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Environment and Water Bill signals 'dangerous step backwards' for NT, Northern Land Council warns
The Northern Land Council has joined the call for the Northern Territory Governm...
Young First Nations leader takes fight against invasive species to COP31
Australia's growing invasive species crisis will be taken to the world stage at...
Giovanni Torre 5 Nov 2026
Rat-free zone: Traditional Owners lead drone defence in western Torres Strait
Torres Strait Traditional Owners are leading efforts on Warul Kawa (Deliverance...
Giovanni Torre 30 Oct 2026
Hitchhiking weed spreads fear for sacred waterholes
An invasive grass seed hitching a ride on a mining truck could be the death knel...
Luke Lay (AAP) 30 Oct 2026
Jirrbal Elders return to Country as $24.7 million conservation campaign continues
Jirrbal Traditional Custodians are returning to parts of their Country in Far No...
Joseph Guenzler 30 Oct 2026
16 Indigenous Protected Areas set for six states and territories

The federal government has announced an $11.31 million investment to support the establishment of 16 new Indigenous Protected Areas. The announcement will see Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) —...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 29, 2026
A millennium of evidence reveals colonial roots of Australia’s wildfire vulnerability

A 1,000-year ecological reconstruction has revealed Australia's ongoing wildfire crisis stems from the colonial disruption of Indigenous fire management rather than climate change alone, according to...

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Naina Rao Oct 27, 2026
Katherine students share caring for Country messages through school mural

Students at Clyde Fenton Primary School in Katherine are turning their ideas about caring for Country into a mural celebrating local wildlife, their school and its communities.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 16, 2026
Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn

Bushfire season is here. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the declared El Niño to be strong to very strong. Southeastern Australia is bracing for a long run of dangerous fire weather.

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break 'catastrophic fire loop'

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop", plaguing Australia's southeast forests, a new study has found.

Kosciuszko’s oldest heritage deserves a voice

There is something badly missing from the increasingly heated debate about feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park. Country. Too often, the debate begins with the heritage of horses and ends with the...

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Richard Swain Oct 8, 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 say "I told you so" if a buffel grass tinder box is set alight.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 5, 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.

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