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FULL LIST: Record number of Indigenous MPs voted in to serve the Australian people
The Australian people have voted in nine new Indigenous representatives in Feder...
NIT 23 Jul 2022
Who's in, who's out? How Indigenous candidates fared in the Federal election
Five of Federal Parliament's seven Indigenous members are up for re-election on...
NIT 23 Jul 2022
Ken Wyatt says Labor better for Uluru Statement progress than re-elected Morrison govt
Former Indigenous Affairs minister Ken Wyatt says progress towards enacting the...
Giovanni Torre 30 Jun 2022
Albanese accuses former government of voter suppression in the Northern Territory
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused the former federal government of "Re...
Giovanni Torre 8 Jun 2022
What Aboriginal land councils want out of Anthony Albanese's Labor government
Aboriginal land councils across Australia have hailed a "seismic shift" in Feder...
Giovanni Torre 3 Jun 2022
Electing eight Aboriginal women to parliament is one of Australia's greatest achievements

As an Aboriginal Australian, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunty, niece and a proud Yamatji and Noongar woman, and the first Aboriginal women elected to any Parliament in Australia, I can tel...

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Guest Author May 27, 2022
Linda Burney reveals priorities as record First Nations cohort prepares to enter parliament

Australia's new Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney has named the Uluru Statement from the Heart and closing the gap as her two top priorities.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 27, 2022
'Palpable' wave of optimism spreads over Voice to Parliament supporters after Labor victory

There's a strong air of anticipation among supporters of an enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament following Labor's resounding Federal election victory at the weekend.

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NIT May 23, 2022
Labor has won the election and the Greens may have power. What now for Indigenous Australians?

So Labor has won and Anthony Albanese will guide Australia for the next three years. This is good news for First Nations people, first-and-foremost in the fact we will have a referendum on a Voice to...

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NIT May 22, 2022
Tired of the status-quo and with a popular member retiring, this NT seat is on a knife-edge

An Indigenous climate activist in Northern Territory seat of Lingiari believes voters might look towards minor parties in Saturday's election.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 20, 2022
Voter suppression claims as remote Australians face election day with no polling booths

The Australian Electoral Commission has warned that some polling stations in regional Australia may not open on election day due to staff shortages.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 20, 2022
From ATSIC's demise to deaths in custody, governments fail our people. This is why we need a Voice

This Saturday it's important we make real progress for Aboriginal rights. As I see it, the Liberal Coalition has committed to a statutory (yet conservative) Voice and the Australian Greens now want to...

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Guest Author May 19, 2022
Justice reform is one of the big issues for Indigenous people, so what are the parties promising?

Indigenous justice funding and reform has presented as a big ticket issue for First Nations people ahead of the weekend's Federal Election. Aboriginal deaths in custody continues to lead conversations...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 19, 2022
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