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Andrew Mathieson

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About Andrew Mathieson

Andrew Mathieson has been reporting on news and sport since 1996. He has written for The Age, The Examiner, Cairns Post, NT News, The Geelong Independent, Canberra City News, The Pacific Advocate, CHOICE among other outlets. His media career has also included a stint for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation in Canberra as the Head of the Communications and Marketing. Andrew started reporting for the National Indigenous Times in 2022.

All Articles by Andrew Mathieson
Malind-Anim Indigenous people lose West Papuan forest court battle under Indonesian law

A court has rejected the Malind-Anim Indigenous community's legal challenge to protect a West Papuan ancestral forest from a planned agricultural development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 24, 2026
Inuit lifestyle set to be affected as Greenland accepts greater US militarisation

The latest agreement between the US Trump administration, Denmark and Greenland is likely to affect where Inuit people live, hunt, travel and possibly exercise its own self-government, a former Greenl...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 23, 2026
Chinese miner pays exorbitant price to take control of PNG mines

A Chinese state-backed company has spent more than $A1 billion to acquire the mines and port facilities on three of Papua New Guinea's islands.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 22, 2026
Amnesty International demands an end to killings in West Papua

Amnesty International is appealing tor all armed organisations to lay down their guns and stop the killing of West Papuan civilians in the occupied Indigenous territory.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 21, 2026
Latest figures on West Papuan deaths tell a grim story

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has counted 109 people have officially been killed or seriously injured in violence from the ongoing armed conflict across the West Papua territory in t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 18, 2026
Bougainville President calls out 'terroristic acts of violence' at mine site

The Bougainville government has condemned an arson attack at a property of a foreign mining company, which the autonomous region's president appointed to reopen a dormant mine.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 17, 2026
Protectors of the Amazon strengthen their forest defence at activism convention

Indigenous voices of South America have demonstrated a range of activism and advocacy instruments and strategies to protect the Amazon rainforest and their territories.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 16, 2026
Melanesian countries look to ban Indonesia's regional status over delay of UN visit to West Papua

Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 14, 2026
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