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Doomadgee peacemaking initiative backed by $900,000 grant
Gunawuna Jungai has received $900,000 over three years through the Queensland Ju...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Jul 2026
Aboriginal Territorian launches legal challenge to NT compensation caps
A young Aboriginal Territorian has launched a Federal Court challenge against No...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Jul 2026
Indigenous Solicitors Foundation to boost First Nations legal practitioners
More Indigenous law graduates will be able to access the support they need to ma...
Giovanni Torre 9 Jul 2026
Massive kava haul seized by police after tip off
More than 2000 bags of kava have been seized in a remote community in a major bl...
Laine Clark (AAP) 9 Jul 2026
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre welcomes court reopening but warns of impact on remote families
Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, based in Fitzroy Crossing in Western A...
Natasha Clark 7 Jul 2026
Australia's rejection of UN recommendations fuels First Nations justice concerns

Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the federal government is ignoring mounting evidence of systemic rac...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 7, 2026
Labor criticised over diluted opposition to mandatory sentencing

Labor's move away from opposing mandatory minimum jail sentences has been criticised by Senator Lidia Thorpe, who says it is further evidence the party has abandoned First Nations people in favour of...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 7, 2026
Winmar's Hall of Fame status under AFL review

Former St Kilda star Nicky Winmar could be stripped of his Australian Football Hall of Fame status after he was found guilty of assaulting a woman.

WA Corrective Services minister set to quit politics

The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is set to resign from politics this week. Paul Papalia has served as Minister for Corrective Services since June 2023, after...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
Lidia Thorpe MCG attack exposed as offender spared jail

More than two years after Senator Lidia Thorpe was bashed outside the MCG, details of the attack can be revealed after a suppression order banning reporting on the case ended.

‘Let’s get ‘em’ - Aboriginal activist takes on forestry staff during trespass case

Aboriginal activist Ruth Langford appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court this week over allegations she trespassed and refused police orders in a Tasmanian logging coupe last year.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 3, 2026
In from the cold: Indigenous women find home after jail

Tracy slept in a tent for months during winter, with no home to go to after leaving jail. The 53-year-old Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri woman endured the cold while living with a serious chronic lung condit...

Exclusive: Victorian bail reforms blamed for rise in Indigenous incarceration

A series of high-profile and "punitive" law changes have directly fuelled a sharp rise in Indigenous incarceration in Victoria, with corrections data showing Aboriginal imprisonment has increased by a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 29, 2026
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