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Young Queensland mob encouraged to apply for ‘deadly’ education scholarship program
Dolphins fullback Trai Fuller has joined acclaimed author and activist Aunty Rut...
Callan Morse 21 Jul 2026
Voice referendum a 'turning point' where racism towards First Peoples became 'publicly acceptable'
The failed Voice referendum was a "turning point" where racism towards First Peo...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Jul 2026
Exclusive: NT, Queensland refuse to back Aboriginal child placement principle
A statement supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Jul 2026
First Nations children facing rising tide of coordinated online racism
First Nations children are paying the price for online racism in "increasingly o...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Jul 2026
'Complete no-show': NT government's absence from racism inquiry condemned
Racism across the country, particularly in the Northern Territory, "seems to be...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2026
'Jailing machine, gulags': Indigenous people incarcerated at world-leading rates

A senior barrister has unleashed at a racism probe, saying young Indigenous people are denied due process and incarcerated at world-leading rates.

The paintings that became a road home for Warlpiri artists

Senior Warlpiri Elders have reunited with two landmark paintings crafted nearly forty years ago in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 17, 2026
Handover of Torres Strait islands to Traditional Owners realises Native Title rights

Traditional Owners in the central Torres Strait have officially been handed back two of their Islands. The Queensland Government last week confirmed Iama and Tudu peoples' ownership of Zagai and Mukar...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jul 16, 2026
Racism inquiry hears young Indigenous people denied due process, incarcerated at world-leading rates

A senior barrister has unleashed at a racism probe, saying young Indigenous people are denied due process and incarcerated at world-leading rates.

Indigenous cricket advisory group involved in conversations about BBL return to January 26

Cricket Australia has confirmed its Indigenous advisory group were brought into conversations regarding the return of matchplay to January 26 this summer.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jul 15, 2026
Lidia Thorpe questions Ken Wyatt’s support of private Indigenous business register

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has questioned former Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt on his backing of a privately controlled Indigenous business certification service, asking why the...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 14, 2026
New chief executive appointed to Kambu Health

Kambu Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health has appointed Torres Strait Islander woman Dania Ahwang as its new chief executive officer.

'We should be dead': witness tells racism inquiry

Police initially brushed off concerns after a homemade bomb was thrown into an Invasion Day rally crowd, an Indigenous academic says. Thousands of people were evacuated from Forrest Place in Perth's c...

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Jul 14, 2026
'The blackfella nightmare': Indigenous media staff reveal daily battle against online racism and abuse

Australia's leading Aboriginal-owned national news organisation receives "racist, abusive and threatening comments" daily, staff have told a parliamentary inquiry into racism towards First Peoples.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2026
Former Indigenous affairs minister urges national action on systemic racism

Australia's first Indigenous lower house MP says racism directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is systemic and structural, warning it has become more visible since the 2023 Voice re...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 13, 2026
Children's Commissioner's resignation lays bare NT government's 'lack of care and accountability'

The resignation of the Northern Territory's Children's Commissioner is evidence that the NT Government shows a "lack of care and accountability" towards First Peoples, the peak advocate for Indigenous...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2026
GBK Land Council secures First Nations skills funding for Torres and Endeavour straits

Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation has secured federal government funding to deliver a community-led language, literacy, numeracy...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
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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