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Katherine students share caring for Country messages through school mural
Students at Clyde Fenton Primary School in Katherine are turning their ideas abo...
Joseph Guenzler 16 Oct 2026
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
Bushfire season is here. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the declared El Niño...
Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break 'catastrophic fire loop'
Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop...
Kosciuszko’s oldest heritage deserves a voice
There is something badly missing from the increasingly heated debate about feral...
Richard Swain 8 Oct 2026
Calls for action on Buffel grass continue as El Niño summer looms
Ahead of a hot, dry and dangerous summer, Taigen Ryan is fearful of having to sa...
Jarred Cross 5 Oct 2026
What the world can learn from the Pacific

Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now becoming global challenges. As the world confronts climate change, environmental degradation, food insecurity and growing...

$3 million backs First Nations-led research putting Country at the heart of health

A 100 per cent First Nations research team will lead a new $3 million national project examining how climate change is affecting Country and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Oct 5, 2026
Projection brings the story of Kooyar to life at Elizabeth Quay

At Perth's Elizabeth Quay last weekend a water canvas displayed the story of Kooyar, a tiny frog who carries a big responsibility. For four nights, Elizabeth Quay became a place filled with storytelli...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Oct 1, 2026
'Better outcomes for waterways and Country': DJAARA releases first Environmental Water Plan

The collaborative use of traditional knowledge and western science promises stronger outcomes for Country and its waterways, a major Victorian Aboriginal representative body says as it unveils it's ne...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 17, 2026
Caring for Country: Indigenous rangers and other land stewards gather for WA's first Statewide Joint Management Forum

More than 160 Traditional Owners, Aboriginal Rangers and WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions staff gathered in Boorloo / Perth this week for Western Australia's first Statewide...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 17, 2026
WA heritage department asks City of Busselton for more information on Aboriginal site clearing

Western Australia's heritage department has asked the City of Busselton for more information on proposed works overlapping a registered Aboriginal heritage site.

Mandoon Bilya Riverpark to create living legacy for Boorloo / Perth

A landmark Noongar-led river restoration project has secured a $550,000 Lotterywest grant to help transform 10 kilometres of Western Australia's Mandoon Bilya (Helena River) into a thriving community...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 4, 2026
Water Act needs 'major rewrite' to include First Nations rights, advocates say

With a review of the federal Water Act underway, the Gamilaroi Water Carriers - Elder Traditional Owner women based in Moree, New South Wales - have come together "because the voices of the Northern B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 3, 2026
Wuggubun Statement calls for Aboriginal authority, economic empowerment, water security and heritage reform across the Kimberley

The Kimberley Land Council (KLC), Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), Kimberley Language Resource Centre (KLRC), Aarnja and Empowered Young Leaders have released the Wuggubun Stateme...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 1, 2026
Traditional Owners urge federal government to recognise and respect water rights in Act review

Indigenous Nations-led and governed water organisations have united to call on the Australian Government to deliver a stronger national vision for water reform through the review of the Water Act 2007...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 1, 2026
'Now we have a dollar figure' - First Nations groups urge action on buffel grass as new report reveals scale of threat

A new Northern Territory report has found buffel grass poses a threat of economic loss almost 60 times greater than any benefit. Buffel grass was declared a weed in the Territory in 2024, having been...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 28, 2026
Traditional Owners to help shape $30 million program protecting Great Barrier Reef and Catchments

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the health of the Great Barrier Reef cannot be separated from the rivers, waterways and catchments flowing across Country.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 26, 2026
Indigenous women bring generations of knowledge to national agriculture stage

Long before agriculture became an industry, Indigenous women were caring for Country, protecting food systems and passing down knowledge that sustained their communities for generations.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 25, 2026
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