indigenous woman's death in waiting room, family still waits for inquest

This article contains the names of Indigenous people who have died. Four years after a 24-year-old Canadian First Nations woman died in a hospital waiting room in Ontario, her family is waiting for a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 23, 2025
More than a quarter of racism reports target Indigenous children, new data shows

More than a quarter of reported incidents of racism targeting Indigenous Australians involved children and young people, according to new data, as experts say Australians need to confront the racism t...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2025
Not just 'a few bad apples': Data shows Victoria Police far more likely to target Aboriginal and racialised communities

Victoria Police are facing accusations of racial profiling after new data showed Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched than Caucasian people, as legal groups argue it shows the is...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 24, 2025
Opinion: When racism walks free

The first time I remember experiencing racism, I was five years old. In Grade 1, we were paired with Grade 7 buddies, the eldest in the school, meant to settle us in and be our protectors.

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Jade Appo Ritchie Sep 24, 2025
Driver who killed Aboriginal man in hit and run gets no jail time in 'tough on crime' NT

Warning: This story contains racist language and disgusting comments about an Indigenous man who has died. A 24-year-old Darwin man will serve no prison time despite killing an Aboriginal man in a hit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2025
Video appears to show WA police officer striking Aboriginal man

A social media video appearing to show a police officer strike an Aboriginal man during an arrest in WA's Pilbara has been viewed more than 50,000 times.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Aug 28, 2025
United Nations says 'comprehensive reform' needed after police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

Australia is undergoing a period of "soul searching" following the coroner's findings into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, the United Nations says, calling for "comprehensive reforms".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2025
Truth-telling is not a gesture; it is a moral obligation

Along with my colleagues, and stalwart warriors like Mr Ted Wilkes and Mr Sandy Davies, we have stood and continue to stand on the frontline; fighting for justice, equality, and a future for our peopl...

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Megan Krakouer Jul 10, 2025
NAAJA questions absence of independent police body from Walker inquest recommendations

The Northern Territory's Aboriginal-led legal service says that while it welcomes the coronial findings into the police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, the recommendations do not go far enou...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 9, 2025
Kumanjayi Walker’s inquest shows what First Peoples have known forever: racism is killing us

The Coroner found Kumanjayi Walker's shooter, Zachary Rolfe, was racist, and was enabled by a police force that bore "all the hallmarks of institutional racism".

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Lidia Thorpe Jul 8, 2025
Putting an end to deaths in custody should be “above politics” – Malarndirri McCarthy

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says she is "very interested" in the findings and recommendations of the inquest into the 2019 police killing of Kumanjayi Walker, to b...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2025
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